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LOEWS CORP (L)

CIK: 0000060086. SIC: 6331 Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance. Latest 10-K as of: 2026-02-10.

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SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=60086. Latest filing source: 0000060086-26-000008.

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Selected Fundamentals

MetricValueUnitFYFiled
Revenue18,454,000,000USD20252026-02-10
Net income1,667,000,000USD20252026-02-10
Assets86,348,000,000USD20252026-02-10

Financials

Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-02-10. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000060086.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.

Flow metrics use full-year FY periods from 10-K/10-K/A filings; balance-sheet metrics use FY-end instants. Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures. Missing metrics are omitted rather than fabricated.

Metric2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Revenue13,105,000,00013,735,000,00014,066,000,00014,931,000,00012,583,000,00014,657,000,00014,044,000,00015,901,000,00017,510,000,00018,454,000,000
Net income654,000,0001,164,000,000636,000,000932,000,000-931,000,0001,562,000,000822,000,0001,434,000,0001,414,000,0001,667,000,000
Diluted EPS1.933.451.993.07-3.326.003.386.296.417.97
Operating cash flow2,253,000,0002,590,000,0004,222,000,0001,741,000,0001,745,000,0002,623,000,0003,314,000,0003,907,000,0003,025,000,0003,279,000,000
Capital expenditures1,450,000,0001,031,000,000995,000,0001,041,000,000710,000,000482,000,000660,000,000686,000,000632,000,000579,000,000
Dividends paid84,000,00084,000,00080,000,00076,000,00070,000,00065,000,00061,000,00057,000,00055,000,00052,000,000
Share buybacks134,000,000216,000,0001,026,000,0001,051,000,000923,000,0001,136,000,000729,000,000849,000,000608,000,000806,000,000
Assets76,594,000,00079,586,000,00078,316,000,00082,243,000,00080,236,000,00081,626,000,00075,567,000,00079,197,000,00081,943,000,00086,348,000,000
Liabilities53,233,000,00055,020,000,00056,930,000,00060,313,000,00061,055,000,00062,451,000,00060,366,000,00062,672,000,00064,006,000,00066,707,000,000
Stockholders' equity18,163,000,00019,204,000,00018,518,000,00019,119,000,00017,860,000,00017,846,000,00014,349,000,00015,704,000,00017,066,000,00018,686,000,000
Free cash flow803,000,0001,559,000,0003,227,000,000700,000,0001,035,000,0002,141,000,0002,654,000,0003,221,000,0002,393,000,0002,700,000,000

Ratios

ROE and ROA use period-end equity/assets. Liabilities / equity uses total liabilities divided by stockholders' equity. Current ratio uses current assets divided by current liabilities when both are reported.

Metric2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Net margin4.99%8.47%4.52%6.24%-7.40%10.66%5.85%9.02%8.08%9.03%
Return on equity3.60%6.06%3.43%4.87%-5.21%8.75%5.73%9.13%8.29%8.92%
Return on assets0.85%1.46%0.81%1.13%-1.16%1.91%1.09%1.81%1.73%1.93%
Liabilities / equity2.932.873.073.153.423.504.213.993.753.57

Financial Charts

Quarterly

Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-05-04. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000060086.json.

Flow metrics use discrete quarter-length periods from 10-Q/10-Q/A filings. Q4 revenue and net income are derived only when annual FY and nine-month YTD facts exist for the same fiscal year; derived Q4 values are labeled. EPS Q4 is not derived.

QuarterEnd DateRevenueNet IncomeDiluted EPSMethod
2022-Q22022-06-300.73reported discrete quarter
2022-Q32022-09-300.54reported discrete quarter
2023-Q12023-03-311.61reported discrete quarter
2023-Q22023-06-303,934,000,000360,000,0001.58reported discrete quarter
2023-Q32023-09-303,926,000,000253,000,0001.12reported discrete quarter
2023-Q42023-12-314,258,000,000446,000,000derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD
2024-Q12024-03-314,231,000,000457,000,0002.05reported discrete quarter
2024-Q22024-06-304,267,000,000369,000,0001.67reported discrete quarter
2024-Q32024-09-304,466,000,000401,000,0001.82reported discrete quarter
2024-Q42024-12-314,546,000,000187,000,000derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD
2025-Q12025-03-314,494,000,000370,000,0001.74reported discrete quarter
2025-Q22025-06-304,555,000,000391,000,0001.87reported discrete quarter
2025-Q32025-09-304,671,000,000504,000,0002.43reported discrete quarter
2025-Q42025-12-314,734,000,000402,000,000derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD
2026-Q12026-03-314,555,000,000337,000,0001.63reported discrete quarter

Quarterly Charts

Macro Cross-References

Latest quarter (10-Q)

Latest 10-Q source: 0000060086-26-000032.

Extracted structurally from real Item 2 body heading to real Item 3/4 boundary. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2026-05-04. Report date: 2026-03-31.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements included under Item 1 of this Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements, Risk Factors, and MD&A included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. This MD&A is comprised of the following sections:

PageNo.
Overview34
Results of Operations35
Consolidated Financial Results35
CNA Financial36
Boardwalk Pipelines43
Loews Hotels & Co46
Corporate47
Liquidity and Capital Resources47
Parent Company47
Subsidiaries48
Investments49
Critical Accounting Estimates53
Accounting Standards Update53
Forward-Looking Statements53

OVERVIEW

Loews Corporation is a holding company and has four reportable segments comprised of three individual consolidated operating subsidiaries, CNA Financial Corporation (“CNA”), Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (“Boardwalk Pipelines”) and Loews Hotels Holding Corporation (“Loews Hotels & Co”); and the Corporate segment. The Corporate segment is primarily comprised of Loews Corporation, excluding its consolidated operating subsidiaries, and the equity method of accounting for Altium Packaging LLC (“Altium Packaging”), an unconsolidated subsidiary.

Unless the context otherwise requires, as used herein, the term “Company” means Loews Corporation including its subsidiaries, the terms “Parent Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or like terms mean Loews Corporation excluding its subsidiaries and the term “Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation” means Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation shareholders.

We rely upon our invested cash balances and distributions from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our obligations and to declare and pay any dividends to our shareholders. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends is subject to, among other things, the availability of sufficient earnings and funds in such subsidiaries, applicable state laws, including in the case of the insurance subsidiaries of CNA, laws and rules governing the payment of dividends by regulated insurance companies (see Note 14 of the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025) and compliance with covenants in their respective loan agreements. Claims of creditors of our subsidiaries will generally have priority as to the assets of such subsidiaries over our claims and those of our creditors and shareholders. We are not responsible for the liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries and there are no Parent Company guarantees.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated Financial Results

The following table summarizes net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation by segment and the basic and diluted net income per share attributable to Loews Corporation for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:

Three Months Ended March 3120262025
(In millions, except per share data)
CNA Financial$194$252
Boardwalk Pipelines159152
Loews Hotels & Co26
Corporate(42)(34)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$337$370
Basic and diluted net income per share$1.63$1.74

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $337 million, or $1.63 per share, compared to net income of $370 million, or $1.74 per share in the comparable 2025 period.

The decrease in net income attributable to Loews Corporation for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the comparable 2025 period was primarily driven by lower net income at CNA and lower results at the parent company, partially offset by higher net income at Loews Hotels & Co and Boardwalk Pipelines. The decrease at CNA is primarily due to lower underlying underwriting results and unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development, partially offset by higher net investment income. Parent company results decreased primarily due to lower investment income from the parent company trading portfolio and higher interest expense. The increase at Loews Hotels & Co is primarily due to higher equity income from joint ventures, driven mainly by the Universal Orlando Resort joint ventures. The increase at Boardwalk Pipelines is primarily due to higher contracting rates and utilization-based revenues on gas transportation, as well as higher rates on storage, parking and lending.

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CNA Financial

The following table summarizes the results of operations for CNA for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 as presented in Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements included under Item 1 of this Report. For further discussion of Net investment income and Investment gains (losses), see the Investments section of this MD&A.

Three Months Ended March 3120262025
(In millions)
Revenues:
Insurance premiums$2,701$2,626
Net investment income610604
Investment losses(18)(9)
Non-insurance warranty revenue374397
Other revenues109
Total3,6773,627
Expenses:
Insurance claims and policyholders’ benefits2,1752,027
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs476471
Non-insurance warranty expense356385
Other operating expenses370363
Interest3332
Total3,4103,278
Income before income tax267349
Income tax expense(56)(75)
Net income211274
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests(17)(22)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$194$252

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation decreased $58 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared with the comparable 2025 period, primarily due to lower underlying underwriting results and unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development, partially offset by higher net investment income.

CNA’s Property & Casualty and Other Insurance Operations

CNA’s commercial property and casualty insurance operations (“Property & Casualty Operations”) include its Specialty, Commercial and International lines of business. CNA’s Other Insurance Operations outside of Property & Casualty Operations include its long-term care business that is in run-off, certain corporate expenses, including interest on CNA’s corporate debt, and the results of certain property and casualty businesses in run-off, including asbestos and environmental pollution (“A&EP”), a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation (“EWC”) policies and certain legacy mass tort reserves. We believe the presentation of CNA as one reportable segment is appropriate in accordance with applicable accounting standards on segment reporting. However, for purposes of this discussion and analysis of the results of operations, we provide greater detail with respect to CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations and Other Insurance Operations to enhance the reader’s understanding and to provide further transparency into key drivers of CNA’s financial results.

In assessing its insurance operations, CNA utilizes the core income (loss) financial measure. Core income (loss) is calculated by excluding investment gains or losses and gains or losses resulting from pension settlement transactions from net income (loss). In addition, core income (loss) excludes the effects of noncontrolling interests. The calculation of core income (loss) excludes investment gains or losses because they are generally driven by economic factors that are not necessarily reflective of CNA’s primary insurance operations. The calculation of core income (loss) excludes gains or losses resulting from pension settlement transactions as they result from decisions regarding CNA’s defined benefit pension plans which are unrelated to its primary insurance operations. Core income (loss) is deemed to be a non-GAAP

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financial measure and management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate CNA’s insurance operations. Please see the non-GAAP reconciliation of net income (loss) to core income (loss) in this MD&A.

In evaluating the results of Property & Casualty Operations CNA utilizes the loss ratio, the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio, the dividend ratio, the combined ratio and the underlying combined ratio. These ratios are calculated using GAAP financial results. The loss ratio is the percentage of net incurred claim and claim adjustment expenses to net earned premiums. The underlying loss ratio excludes the impact of catastrophe-related reinstatement premiums, catastrophe losses and development-related items from the loss ratio. Development-related items represent net prior year loss reserve and premium development, and includes the effects of interest accretion and change in allowance for uncollectible reinsurance. The expense ratio is the percentage of insurance underwriting and acquisition expenses, including the amortization of deferred acquisition costs, to net earned premiums. The dividend ratio is the ratio of policyholders’ dividends incurred to net earned premiums. The combined ratio is the sum of the loss ratio, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio. The underlying combined ratio is the sum of the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio. The underlying loss ratio and the underlying combined ratio are deemed to be non-GAAP financial measures, and management believes some investors may find these ratios useful to evaluate CNA’s underwriting performance since they remove the impact of catastrophes which are unpredictable as to timing and amount, and development-related items as they are not indicative of current year underwriting performance.

Changes in estimates of claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, net of reinsurance, for prior years are defined as net prior year loss reserve development within this MD&A. These changes can be favorable or unfavorable. Net prior year loss reserve development does not include the effect of any related acquisition expenses. Further information on CNA’s reserves is provided in Notes 4 and 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements included under Item 1 of this Report.

In addition, renewal premium change, rate, retention and new business are also utilized in evaluating operating trends. Renewal premium change represents the estimated change in average premium on policies that renew, including rate and exposure changes. Rate represents the average change in price on policies that renew excluding exposure change. Exposure represents the measure of risk used in the pricing of the insurance product. The change in exposure represents the change in premium dollars on policies that renew as a result of the change in risk of the policy. Retention represents the percentage of premium dollars renewed, excluding rate and exposure changes, in comparison to the expiring premium dollars from policies available to renew. New business represents premiums

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Latest 10-K MD&A

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2026-02-10. Report date: 2025-12-31.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

OVERVIEW

Loews Corporation is a holding company and has four reportable segments comprised of three individual consolidated operating subsidiaries, CNA Financial Corporation (“CNA”), Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (“Boardwalk Pipelines”) and Loews Hotels Holding Corporation (“Loews Hotels & Co”); and the Corporate segment. The Corporate segment is primarily comprised of Loews Corporation, excluding its consolidated operating subsidiaries, and the equity method of accounting for Altium Packaging LLC (“Altium Packaging”), an unconsolidated subsidiary.

Unless the context otherwise requires, as used herein, the term “Company” means Loews Corporation including its subsidiaries, the terms “Parent Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or like terms mean Loews Corporation excluding its subsidiaries and the term “Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation” means Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation shareholders.

We rely upon our invested cash balances and distributions from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our obligations and to declare and pay any dividends to our shareholders. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends is subject to, among other things, the availability of sufficient earnings and funds in such subsidiaries, applicable state laws, including in the case of the insurance subsidiaries of CNA, laws and rules governing the payment of dividends by regulated insurance companies (see Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8) and compliance with covenants in their respective loan agreements. Claims of creditors of our subsidiaries will generally have priority as to the assets of such subsidiaries over our claims and those of our creditors and shareholders. We are not responsible for the liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries and there are no Parent Company guarantees.

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The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Item 1A, Risk Factors, and Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this Form 10-K. For a discussion of changes in results of operations comparing the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 for Loews Corporation and its subsidiaries see Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 11, 2025.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated Financial Results

The following table summarizes net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation by segment and the basic and diluted net income per share attributable to Loews Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:

Year Ended December 3120252024
(In millions, except per share data)
CNA Financial$1,173$879
Boardwalk Pipelines444413
Loews Hotels & Co3170
Corporate1952
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$1,667$1,414
Basic net income per share$7.98$6.42
Diluted net income per share$7.97$6.41

2025 Compared with 2024

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2025 was $1.7 billion, or $7.97 diluted net income per share, compared to net income attributable to Loews Corporation of $1.4 billion, or $6.41 diluted net income per share, in 2024.

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2024 includes a $265 million after-tax and noncontrolling interests pension settlement charge for CNA. Excluding this pension charge, CNA’s increase is primarily due to higher property and casualty underwriting income and net investment income, partially offset by unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development related to legacy mass tort abuse reserves. The increase at Boardwalk Pipelines is primarily due to increased transportation revenues from higher re-contracting rates, recently completed growth projects and higher utilization-based revenue, as well as increased storage and parking and lending revenues. Those positives were partially offset by higher operating costs and higher depreciation expense at Boardwalk Pipelines. The decrease at Loews Hotels & Co is primarily due to an asset impairment charge, higher interest expense, and renovations at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel, partially offset by improved results at the Universal Orlando Resort hotels and the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center, which was open for the entirety of 2025. Parent company investment income decreased due to lower investment income from the parent company trading portfolio.

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CNA Financial

The following table summarizes the results of operations for CNA for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. For further discussion of Net investment income and Investment gains (losses), see the Investments section of this MD&A.

Year Ended December 3120252024
(In millions)
Revenues:
Insurance premiums$10,900$10,211
Net investment income2,5572,497
Investment losses(81)(81)
Non-insurance warranty revenue1,5771,609
Other revenues3634
Total14,98914,270
Expenses:
Insurance claims and policyholders’ benefits8,2947,738
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs1,8981,798
Non-insurance warranty expense1,5261,547
Other operating expenses1,5161,843
Interest135133
Total13,36913,059
Income before income tax1,6201,211
Income tax expense(342)(252)
Net income1,278959
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests(105)(80)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$1,173$879

2025 Compared with 2024

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation increased $294 million for 2025 as compared with 2024, which included a $265 million after-tax and noncontrolling interests pension settlement charge. Net income attributable to Loews Corporation also increased primarily due to higher property and casualty underwriting income and net investment income, partially offset by unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development related to legacy mass tort abuse reserves. For more information on the pension settlement charge see Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

CNA’s Property & Casualty and Other Insurance Operations

CNA’s commercial property and casualty insurance operations (“Property & Casualty Operations”) include its Specialty, Commercial and International lines of business. CNA’s Other Insurance Operations outside of Property & Casualty Operations include its long-term care business that is in run-off, certain corporate expenses, including interest on CNA’s corporate debt, and the results of certain property and casualty businesses in run-off, including asbestos and environmental pollution (“A&EP”), a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation (“EWC”) policies and certain legacy mass tort reserves. CNA’s products and services are primarily marketed through independent agents, retail and wholesale brokers and managing general underwriters to a wide variety of customers, including small, medium and large businesses, insurance companies, associations, professionals and other groups. We believe the presentation of CNA as one reportable segment is appropriate in accordance with applicable accounting standards on segment reporting. However, for purposes of this discussion and analysis of the results of operations, we provide greater detail with respect to CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations and Other Insurance Operations to enhance the reader’s understanding and to provide further transparency into key drivers of CNA’s financial results.

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In assessing its insurance operations, CNA utilizes the core income (loss) financial measure. Core income (loss) is calculated by excluding investment gains or losses and gains or losses resulting from pension settlement transactions from net income (loss). In addition, core income (loss) excludes the effects of noncontrolling interests. The calculation of core income (loss) excludes investment gains or losses because they are generally driven by economic factors that are not necessarily reflective of CNA’s primary insurance operations. The calculation of core income (loss) excludes gains or losses resulting from pension settlement transactions as they result from decisions regarding CNA’s defined benefit pension plans which are unrelated to its primary insurance operations. Core income (loss) is deemed to be a non-GAAP financial measure and management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate CNA’s insurance operations. Please see the non-GAAP reconciliation of net income (loss) to core income (loss) in this MD&A.

In evaluating the results of Property & Casualty Operations, CNA utilizes the loss ratio, the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio, the dividend ratio, the combined ratio and the underlying combined ratio. These ratios are calculated using GAAP financial results. The loss ratio is the percentage of net incurred claim and claim adjustment expenses to net earned premiums. The underlying loss ratio excludes the impact of catastrophe losses and development-related items from the loss ratio. Development-related items represent net prior year loss reserve and premium development, and includes the effects of interest accretion and change in allowance for uncollectible reinsurance. The expense ratio is the percentage of insurance underwriting and acquisition expenses, including the amortization of deferred acquisition costs, to net earned premiums. The dividend ratio is the ratio of policyholders’ dividends incurred to net earned premiums. The combined ratio is the sum of the loss ratio, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio. The underlying combined ratio is the sum of the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio. The underlying loss ratio and the underlying combined ratio are deemed to be non-GAAP financial measures, and management believes some investors may find these ratios useful to evaluate CNA’s underwriting performance since they remove the impact of catastrophe losses which are unpredictable as to timing and amount, and development-related items as they are not indicative of current year underwriting performance.

Changes in estimates of claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, net of reinsurance, for prior years are defined as net prior year loss reserve development within this MD&A. These changes can be favorable or unfavorable. Net prior year loss reserve development does not include the effect of any related acquisition expenses. Further information on CNA’s reserves is provided in Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

In addition, renewal premium change, rate, retention and new business are also utilized in evaluating operating trends. Renewal premium change represents the estimated change in average premium on policies that renew, including rate and exposure changes. Rate represents the average change in price on policies that renew excluding exposure change. Exposure represents the measure of risk used in the pricing of the insurance product. The change in exposure represents the change in premium dollars on policies that renew as a result of the change in risk of the policy. Retention represents the percentage of premium dollars renewed, excluding rate and exposure changes, in comparison to the expiring premium dollars from policies available to renew. New business represents premiums from policies written with new customers and additional policies written with existing customers.

CNA also uses underwriting gain (loss) and underlying underwriting gain (loss), calculated using GAAP financial results, to monitor insurance operations. Underwriting gain (loss) is deemed to be a non-GAAP financial measure and is calculated pretax as net earned premiums less total insurance expenses, which includes insurance claims and policyholders’ benefits, amortization of deferred acquisition costs and insurance related administrative expenses. Net income (loss) is the most directly comparable GAAP measure. Management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate the profitability, before tax, derived from CNA’s underwriting activities which are managed separately from its investing activities. Underlying underwriting gain (loss) is also deemed to be a non-GAAP financial measure, and represents pretax underwriting gain (loss) excluding catastrophe losses and development-related items. Management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate the profitability, before tax, derived from CNA’s underwriting activities, excluding the impact of catastrophe losses which are unpredictable as to timing and amount, and development-related items as they are not indicative of CNA’s current year underwriting performance.

