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                                  UNITED STATES
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   FORM 8-K



                               CURRENT REPORT
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of report:                                          February 5, 2004
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(Date of earliest event reported):                       February 5, 2004
                                                  ----------------------------


                                LOEWS CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



       Delaware                      1-6541                     13-2646102
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(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission             (IRS Employer
 of Incorporation)                 File Number)            Identification No.)



667 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y.                             10021-8087
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(Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code           (212) 521-2000
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 (a)  Not applicable.

 (b)  Not applicable.

 (c)  Exhibits:

      Exhibit No.                        Description
      ----------                         -----------

         99.1          CNA Financial Corporation press release, issued
                       February 5, 2004.


Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

  On February 5, 2004, CNA Financial Corporation, a 90% owned subsidiary,
issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a definitive
agreement to sell its individual life business to Swiss Re Life & Health
America Inc. for approximately $690 million. A copy of the press release is
attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

  The information in this Report (including the exhibit) is being furnished
and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that Section. The information in this Report shall not be
deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such
filing.


                                 SIGNATURES

  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.






                                                   LOEWS CORPORATION
                                                   -----------------



Dated:  February 5, 2004                           By:  /s/ Gary W. Garson
                                                        ----------------------
                                                        Gary W. Garson,
                                                        Senior Vice President,
                                                         General Counsel and
                                                         Secretary

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                                  UNITED STATES
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                 --------------

                                   FORM 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report:                                          February 5, 2004
                                                  ----------------------------

(Date of earliest event reported):                       February 5, 2004
                                                  ----------------------------

                                LOEWS CORPORATION
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       Delaware                      1-6541                     13-2646102
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission             (IRS Employer
 of Incorporation)                 File Number)            Identification No.)

667 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y.                             10021-8087
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code           (212) 521-2000
                                                   ---------------------------

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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                                   Page 1 of 2

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 (a)  Not applicable.

 (b)  Not applicable.

 (c)  Exhibits:

      Exhibit No.                        Description
      ----------                         -----------

         99.1          CNA Financial Corporation press release, issued
                       February 5, 2004.

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

  On February 5, 2004, CNA Financial Corporation, a 90% owned subsidiary,
issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a definitive
agreement to sell its individual life business to Swiss Re Life & Health
America Inc. for approximately $690 million. A copy of the press release is
attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

  The information in this Report (including the exhibit) is being furnished
and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that Section. The information in this Report shall not be
deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such
filing.

                                 SIGNATURES

  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                   LOEWS CORPORATION
                                                   -----------------

Dated:  February 5, 2004                           By:  /s/ Gary W. Garson
                                                        ----------------------
                                                        Gary W. Garson,
                                                        Senior Vice President,
                                                         General Counsel and
                                                         Secretary

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