The following tables present a reconciliation of net income attributable to Loews Corporation to core income (loss), underwriting gain (loss) and underlying underwriting gain (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:

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Year Ended December 31, 2025SpecialtyCommercialInternationalProperty & CasualtyOther Insurance OperationsTotal
(In millions)
Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation$564$723$188$1,475$(302)$1,173
Investment losses2232256864
Noncontrolling interests516517133(28)105
Core income (loss)$637$820$207$1,664$(322)$1,342
Less:
Net investment income6507751561,581
Non-insurance warranty revenue5151
Other revenue (expense), including interest expense(55)(12)13(54)
Income tax expense on core income(173)(215)(77)(465)
Underwriting gain164272115551
Effect of catastrophe losses21723240
Effect of unfavorable (favorable) development-related items3752(25)64
Underlying underwriting gain$201$541$113$855
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation$608$603$140$1,351$(472)$879
Investment (gains) losses314475(11)64
Pension settlement transaction losses293293
Noncontrolling interests555513123(43)80
Core income (loss)$694$702$153$1,549$(233)$1,316
Less:
Net investment income6267331311,490
Non-insurance warranty revenue6262
Other expense, including interest expense(53)(14)(10)(77)
Income tax expense on core income(190)(188)(44)(422)
Underwriting gain24917176496
Effect of catastrophe losses31840358
Effect of favorable development-related items(8)(6)(14)
Underlying underwriting gain$241$489$110$840
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Property & Casualty Operations

The following tables summarize the results of CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations and provides the components to reconcile the combined ratio and loss ratio to the underlying combined ratio and underlying loss ratio for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.

Year Ended December 31, 2025SpecialtyCommercialInternationalTotal
(In millions, except %)
Net written premiums3,5155,8211,34710,683
Net earned premiums3,4725,6951,31110,478
Underwriting gain164272115551
Net investment income6507751561,581
Core income6378202071,664
Other performance metrics:
Loss ratio61.5%67.9%58.4%64.6%
Expense ratio33.526.832.829.7
Dividend ratio0.30.50.4
Combined ratio95.3%95.2%91.2%94.7%
Less: Effect of catastrophe impacts3.81.82.3
Less: Effect of unfavorable (favorable) development-related items1.10.9(1.9)0.6
Underlying combined ratio94.2%90.5%91.3%91.8%
Underlying loss ratio60.4%63.2%58.5%61.7%
Rate3%5%(4)%3%
Renewal premium change46(1)4
Retention86828683
New business$487$1,491$370$2,348
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Net written premiums3,4455,4691,26210,176
Net earned premiums3,3615,1581,2569,775
Underwriting gain24917176496
Net investment income6267331311,490
Core income6947021531,549
Other performance metrics:
Loss ratio59.5%68.3%60.9%64.3%
Expense ratio32.827.933.130.2
Dividend ratio0.30.50.4
Combined ratio92.6%96.7%94.0%94.9%
Less: Effect of catastrophe impacts6.23.23.6
Less: Effect of favorable development-related items(0.3)(0.1)(0.4)(0.2)
Underlying combined ratio92.9%90.6%91.2%91.5%
Underlying loss ratio59.8%62.2%58.1%60.9%
Rate1%6%(1)%4%
Renewal premium change275
Retention89848285
New business$462$1,512$288$2,262
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2025 Compared with 2024

Net written premiums for Specialty increased $70 million in 2025 as compared with 2024 driven by rate partially offset by lower retention. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Specialty.

Net written premiums for Commercial increased $352 million in 2025 as compared with 2024 driven by favorable renewal premium change, inclusive of rate, partially offset by lower retention. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Commercial.

Net written premiums for International increased $85 million in 2025 as compared with 2024. Excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates, net written premiums increased $76 million in 2025 as compared with 2024 driven by higher new business partially offset by lower rate. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for International.

Core income increased $115 million in 2025 as compared with 2024 primarily due to higher underwriting income and net investment income.

Catastrophe losses were $240 million in 2025 as compared with $358 million in 2024. Catastrophe losses for 2025 and 2024 were driven by severe weather related events, including $64 million for the California wildfires in 2025 and $71 million for Hurricane Helene and $33 million for Hurricane Milton in 2024. For 2025 and 2024, Specialty had no catastrophe losses, Commercial had catastrophe losses of $217 million and $318 million and International had catastrophe losses of $23 million and $40 million.

Unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development for Property & Casualty Operations of $51 million and favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $31 million was recorded in 2025 and 2024. In 2025 and 2024, Specialty recorded unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development of $37 million and favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $9 million, Commercial recorded unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development of $39 million and favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $16 million and International recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $25 million and $6 million. Further information on net prior year loss reserve development is included in Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Specialty’s combined ratio increased 2.7 points in 2025 as compared with 2024 due to a 2.0 point increase in the loss ratio and a 0.7 point increase in the expense ratio. The increase in the loss ratio was due to unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development recorded in 2025 and an increase in the underlying loss ratio, primarily driven by continued pricing pressure in management liability lines. The increase in the expense ratio was driven by higher employee related costs and a non-recurring technology charge partially offset by higher net earned premiums.

Commercial’s combined ratio improved 1.5 points in 2025 as compared with 2024 due to a 1.1 point improvement in the expense ratio and a 0.4 point improvement in the loss ratio. The improvement in the expense ratio was primarily driven by higher net earned premiums and a lower acquisition ratio. The improvement in the loss ratio was driven by lower catastrophe losses, which were 3.8 points of the loss ratio in 2025, as compared with 6.2 points of the loss ratio in 2024 partially offset by unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development and an increase in the underlying loss ratio related to social inflation impacted lines.

International’s combined ratio improved 2.8 points in 2025 as compared with 2024 due to a 2.5 point improvement in the loss ratio and a 0.3 point improvement in the expense ratio. The improvement in the loss ratio was primarily driven by higher favorable net prior year loss reserve development and lower catastrophe losses, which were 1.8 points of the loss ratio for 2025, as compared with 3.2 points of the loss ratio for 2024. The improvement in the expense ratio was primarily driven by higher net earned premiums.

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Other Insurance Operations

The following table summarizes the results of CNA’s Other Insurance Operations for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.

Years Ended December 3120252024
(In millions)
Net earned premiums$423$437
Net investment income9761,007
Core loss(322)(233)

2025 Compared with 2024

Core results decreased by $89 million in 2025 as compared with 2024. Results in 2025 include a $106 million after-tax charge related to unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development largely associated with legacy mass tort abuse reserves compared with a $62 million after-tax charge in 2024. The current year also includes an unfavorable non-economic impact related to the A&EP loss portfolio transfer (“LPT”). Both years are inclusive of assumption updates as a result of the annual reserve review completed in the third quarter of each year. In addition, net investment income decreased in 2025 as compared with 2024.

The application of retroactive reinsurance accounting to additional cessions to the A&EP LPT resulted in after-tax charges of $36 million in 2025 as compared with an after-tax charge of $6 million in 2024, both of which have no economic impact. Further information on net prior year loss reserve development and the A&EP LPT is included in Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

The cash flow assumption updates from the annual reserve review for 2025 and 2024 resulted in a pretax increase in long-term care reserves of $7 million and $15 million. The annual structured settlement reserve review resulted in a pretax increase in claim reserves of $2 million for 2025 and a reduction in claim reserves of $9 million for 2024.

Results in 2024 included a $16 million after-tax charge related to office consolidation.

Boardwalk Pipelines

Overview

Boardwalk Pipelines operates in the midstream portion of the natural gas and natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) industry, providing transportation and storage for those commodities. It also provides ethane supply and transportation services for petrochemical customers in Louisiana and Texas. Boardwalk Pipelines is not in the business of buying and selling natural gas and NGLs other than for system management purposes and to facilitate its ethane supply operations, but changes in natural gas and NGLs prices may impact the volumes of natural gas or NGLs transported and stored by its customers or the ethane supply requirements on its systems. The pricing contained in the purchase and sales agreements associated with the ethane supply services is generally based on the same ethane commodity index, plus a fixed delivery fee. Except for possible timing differences that may occur when volumes are purchased in one month and sold in another month, Boardwalk Pipelines’ ethane supply services, like its other businesses, have little to no direct commodity price exposure. Due to the capital-intensive nature of its business, Boardwalk Pipelines’ operating costs and expenses do not vary significantly based upon the volume of products transported, with the exception of costs recorded in costs associated with service revenues. For further information on Boardwalk Pipelines’ revenue recognition policies see Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. Boardwalk Pipelines’ operation and maintenance expenses are impacted by its compliance with the requirements of, among other regulations, pipeline integrity maintenance regulations and its efforts to monitor, control and reduce emissions, as further discussed below.

Firm Agreements

A substantial portion of Boardwalk Pipelines’ transportation and storage capacity is contracted for under firm agreements. For the year ended December 31, 2025, approximately 87% of Boardwalk Pipelines’ revenues were derived from capacity reservation fees under firm contracts or from contracts with minimum volume commitments. The table below shows a rollforward of projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements in place as of December 31,

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2024 to December 31, 2025, including agreements for transportation, storage, ethane supply and other services, over the remaining term of those agreements:

As of December 31, 2025
(In millions)
Total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements as of December 31, 2024$14,184
Adjustments for:
Actual revenues recognized from firm agreements in 2025 (a)(1,639)
Firm agreements entered into in 20257,011
Total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements as of December 31, 2025$19,556

(a)Reflects an increase of $128 million in Boardwalk Pipelines’ actual 2025 revenues recognized from fixed fees under firm agreements as compared with its expected 2025 revenues from fixed fees under firm agreements, including agreements for transportation, storage and other services as of December 31, 2024, primarily due to an increase from contract renewals at higher rates that occurred in 2025.

During 2025, Boardwalk Pipelines entered into $7.0 billion of new firm agreements, of which approximately 82% were associated with new growth projects executed in 2025. For firm agreements associated with new growth projects, the associated assets may not be placed into commercial service until sometime in the future. The table above includes $9.9 billion of estimated revenues that are anticipated under executed precedent or long-term firm transportation agreements for growth projects that are contingent upon, among other things, receipt of required regulatory approvals and permits and are subject to construction risk. Each year, a portion of Boardwalk Pipelines’ firm transportation and storage agreements expire. The rates Boardwalk Pipelines is able to charge customers are heavily influenced by market trends (both short and longer term), including the available supply, geographical location of natural gas production, the competition between producing basins, competition with other pipelines for supply and markets, the demand for gas by end-users such as electric power generators (including as a result of increased demand by AI data centers), petrochemical facilities and LNG export facilities and the price differentials between the gas supplies and the market demand for the gas (basis differentials). As of December 31, 2025, Boardwalk Pipelines’ top ten customers under committed firm agreements comprised approximately 66% of its total projected operating revenues and the credit profile associated with Boardwalk Pipelines’ customers comprising the total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements was 87% rated as investment grade, 2% rated as non-investment grade and 11% not rated.

Pipeline System Maintenance and Greenhouse Gases (“GHGs”) Emission Reduction Initiatives

Boardwalk Pipelines incurs substantial costs for ongoing maintenance of its pipeline systems and related facilities, including those incurred for pipeline integrity management activities, equipment overhauls, general upkeep and repairs. These costs are not dependent on the amount of revenues earned from its transportation services. PHMSA’s regulations require transportation pipeline operators to implement integrity management programs to comprehensively evaluate certain high-risk areas, known as HCAs, and MCAs, along pipelines and take additional safety measures to protect people and property in these areas. These regulations have resulted in an overall increase in Boardwalk Pipelines’ ongoing maintenance costs, including maintenance capital and maintenance expense. Refer to Item 1. Business of this Report for further discussion of these regulations.

Due to the nature of Boardwalk Pipelines’ business, its operations emit various types of GHGs. Boardwalk Pipelines seeks to monitor its emissions and expects to incur additional costs to mitigate emissions. New legislation or regulations could increase the costs related to operating and maintaining Boardwalk Pipelines’ facilities. Depending on the particular law, regulation or program, Boardwalk Pipelines could be required to incur capital expenditures for installing new monitoring equipment or emission controls on its facilities, acquire and surrender allowances for GHG emissions, pay taxes or fees related to GHG emissions and/or administer and manage a more comprehensive GHG emissions program.

Boardwalk Pipelines has been focused on seeking to meet and, in certain instances, pursuing projects aimed at exceeding regulatory obligations (such as those found in the Clean Air Act (“CAA”)) by working to reduce emissions of regulated air pollutants, including methane, associated with its pipeline transportation and storage assets.

PHMSA regulations and efforts to reduce GHG emissions have caused Boardwalk Pipelines’ capital and operating costs to increase since 2021. Those costs are expected to stabilize for the foreseeable future, though PHMSA regulations and

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such efforts may cause Boardwalk Pipelines to experience operational delays and may result in potential adverse impacts to its ability to grow its business and reliably serve its customers. Additionally, any changes to these regulations could cause Boardwalk Pipelines’ costs to increase in the future. For more information, see Item 1. Business and Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Report.

Maintenance costs may be capitalized or expensed, depending on the nature of the activities. For any given reporting period, the mix of projects that Boardwalk Pipelines undertakes will affect the amounts it records as property, plant and equipment on the Consolidated Balance Sheets or recognizes as expenses, which impact earnings. In 2026, Boardwalk Pipelines expects to spend approximately $530 million to maintain its pipeline systems, comply with regulations and monitor, control and reduce its GHG emissions, of which approximately $225 million is expected to be maintenance capital. In 2025, Boardwalk Pipelines spent $516 million on these matters, of which $194 million was recorded as maintenance capital.

Results of Operations

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Boardwalk Pipelines for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. Boardwalk Pipelines also utilizes a non-GAAP measure, earnings before interest, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) as a financial measure to assess its operating and financial performance and return on invested capital. Management believes some investors may find this measure useful in evaluating Boardwalk Pipelines’ performance as EBITDA is a commonly used metric within the midstream industry.

Year Ended December 3120252024
(In millions)
Revenues:
Operating revenues and other$2,310$2,034
Interest income1431
Total2,3242,065
Expenses:
Operating and other:
Operating costs and expenses1,136948
Depreciation and amortization443429
Interest161183
Total1,7401,560
Income before income tax584505
Income tax expense(140)(92)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$444$413
EBITDA$1,174$1,086

2025 Compared with 2024

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation and EBITDA increased $31 million and $88 million in 2025 as compared with 2024, primarily due to the reasons discussed below.

Total revenues increased $259 million in 2025 as compared with 2024. Boardwalk Pipelines’ transportation revenues increased $104 million, primarily due to re-contracting at higher rates, recently completed growth projects and higher utilization-based revenue; storage, parking and lending revenues increased $35 million due to favorable market conditions which allowed for contracting at higher rates; and product sales revenues increased $137 million primarily from higher volumes from the sale of ethane due to a customer outage in 2024, which impacted 2024 volumes, and higher ethane pricing in 2025.

Operating and other expenses increased $202 million in 2025 as compared with 2024, primarily from higher product costs of $137 million associated with increased ethane product sales; increased operation and maintenance costs of $12 million primarily due to higher maintenance project, employee-related, pipeline legal and utility costs; increased general

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and administrative expenses of $14 million primarily due to higher employee-related and outside service costs; increased depreciation and amortization expense of $14 million; increased property taxes of $8 million due to higher assessments and an increased asset base; and a 2024 gain from a contract settlement of $7 million.

Interest expenses decreased $22 million in 2025 as compared with 2024, primarily due to the pre-financing of Boardwalk Pipeline’s $600 million of debt that matured on December 15, 2024.

Income tax expense increased $48 million in 2025 as compared with 2024, primarily due to a $36 million income tax benefit recorded in 2024 from an adjustment to deferred state income taxes for a rate reduction effective in 2025.

Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to Loews Corporation to EBITDA

The following table reconciles net income attributable to Loews Corporation to EBITDA for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:

Year Ended December 3120252024
(In millions)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$444$413
Interest, net147152
Income tax expense14092
Depreciation and amortization443429
EBITDA$1,174$1,086

Loews Hotels & Co

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Loews Hotels & Co for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8:

Year Ended December 3120252024
(In millions)
Revenues:
Operating revenue$818$806
Revenues related to reimbursable expenses127127
Total945933
Expenses:
Operating and other674653
Asset impairments25
Reimbursable expenses127127
Depreciation and amortization10093
Equity income from joint ventures(102)(86)
Interest6951
Total893838
Income before income tax5295
Income tax expense(21)(25)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$31$70
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2025 Compared with 2024

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation decreased by $39 million in 2025 as compared with 2024 primarily due to the reasons discussed below.

Operating revenues improved by $12 million and operating and other expenses increased by $21 million in 2025 as compared with 2024. The increase in operating revenues was primarily due to higher average daily rates and higher food and beverage revenues, largely driven by the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center being open for the entirety of 2025, partially offset by a decline in operating revenues at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel due to renovations. The increase in operating and other expenses was primarily due to higher costs associated with the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center and the termination of a contract with a minority owner in the first quarter of 2025.

Equity income from joint ventures increased $16 million in 2025 as compared to 2024. Equity income from joint ventures was negatively impacted by impairment charges recorded at certain joint venture hotels, which reduced equity income by $9 million in 2025 and by $19 million in 2024. Excluding the impact of these charges, equity income from joint ventures increased $6 million. The increase was primarily driven by growth in the overall average daily rate and an increase in the number of occupied room nights at the Universal Orlando Resort hotels, including those attributable to the three new hotels that opened in the first half of 2025, partially offset by higher expenses, including pre-opening costs, depreciation and interest expense, related to these new hotels, as well as a reduction in net distributions, which reduced earnings at a Universal Orlando Resort joint venture, to support property improvement costs.

In 2025, Loews Hotels & Co recorded an impairment charge of $25 million to reduce the carrying value of certain assets related to the planned replacement of the Arlington Sheraton Hotel to their estimated fair value.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased $7 million in 2025 as compared with 2024, mainly due to the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center being open for the entirety of 2025 and the accelerated depreciation of assets being replaced by renovations at certain properties.

Interest expense for 2025 increased $18 million as compared with 2024 primarily due to lower capitalized interest on projects under development and higher interest rates on certain debt refinanced in 2024.

Corporate

Corporate operations consist primarily of investment income, interest expense and administrative costs at the Parent Company. Investment income includes earnings on cash and short-term investments held at the Parent Company to meet current and future liquidity needs, as well as results of the trading portfolio held at the Parent Company. Corporate also includes the equity method of accounting for Altium Packaging.

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Corporate for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8:

Year Ended December 3120252024
(In millions)
Revenues:
Net investment income$196$242
Expenses:
Operating and other6977
Equity method loss2828
Interest7274
Total169179
Income before income tax2763
Income tax expense(8)(11)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$19$52
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2025 Compared with 2024

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation decreased $33 million in 2025 as compared with 2024 primarily due to the decrease in net investment income for the Parent Company of $46 million in 2025 as compared with 2024 primarily due to results from the trading portfolio.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Parent Company

Parent Company cash and investments, net of receivables and payables, totaled $3.9 billion at December 31, 2025 as compared to $3.3 billion at December 31, 2024. In 2025, we received $1.5 billion in cash dividends from our subsidiaries: $954 million from CNA, including a special cash dividend of $497 million, and distributions of $500 million from Boardwalk Pipelines. Cash outflows in 2025 included the payment of $806 million to fund treasury stock purchases and $52 million of cash dividends to our shareholders. In the first quarter of 2026, we expect to receive cash dividends of $616 million from CNA and $75 million from Boardwalk Pipelines. As a holding company we depend on dividends from our subsidiaries and returns on our investment portfolio to fund our obligations. We also have an effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under which we may publicly issue an unspecified amount of our debt, equity or hybrid securities from time to time. We are not responsible for the liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries and there are no Parent Company guarantees.

Depending on market and other conditions, we may purchase shares of our and our subsidiaries outstanding common stock in the open market (including, with respect to our common stock, in open market transactions that may or may not satisfy all of the conditions of the Rule 10b-18 voluntary safe harbor), in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. In 2025, we purchased 8.9 million shares of Loews Corporation common stock. As of February 6, 2026, there were 206,052,874 shares of Loews Corporation common stock outstanding.

Loews Corporation has a corporate credit and senior debt rating of A with a stable outlook from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) and a senior debt rating of A3 with a stable outlook from Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”).

Future uses of our cash may include purchases of our and our subsidiaries’ outstanding common stock, dividends, investing in our subsidiaries and/or to make opportunistic investments. The declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our common stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our earnings, financial condition and business needs.

Subsidiaries

CNA’s cash provided by operating activities was $2.5 billion in 2025 as compared with $2.6 billion in 2024. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was driven by an increase in net claim payments and higher operating expenses, partially offset by an increase in premiums collected and higher cash from investment earnings.

CNA paid cash dividends of $3.84 per share on its common stock, including a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share, in 2025. On February 6, 2026, CNA’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.48 per share and a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share, payable March 12, 2026 to shareholders of record on February 23, 2026. CNA’s declaration and payment of future dividends is at the discretion of its Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including CNA’s earnings, financial condition, business needs and regulatory constraints. CNA believes that its present cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities are sufficient to fund its current and expected working capital and debt obligation needs and does not expect this to change in the near term.

Dividends to CNA from Continental Casualty Company (“CCC”), a subsidiary of CNA, are subject to the insurance holding company laws of the State of Illinois, the domiciliary state of CCC. Under these laws, ordinary dividends, or dividends that do not require prior approval by the Illinois Department of Insurance (the “Department”), are determined based on the greater of the prior year’s statutory net income or 10% of statutory surplus as of the end of the prior year, as well as the timing and amount of dividends paid in the preceding 12 months. Additionally, ordinary dividends may only be paid from earned surplus, which is calculated by removing unrealized gains from unassigned surplus. As of December 31, 2025, CCC was in a positive earned surplus position. The maximum allowable dividend CCC could pay during 2026 that would not be subject to the Department’s prior approval is $1.3 billion, less dividends paid during the preceding twelve months measured at that point in time. CCC paid dividends of $1.1 billion in 2025. The actual level of dividends paid in any year is determined after an assessment of available dividend capacity, holding company liquidity and cash needs as well as the impact the dividends will have on the statutory surplus of the applicable insurance company.

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In August of 2025, CNA completed a public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.2% senior notes due August 15, 2035 and redeemed the $500 million outstanding aggregate principal balance of its 4.5% senior notes in advance of the March 1, 2026 maturity date.

CNA has an insurer financial strength rating of A+ and senior debt rating of a- from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”), an insurer financial strength rating of A2 and senior debt rating of Baa2 from Moody’s, an insurer financial strength rating of A+ and senior debt rating of A- from S&P and an insurer financial strength rating of A+ and senior debt rating of BBB+ from Fitch. A.M. Best upgraded CNA’s insurer financial strength and senior debt ratings and revised the outlook on the ratings to stable from positive in December 2025. Moody’s maintains a positive outlook on CNA’s ratings after revising it to positive from stable in November 2024. S&P and Fitch maintain stable outlooks across CNA’s insurer financial strength and senior debt ratings.

CNA has an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC under which it may publicly issue an unspecified amount of debt, equity or hybrid securities from time to time.

Boardwalk Pipelines’ cash provided by operating activities increased $142 million in 2025 compared to 2024, primarily due to changes in net income.

For 2025 and 2024, Boardwalk Pipelines’ capital expenditures were $354 million and $392 million, consisting of growth capital expenditures of $160 million and $190 million and maintenance capital expenditures of $194 million and $202 million. See Boardwalk Pipelines: Pipeline System Maintenance and GHGs Emission Reduction Initiatives in this MD&A for further information about factors impacting Boardwalk Pipelines’ maintenance capital spending.

Boardwalk Pipelines expects total capital expenditures to be approximately $845 million in 2026, including approximately $225 million for maintenance capital and $620 million related to growth projects. As described in Boardwalk Pipelines: Current Growth Projects in Item 1. Business of this Report, Boardwalk Pipelines is currently engaged in growth projects for which it has executed precedent or long-term firm transportation agreements. Through the date of this filing, the expected aggregate construction costs associated with these agreements is approximately $3.3 billion; this cost is expected to be spent through 2030. As of December 31, 2025, Boardwalk Pipelines has spent $135 million on these growth projects. The majority of the capital expenditures for each of these projects is expected to be spent upon receiving FERC approval to begin construction, which is generally 12-18 months prior to the project’s expected in-service date. Boardwalk Pipelines is also evaluating additional growth projects involving substantial capital commitments. Boardwalk Pipelines expects to finance its growth projects through a combination of operating cash flows and the issuance of long-term debt, including borrowings under its revolving credit facility. Boardwalk Pipelines’ cost and timing estimates for its growth projects are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, and are based on the factors, described in Boardwalk Pipelines: Current Growth Projects in Item 1. Business of this Report. Actual costs and timing of in-service dates for Boardwalk Pipelines’ growth projects may differ, perhaps materially, from its estimates. Refer to Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional risks associated with Boardwalk Pipelines’ growth projects and the related financing.

The nature of Boardwalk Pipelines’ existing growth projects will require it to enhance or modify its existing assets to accommodate increased operating pressures or changing flow patterns. Boardwalk Pipelines considers capital expenditures associated with the modification or enhancement of existing assets in the context of a growth project to be growth capital to the extent that the modification would not have been made in the absence of the growth project without regard to the condition of the existing assets.

Additionally, as of December 31, 2025, Boardwalk Pipelines has future capital commitments comprised of binding commitments under purchase orders for materials ordered but not received totaling approximately $355 million, which are expected to be settled through 2028.

As of February 6, 2026, Boardwalk Pipelines has an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC, which expires in September 2026, under which it may publicly issue up to $350 million of debt securities, warrants or rights from time to time. Boardwalk Pipelines intends to update its shelf registration statement and access the debt markets to fund some or all capital expenditures for growth projects or acquisitions, to refinance maturing debt or for general partnership purposes. Boardwalk Pipelines believes that its existing capital resources, including its cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, revolving credit facility and cash flows from operating activities, will be adequate to fund its anticipated obligations over the next twelve months.

In November of 2025, Boardwalk Pipelines completed a public offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.4% senior notes due February 15, 2036, the proceeds of which will be used to redeem on March 1, 2026 the outstanding $550 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.0% debt due June 1, 2026 at a redemption price equal to par

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plus accrued and unpaid interest. As of December 31, 2025, Boardwalk Pipelines had no outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility and the full borrowing capacity of $1.0 billion available to it. In November 2025, Boardwalk Pipelines amended and restated its $1.0 billion revolving credit facility, extending the term to November 2030.

In 2025, Boardwalk Pipelines paid distributions of $500 million to the Company.

Boardwalk Pipelines has a senior debt rating of BBB with a stable outlook from S&P, a senior debt rating of Baa2 with a stable outlook from Moody’s and a senior debt rating of BBB with a stable outlook from Fitch.

In 2025, Loews Hotels & Co refinanced $363 million in loans. Loews Hotels & Co, through its subsidiaries, has loans, principally mortgage loans, all of which mature beyond twelve months as of December 31, 2025, which it may refinance before they mature. Refinancing any indebtedness, including loans of unconsolidated joint venture partnerships, may require Loews Hotels & Co to make principal pay downs, establish restricted cash reserves or provide guaranties of the subsidiary’s debt.

In 2025, Loews Hotels & Co acquired all the remaining outstanding noncontrolling equity interests of two owned and consolidated hotels for a total of $41 million.

In January 2026 Loews Hotels & Co announced the replacement of the existing Arlington Sheraton Hotel with the Americana by Loews Hotels in Arlington, Texas. Loews Hotels & Co wholly owns the Arlington Sheraton Hotel but did not manage the hotel as Loews Hotels & Co leased the hotel to an unrelated third party. The new hotel, which Loews Hotels & Co will wholly own and manage, is expected to open in 2029 with approximately 500 guestrooms and more than 83,000 square feet of total indoor and outdoor function space. The approximately $400 million hotel project is expected to be funded with cash from operations. Based on the timing of construction relative to the seasonality of Loews Hotels & Co’s business and restrictions on certain cash held by Loews Hotels & Co, a Loews Corporation capital contribution may be required to fund all or part of the construction costs.

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Contractual Obligations

We and our subsidiaries have contractual obligations which arise in the ordinary course of business. For a discussion regarding the obligations related to our and our subsidiaries long-term debt see Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. For contractual payment obligations related to the claim and claim adjustment expense reserves and future policy benefit reserves see the table below:

Payments Due by Period
December 31, 2025TotalLess than 1 year1-3 years3-5 yearsMore than 5 years
(In millions)
Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves (a)$27,111$5,983$7,362$4,145$9,621
Future policy benefit reserves (b)26,8808621,6331,79322,592

(a)The claim and claim adjustment expense reserves reflected above are not discounted and represent CNA’s estimate of the amount and timing of the ultimate settlement and administration of gross claims based on its assessment of facts and circumstances known as of December 31, 2025. See the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A for further information.

(b)The future policy benefit reserves reflected above are not discounted, include maintenance costs, represent CNA’s estimate of the ultimate amount and timing of the settlement of benefits net of expected premiums and are based on its assessment of facts and circumstances known as of December 31, 2025. Additional information on future policy benefit reserves is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Further information on our commitments, contingencies and guarantees is provided in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

INVESTMENTS

Investment activities of our non-insurance subsidiaries primarily consist of investments in fixed income securities, including short-term investments. The Parent Company portfolio also includes equity securities, including short sales and derivative instruments. Certain of these types of Parent Company investments generally have greater volatility, less liquidity and greater risk than fixed income investments and are included within Results of Operations – Corporate.

The Parent Company enters into short sales and invests in certain derivative instruments that are used for asset and liability management activities, income enhancements to its portfolio management strategy and to benefit from anticipated future movements in the underlying markets. If such movements do not occur as anticipated, significant losses may occur. Monitoring procedures include senior management review of daily reports of existing positions and valuation fluctuations to seek to ensure that open positions are consistent with the portfolio strategy.

Credit exposure associated with non-performance by counterparties to derivative instruments is generally limited to the uncollateralized change in fair value of the derivative instruments recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The risk of non-performance is mitigated by monitoring the creditworthiness of counterparties and diversifying derivatives by using multiple counterparties. Collateral is occasionally required from derivative investment counterparties depending on the amount of the exposure and the credit rating of the counterparty.

Insurance

CNA maintains a large portfolio of fixed maturity and equity securities, including large amounts of corporate and government issued debt securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities and investments in limited partnerships which pursue a variety of long and short investment strategies across a broad array of asset classes. CNA’s investment portfolio supports its obligation to pay future insurance claims and provides investment returns which are an important part of CNA’s overall profitability.

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Net Investment Income

The significant components of CNA’s net investment income are presented in the following table. Fixed income securities, as presented, include both fixed maturity securities and non-redeemable preferred stock.

Year Ended December 3120252024
(In millions)
Fixed income securities:
Taxable fixed income securities$2,012$1,940
Tax-exempt fixed income securities165144
Total fixed income securities2,1772,084
Limited partnership and common stock investments302320
Other, net of investment expense7893
Net investment income$2,557$2,497
Effective income yield for the fixed income securities portfolio4.9%4.8%
Limited partnership and common stock return for the period11.1%13.3%

CNA’s net investment income increased $60 million in 2025 as compared with 2024, driven by higher income from fixed income securities as a result of a larger invested asset base and favorable reinvestment rates, partially offset by lower common stock returns.

Investment Gains (Losses)

The components of CNA’s investment gains (losses) are presented in the following table:

Year Ended December 3120252024
(In millions)
Investment gains (losses):
Fixed maturity securities:
Corporate and other bonds$(64)$(57)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions(1)1
Asset-backed(18)(46)
Total fixed maturity securities(83)(102)
Non-redeemable preferred stock721
Derivatives, short-term and other(5)
Total investment losses(81)(81)
Income tax benefit1717
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests55
Investment losses attributable to Loews Corporation$(59)$(59)

CNA’s pretax investment losses were consistent with 2024 as lower impairment losses were offset by a lower favorable change in the fair value of non-redeemable preferred stock and higher net losses on disposals of fixed maturity securities.

Further information on CNA’s investment gains and losses is set forth in Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

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Portfolio Quality

The following table presents the estimated fair value and net unrealized gains (losses) of CNA’s fixed maturity securities by rating distribution:

December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains(Losses)
(In millions)
U.S. Government, Government agencies and Government-sponsored enterprises$3,274$(228)$2,936$(369)
AAA3,997(136)3,010(217)
AA7,001(428)6,369(567)
A11,167(140)10,260(379)
BBB16,249(223)16,757(729)
Non-investment grade1,714(42)1,779(64)
Total$43,402$(1,197)$41,111$(2,325)

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, 1% of CNA’s fixed maturity portfolio was rated internally. Additionally, as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, CNA assigned an AAA rating to $661 million and $199 million of municipal bonds that were either pre-refunded or backed by mortgage loans guaranteed by a U.S. government agency or sponsored enterprise.

The following table presents CNA’s available-for-sale fixed maturity securities in a gross unrealized loss position by ratings distribution:

December 31, 2025Estimated Fair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In millions)
U.S. Government, Government agencies and Government-sponsored enterprises$1,980$267
AAA1,376243
AA3,827623
A5,025440
BBB7,758639
Non-investment grade67874
Total$20,644$2,286
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The following table presents the maturity profile for these available-for-sale fixed maturity securities. Securities not due to mature on a single date are allocated based on weighted average life:

December 31, 2025Estimated Fair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In millions)
Due in one year or less$821$11
Due after one year through five years5,277224
Due after five years through ten years5,752607
Due after ten years8,7941,444
Total$20,644$2,286

Duration

A primary objective in the management of CNA’s investment portfolio is to optimize return relative to the corresponding liabilities and respective liquidity needs. CNA’s views on the current interest rate environment, tax regulations, asset class valuations, specific security issuer and broader industry segment conditions as well as domestic and global economic conditions, are some of the factors that enter into an investment decision. CNA also continually monitors exposure to issuers of securities held and broader industry sector exposures and may from time to time adjust such exposures based on its views of a specific issuer or industry sector.

A further consideration in the management of CNA’s investment portfolio is the characteristics of the corresponding liabilities and the ability to align the duration of the portfolio to those liabilities and to meet future liquidity needs, minimize interest rate risk and maintain a level of income sufficient to support the underlying insurance liabilities. For portfolios where future liability cash flows are determinable and typically long-term in nature, CNA segregates investments for asset/liability management purposes. The segregated investments support the long-term care and structured settlement liabilities in Other Insurance Operations.

The effective durations of CNA’s fixed income securities and short-term investments are presented in the following table. Amounts presented are net of payable and receivable amounts for securities purchased and sold, but not yet settled.

December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Estimated Fair ValueEffective Duration (Years)Estimated Fair ValueEffective Duration (Years)
(In millions of dollars)
Life & Group$15,5849.7$14,9159.8
Property & Casualty and other30,7164.528,7794.3
Total$46,3006.3$43,6946.2

CNA’s investment portfolio is periodically analyzed for changes in duration and related price risk. Certain securities have duration characteristics that are variable based on market interest rates, credit spreads and other factors that may drive variability in the amount and timing of cash flows. Additionally, CNA periodically reviews the sensitivity of the portfolio to the level of foreign exchange rates and other factors that contribute to market price changes. A summary of these risks and specific analysis on changes is included in the Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk included under Item 7A.

INSURANCE RESERVES

The level of reserves CNA maintains represents its best estimate, as of a particular point in time, of what the ultimate settlement and administration of claims will cost based on CNA’s assessment of facts and circumstances known at that time. Reserves are not an exact calculation of liability but instead are complex estimates that CNA derives, generally utilizing a variety of actuarial reserve estimation techniques, from numerous assumptions and expectations about future

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events, both internal and external, many of which are highly uncertain. As noted below, CNA reviews its reserves for each segment of its business periodically, and any such review could result in the need to increase reserves in amounts which could be material and could adversely affect our results of operations and equity and CNA’s equity, business and insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings. Further information on reserves is provided in Notes 7 and 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Property and Casualty Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves

CNA maintains loss reserves to cover its estimated ultimate unpaid liability for claim and claim adjustment expenses, including the estimated cost of the claims adjudication process, for claims that have been reported but not yet settled (case reserves) and claims that have been incurred but not reported (“IBNR”). IBNR includes a provision for development on known cases as well as a provision for late reported incurred claims. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves are reflected as liabilities and are included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the heading “Insurance Reserves.” Adjustments to prior year reserve estimates, if necessary, are reflected in results of operations in the period that the need for such adjustments is determined. The carried case and IBNR reserves as of each balance sheet date are provided in the discussion that follows and in Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

There is a risk that CNA’s recorded reserves are insufficient to cover its estimated ultimate unpaid liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses. Unforeseen emerging or potential claims and coverage issues are also difficult to predict and could materially adversely affect the adequacy of CNA’s claim and claim adjustment expense reserves and could lead to future reserve increases.

In addition, CNA’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries also have actual and potential exposures related to A&EP claims, which could result in material losses. To mitigate the risks posed by CNA’s exposure to A&EP claims and claim adjustment expenses, CNA completed a transaction with National Indemnity Company (“NICO”), under which substantially all of CNA’s legacy A&EP liabilities were ceded to NICO effective January 1, 2010. See Note 7 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for further discussion about the transaction with NICO, its impact on CNA’s results of operations and the deferred retroactive reinsurance gains and the amount of remaining reinsurance limit.

Establishing Property & Casualty Reserve Estimates

In developing claim and claim adjustment expense reserve estimates, CNA’s actuaries perform detailed reserve analyses that are staggered throughout the year. The data is organized at a reserve group level. A reserve group typically can be a line of business covering a subset of insureds such as commercial automobile liability for small or middle market customers, or it can be a particular type of claim such as construction defect. Every reserve group is reviewed at least once during the year, but most are reviewed more frequently. The analyses generally review losses gross of ceded reinsurance and apply the ceded reinsurance terms to the gross estimates to establish estimates net of reinsurance. In addition to the detailed analyses, CNA reviews actual loss emergence for all products each quarter.

Most of CNA’s business can be characterized as long-tail. For long-tail business, it will generally be several years between the time the business is written and the time when all claims are settled. CNA’s long-tail exposures include commercial automobile liability, workers’ compensation, general liability, medical professional liability, other professional liability and management liability coverages, assumed reinsurance run-off and products liability. Short-tail exposures include property, commercial automobile physical damage, marine, surety and warranty. Property & Casualty Operations contain both long-tail and short-tail exposures. Other Insurance Operations contain long-tail exposures.

Various methods are used to project ultimate losses for both long-tail and short-tail exposures.

The paid development method estimates ultimate losses by reviewing paid loss patterns and applying them to accident or policy years with further expected changes in paid losses. Selection of the paid loss pattern may require consideration of several factors including the impact of economic, social and medical inflation on claim costs, the rate at which claims professionals make claim payments and close claims, the impact of judicial decisions, the impact of underwriting changes, the impact of large claim payments and other factors. Claim cost inflation itself may require evaluation of changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, changes in the cost of medical care, changes in the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. Because this method assumes that losses are paid at a consistent rate, changes in any of these factors can affect the results. Since the method does not rely on case reserves, it is not directly influenced by changes in their adequacy.

For many reserve groups, paid loss data for recent periods may be too immature or erratic for accurate predictions. This situation often exists for long-tail exposures. In addition, changes in the factors described above may result in inconsistent

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payment patterns. Finally, estimating the paid loss pattern subsequent to the most mature point available in the data analyzed often involves considerable uncertainty for long-tail products such as workers’ compensation.

The incurred development method is similar to the paid development method, but it uses case incurred losses instead of paid losses. Since the method uses more data (case reserves in addition to paid losses) than the paid development method, the incurred development patterns may be less variable than paid patterns. However, selection of the incurred loss pattern typically requires analysis of all of the same factors described above. In addition, the inclusion of case reserves can lead to distortions if changes in case reserving practices have taken place, and the use of case incurred losses may not eliminate the issues associated with estimating the incurred loss pattern subsequent to the most mature point available.

The loss ratio method multiplies earned premiums by an expected loss ratio to produce ultimate loss estimates for each accident or policy year. This method may be useful for immature accident or policy periods or if loss development patterns are inconsistent, losses emerge very slowly or there is relatively little loss history from which to estimate future losses. The selection of the expected loss ratio typically requires analysis of loss ratios from earlier accident or policy years or pricing studies and analysis of inflationary trends, frequency trends, rate changes, underwriting changes and other applicable factors.

The Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using paid loss is a combination of the paid development method and the loss ratio method. This method normally determines expected loss ratios similar to the approach used to estimate the expected loss ratio for the loss ratio method and typically requires analysis of the same factors described above. This method assumes that future losses will develop at the expected loss ratio level. The percent of paid loss to ultimate loss implied from the paid development method is used to determine what percentage of ultimate loss is yet to be paid. The use of the pattern from the paid development method typically requires consideration of the same factors listed in the description of the paid development method. The estimate of losses yet to be paid is added to current paid losses to estimate the ultimate loss for each year. For long-tail lines, this method will react very slowly if actual ultimate loss ratios are different from expectations due to changes not accounted for by the expected loss ratio calculation.

The Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using incurred loss is similar to the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using paid loss except that it uses case incurred losses. The use of case incurred losses instead of paid losses can result in development patterns that are less variable than paid patterns. However, the inclusion of case reserves can lead to distortions if changes in case reserving have taken place, and the method typically requires analysis of the same factors that need to be reviewed for the loss ratio and incurred development methods.

The frequency times severity method multiplies a projected number of ultimate claims by an estimated ultimate average loss for each accident or policy year to produce ultimate loss estimates. Since projections of the ultimate number of claims are often less variable than projections of ultimate loss, this method can provide more reliable results for reserve groups where loss development patterns are inconsistent or too variable to be relied on exclusively. In addition, this method can more directly account for changes in coverage that affect the number and size of claims. However, this method can be difficult to apply to situations where very large claims or a substantial number of unusual claims result in volatile average claim sizes. Projecting the ultimate number of claims may require analysis of several factors, including the rate at which policyholders report claims to CNA, the impact of judicial decisions, the impact of underwriting changes and other factors. Estimating the ultimate average loss may require analysis of the impact of large losses and claim cost trends based on changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, changes in the cost of medical care, changes in the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors.

Stochastic modeling produces a range of possible outcomes based on varying assumptions related to the particular reserve group being modeled. For some reserve groups, CNA uses models which rely on historical development patterns at an aggregate level, while other reserve groups are modeled using individual claim variability assumptions supplied by the claims department. In either case, multiple simulations using varying assumptions are run and the results are analyzed to produce a range of potential outcomes. The results will typically include a mean and percentiles of the possible reserve distribution which aid in the selection of a point estimate.

For many exposures, especially those that can be considered long-tail, a particular accident or policy year may not have a sufficient volume of paid losses to produce a statistically reliable estimate of ultimate losses. In such a case, CNA’s actuaries typically assign more weight to the incurred development method than to the paid development method. As claims continue to settle and the volume of paid loss increases, the actuaries may assign additional weight to the paid development method. For most of CNA’s products, even the incurred losses for accident or policy years that are early in the claim settlement process will not be of sufficient volume to produce a reliable estimate of ultimate losses. In these cases, CNA may not assign much, if any, weight to the paid and incurred development methods. CNA may use the loss ratio, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and/or frequency times severity methods. For short-tail exposures, the paid and incurred development methods can often be relied on sooner primarily because CNA’s history includes a sufficient number of years

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to cover the entire period over which paid and incurred losses are expected to change. However, CNA may also use the loss ratio, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and/or frequency times severity methods for short-tail exposures.

For other more complex reserve groups where the above methods may not produce reliable indications, CNA uses additional methods tailored to the characteristics of the specific situation.

Periodic Reserve Reviews

The reserve analyses performed by CNA’s actuaries result in point estimates. Each quarter, the results of the detailed reserve reviews are summarized and discussed with CNA’s senior management to determine the best estimate of reserves. CNA’s senior management considers many factors in making this decision. CNA’s recorded reserves reflect its best estimate as of a particular point in time based upon known facts and circumstances, consideration of the factors cited above and its judgment. The carried reserve differs from the actuarial point estimate as discussed further below.

Currently, CNA’s recorded reserves are modestly higher than the actuarial point estimate. For Property & Casualty Operations, the difference between CNA’s reserves and the actuarial point estimate is primarily driven by uncertainty with respect to immature accident years, claim cost inflation, changes in claims handling, changes to the tort environment which may adversely affect claim costs and the effects from the economy. For CNA’s legacy A&EP liabilities, the difference between CNA’s reserves and the actuarial point estimate is primarily driven by the potential tail volatility of run-off exposures.

The key assumptions fundamental to the reserving process often vary for different reserve groups and accident or policy years. Some of these assumptions are explicit and required by specific methods, while most are implicit and cannot be precisely quantified. An example of an explicit assumption is the pattern used in the paid or incurred development method. However, this pattern is based on several implicit assumptions, such as the impact of inflation on claim costs and the rate at which claim professionals make claim payments and close claims. Consequently, the effect of changes in assumptions on reserve estimates typically cannot be specifically quantified, and these changes cannot be tracked over time.

CNA’s recorded reserves are management’s best estimate. To indicate the variability associated with CNA’s recorded reserves, the following discussion provides a sensitivity analysis showing the approximate estimated impact of variations in significant factors affecting CNA’s reserve estimates for particular types of business. These significant factors are those that CNA believes could most likely materially affect the reserves. This discussion covers the major types of business for which CNA believes a material deviation in its reserves is reasonably possible. There can be no assurance that actual experience will be consistent with the current assumptions or with the variation indicated in the discussion. Additionally, there can be no assurance that other factors and assumptions will not have a material impact on CNA’s reserves.

The areas for which CNA believes a significant deviation to its recorded reserves is reasonably possible are (i) medical professional liability (ii) other professional liability and management liability (iii) general liability (iv) workers’ compensation and (v) commercial automobile liability.

Medical professional liability, other professional liability and management liability, and general liability all have long development patterns with relatively immature paid data. This requires considerable judgment regarding development to ultimate losses and inherent risks due to economic, social and medical inflation, as well as legal fees, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. The following table reflects the impact on CNA’s recorded reserves (which could be favorable or unfavorable) of changing the ultimate losses by one percentage point in the long-tail development:

RecordedImpact
As of December 31, 2025ReserveAmount (+/-)Percent (+/-)
(In billions)(In millions)
Medical Professional Liability$1.5$1208.0%
Other Professional Liability and Management Liability4.12406.0
General Liability4.82806.0

Workers’ compensation also requires considerable judgment given its long development pattern and the impacts of medical inflation, the cost of wage replacement, expected claimant lifetimes, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. Adjusting the ultimate losses by one percentage point change in the long-tail development would increase or

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decrease the recorded reserve of $3.5 billion as of December 31, 2025 by approximately $240 million, or 7% of the recorded reserves.

Commercial automobile liability is also considered long-tail; however, the frequency of claims and severity of loss assumptions for the latest few accident years are significantly influenced by social and economic inflation, driving habits and attorney involvement. If these trends accelerate beyond expectations, there may be significant deviation in CNA’s recorded reserves. CNA’s recorded reserves for commercial automobile liability were $1.6 billion as of December 31, 2025. The following table reflects the impact on CNA’s recorded reserves of increasing the frequency and severity assumptions in the ultimate commercial automobile liability losses on the three most recent accident years,

Severity
Frequency2.5%5.0%7.5%
(In millions, except frequency and severity assumptions)
—%$50$90$140
1.0%70110160
2.0%90130180

Given the factors described above, it is not possible to quantify precisely the ultimate exposure represented by claims and related litigation. As a result, CNA regularly reviews the adequacy of its reserves and reassesses its reserve estimates as historical loss experience develops, additional claims are reported and settled and additional information becomes available in subsequent periods. In reviewing CNA’s reserve estimates, CNA makes adjustments in the period that the need for such adjustments is determined. These reviews have resulted in CNA’s identification of information and trends that have caused CNA to change its reserves in prior periods and could lead to CNA’s identification of a need for additional material increases or decreases in claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, which could materially affect our results of operations and equity and CNA’s business and insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings positively or negatively. See Note 7 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for additional information about reserve development.

The following table summarizes gross and net carried reserves for CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations:

December 3120252024
(In millions)
Gross Case Reserves$7,311$6,589
Gross IBNR Reserves16,09815,093
Total Gross Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$23,409$21,682
Net Case Reserves$6,189$5,573
Net IBNR Reserves13,53612,761
Total Net Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$19,725$18,334
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The following table summarizes the gross and net carried reserves for other insurance businesses in run-off, including A&EP:

December 3120252024
(In millions)
Gross Case Reserves$1,196$1,241
Gross IBNR Reserves1,4031,431
Total Gross Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$2,599$2,672
Net Case Reserves$119$120
Net IBNR Reserves238268
Total Net Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$357$388

Life & Group Policyholder Reserves

CNA’s Life & Group business includes its run-off long-term care business as well as structured settlement obligations not funded by annuities related to certain property and casualty claimants. Long-term care policies may provide benefits for nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home health care subject to various daily and lifetime caps. Generally, policyholders must continue to make periodic premium payments to keep the policy in force and CNA has the ability to increase policy premiums, subject to state regulatory approval.

CNA maintains future policy benefit reserves for its long-term care policies. Future policy benefit reserves for long-term care policies relate to policyholders that are currently receiving benefits, including claims that have been incurred but are not yet reported, as well as policyholders that are not yet receiving benefits. In developing the future policy benefit reserves, CNA’s actuaries perform a reserve review on an annual basis. During the annual review, historical policyholder morbidity, persistency, premium rate actions and expense experience is reviewed and compared to the current best estimate actuarial assumption set for potential revision. On a quarterly basis, actuaries perform experience studies that monitor the appropriateness of best estimate actuarial assumptions against emerging experience to assess whether any updates to those assumptions are warranted. The determination of these reserves requires management to make estimates and assumptions about expected policyholder experience over the remaining life of the policies. Since policies may be in force for several decades, these assumptions are subject to significant estimation risk. Future policy benefit reserves are discounted as discussed in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

In addition, claim and claim adjustment expense reserves are maintained for CNA’s structured settlement obligations. In developing the claim and claim adjustment expense reserve estimates for CNA’s structured settlement obligations, CNA’s actuaries monitor mortality and expense experience on an annual basis. CNA’s recorded claim and claim adjustment expense reserves reflect CNA’s best estimate after incorporating the results of the most recent reviews. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves for structured settlement obligations are discounted as discussed in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

The actuarial assumptions related to future policy benefit reserves for long-term care policies that management believes are subject to the most variability are morbidity, persistency and premium rate actions. Morbidity is the frequency and severity of injury, illness, sickness and diseases contracted. Persistency is the percentage of policies remaining in force and can be affected by policy lapses, benefit reductions and death. Premium rate actions are generally subject to regulatory approval, and therefore the exact timing and size of the approved rate increases are unknown. As a result of this variability, CNA’s long-term care reserves may be subject to material increases if actual experience develops adversely to its expectations.

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The table below summarizes the estimated pretax impact on CNA’s results of operations from various hypothetical revisions to its liability for future policyholder benefits reserve assumptions. CNA has assumed that revisions to such assumptions would occur in each policy type, age and duration within each long-term care product. The impact of each sensitivity is discrete and does not reflect the impact one factor may have on another or the mitigating impact from management actions, which may include additional premium rate actions. Although such hypothetical revisions are not currently required or anticipated, CNA believes they could occur based on past variances in experience and its expectations of the ranges of future experience that could reasonably occur. Any actual adjustment would be dependent on the specific policies affected and, therefore, may differ from the estimates summarized below. The estimated impacts to results of operations in the table below are after consideration of any net premium ratio impacts.

For the year ended December 31, 2025Estimated Reduction to Pretax Income
(In millions)
Hypothetical revisions
Morbidity:
2.5% increase in morbidity$300
5% increase in morbidity620
Persistency:
5% decrease in active life mortality and lapse$180
10% decrease in active life mortality and lapse350
Premium rate actions:
25% decrease in anticipated future premium rate increases$30
50% decrease in anticipated future premium rate increases50

As part of the annual reserve review completed in the third quarter of each year, statutory long-term care reserve adequacy is evaluated by premium deficiency testing, by comparing carried statutory reserves with best estimate reserves, which incorporates best estimate discount rate and liability assumptions in its determination. Statutory margin is the excess of carried reserves over best estimate reserves. As of September 30, 2025, statutory long-term care margin increased to $1.5 billion from $1.4 billion.

The following tables summarize policyholder reserves for CNA’s long-term care operations:

December 31, 2025Claim and claim adjustment expensesFuture policy benefitsTotal
(In millions)
Long-term care$13,448$13,448
Structured settlement and other$535535
Total53513,44813,983
Ceded reserves5656
Total gross reserves$591$13,448$14,039
December 31, 2024
Long-term care$13,158$13,158
Structured settlement and other$541541
Total54113,15813,699
Ceded reserves8181
Total gross reserves$622$13,158$13,780
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CATASTROPHES AND RELATED REINSURANCE

Various events can cause catastrophe losses. These events can be natural or man-made, including hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, earthquakes, hail, severe winter weather, fires, floods, riots, strikes, civil unrest, cyber attacks, pandemics and acts of terrorism that produce unusually large aggregate losses. In most, but not all cases, CNA’s catastrophe losses from these events in the U.S. are defined consistent with the definition of the Property Claims Service (“PCS”). PCS defines a catastrophe as an event that causes damage of $25 million or more in direct insured losses to property and affects a significant number of policyholders and insurers. For events outside of the U.S., CNA defines a catastrophe as an industry recognized event that generates an accumulation of claims amounting to more than $1 million for the International line of business.

Catastrophes are an inherent risk of the property and casualty insurance business and have contributed to material period-to-period fluctuations in CNA’s results of operations and/or equity. Catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, of $240 million and $358 million were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. Catastrophe losses for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 were driven by severe weather related events, including $64 million for the California wildfires in 2025 and $71 million for Hurricane Helene and $33 million for Hurricane Milton in 2024.

CNA uses various analyses and methods, including using one of the industry standard natural catastrophe models, to estimate hurricane and earthquake losses at various return periods and to inform underwriting and reinsurance decisions designed to manage its exposure to catastrophic events. CNA generally seeks to manage its exposure through the purchase of catastrophe reinsurance and utilize various reinsurance programs to mitigate catastrophe losses, including excess-of-loss occurrence and aggregate treaties covering property and workers’ compensation, a property quota share treaty and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 (“TRIPRA”), as well as individual risk agreements that reinsure from losses from specific classes or lines of business. CNA conducts an ongoing review of its risk and catastrophe reinsurance coverages and from time to time makes changes as it deems appropriate.

The following discussion summarizes CNA’s most significant catastrophe reinsurance coverage at January 1, 2026.

Group North American Property Treaty

CNA purchased corporate catastrophe excess-of-loss treaty reinsurance covering its U.S. states and territories and Canadian property exposures underwritten in its North American and European companies. The treaty has a term of June 1, 2025 to June 1, 2026 and provides coverage for the accumulation of covered losses from catastrophe occurrences above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $275 million up to $1.4 billion for all losses. Losses stemming from terrorism events are covered unless they are due to a nuclear, biological, chemical or radiation event. All layers of the treaty provide for one full reinstatement.

Group Workers’ Compensation Treaty

CNA also purchased corporate workers’ compensation catastrophe excess-of-loss treaty reinsurance for the period January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027 providing $275 million of coverage for the accumulation of covered losses related to natural catastrophes above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $25 million. The treaty also provides $775 million of coverage for the accumulation of covered losses related to terrorism events above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $25 million. Of the $775 million in terrorism coverage, $200 million is provided for nuclear, biological, chemical and radiation events. All layers of the treaty provide for one full reinstatement.

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019

CNA’s principal reinsurance protection against large-scale terrorist attacks, including nuclear, biological, chemical or radiation events, is the coverage currently provided through TRIPRA which runs through the end of 2027. TRIPRA provides a U.S. government backstop for insurance-related losses resulting from any “act of terrorism,” which is certified by the Secretary of Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the U.S. Attorney General for losses that exceed a threshold of $200 million industry-wide for the calendar year 2026. Under the current provisions of the program, in 2026 the federal government will reimburse 80% of CNA’s covered losses in excess of its applicable deductible up to a total industry program cap of $100 billion. CNA’s deductible is based on eligible commercial property and casualty earned premiums for the preceding calendar year. Based on 2025 earned premiums, CNA’s estimated deductible under the program is $1.4 billion for 2026. If an act of terrorism or acts of terrorism result in covered losses exceeding the $100 billion annual industry aggregate limit, Congress would be responsible for determining how additional losses in excess of $100 billion will be paid.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

The preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported on the Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements. In general, our estimates are based on historical experience, evaluation of current trends, information from third party professionals and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the known facts and circumstances.

We consider the accounting policies discussed below to be critical to an understanding of our Consolidated Financial Statements as their application places the most significant demands on our judgment. Due to the inherent uncertainties involved with these types of judgments, actual results could differ significantly from estimates and may have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition, equity, business and/or CNA’s insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings.

Insurance Reserves

Insurance reserves are established for both short and long-duration insurance contracts. Short-duration contracts are primarily related to property and casualty insurance policies where the reserving process is based on actuarial estimates of the amount of loss, including amounts for known and unknown claims. Long-duration contracts are primarily related to long-term care policies and the reserves are recorded as Future policy benefits reserves as discussed below. The reserve for unearned premiums represents the portion of premiums written related to the unexpired terms of coverage. If the recorded reserves are insufficient to cover the estimated ultimate unpaid liability, an increase to the insurance reserves may be needed. The reserving process is discussed in further detail in the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A.

Long Term Care Reserves

Future policy benefits reserves for long-term care policies are based on certain actuarial assumptions, including morbidity, persistency, premium rate actions and expenses. The adequacy of the reserves is contingent upon actual experience and future expectations related to these key assumptions. If actual or expected future experience differs from these assumptions, the reserves may not be adequate, requiring an increase to reserves. The reserves are discounted using upper-medium grade fixed income instrument yields as of each reporting date. The reserving process is discussed in further detail in the Insurance Reserve section of this MD&A.

Valuation of Investments and Impairment of Securities

Fixed maturity and equity securities are carried at fair value on the balance sheet. Fair value represents the price that would be received in a sale of an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date, the determination of which may require us to make a significant number of assumptions and judgments. Securities with the greatest level of subjectivity around valuation are those that rely on inputs that are significant to the estimated fair value and that are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. These unobservable inputs are based on assumptions consistent with what we believe other market participants would use to price such securities. Further information on fair value measurements is included in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

CNA’s fixed maturity securities are subject to market declines below amortized cost that may result in the recognition of impairment losses in earnings. Factors considered in the determination of whether or not an impairment loss is recognized in earnings include a current intention or need to sell the security or an indication that a credit loss exists. Significant judgment is required in the determination of whether a credit loss has occurred for a security. CNA considers all available evidence when determining whether a security requires a credit allowance to be recorded, including the financial condition and expected near-term and long-term prospects of the issuer, whether the issuer is current with interest and principal payments, credit ratings on the security or changes in ratings over time, general market conditions, industry, sector or other specific factors and whether CNA expects to receive cash flows sufficient to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security.

CNA’s mortgage loan portfolio is subject to the expected credit loss model, which requires immediate recognition of estimated credit losses over the life of the asset and the presentation of the asset at the net amount expected to be collected.

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Significant judgment is required in the determination of estimated credit losses and any changes in CNA’s expectation of the net amount to be collected are recognized in earnings.

Further information on CNA’s process for evaluating impairments and expected credit losses is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE

For a discussion of accounting standards updates that have been adopted, please read Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

RECENT LEGISLATION

On July 4, 2025, H.R. 1, “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14,” commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), was enacted. The OBBBA includes significant federal tax law changes which, among other impacts, modify and make permanent certain business tax provisions originally enacted in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The provisions of the OBBBA have not had a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial condition. The OBBBA is subject to further clarification from the issuance of future technical guidance by the U.S. Department of Treasury.

MD&A history

Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. The latest 10-K appears above; prior years are below.

FY 2024 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0000060086-25-000036.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2025-02-11. Report date: 2024-12-31.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

OVERVIEW

Loews Corporation is a holding company and has four reportable segments comprised of three individual consolidated operating subsidiaries, CNA Financial Corporation (“CNA”), Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (“Boardwalk Pipelines”) and Loews Hotels Holding Corporation (“Loews Hotels & Co”); and the Corporate segment. The Corporate segment is primarily comprised of Loews Corporation, excluding its consolidated operating subsidiaries, and the equity method of accounting for Altium Packaging LLC (“Altium Packaging”), an unconsolidated subsidiary.

Unless the context otherwise requires, as used herein, the term “Company” means Loews Corporation including its subsidiaries, the terms “Parent Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or like terms mean Loews Corporation excluding its subsidiaries and the term “Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation” means Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation shareholders.

We rely upon our invested cash balances and distributions from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our obligations and to declare and pay any dividends to our shareholders. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends is subject to, among other things, the availability of sufficient earnings and funds in such subsidiaries, applicable state laws, including in the case of the insurance subsidiaries of CNA, laws and rules governing the payment of dividends by regulated insurance companies (see Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8) and compliance with covenants in their respective loan agreements. Claims of creditors of our subsidiaries will generally have priority as to the assets of such subsidiaries over our claims and those of our creditors and shareholders. We are not responsible for the liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries and there are no Parent Company guarantees.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Item 1A, Risk Factors, and Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this Form 10-K. For a discussion of changes in results of operations comparing the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 for Loews Corporation and its subsidiaries see Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 6, 2024.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated Financial Results

The following table summarizes net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation by segment and the basic and diluted net income per share attributable to Loews Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:

Year Ended December 3120242023
(In millions, except per share data)
CNA Financial$879$1,094
Boardwalk Pipelines413283
Loews Hotels & Co70147
Corporate52(90)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$1,414$1,434
Basic net income per share$6.42$6.30
Diluted net income per share$6.41$6.29

2024 Compared with 2023

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2024 was $1.4 billion, or $6.41 diluted net income per share, compared to net income attributable to Loews Corporation of $1.4 billion, or $6.29 diluted net income per share, in 2023.

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Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2024 includes a $265 million after-tax and noncontrolling interests pension settlement charge for CNA.

Excluding CNA’s pension charge, net income attributable to Loews Corporation increased by 17% in 2024 compared to 2023 due to increases in net income at CNA and Boardwalk Pipelines and increased net investment income at the parent company, partially offset by a decrease in net income at Loews Hotels & Co. The increase at CNA is primarily due to higher net investment income driven by favorable returns from limited partnership and common stock investments and higher income from fixed income securities as a result of a larger invested asset base and favorable reinvestment rates and improved underlying underwriting results, partially offset by higher catastrophe losses. Boardwalk Pipelines’ results improved due to increased transportation revenues from higher re-contracting rates and recently completed growth projects, increased storage and parking and lending revenues and the contribution from the acquisition of Williams Olefins Pipeline Holdco LLC (“Bayou Ethane”) in 2023. Higher net investment income at the parent company is due to higher returns on equity securities. These increases were partially offset by lower net income at Loews Hotels & Co primarily due to higher depreciation and interest expenses related to the opening of the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center in the first quarter of 2024 and lower equity income from joint ventures. In addition, Loews Hotels & Co’s results for 2023 included a gain of $36 million related to the acquisition of an additional equity interest in, and the consolidation of, a previously unconsolidated joint venture property.

CNA Financial

The following table summarizes the results of operations for CNA for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 as presented in Note 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. For further discussion of Net investment income and Investment gains (losses), see the Investments section of this MD&A.

Year Ended December 3120242023
(In millions)
Revenues:
Insurance premiums$10,211$9,480
Net investment income2,4972,264
Investment losses(81)(99)
Non-insurance warranty revenue1,6091,624
Other revenues3430
Total14,27013,299
Expenses:
Insurance claims and policyholders’ benefits7,7387,068
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs1,7981,644
Non-insurance warranty expense1,5471,544
Other operating expenses1,8431,398
Interest133127
Total13,05911,781
Income before income tax1,2111,518
Income tax expense(252)(313)
Net income9591,205
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests(80)(111)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$879$1,094

2024 Compared with 2023

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation decreased $215 million for 2024 as compared with 2023. The decrease was primarily due to a pension settlement charge of $265 million after-tax and noncontrolling interests and higher catastrophe losses, partially offset by higher net investment income driven by favorable returns from limited partnership and common stock investments and higher income from fixed income securities as a result of a larger invested asset base

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and favorable reinvestment rates and improved underlying underwriting results. For more information on the pension settlement charge see Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

CNA’s Property & Casualty and Other Insurance Operations

CNA’s commercial property and casualty insurance operations (“Property & Casualty Operations”) include its Specialty, Commercial and International lines of business. CNA’s Other Insurance Operations outside of Property & Casualty Operations include its long-term care business that is in run-off, certain corporate expenses, including interest on CNA’s corporate debt, and the results of certain property and casualty businesses in run-off, including CNA Re, asbestos and environmental pollution (“A&EP”), a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation (“EWC”) policies and certain legacy mass tort reserves. CNA’s products and services are primarily marketed through independent agents, brokers and managing general underwriters to a wide variety of customers, including small, medium and large businesses, insurance companies, associations, professionals and other groups. We believe the presentation of CNA as one reportable segment is appropriate in accordance with applicable accounting standards on segment reporting. However, for purposes of this discussion and analysis of the results of operations, we provide greater detail with respect to CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations and Other Insurance Operations to enhance the reader’s understanding and to provide further transparency into key drivers of CNA’s financial results.

In assessing its insurance operations, CNA utilizes the core income (loss) financial measure. Core income (loss) is calculated by excluding investment gains or losses and gains or losses resulting from pension settlement transactions from net income (loss). In addition, core income (loss) excludes the effects of noncontrolling interests. The calculation of core income (loss) excludes investment gains or losses because they are generally driven by economic factors that are not necessarily reflective of CNA’s primary insurance operations. The calculation of core income (loss) excludes gains or losses resulting from pension settlement transactions as they result from decisions regarding CNA’s defined benefit pension plans which are unrelated to its primary insurance operations. Core income (loss) is deemed to be a non-GAAP financial measure and management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate CNA’s insurance operations. Please see the non-GAAP reconciliation of net income (loss) to core income (loss) in this MD&A.

In evaluating the results of Property & Casualty Operations, CNA utilizes the loss ratio, the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio, the dividend ratio, the combined ratio and the underlying combined ratio. These ratios are calculated using GAAP financial results. The loss ratio is the percentage of net incurred claim and claim adjustment expenses to net earned premiums. The underlying loss ratio excludes the impact of catastrophe losses and development-related items from the loss ratio. Development-related items represent net prior year loss reserve and premium development, and includes the effects of interest accretion and change in allowance for uncollectible reinsurance and deductible amounts. The expense ratio is the percentage of insurance underwriting and acquisition expenses, including the amortization of deferred acquisition costs, to net earned premiums. The dividend ratio is the ratio of policyholders’ dividends incurred to net earned premiums. The combined ratio is the sum of the loss ratio, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio. The underlying combined ratio is the sum of the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio. The underlying loss ratio and the underlying combined ratio are deemed to be non-GAAP financial measures, and management believes some investors may find these ratios useful to evaluate CNA’s underwriting performance since they remove the impact of catastrophe losses which are unpredictable as to timing and amount, and development-related items as they are not indicative of current year underwriting performance.

Changes in estimates of claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, net of reinsurance, for prior years are defined as net prior year loss reserve development within this MD&A. These changes can be favorable or unfavorable. Net prior year loss reserve development does not include the effect of any related acquisition expenses. Further information on CNA’s reserves is provided in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

In addition, renewal premium change, rate, retention and new business are also utilized in evaluating operating trends. Renewal premium change represents the estimated change in average premium on policies that renew, including rate and exposure changes. Rate represents the average change in price on policies that renew excluding exposure change. Exposure represents the measure of risk used in the pricing of the insurance product. The change in exposure represents the change in premium dollars on policies that renew as a result of the change in risk of the policy. Retention represents the percentage of premium dollars renewed, excluding rate and exposure changes, in comparison to the expiring premium dollars from policies available to renew. New business represents premiums from policies written with new customers and additional policies written with existing customers. Gross written premiums, excluding third-party captives, excludes business which is ceded to third-party captives, including business related to large warranty programs.

CNA also uses underwriting gain (loss) and underlying underwriting gain (loss), calculated using GAAP financial results, to monitor insurance operations. Underwriting gain (loss) is deemed to be a non-GAAP financial measure and is calculated pretax as net earned premiums less total insurance expenses, which includes insurance claims and policyholders’

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benefits, amortization of deferred acquisition costs and insurance related administrative expenses. Net income (loss) is the most directly comparable GAAP measure. Management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate the profitability, before tax, derived from CNA’s underwriting activities which are managed separately from its investing activities. Underlying underwriting gain (loss) is also deemed to be a non-GAAP financial measure, and represents pretax underwriting gain (loss) excluding catastrophe losses and development-related items. Management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate the profitability, before tax, derived from CNA’s underwriting activities, excluding the impact of catastrophe losses which are unpredictable as to timing and amount, and development-related items as they are not indicative of CNA’s current year underwriting performance.

The following tables present a reconciliation of net income attributable to Loews Corporation to core income (loss), underwriting gain (loss) and underlying underwriting gain (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:

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Year Ended December 31, 2024SpecialtyCommercialInternationalProperty & CasualtyOther Insurance OperationsTotal
(In millions)
Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation$608$603$140$1,351$(472)$879
Investment (gains) losses314475(11)64
Pension settlement losses293293
Noncontrolling interests555513123(43)80
Core income (loss)$694$702$153$1,549$(233)$1,316
Less:
Net investment income6267331311,490
Non-insurance warranty revenue6262
Other expense, including interest expense(53)(14)(10)(77)
Income tax expense on core income(190)(188)(44)(422)
Underwriting gain24917176496
Effect of catastrophe losses31840358
Effect of favorable development-related items(8)(6)(14)
Underlying underwriting gain$241$489$110$840
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation$605$539$133$1,277$(183)$1,094
Investment (gains) losses4258(2)98(19)79
Noncontrolling interests615514130(19)111
Core income (loss)$708$652$145$1,505$(221)$1,284
Less:
Net investment income5586451031,306
Non-insurance warranty revenue8080
Other revenue (expense), including interest expense(52)(1)4(49)
Income tax expense on core income(195)(174)(48)(417)
Underwriting gain31718286585
Effect of catastrophe losses20729236
Effect of (favorable) unfavorable development-related items(12)(4)13(3)
Underlying underwriting gain$305$385$128$818
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Property & Casualty Operations

The following tables summarize the results of CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations and provides the components to reconcile the combined ratio and loss ratio to the underlying combined ratio and underlying loss ratio for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

Year Ended December 31, 2024SpecialtyCommercialInternationalTotal
(In millions, except %)
Gross written premiums$6,932$6,964$1,483$15,379
Gross written premiums excluding third-party captives3,8956,8161,48312,194
Net written premiums3,4455,4691,26210,176
Net earned premiums3,3615,1581,2569,775
Underwriting gain24917176496
Net investment income6267331311,490
Core income6947021531,549
Other performance metrics:
Loss ratio59.5%68.3%60.9%64.3%
Expense ratio32.827.933.130.2
Dividend ratio0.30.50.4
Combined ratio92.6%96.7%94.0%94.9%
Less: Effect of catastrophe impacts6.23.23.6
Less: Effect of favorable development-related items(0.3)(0.1)(0.4)(0.2)
Underlying combined ratio92.9%90.6%91.2%91.5%
Underlying loss ratio59.8%62.2%58.1%60.9%
Rate1%6%(1)%4%
Renewal premium change275
Retention89848285
New business$462$1,512$288$2,262
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Gross written premiums$7,113$6,120$1,485$14,718
Gross written premiums excluding third-party captives3,8005,9941,48511,279
Net written premiums3,3294,8801,2379,446
Net earned premiums3,3074,5471,1769,030
Underwriting gain31718286585
Net investment income5586451031,306
Core income7086521451,505
Other performance metrics:
Loss ratio58.2%65.9%61.4%62.5%
Expense ratio32.029.631.230.7
Dividend ratio0.20.50.3
Combined ratio90.4%96.0%92.6%93.5%
Less: Effect of catastrophe impacts4.52.52.6
Less: Effect of (favorable) unfavorable development- related items(0.3)(0.1)1.1
Underlying combined ratio90.7%91.6%89.0%90.9%
Underlying loss ratio58.5%61.5%57.8%59.9%
Rate7%3%5%
Renewal premium change1%1067
Retention88848385
New business$481$1,297$302$2,080
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2024 Compared with 2023

Gross written premiums, excluding third-party captives, for Specialty increased $95 million in 2024 as compared with 2023 driven by retention and favorable renewal premium change. Net written premiums for Specialty increased $116 million in 2024 as compared with 2023. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Specialty.

Gross written premiums for Commercial increased $844 million in 2024 as compared with 2023 driven by favorable renewal premium change, rate and higher new business. Net written premiums for Commercial increased $589 million in 2024 as compared with 2023. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Commercial.

Gross written premiums for International decreased $2 million in 2024 as compared with 2023. Excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates, gross written premiums decreased $14 million driven by lower new business and rate. Net written premiums for International increased $25 million in 2024 as compared with 2023. Excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates, net written premiums increased $21 million in 2024 as compared with 2023 driven by favorable adjustments on prior year reinsurance treaties, in the current year. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for International.

Core income increased $44 million in 2024 as compared with 2023 driven by higher net investment income and improved underlying underwriting results, partially offset by higher catastrophe losses.

Catastrophe losses were $358 million in 2024 as compared with $236 million in 2023, primarily driven by severe weather related events, including $71 million for Hurricane Helene and $33 million for Hurricane Milton in 2024. For 2024 and 2023, Specialty had no catastrophe losses, Commercial had catastrophe losses of $318 million and $207 million and International had catastrophe losses of $40 million and $29 million.

Favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $31 million and $23 million was recorded in 2024 and 2023. In 2024 and 2023, Specialty recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $9 million and $14 million, Commercial recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $16 million and $22 million and International recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $6 million and unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development of $13 million. Further information on net prior year loss reserve development is included in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Specialty’s combined ratio increased 2.2 points in 2024 as compared with 2023 primarily due to a 1.3 point increase in the loss ratio and a 0.8 point increase in the expense ratio. The increase in the loss ratio was primarily due to an increase in the underlying loss ratio, primarily driven by continued pricing pressure in management liability lines over the last several quarters. The increase in the expense ratio was driven by lower net earned premium growth.

Commercial’s combined ratio increased 0.7 points in 2024 as compared with 2023 due to a 2.4 point increase in the loss ratio partially offset by a 1.7 point improvement in the expense ratio. The increase in the loss ratio was primarily driven by higher catastrophe losses, which were 6.2 points of the loss ratio in 2024, as compared with 4.5 points of the loss ratio in 2023 and an increase in the underlying loss ratio, driven by the continuation of elevated loss cost trends in commercial auto and mix of business. The improvement in the expense ratio was primarily driven by higher net earned premiums.

International’s combined ratio increased 1.4 points in 2024 as compared with 2023 due to a 1.9 point increase in the expense ratio partially offset by a 0.5 point improvement in the loss ratio. The increase in the expense ratio was driven by higher employee related costs and a favorable reinsurance acquisition related catch-up adjustment recorded in the prior year, partially offset by higher net earned premiums. The improvement in the loss ratio was primarily driven by favorable net prior year loss reserve development, partially offset by higher catastrophe losses. Catastrophe losses were 3.2 points of the loss ratio for 2024, as compared with 2.5 points of the loss ratio for 2023.

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Other Insurance Operations

The following table summarizes the results of CNA’s Other Insurance Operations for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

Years Ended December 3120242023
(In millions)
Net earned premiums$437$451
Net investment income1,007958
Core loss(233)(221)

2024 Compared with 2023

Core results decreased by $12 million in 2024 as compared with 2023. Results in 2024 include higher corporate expenses as a result of continued investments in technology and an unfavorable non-economic impact related to the A&EP loss portfolio transfer (“LPT”). Results in 2024 also include a $62 million after-tax charge related to unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development for legacy mass tort claims as compared with a $56 million after-tax charge for legacy mass tort claims in 2023. Both years are inclusive of assumption updates as a result of the annual reserve review completed in the third quarter of each year. These decreases were partially offset by higher net investment income.

The application of retroactive reinsurance accounting to additional cessions to the A&EP LPT resulted in an after-tax charge of $6 million in 2024 compared to an after-tax benefit of $6 million in 2023, both of which have no economic impact. Further information on the A&EP LPT and net prior year loss reserve development is included in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

The cash flow assumption updates from the annual reserve review for 2024 and 2023 resulted in a pretax increase in long-term care reserves of $15 million and $8 million. The annual structured settlement reserve review resulted in a pretax reduction in claim reserves of $9 million and $6 million for 2024 and 2023.

In addition, results in 2024 include a $16 million after-tax charge related to office consolidation as compared with a $19 million after-tax charge in 2023.

Boardwalk Pipelines

Overview

Boardwalk Pipelines operates in the midstream portion of the natural gas and natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) industry, providing transportation and storage for those commodities. It also provides ethane supply and transportation services for industrial customers in Louisiana and Texas. Boardwalk Pipelines is not in the business of buying and selling natural gas and NGLs other than for system management purposes and to facilitate its ethane supply operations, but changes in natural gas and NGLs prices may impact the volumes of natural gas or NGLs transported and stored by its customers or the ethane supply requirements on its systems. The pricing contained in the purchase and sales agreements associated with the supply services is generally based on the same ethane commodity index, plus a fixed delivery fee. Except for possible timing differences that may occur when volumes are purchased in one month and sold in another month, Boardwalk Pipelines’ ethane supply services, like its other businesses, have little to no direct commodity price exposure. Due to the capital-intensive nature of its business, Boardwalk Pipelines’ operating costs and expenses do not vary significantly based upon the volume of products transported, with the exception of costs recorded in costs associated with service revenues. For further information on Boardwalk Pipelines’ revenue recognition policies see Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. Boardwalk Pipelines’ operations and maintenance expenses are impacted by its compliance with the requirements of, among other regulations, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Mega Rule (“Mega Rule”) and Boardwalk Pipelines’ efforts to monitor, control and reduce emissions, as further discussed below.

Boardwalk Pipelines acquired Williams Olefins Pipeline Holdco LLC (“Bayou Ethane”) in September 2023 and began providing ethane supply and transportation services. For more information see Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

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Firm Agreements

A substantial portion of Boardwalk Pipelines’ transportation and storage capacity is contracted for under firm agreements. For the year ended December 31, 2024, approximately 86% of Boardwalk Pipelines’ revenues were derived from capacity reservation fees under firm contracts or from contracts with minimum volume commitments. The table below shows a rollforward of projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements in place as of December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2024, including agreements for transportation, storage, ethane supply and other services, over the remaining term of those agreements:

As of December 31, 2024
(In millions)
Total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements as of December 31, 2023$9,672
Adjustments for:
Actual revenues recognized from firm agreements in 2024 (a)(1,504)
Firm agreements entered into in 20246,016
Total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements as of December 31, 2024$14,184

(a)Reflects an increase of $114 million in Boardwalk Pipelines’ actual 2024 revenues recognized from fixed fees under firm agreements as compared with its expected 2024 revenues from fixed fees under firm agreements, including agreements for transportation, storage and other services as of December 31, 2023, primarily due to an increase from contract renewals at higher rates that occurred in 2024.

During 2024, Boardwalk Pipelines entered into $6.0 billion of new firm agreements, of which approximately 78% were associated with new growth projects executed in 2024. For firm agreements associated with new growth projects, the associated assets may not be placed into commercial service until sometime in the future. Further, the table above includes $3.8 billion of estimated revenues that are anticipated under executed precedent transportation agreements for growth projects that are subject to regulatory approvals. Each year, a portion of Boardwalk Pipelines’ firm transportation and storage agreements expire. The rates Boardwalk Pipelines is able to charge customers are heavily influenced by market trends (both short and longer term), including the available supply, geographical location of natural gas production, the competition between producing basins, competition with other pipelines for supply and markets, the demand for gas by end-users such as electric power generators, petrochemical facilities and LNG export facilities and the price differentials between the gas supplies and the market demand for the gas (basis differentials). As of December 31, 2024, Boardwalk Pipelines’ top ten customers under committed firm agreements comprised approximately 62% of its total projected operating revenues and the credit profile associated with Boardwalk Pipelines’ customers comprising the total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements was 82% rated as investment grade, 3% rated as non-investment grade and 15% not rated.

Pipeline System Maintenance and Greenhouse Gases (“GHGs”) Emission Reduction Initiatives

Boardwalk Pipelines incurs substantial costs for ongoing maintenance of its pipeline systems and related facilities, including those incurred for pipeline integrity management activities, equipment overhauls, general upkeep and repairs. These costs are not dependent on the amount of revenues earned from its transportation services. PHMSA has developed regulations that require transportation pipeline operators to implement integrity management programs to comprehensively evaluate certain high-risk areas, known as HCAs, and MCAs, along pipelines and take additional safety measures to protect people and property in these areas. The HCAs for natural gas pipelines are predicated on high-population density areas (which, for natural gas transmission lines, include Class 3 and 4 areas and, depending on the potential impacts of a risk event, may include Class 1 and 2 areas) whereas HCAs along Boardwalk Pipelines’ NGLs pipelines are based on high-population density areas, areas near certain drinking water sources and unusually sensitive ecological areas. These regulations have resulted in an overall increase in Boardwalk Pipelines’ ongoing maintenance costs, including maintenance capital and maintenance expense. PHMSA has issued a series of significant rulemakings for onshore gas transmission pipelines (e.g., relating to MAOP reconfirmation and exceedance reporting, the integrity assessment of additional pipeline mileage and the consideration of seismicity as a risk factor in integrity management). In August 2022, PHMSA published a final rule that attempted to expand the Management of Change process, corrosion control requirements for gas transmission pipelines, requirements that operators ensure no conditions exist following an extreme weather event that could adversely affect the safe operation of the pipeline, and repair criteria for non-HCAs. Five safety standards included in that rule were challenged by industry trade groups, and in August 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down four of the five challenged safety standards. In September 2023, PHMSA published a proposed rule that, if finalized, would

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enhance the safety requirements for gas distribution pipelines and would require updates to distribution integrity management programs, emergency response plans, operations and maintenance manuals and other safety practices.

Due to the nature of Boardwalk Pipelines’ business, its operations emit various types of GHGs. Boardwalk Pipelines seeks to monitor its emissions and expects to incur additional costs to mitigate emissions. New legislation or regulations could increase the costs related to operating and maintaining Boardwalk Pipelines’ facilities. Depending on the particular law, regulation or program, Boardwalk Pipelines could be required to incur capital expenditures for installing new monitoring equipment or emission controls on its facilities, acquire and surrender allowances for GHG emissions, pay taxes or fees related to GHG emissions and/or administer and manage a more comprehensive GHG emissions program.

Boardwalk Pipelines has been focused on seeking to meet and, in certain instances, pursuing projects aimed at exceeding regulatory obligations (such as those found in the Clean Air Act (“CAA”)) by working to reduce emissions of regulated air pollutants, including methane, associated with its pipeline transportation and storage assets. For example, when selecting new compression equipment for growth or asset reliability projects, Boardwalk Pipelines considers air emissions as a component in the decision-making process and, when appropriate, places increased emphasis on equipment with emissions performance that exceeds applicable federal standards. Several of Boardwalk Pipelines’ reliability projects over the last few years have resulted in the replacement of older, higher-emitting compressor drivers with units equipped with advanced emission control systems. As a result, these projects have resulted in decreases in emissions of nitrogen oxides and other air pollutants.

Boardwalk Pipelines has identified the reduction of GHG emissions as an area of focus and looks for opportunities to reduce emissions using a variety of strategies, including the following:

•evaluating replacing older compression equipment with electric drive compression or new low emission, fuel efficient units when practical;

•modifying fuel systems on certain reciprocating compression equipment to lower fuel consumption and emissions;

•conducting emissions surveys and performing maintenance and repairs on identified component leaks;

•performing annual leak surveys along Boardwalk Pipelines’ pipelines with the aid of helicopters and fixed-wing planes, and analytical field surveys when appropriate;

•performing measurement surveys on all of Boardwalk Pipelines’ compressor stations at least twice a year, exceeding Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) requirements;

•using optical gas imaging cameras to scan natural gas piping and components at Boardwalk Pipelines’ compressor stations to visualize any leaks in real time;

•installing continuous monitoring emission detection equipment at certain compression stations;

•employing experts in air emissions to develop and monitor efforts in reducing emissions;

•reducing methane emissions vented to the atmosphere from transmission pipeline blowdowns by using existing and portable compression and flaring when feasible;

•installing repair sleeves and composite wraps where appropriate and practical to avoid pipeline blowdowns;

•evaluating software tools to optimize our GHG emissions management system;

•exploring options to replace high-bleed natural gas pneumatic devices with low or zero flow bleed devices; and

•reducing methane emissions from rod packing seals on reciprocating compressors, where appropriate and practical.

However, Boardwalk Pipelines cannot guarantee that it will be able to implement any of the opportunities it may review or explore, or, for any opportunities it chooses to implement, to implement them in their intended manner or within a specific timeframe or across all operational assets.

These new and any future regulations adopted by PHMSA and efforts to reduce GHG emissions are expected to cause Boardwalk Pipelines’ capital and operating costs to increase in 2025 and in future years, may cause Boardwalk Pipelines to experience operational delays and may result in potential adverse impacts to its ability to reliably serve its customers. For more information, see Item 1. Business and Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Report.

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Maintenance costs may be capitalized or expensed, depending on the nature of the activities. For any given reporting period, the mix of projects that Boardwalk Pipelines undertakes will affect the amounts it records as property, plant and equipment on the Consolidated Balance Sheets or recognizes as expenses, which impact earnings. Boardwalk Pipelines began incurring costs to implement the Mega Rule’s requirements in 2021, and based on its current projections, it believes that these costs have stabilized. In 2025, Boardwalk Pipelines expects to spend approximately $504 million to maintain its pipeline systems, comply with regulations and monitor, control and reduce its GHG emissions, of which approximately $203 million is expected to be maintenance capital. In 2024, Boardwalk Pipelines spent $513 million on these matters, of which $202 million was recorded as maintenance capital.

Results of Operations

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Boardwalk Pipelines for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 as presented in Note 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. Boardwalk Pipelines also utilizes a non-GAAP measure, earnings before interest, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) as a financial measure to assess its operating and financial performance and return on invested capital. Management believes some investors may find this measure useful in evaluating Boardwalk Pipelines’ performance as EBITDA is a commonly used metric within the midstream industry.

Year Ended December 3120242023
(In millions)
Revenues:
Operating revenues and other$2,034$1,625
Interest income3111
Total2,0651,636
Expenses:
Operating and other:
Operating costs and expenses948696
Depreciation and amortization429412
Interest183155
Total1,5601,263
Income before income tax505373
Income tax expense(92)(90)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$413$283
EBITDA$1,086$929

2024 Compared with 2023

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation and EBITDA increased $130 million and $157 million in 2024 as compared with 2023, primarily due to the reasons discussed below.

Total revenues increased $429 million in 2024 as compared with 2023. Boardwalk Pipelines’ transportation revenues increased $93 million, primarily due to re-contracting at higher rates and recently completed growth projects; storage, parking and lending revenues increased $31 million due to favorable market conditions which allowed for contracting at higher rates; product sales revenues from the sale of natural gas, ethylene and propane increased by $23 million due to opportunistic market conditions; and the Bayou Ethane acquisition contributed $262 million of incremental operating revenues, primarily resulting from ethane product sales.

Operating costs and expenses increased $252 million in 2024 as compared with 2023 primarily reflecting operations of the Bayou Ethane acquisition. Additionally, Boardwalk Pipelines’ operation and maintenance expenses increased primarily due to higher maintenance projects associated with compliance activities and administrative and general costs increased from higher employee-related costs.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased $17 million in 2024 as compared with 2023 due to an increased asset base from recently completed growth projects and the Bayou Ethane acquisition.

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Interest expenses increased $28 million in 2024 as compared with 2023, primarily due to the pre-financing of Boardwalk Pipeline’s $600 million of debt that matured on December 15, 2024.

Income tax expense increased $2 million in 2024 as compared with 2023, and includes a $36 million income tax benefit from an adjustment to deferred state income taxes for a rate reduction effective in 2025.

Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to Loews Corporation to EBITDA

The following table reconciles net income attributable to Loews Corporation to EBITDA for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:

Year Ended December 3120242023
(In millions)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$413$283
Interest, net152144
Income tax expense9290
Depreciation and amortization429412
EBITDA$1,086$929

Loews Hotels & Co

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Loews Hotels & Co for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 as presented in Note 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8:

Year Ended December 3120242023
(In millions)
Revenues:
Operating revenue$806$678
Gain on acquisition of a joint venture46
Revenues related to reimbursable expenses127128
Total933852
Expenses:
Operating and other653558
Asset impairments12
Reimbursable expenses127128
Depreciation and amortization expense9369
Equity income from joint ventures(86)(129)
Interest5114
Total838652
Income before income tax95200
Income tax expense(25)(53)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$70$147
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2024 Compared with 2023

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation decreased by $77 million in 2024 as compared with 2023. Results for 2023 include a gain of $46 million ($36 million after tax) related to the acquisition of an additional equity interest in, and the consolidation of, a previously unconsolidated joint venture property.

Operating revenues improved by $128 million and operating expenses increased by $95 million in 2024 as compared with 2023. The increase in operating revenues and operating expenses was primarily driven by the opening of the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center in the first quarter of 2024. Operating revenues also improved due to higher occupancy levels at many city center hotels as a result of the continued recovery in group travel in 2024 as compared to 2023 and an increase in food and beverage revenues. Operating expenses also increased due to increased staffing costs as well as higher insurance expenses and property taxes.

Equity income from joint ventures decreased $43 million in 2024 as compared to 2023. The decrease was driven by a reduction in overall occupancy levels at many joint venture hotels, particularly at the Universal Orlando Resort, in 2024 compared to 2023. Additionally, an impairment charge recorded at a joint venture property reduced Loews Hotels & Co’s equity income by $19 million in 2024. In addition, expenses at joint venture properties in 2024 increased as compared to 2023, largely due to increased staffing costs, as well as higher insurance expenses and property taxes.

In 2023, Loews Hotels & Co recorded impairment charges of $12 million to reduce the carrying value of certain assets to their estimated fair value.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased $24 million in 2024 as compared with 2023, mainly due to the opening of the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center in the first quarter of 2024.

Interest expense for 2024 increased $37 million as compared with 2023 primarily due to placing the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center into service during the first quarter of 2024, after which Loews Hotels & Co no longer capitalized interest on that project.

Corporate

Corporate operations consist primarily of investment income, interest expense and administrative costs at the Parent Company. Investment income includes earnings on cash and short-term investments held at the Parent Company to meet current and future liquidity needs, as well as results of the trading portfolio held at the Parent Company. Corporate also includes the equity method of accounting for Altium Packaging.

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Corporate for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 as presented in Note 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8:

Year Ended December 3120242023
(In millions)
Revenues:
Net investment income$242$114
Expenses:
Operating and other77120
Equity method loss289
Interest7480
Total179209
Income (loss) before income tax63(95)
Income tax (expense) benefit(11)5
Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation$52$(90)
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2024 Compared with 2023

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation increased $142 million in 2024 as compared with 2023 primarily due to the reasons discussed below.

Net investment income for the Parent Company increased $128 million in 2024 as compared with 2023 primarily due to higher returns on equity-based investments.

Operating and other expenses decreased $43 million in 2024 as compared with 2023, primarily due to a settlement expense of $47 million in 2023 to recognize unrealized losses, which were included in AOCI, due to the termination of a defined benefit pension plan. For additional information see Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Parent Company

Parent Company cash and investments, net of receivables and payables, totaled $3.3 billion at December 31, 2024 as compared to $2.6 billion at December 31, 2023. In 2024, we received $1.3 billion in cash dividends from our subsidiaries, including a special cash dividend of $497 million from CNA and distributions of $400 million from Boardwalk Pipelines. Cash outflows in 2024 included the payment of $608 million to fund treasury stock purchases and $55 million of cash dividends to our shareholders. In the first quarter of 2025, we expect to receive cash dividends of $611 million from CNA and $75 million from Boardwalk Pipelines. As a holding company we depend on dividends from our subsidiaries and returns on our investment portfolio to fund our obligations. We also have an effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under which we may publicly issue an unspecified amount of our debt, equity or hybrid securities from time to time. We are not responsible for the liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries and there are no Parent Company guarantees.

Depending on market and other conditions, we may purchase shares of our and our subsidiaries outstanding common stock in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. In 2024, we purchased 7.7 million shares of Loews Corporation common stock. As of February 7, 2025, we had purchased an additional 1.9 million shares of Loews Corporation common stock in 2025 at an additional aggregate cost of $164 million. As of February 7, 2025, there were 212,861,300 shares of Loews Corporation common stock outstanding.

Loews Corporation has a corporate credit and senior debt rating of A with a stable outlook from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) and a senior debt rating of A3 with a stable outlook from Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”).

Future uses of our cash may include investing in our subsidiaries, new acquisitions, dividends and/or purchases of our and our subsidiaries’ outstanding common stock. The declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our common stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our earnings, financial condition and business needs.

Subsidiaries

CNA’s cash provided by operating activities was $2.6 billion in 2024 as compared with and $2.3 billion in 2023. The increase in cash provided by operating activities was driven by an increase in premiums collected and higher earnings from fixed income securities, partially offset by an increase in net claim payments and higher operating expenses.

CNA paid cash dividends of $3.76 per share on its common stock, including a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share, in 2024. On February 7, 2025, CNA’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.46 per share and a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share payable March 13, 2025 to shareholders of record on February 24, 2025. CNA’s declaration and payment of future dividends is at the discretion of its Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including CNA’s earnings, financial condition, business needs and regulatory constraints. CNA believes that its present cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities are sufficient to fund its current and expected working capital and debt obligation needs and does not expect this to change in the near term.

Dividends to CNA from Continental Casualty Company (“CCC”), a subsidiary of CNA, are subject to the insurance holding company laws of the State of Illinois, the domiciliary state of CCC. Under these laws, ordinary dividends, or dividends that do not require prior approval by the Illinois Department of Insurance (the “Department”), are determined based on the greater of the prior year’s statutory net income or 10% of statutory surplus as of the end of the prior year, as well as the timing and amount of dividends paid in the preceding 12 months. Additionally, ordinary dividends may only be

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paid from earned surplus, which is calculated by removing unrealized gains from unassigned surplus. As of December 31, 2024, CCC was in a positive earned surplus position. The maximum allowable dividend CCC could pay during 2025 that would not be subject to the Department’s prior approval is $1.1 billion, less dividends paid during the preceding twelve months measured at that point in time. CCC paid dividends of $995 million in 2024. The actual level of dividends paid in any year is determined after an assessment of available dividend capacity, holding company liquidity and cash needs as well as the impact the dividends will have on the statutory surplus of the applicable insurance company.

In February of 2024, CNA completed a public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.1% senior notes due February 15, 2034 and in May of 2024, CNA repaid at maturity the outstanding $550 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.0% senior notes.

CNA has an insurer financial strength rating of A and senior debt rating of bbb+ from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”), an insurer financial strength rating of A2 and senior debt rating of Baa2 from Moody’s, an insurer financial strength rating of A+ and senior debt rating of A- from S&P and an insurer financial strength rating of A+ and senior debt rating of BBB+ from Fitch. A.M. Best and Moody’s maintain positive outlooks across CNA’s insurer financial strength and senior debt ratings. A.M. Best revised its outlook on CNA’s ratings to positive from stable in December 2024. Moody’s revised its outlook on CNA’s ratings to positive from stable in November 2024. S&P and Fitch maintain stable outlooks across CNA’s insurer financial strength and senior debt ratings.

CNA has an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC under which it may publicly issue an unspecified amount of debt, equity or hybrid securities from time to time.

Boardwalk Pipelines’ cash provided by operating activities increased $83 million in 2024 compared to 2023, primarily due to changes in net income adjusted for depreciation and amortization.

For 2024 and 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines’ capital expenditures were $392 million and $382 million, consisting of growth capital expenditures of $190 million and $218 million and maintenance capital expenditures of $202 million and $164 million. During 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines acquired Bayou Ethane for $355 million. See Boardwalk Pipelines: Pipeline System Maintenance and GHGs Emission Reduction Initiatives in this MD&A for further information about factors impacting Boardwalk Pipelines’ maintenance capital spending.

Boardwalk Pipelines expects total capital expenditures to be approximately $269 million in 2025, including approximately $203 million for maintenance capital and $66 million related to growth projects. Boardwalk Pipelines expects to spend a total of approximately $1.6 billion on its ongoing and announced growth projects, with expected in-service dates for these projects ranging from 2025 to 2029. Refer to Boardwalk Pipelines in Part I, Item 1. Business of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information on Boardwalk Pipelines’ growth projects.

Boardwalk Pipelines anticipates that its existing capital resources, including its cash and cash equivalents, revolving credit facility and cash flows from operating activities, will be adequate to fund its operations and capital expenditures for 2025. Boardwalk Pipelines may seek to access the debt markets to fund some or all capital expenditures for growth projects or acquisitions, to refinance maturing debt or for general partnership purposes. As of February 7, 2025, Boardwalk Pipelines also has an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC under which it may publicly issue up to $900 million of debt securities, warrants or rights from time to time.

In February of 2024, Boardwalk Pipelines completed a public offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.6% senior notes due August 1, 2034. The net proceeds from this offering were used to retire $600 million of its 5.0% senior notes at maturity in December 2024. As of December 31, 2024, Boardwalk Pipelines had no outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility and the full borrowing capacity of $1.0 billion available to it.

In 2024, Boardwalk Pipelines paid distributions of $400 million to the Company.

Boardwalk Pipelines has a senior debt rating of BBB with a stable outlook from S&P, a senior debt rating of Baa2 with a stable outlook from Moody’s and a senior debt rating of BBB with a stable outlook from Fitch.

Loews Hotels & Co, through its subsidiaries, has mortgage loans maturing beyond twelve months as of December 31, 2024, which it may refinance before they mature. Refinancing any indebtedness, including loans of unconsolidated joint venture partnerships, may require Loews Hotels & Co to make principal pay downs, establish restricted cash reserves or provide guaranties of the subsidiary’s debt. Through the date of this Report, all Loews Hotels & Co’s subsidiaries are in compliance with their debt covenants.

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Loews Hotels & Co refinanced $532 million in mortgage loans in 2024, all of which mature beyond twelve months as of December 31, 2024.

In 2024, Loews Hotels & Co acquired all the remaining outstanding noncontrolling equity interests of two owned and consolidated hotels for a total of $44 million. In addition, Loews Hotels & Co received aggregate proceeds of $23 million for the sale of an owned hotel.

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Contractual Obligations

We and our subsidiaries have contractual obligations which arise in the ordinary course of business. For a discussion regarding the obligations related to our and our subsidiaries long-term debt see Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. For contractual payment obligations related to the claim and claim adjustment expense reserves and future policy benefit reserves see the table below:

Payments Due by Period
December 31, 2024TotalLess than 1 year1-3 years3-5 yearsMore than 5 years
(In millions)
Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves (a)$25,524$5,737$6,977$3,944$8,866
Future policy benefit reserves (b)27,0288011,5701,73822,919

(a)The claim and claim adjustment expense reserves reflected above are not discounted and represent CNA’s estimate of the amount and timing of the ultimate settlement and administration of gross claims based on its assessment of facts and circumstances known as of December 31, 2024. See the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A for further information.

(b)The future policy benefit reserves reflected above are not discounted, include maintenance costs, represent CNA’s estimate of the ultimate amount and timing of the settlement of benefits net of expected premiums and are based on its assessment of facts and circumstances known as of December 31, 2024. Additional information on future policy benefit reserves is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Further information on our commitments, contingencies and guarantees is provided in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

INVESTMENTS

Investment activities of our non-insurance subsidiaries primarily consist of investments in fixed income securities, including short-term investments. The Parent Company portfolio also includes equity securities, including short sales and derivative instruments. Certain of these types of Parent Company investments generally have greater volatility, less liquidity and greater risk than fixed income investments and are included within Results of Operations – Corporate.

The Parent Company enters into short sales and invests in certain derivative instruments that are used for asset and liability management activities, income enhancements to its portfolio management strategy and to benefit from anticipated future movements in the underlying markets. If such movements do not occur as anticipated, significant losses may occur. Monitoring procedures include senior management review of daily reports of existing positions and valuation fluctuations to seek to ensure that open positions are consistent with the portfolio strategy.

Credit exposure associated with non-performance by counterparties to derivative instruments is generally limited to the uncollateralized change in fair value of the derivative instruments recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The risk of non-performance is mitigated by monitoring the creditworthiness of counterparties and diversifying derivatives by using multiple counterparties. Collateral is occasionally required from derivative investment counterparties depending on the amount of the exposure and the credit rating of the counterparty.

Insurance

CNA maintains a large portfolio of fixed maturity and equity securities, including large amounts of corporate and government issued debt securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities and investments in limited partnerships which pursue a variety of long and short investment strategies across a broad array of asset classes. CNA’s investment portfolio supports its obligation to pay future insurance claims and provides investment returns which are an important part of CNA’s overall profitability.

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Net Investment Income

The significant components of CNA’s net investment income are presented in the following table. Fixed income securities, as presented, include both fixed maturity securities and non-redeemable preferred stock.

Year Ended December 3120242023
(In millions)
Fixed income securities:
Taxable fixed income securities$1,940$1,798
Tax-exempt fixed income securities144178
Total fixed income securities2,0841,976
Limited partnership and common stock investments320202
Other, net of investment expense9386
Net investment income$2,497$2,264
Effective income yield for the fixed income securities portfolio4.8%4.7%
Limited partnership and common stock return for the period13.3%9.4%

CNA’s net investment income increased $233 million in 2024 as compared with 2023, driven by favorable limited partnership and common stock returns, as well as higher income from fixed income securities as a result of a larger invested asset base and favorable reinvestment rates.

Investment Gains (Losses)

The components of CNA’s investment gains (losses) are presented in the following table:

Year Ended December 3120242023
(In millions)
Investment gains (losses):
Fixed maturity securities:
Corporate and other bonds$(57)$(57)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions110
Asset-backed(46)(44)
Total fixed maturity securities(102)(91)
Non-redeemable preferred stock214
Derivatives, short-term and other(12)
Total investment losses(81)(99)
Income tax benefit1720
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests58
Investment losses attributable to Loews Corporation$(59)$(71)

CNA’s pretax investment losses decreased $18 million in 2024 as compared with 2023, driven by the favorable change in fair value of non-redeemable preferred stock and lower net losses on disposals of fixed maturity securities, partially offset by higher impairment losses.

Further information on CNA’s investment gains and losses is set forth in Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

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Portfolio Quality

The following table presents the estimated fair value and net unrealized gains (losses) of CNA’s fixed maturity securities by rating distribution:

December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains(Losses)
(In millions)
U.S. Government, Government agencies and Government-sponsored enterprises$2,936$(369)$2,795$(298)
AAA3,010(217)2,727(169)
AA6,369(567)6,444(420)
A10,260(379)9,910(223)
BBB16,757(729)16,670(744)
Non-investment grade1,779(64)1,879(119)
Total$41,111$(2,325)$40,425$(1,973)

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, 1% of CNA’s fixed maturity portfolio was rated internally. AAA rated securities included $0.2 billion of pre-funded municipal bonds as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.

The following table presents CNA’s available-for-sale fixed maturity securities in a gross unrealized loss position by ratings distribution:

December 31, 2024Estimated Fair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In millions)
U.S. Government, Government agencies and Government-sponsored enterprises$2,567$373
AAA1,830283
AA4,257730
A6,340582
BBB11,548980
Non-investment grade79692
Total$27,338$3,040
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The following table presents the maturity profile for these available-for-sale fixed maturity securities. Securities not due to mature on a single date are allocated based on weighted average life:

December 31, 2024Estimated Fair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In millions)
Due in one year or less$1,390$16
Due after one year through five years7,731366
Due after five years through ten years7,762910
Due after ten years10,4551,748
Total$27,338$3,040

Commercial Real Estate

CNA’s investment portfolio has exposure to the commercial real estate sector primarily through its fixed maturity securities and mortgage loan portfolios. The performance of these assets is dependent on a number of factors, including the performance of the underlying collateral (which is influenced by cash flows from underlying property leases), changes in the fair value of collateral, refinancing risk, and the creditworthiness of tenants of credit tenant loan properties (where lease payments directly service the loan).

Within CNA’s fixed maturity securities portfolio, its exposure is primarily through the commercial mortgage-backed securities portfolio and the corporate and other bonds portfolio, which contains obligations of real estate investment trust (“REIT”) issuers. Commercial mortgage-backed securities include both single asset, single borrower collateral that is securitized independently and conduit collateral that is securitized in diversified pools.

The following tables present the estimated fair value and net unrealized gains (losses) of CNA’s commercial mortgage-backed securities by property type and by ratings distribution:

December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains(Losses)
(In millions)
Commercial mortgage-backed:
Single asset, single borrower:
Office$339$(43)$306$(70)
Lodging271(8)227(23)
Retail268(10)283(28)
Multifamily50(1)59(3)
Industrial42(3)93(4)
Total single asset, single borrower970(65)968(128)
Conduits (multi property, multi borrower pools)711(66)663(95)
Total commercial mortgage-backed$1,681$(131)$1,631$(223)
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December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains(Losses)
(In millions)
Commercial mortgage backed:
AAA$736$(14)$570$(27)
AA609(60)594(95)
A163(20)202(30)
BBB139(20)216(45)
Non-investment grade34(17)49(26)
Total commercial mortgage-backed$1,681$(131)$1,631$(223)

The following tables present the estimated fair value and net unrealized gains (losses) of the REIT issuer exposure within CNA’s corporate and other bonds portfolio by property type and by ratings distribution:

December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains(Losses)
(In millions)
Corporate and other bonds - REITs:
Retail$478$(18)$515$(25)
Office239(12)250(20)
Self-Storage98(5)85(6)
Industrial93(3)99(1)
Other (a)387(10)367(16)
Total corporate and other bonds - REITs$1,295$(48)$1,316$(68)
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(a)Other includes a diversified mix of property type strategies including healthcare and apartments.
December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains(Losses)
(In millions)
Corporate and other bonds - REITs:
AA$6$10
A310$(6)285$(3)
BBB942(40)994(64)
Non-investment grade37(2)27(1)
Total corporate and other bonds - REITs$1,295$(48)$1,316$(68)
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Mortgage loans are commercial in nature and are carried at unpaid principal balance, net of unamortized fees and an allowance for expected credit losses. The allowance for expected credit losses is developed by assessing the credit quality of pools of mortgage loans in good standing using debt service coverage ratios (“DSCR”) and loan-to-value ratios (“LTV”). This assessment utilizes historical credit loss experience adjusted to reflect current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the allowance for expected credit losses on CNA’s mortgage portfolio was $35 million, or 3.3% of its amortized cost basis.

The following table presents the amortized cost basis of mortgage loans by property type:

December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Amortized CostPercentage of TotalAmortized CostPercentage of Total
(In millions, except %)
Mortgage loans:
Retail$52750%$52048%
Office2392224523
Industrial1231212412
Other1651618117
Total mortgage loans1,054100%1,070100%
Less: Allowance for expected credit losses(35)(35)
Total mortgage loans - net of allowance$1,019$1,035

In addition to the mortgage loan portfolio, CNA invests in securitized credit tenant loans and ground lease financings that are classified as fixed maturity securities and are largely investment grade quality. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, these holdings had an estimated fair value of $471 million and $479 million, and net unrealized losses of $118 million and $87 million.

CNA owns other fixed maturity securities which have exposure to cell towers, data centers and other collateral types that could be viewed as having real estate characteristics. CNA views these securities to have risks more similar to operating enterprises that do not share the same risks as the broader commercial real estate market.

Additionally, CNA does not have significant real estate exposure through its limited partnership portfolio.

Duration

A primary objective in the management of CNA’s investment portfolio is to optimize return relative to the corresponding liabilities and respective liquidity needs. CNA’s views on the current interest rate environment, tax regulations, asset class valuations, specific security issuer and broader industry segment conditions as well as domestic and global economic conditions, are some of the factors that enter into an investment decision. CNA also continually monitors exposure to issuers of securities held and broader industry sector exposures and may from time to time adjust such exposures based on its views of a specific issuer or industry sector.

A further consideration in the management of CNA’s investment portfolio is the characteristics of the corresponding liabilities and the ability to align the duration of the portfolio to those liabilities and to meet future liquidity needs, minimize interest rate risk and maintain a level of income sufficient to support the underlying insurance liabilities. For portfolios where future liability cash flows are determinable and typically long-term in nature, CNA segregates investments for asset/liability management purposes. The segregated investments support the long-term care and structured settlement liabilities in Other Insurance Operations.

The effective durations of CNA’s fixed income securities and short-term investments are presented in the following table. Amounts presented are net of payable and receivable amounts for securities purchased and sold, but not yet settled.

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December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Estimated Fair ValueEffective Duration (Years)Estimated Fair ValueEffective Duration (Years)
(In millions of dollars)
Life & Group$14,9159.8$15,13710.2
Property & Casualty and other28,7794.327,9814.5
Total$43,6946.2$43,1186.5

CNA’s investment portfolio is periodically analyzed for changes in duration and related price risk. Certain securities have duration characteristics that are variable based on market interest rates, credit spreads and other factors that may drive variability in the amount and timing of cash flows. Additionally, CNA periodically reviews the sensitivity of the portfolio to the level of foreign exchange rates and other factors that contribute to market price changes. A summary of these risks and specific analysis on changes is included in the Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk included under Item 7A.

INSURANCE RESERVES

The level of reserves CNA maintains represents its best estimate, as of a particular point in time, of what the ultimate settlement and administration of claims will cost based on CNA’s assessment of facts and circumstances known at that time. Reserves are not an exact calculation of liability but instead are complex estimates that CNA derives, generally utilizing a variety of actuarial reserve estimation techniques, from numerous assumptions and expectations about future events, both internal and external, many of which are highly uncertain. As noted below, CNA reviews its reserves for each segment of its business periodically, and any such review could result in the need to increase reserves in amounts which could be material and could adversely affect our results of operations and equity and CNA’s equity, business and insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings. Further information on reserves is provided in Notes 8 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Property and Casualty Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves

CNA maintains loss reserves to cover its estimated ultimate unpaid liability for claim and claim adjustment expenses, including the estimated cost of the claims adjudication process, for claims that have been reported but not yet settled (case reserves) and claims that have been incurred but not reported (“IBNR”). IBNR includes a provision for development on known cases as well as a provision for late reported incurred claims. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves are reflected as liabilities and are included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the heading “Insurance Reserves.” Adjustments to prior year reserve estimates, if necessary, are reflected in results of operations in the period that the need for such adjustments is determined. The carried case and IBNR reserves as of each balance sheet date are provided in the discussion that follows and in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

There is a risk that CNA’s recorded reserves are insufficient to cover its estimated ultimate unpaid liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses. Unforeseen emerging or potential claims and coverage issues are also difficult to predict and could materially adversely affect the adequacy of CNA’s claim and claim adjustment expense reserves and could lead to future reserve increases.

In addition, CNA’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries also have actual and potential exposures related to A&EP claims, which could result in material losses. To mitigate the risks posed by CNA’s exposure to A&EP claims and claim adjustment expenses, CNA completed a transaction with National Indemnity Company (“NICO”), under which substantially all of CNA’s legacy A&EP liabilities were ceded to NICO effective January 1, 2010. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for further discussion about the transaction with NICO, its impact on CNA’s results of operations and the deferred retroactive reinsurance gains and the amount of remaining reinsurance limit.

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Establishing Property & Casualty Reserve Estimates

In developing claim and claim adjustment expense reserve estimates, CNA’s actuaries perform detailed reserve analyses that are staggered throughout the year. The data is organized at a reserve group level. A reserve group typically can be a line of business covering a subset of insureds such as commercial automobile liability for small or middle market customers, or it can be a particular type of claim such as construction defect. Every reserve group is reviewed at least once during the year, but most are reviewed more frequently. The analyses generally review losses gross of ceded reinsurance and apply the ceded reinsurance terms to the gross estimates to establish estimates net of reinsurance. In addition to the detailed analyses, CNA reviews actual loss emergence for all products each quarter.

Most of CNA’s business can be characterized as long-tail. For long-tail business, it will generally be several years between the time the business is written and the time when all claims are settled. CNA’s long-tail exposures include commercial automobile liability, workers’ compensation, general liability, medical professional liability, other professional liability and management liability coverages, assumed reinsurance run-off and products liability. Short-tail exposures include property, commercial automobile physical damage, marine, surety and warranty. Property & Casualty Operations contain both long-tail and short-tail exposures. Other Insurance Operations contain long-tail exposures.

Various methods are used to project ultimate losses for both long-tail and short-tail exposures.

The paid development method estimates ultimate losses by reviewing paid loss patterns and applying them to accident or policy years with further expected changes in paid losses. Selection of the paid loss pattern may require consideration of several factors including the impact of economic, social and medical inflation on claim costs, the rate at which claims professionals make claim payments and close claims, the impact of judicial decisions, the impact of underwriting changes, the impact of large claim payments and other factors. Claim cost inflation itself may require evaluation of changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, changes in the cost of medical care, changes in the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. Because this method assumes that losses are paid at a consistent rate, changes in any of these factors can affect the results. Since the method does not rely on case reserves, it is not directly influenced by changes in their adequacy.

For many reserve groups, paid loss data for recent periods may be too immature or erratic for accurate predictions. This situation often exists for long-tail exposures. In addition, changes in the factors described above may result in inconsistent payment patterns. Finally, estimating the paid loss pattern subsequent to the most mature point available in the data analyzed often involves considerable uncertainty for long-tail products such as workers’ compensation.

The incurred development method is similar to the paid development method, but it uses case incurred losses instead of paid losses. Since the method uses more data (case reserves in addition to paid losses) than the paid development method, the incurred development patterns may be less variable than paid patterns. However, selection of the incurred loss pattern typically requires analysis of all of the same factors described above. In addition, the inclusion of case reserves can lead to distortions if changes in case reserving practices have taken place, and the use of case incurred losses may not eliminate the issues associated with estimating the incurred loss pattern subsequent to the most mature point available.

The loss ratio method multiplies earned premiums by an expected loss ratio to produce ultimate loss estimates for each accident or policy year. This method may be useful for immature accident or policy periods or if loss development patterns are inconsistent, losses emerge very slowly or there is relatively little loss history from which to estimate future losses. The selection of the expected loss ratio typically requires analysis of loss ratios from earlier accident or policy years or pricing studies and analysis of inflationary trends, frequency trends, rate changes, underwriting changes and other applicable factors.

The Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using paid loss is a combination of the paid development method and the loss ratio method. This method normally determines expected loss ratios similar to the approach used to estimate the expected loss ratio for the loss ratio method and typically requires analysis of the same factors described above. This method assumes that future losses will develop at the expected loss ratio level. The percent of paid loss to ultimate loss implied from the paid development method is used to determine what percentage of ultimate loss is yet to be paid. The use of the pattern from the paid development method typically requires consideration of the same factors listed in the description of the paid development method. The estimate of losses yet to be paid is added to current paid losses to estimate the ultimate loss for each year. For long-tail lines, this method will react very slowly if actual ultimate loss ratios are different from expectations due to changes not accounted for by the expected loss ratio calculation.

The Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using incurred loss is similar to the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using paid loss except that it uses case incurred losses. The use of case incurred losses instead of paid losses can result in development patterns that are less variable than paid patterns. However, the inclusion of case reserves can lead to distortions if changes

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in case reserving have taken place, and the method typically requires analysis of the same factors that need to be reviewed for the loss ratio and incurred development methods.

The frequency times severity method multiplies a projected number of ultimate claims by an estimated ultimate average loss for each accident or policy year to produce ultimate loss estimates. Since projections of the ultimate number of claims are often less variable than projections of ultimate loss, this method can provide more reliable results for reserve groups where loss development patterns are inconsistent or too variable to be relied on exclusively. In addition, this method can more directly account for changes in coverage that affect the number and size of claims. However, this method can be difficult to apply to situations where very large claims or a substantial number of unusual claims result in volatile average claim sizes. Projecting the ultimate number of claims may require analysis of several factors, including the rate at which policyholders report claims to CNA, the impact of judicial decisions, the impact of underwriting changes and other factors. Estimating the ultimate average loss may require analysis of the impact of large losses and claim cost trends based on changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, changes in the cost of medical care, changes in the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors.

Stochastic modeling produces a range of possible outcomes based on varying assumptions related to the particular reserve group being modeled. For some reserve groups, CNA uses models which rely on historical development patterns at an aggregate level, while other reserve groups are modeled using individual claim variability assumptions supplied by the claims department. In either case, multiple simulations using varying assumptions are run and the results are analyzed to produce a range of potential outcomes. The results will typically include a mean and percentiles of the possible reserve distribution which aid in the selection of a point estimate.

For many exposures, especially those that can be considered long-tail, a particular accident or policy year may not have a sufficient volume of paid losses to produce a statistically reliable estimate of ultimate losses. In such a case, CNA’s actuaries typically assign more weight to the incurred development method than to the paid development method. As claims continue to settle and the volume of paid loss increases, the actuaries may assign additional weight to the paid development method. For most of CNA’s products, even the incurred losses for accident or policy years that are early in the claim settlement process will not be of sufficient volume to produce a reliable estimate of ultimate losses. In these cases, CNA may not assign much, if any, weight to the paid and incurred development methods. CNA may use the loss ratio, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and/or frequency times severity methods. For short-tail exposures, the paid and incurred development methods can often be relied on sooner primarily because CNA’s history includes a sufficient number of years to cover the entire period over which paid and incurred losses are expected to change. However, CNA may also use the loss ratio, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and/or frequency times severity methods for short-tail exposures.

For other more complex reserve groups where the above methods may not produce reliable indications, CNA uses additional methods tailored to the characteristics of the specific situation.

Periodic Reserve Reviews

The reserve analyses performed by CNA’s actuaries result in point estimates. Each quarter, the results of the detailed reserve reviews are summarized and discussed with CNA’s senior management to determine the best estimate of reserves. CNA’s senior management considers many factors in making this decision. CNA’s recorded reserves reflect its best estimate as of a particular point in time based upon known facts and circumstances, consideration of the factors cited above and its judgment. The carried reserve differs from the actuarial point estimate as discussed further below.

Currently, CNA’s recorded reserves are modestly higher than the actuarial point estimate. For Property & Casualty Operations, the difference between CNA’s reserves and the actuarial point estimate is primarily driven by uncertainty with respect to immature accident years, claim cost inflation, changes in claims handling, changes to the tort environment which may adversely affect claim costs and the effects from the economy. For CNA’s legacy A&EP liabilities, the difference between CNA’s reserves and the actuarial point estimate is primarily driven by the potential tail volatility of run-off exposures.

The key assumptions fundamental to the reserving process are often different for various reserve groups and accident or policy years. Some of these assumptions are explicit assumptions that are required of a particular method, but most of the assumptions are implicit and cannot be precisely quantified. An example of an explicit assumption is the pattern employed in the paid development method. However, the assumed pattern is itself based on several implicit assumptions such as the impact of inflation on medical costs and the rate at which claim professionals close claims. As a result, the effect on reserve estimates of a particular change in assumptions typically cannot be specifically quantified, and changes in these assumptions cannot be tracked over time.

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CNA’s recorded reserves are management’s best estimate. In order to provide an indication of the variability associated with CNA’s net reserves, the following discussion provides a sensitivity analysis that shows the approximate estimated impact of variations in significant factors affecting CNA’s reserve estimates for particular types of business. These significant factors are the ones that CNA believes could most likely materially affect the reserves. This discussion covers the major types of business for which CNA believes a material deviation to its reserves is reasonably possible. There can be no assurance that actual experience will be consistent with the current assumptions or with the variation indicated by the discussion. In addition, there can be no assurance that other factors and assumptions will not have a material impact on CNA’s reserves.

The areas for which CNA believes a significant deviation to its net reserves is reasonably possible are (i) professional liability, management liability (including medical professional liability) and surety products (ii) workers’ compensation (iii) general liability and (iv) commercial auto liability.

Professional liability, management liability and surety products include U.S. professional liability coverages provided to various professional firms, including architects, real estate agents, small and mid-sized accounting firms, law firms and other professional firms. They also include D&O, E&O, employment practices, fiduciary, fidelity, cyber and surety coverages and medical liability. The most significant factor affecting reserve estimates for these liability coverages is claim severity. Claim severity is driven by the cost of medical care, the cost of wage replacement, legal fees, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. Underwriting and claim handling decisions such as the classes of business written and individual claim settlement decisions can also affect claim severity. If the estimated claim severity increases by 9%, CNA estimates that net reserves would increase by approximately $500 million. If the estimated claim severity decreases by 3%, CNA estimates that net reserves would decrease by approximately $150 million. CNA’s net reserves for these products were approximately $5.8 billion as of December 31, 2024.

For workers’ compensation, since many years will pass from the time the business is written until all claim payments have been made, the most significant factor affecting workers’ compensation reserve estimates is claim cost inflation on claim payments. Workers’ compensation claim cost inflation is driven by the cost of medical care, the cost of wage replacement, expected claimant lifetimes, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. If estimated workers’ compensation claim cost inflation increases by 100 basis points for the entire period over which claim payments will be made, CNA estimates that its net reserves would increase by approximately $250 million. If estimated workers’ compensation claim cost inflation decreases by 100 basis points for the entire period over which claim payments will be made, CNA estimates that its net reserves would decrease by approximately $250 million. Net reserves for workers’ compensation were approximately $3.5 billion as of December 31, 2024.

For general liability, the most significant factor affecting reserve estimates is claim severity. Claim severity is driven by changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, the cost of medical care, the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislation and other factors. If the estimated claim severity for general liability increases by 6%, CNA estimates that its net reserves would increase by approximately $300 million. If the estimated claim severity for general liability decreases by 3%, CNA estimates that its net reserves would decrease by approximately $150 million. Net reserves for general liability were approximately $4.9 billion as of December 31, 2024.

Commercial auto liability is also considered long-tail; however, both the frequency of claims and severity of loss assumptions for the latest few accident years are significantly influenced by social inflation, economic inflation, driving habits and attorney involvement. If these trends accelerate beyond expectations, there may be significant deviation in CNA’s net reserves. If the estimated auto liability claim severity were to increase 5% and frequency were to increase 1% on the three most recent accident years, CNA estimates that its net reserves would increase by approximately $90 million. CNA’s net reserves for commercial auto were approximately $1.2 billion as of December 31, 2024.

Given the factors described above, it is not possible to quantify precisely the ultimate exposure represented by claims and related litigation. As a result, CNA regularly reviews the adequacy of its reserves and reassesses its reserve estimates as historical loss experience develops, additional claims are reported and settled and additional information becomes available in subsequent periods. In reviewing CNA’s reserve estimates, CNA makes adjustments in the period that the need for such adjustments is determined. These reviews have resulted in CNA’s identification of information and trends that have caused CNA to change its reserves in prior periods and could lead to CNA’s identification of a need for additional material increases or decreases in claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, which could materially affect our results of operations and equity and CNA’s business and insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings positively or negatively. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for additional information about reserve development.

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The following table summarizes gross and net carried reserves for CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations:

December 3120242023
(In millions)
Gross Case Reserves$6,589$5,759
Gross IBNR Reserves15,09314,184
Total Gross Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$21,682$19,943
Net Case Reserves$5,573$4,978
Net IBNR Reserves12,76112,235
Total Net Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$18,334$17,213

The following table summarizes the gross and net carried reserves for other insurance businesses in run-off, including CNA Re and A&EP:

December 3120242023
(In millions)
Gross Case Reserves$1,241$1,353
Gross IBNR Reserves1,4311,333
Total Gross Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$2,672$2,686
Net Case Reserves$120$129
Net IBNR Reserves268239
Total Net Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$388$368
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Life & Group Policyholder Reserves

CNA’s Life & Group business includes its run-off long-term care business as well as structured settlement obligations not funded by annuities related to certain property and casualty claimants. Long-term care policies may provide benefits for nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home health care subject to various daily and lifetime caps. Generally, policyholders must continue to make periodic premium payments to keep the policy in force and CNA has the ability to increase policy premiums, subject to state regulatory approval.

CNA maintains future policy benefit reserves for its long-term care policies. Future policy benefit reserves for long-term care policies relate to policyholders that are currently receiving benefits, including claims that have been incurred but are not yet reported, as well as policyholders that are not yet receiving benefits. In developing the future policy benefit reserves, CNA’s actuaries perform a reserve review on an annual basis. During the annual review, historical policyholder morbidity, persistency, anticipated future premium rate increases and expense experience is reviewed and compared to the current best estimate actuarial assumption set for potential revision. On a quarterly basis, actuaries perform experience studies that monitor the appropriateness of best estimate actuarial assumptions against emerging experience to assess whether any updates to those assumptions are warranted. The determination of these reserves requires management to make estimates and assumptions about expected policyholder experience over the remaining life of the policies. Since policies may be in force for several decades, these assumptions are subject to significant estimation risk. Future policy benefit reserves are discounted as discussed in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

In addition, claim and claim adjustment expense reserves are maintained for CNA’s structured settlement obligations. In developing the claim and claim adjustment expense reserve estimates for CNA’s structured settlement obligations, CNA’s actuaries monitor mortality and expense experience on an annual basis. CNA’s recorded claim and claim adjustment expense reserves reflect CNA’s best estimate after incorporating the results of the most recent reviews. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves for structured settlement obligations are discounted as discussed in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

The actuarial assumptions related to future policy benefit reserves for long-term care policies that management believes are subject to the most variability are morbidity, persistency and anticipated future premium rate increases. Morbidity is the frequency and severity of injury, illness, sickness and diseases contracted. Persistency is the percentage of policies remaining in force and can be affected by policy lapses, benefit reductions and death. Future premium rate increases are generally subject to regulatory approval, and therefore the exact timing and size of the approved rate increases are unknown. As a result of this variability, CNA’s long-term care reserves may be subject to material increases if actual experience develops adversely to its expectations.

The table below summarizes the estimated pretax impact on CNA’s results of operations from various hypothetical revisions to its liability for future policyholder benefits reserve assumptions. CNA has assumed that revisions to such assumptions would occur in each policy type, age and duration within each long-term care product. The impact of each sensitivity is discrete and does not reflect the impact one factor may have on another or the mitigating impact from management actions, which may include additional future premium rate increases. Although such hypothetical revisions are not currently required or anticipated, CNA believes they could occur based on past variances in experience and its expectations of the ranges of future experience that could reasonably occur. Any actual adjustment would be dependent on the specific policies affected and, therefore, may differ from the estimates summarized below. The estimated impacts to results of operations in the table below are after consideration of any net premium ratio impacts.

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For the year ended December 31, 2024Estimated Reduction to Pretax Income
(In millions)
Hypothetical revisions
Morbidity:
2.5% increase in morbidity$290
5% increase in morbidity590
Persistency:
5% decrease in active life mortality and lapse$160
10% decrease in active life mortality and lapse310
Premium rate actions:
25% decrease in anticipated future premium rate increases$10
50% decrease in anticipated future premium rate increases20

As part of the annual reserve review, statutory long-term care reserve adequacy is evaluated by premium deficiency testing, by comparing carried statutory reserves with best estimate reserves, which incorporates best estimate discount rate and liability assumptions in its determination. Statutory margin is the excess of carried reserves over best estimate reserves. As of September 30, 2024, statutory long-term care margin increased to $1.4 billion from $1.3 billion, primarily driven by a more favorable interest rate environment resulting in a higher yielding investment portfolio.

The following tables summarize policyholder reserves for CNA’s long-term care operations:

December 31, 2024Claim and claim adjustment expensesFuture policy benefitsTotal
(In millions)
Long-term care$13,158$13,158
Structured settlement and other$541541
Total54113,15813,699
Ceded reserves8181
Total gross reserves$622$13,158$13,780
December 31, 2023
Long-term care$13,959$13,959
Structured settlement and other$582582
Total58213,95914,541
Ceded reserves9393
Total gross reserves$675$13,959$14,634

CATASTROPHES AND RELATED REINSURANCE

Various events can cause catastrophe losses. These events can be natural or man-made, including hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, earthquakes, hail, severe winter weather, fires, floods, riots, strikes, civil unrest, cyber attacks, pandemics and acts of terrorism that produce unusually large aggregate losses. In most, but not all cases, CNA’s catastrophe losses from these events in the U.S. are defined consistent with the definition of the Property Claims Service (“PCS”). PCS defines a catastrophe as an event that causes damage of $25 million or more in direct insured losses to property and affects a significant number of policyholders and insurers. For events outside of the U.S., CNA defines a catastrophe as an industry recognized event that generates an accumulation of claims amounting to more than $1 million for the International line of business.

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Catastrophes are an inherent risk of the property and casualty insurance business and have contributed to material period-to-period fluctuations in CNA’s results of operations and/or equity. Catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, of $358 million and $236 million were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. Catastrophe losses for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were driven by severe weather related events, including $71 million for Hurricane Helene and $33 million for Hurricane Milton in 2024.

CNA uses various analyses and methods, including using one of the industry standard natural catastrophe models, to estimate hurricane and earthquake losses at various return periods and to inform underwriting and reinsurance decisions designed to manage its exposure to catastrophic events. CNA generally seeks to manage its exposure through the purchase of catastrophe reinsurance and utilize various reinsurance programs to mitigate catastrophe losses, including excess-of-loss occurrence and aggregate treaties covering property and workers’ compensation, a property quota share treaty and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 (“TRIPRA”), as well as individual risk agreements that reinsure from losses from specific classes or lines of business. CNA conducts an ongoing review of its risk and catastrophe reinsurance coverages and from time to time makes changes as it deems appropriate. The following discussion summarizes CNA’s most significant catastrophe reinsurance coverage at January 1, 2025.

Group North American Property Treaty

CNA purchased corporate catastrophe excess-of-loss treaty reinsurance covering its U.S. states and territories and Canadian property exposures underwritten in its North American and European companies. The treaty has a term of June 1, 2024 to June 1, 2025 and provides coverage for the accumulation of covered losses from catastrophe occurrences above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $250 million up to $1.4 billion for all losses. Losses stemming from terrorism events are covered unless they are due to a nuclear, biological or chemical attack. All layers of the treaty provide for one full reinstatement.

Group Workers’ Compensation Treaty

CNA also purchased corporate Workers’ Compensation catastrophe excess-of-loss treaty reinsurance for the period January 1, 2025 to January 1, 2026 providing $275 million of coverage for the accumulation of covered losses related to natural catastrophes above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $25 million. The treaty also provides $775 million of coverage for the accumulation of covered losses related to terrorism events above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $25 million. Of the $775 million in terrorism coverage, $200 million is provided for nuclear, biological, chemical and radiation events. All layers of the treaty provide for one full reinstatement.

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019

CNA’s principal reinsurance protection against large-scale terrorist attacks, including nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attacks, is the coverage currently provided through TRIPRA which runs through the end of 2027. TRIPRA provides a U.S. government backstop for insurance-related losses resulting from any “act of terrorism,” which is certified by the Secretary of Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security for losses that exceed a threshold of $200 million industry-wide for the calendar year 2025. Under the current provisions of the program, in 2025 the federal government will reimburse 80% of CNA’s covered losses in excess of its applicable deductible up to a total industry program cap of $100 billion. CNA’s deductible is based on eligible commercial property and casualty earned premiums for the preceding calendar year. Based on 2024 earned premiums, CNA’s estimated deductible under the program is $1.2 billion for 2025. If an act of terrorism or acts of terrorism result in covered losses exceeding the $100 billion annual industry aggregate limit, Congress would be responsible for determining how additional losses in excess of $100 billion will be paid.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

The preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported on the Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements. In general, our estimates are based on historical experience, evaluation of current trends, information from third party professionals and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the known facts and circumstances.

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We consider the accounting policies discussed below to be critical to an understanding of our Consolidated Financial Statements as their application places the most significant demands on our judgment. Due to the inherent uncertainties involved with these types of judgments, actual results could differ significantly from estimates and may have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition, equity, business and/or CNA’s insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings.

Insurance Reserves

Insurance reserves are established for both short and long-duration insurance contracts. Short-duration contracts are primarily related to property and casualty insurance policies where the reserving process is based on actuarial estimates of the amount of loss, including amounts for known and unknown claims. Long-duration contracts are primarily related to long-term care policies and the reserves are recorded as Future policy benefits reserves as discussed below. The reserve for unearned premiums represents the portion of premiums written related to the unexpired terms of coverage. If the recorded reserves are insufficient to cover the estimated ultimate unpaid liability, an increase to the insurance reserves may be needed. The reserving process is discussed in further detail in the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A.

Long Term Care Reserves

Future policy benefits reserves for long-term care policies are based on certain actuarial assumptions, including morbidity, persistency, anticipated future premium rate increases and expenses. The adequacy of the reserves is contingent upon actual experience and future expectations related to these key assumptions. If actual or expected future experience differs from these assumptions, the reserves may not be adequate, requiring an increase to reserves. The reserves are discounted using upper-medium grade fixed income instrument yields as of each reporting date. In addition, regulatory approval may not be received for the level of premium rate increases requested. The reserving process is discussed in further detail in the Insurance Reserve section of this MD&A.

Reinsurance and Other Receivables

Exposure exists with respect to the collectibility of ceded property and casualty and life reinsurance to the extent that any reinsurer is unable to meet its obligations or disputes the liabilities CNA has ceded under reinsurance agreements. An allowance for doubtful accounts on reinsurance receivables is recorded on the basis of periodic evaluations of balances due from reinsurers, reinsurer financial strength rating and solvency, industry experience and current and forecast economic conditions. Further information on CNA’s reinsurance receivables is included in Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Additionally, exposure exists with respect to the collectibility of amounts due from customers on other receivables. An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded on the basis of periodic evaluations of balances due, currently as well as in the future, historical business default data, management’s experience and current and forecast economic conditions.

If actual experience differs from the estimates made by management in determining the allowances for doubtful accounts on reinsurance and other receivables, net receivables as reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets may not be collected. Further information on CNA’s process for determining the allowance for doubtful accounts on reinsurance and insurance receivables is in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Valuation of Investments and Impairment of Securities

Fixed maturity and equity securities are carried at fair value on the balance sheet. Fair value represents the price that would be received in a sale of an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date, the determination of which may require us to make a significant number of assumptions and judgments. Securities with the greatest level of subjectivity around valuation are those that rely on inputs that are significant to the estimated fair value and that are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. These unobservable inputs are based on assumptions consistent with what we believe other market participants would use to price such securities. Further information on fair value measurements is included in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

CNA’s fixed maturity securities are subject to market declines below amortized cost that may result in the recognition of impairment losses in earnings. Factors considered in the determination of whether or not an impairment loss is recognized in earnings include a current intention or need to sell the security or an indication that a credit loss exists. Significant judgment is required in the determination of whether a credit loss has occurred for a security. CNA considers all available evidence when determining whether a security requires a credit allowance to be recorded, including the financial condition

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and expected near-term and long-term prospects of the issuer, whether the issuer is current with interest and principal payments, credit ratings on the security or changes in ratings over time, general market conditions, industry, sector or other specific factors and whether CNA expects to receive cash flows sufficient to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security.

CNA’s mortgage loan portfolio is subject to the expected credit loss model, which requires immediate recognition of estimated credit losses over the life of the asset and the presentation of the asset at the net amount expected to be collected. Significant judgment is required in the determination of estimated credit losses and any changes in CNA’s expectation of the net amount to be collected are recognized in earnings.

Further information on CNA’s process for evaluating impairments and expected credit losses is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE

For a discussion of accounting standards updates that have been adopted, please read Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

FY 2023 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0000060086-24-000029.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2024-02-06. Report date: 2023-12-31.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

OVERVIEW

Loews Corporation is a holding company and has four reportable segments comprised of three individual consolidated operating subsidiaries, CNA Financial Corporation (“CNA”), Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (“Boardwalk Pipelines”) and Loews Hotels Holding Corporation (“Loews Hotels & Co”); and the Corporate segment. The Corporate segment is primarily comprised of Loews Corporation, excluding its operating subsidiaries, and the equity method of accounting for Altium Packaging LLC (“Altium Packaging”).

Unless the context otherwise requires, as used herein, the term “Company” means Loews Corporation including its subsidiaries, the terms “Parent Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or like terms mean Loews Corporation excluding its subsidiaries and the term “Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation” means Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation shareholders.

We rely upon our invested cash balances and distributions from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our obligations and to declare and pay any dividends to our shareholders. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends is subject to, among other things, the availability of sufficient earnings and funds in such subsidiaries, applicable state laws, including in the case of the insurance subsidiaries of CNA, laws and rules governing the payment of dividends by regulated insurance companies (see Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8) and compliance with covenants in their respective loan agreements. Claims of creditors of our subsidiaries will generally have priority as to the assets of such subsidiaries over our claims and those of our creditors and shareholders. We are not responsible for the liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries and there are no Parent Company guarantees.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Item 1A, Risk Factors, and Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this Form 10-K.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This section of this Form 10-K generally discusses 2023 and 2022 results and year-to-year comparisons between 2023 and 2022. With the exception of the discussions of Consolidated Financial Results, CNA Financial and Other Insurance Operations, as a result of the adoption Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-12, “Financial Services – Insurance (Topic 944): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts,” (“ASU 2018-12”), a discussion of changes in results of operations comparing the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 for Loews Corporation and its subsidiaries may be found in Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 7, 2023.

As of January 1, 2023, ASU 2018-12 was adopted using the modified retrospective method applied as of the transition date of January 1, 2021, which required changes to the measurement and disclosure of long-duration contracts. Prior period amounts presented in the financial statements have been adjusted to reflect application of the new guidance. For additional information see Notes 1 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

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Consolidated Financial Results

The following table summarizes net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation by segment and the basic and diluted net income per share attributable to Loews Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021:

Year Ended December 3120232022 (a)2021 (a)
(In millions, except per share data)
CNA Financial$1,094$612$1,061
Boardwalk Pipelines283247235
Loews Hotels & Co147117(14)
Corporate(90)(154)280
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$1,434$822$1,562
Basic net income per share$6.30$3.39$6.02
Diluted net income per share$6.29$3.38$6.00
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(a)As of January 1, 2023, ASU 2018-12 was adopted using the modified retrospective method applied as of the transition date of January 1, 2021. Prior period amounts presented in the financial statements have been adjusted to reflect application of the new guidance. For additional information see Notes 1 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

2023 Compared with 2022

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2023 was $1.4 billion, or $6.29 diluted net income per share, compared to net income attributable to Loews Corporation of $822 million, or $3.38 diluted net income per share, in 2022.

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2023 includes a $37 million after-tax charge for Corporate for the termination of a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan and a $36 million after-tax gain for Loews Hotels & Co related to the acquisition of an additional equity interest in, and the consolidation of, a previously unconsolidated joint venture property.

The increase in net income attributable to Loews Corporation in 2023 compared to 2022 was driven by improved results at CNA due to higher net investment income, improved underwriting income, lower investment losses, and a significantly lower unfavorable impact in 2023 from long-term care annual reserve reviews performed in the third quarter of each year. Additionally the parent company posted higher investment returns on equity securities and short-term investments.

Boardwalk Pipelines also contributed positively to Loews Corporation’s year-over-year results due to higher revenues due to re-contracting at higher rates and recently completed growth projects.

2022 Compared with 2021

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation decreased to $822 million, or $3.38 diluted net income per share, for 2022 as compared to $1.6 billion, or $6.00 diluted net income per share, in 2021.

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2021 includes a net investment gain of $555 million ($438 million after tax) related to the sale of approximately 47% of Altium Packaging. Excluding the gain on sale of Altium Packaging, net income decreased $302 million in 2022 compared to 2021, driven by unfavorable limited partnership and common stock results, and net losses from sales of fixed income securities at CNA, partially offset by improved underwriting results and increased net investment income from fixed income securities for CNA and the significant improvement in results for Loews Hotels & Co due to the rebound in leisure travel. Net income for 2022 also included an increase to long term care reserves for CNA, primarily driven by the unfavorable impact of increased cost of care inflation offset by favorable premium rate assumptions. Boardwalk Pipelines also contributed positively to Loews Corporation’s year-over-year results due to higher revenues from recently completed growth projects, re-contracting at higher rates and higher utilization-based revenues.

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CNA Financial

The following table summarizes the results of operations for CNA for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 as presented in Note 21 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. For further discussion of Net investment income and Investment gains (losses), see the Investments section of this MD&A.

Year Ended December 3120232022 (a)2021 (a)
(In millions)
Revenues:
Insurance premiums$9,480$8,667$8,175
Net investment income2,2641,8052,159
Investment gains (losses)(99)(199)120
Non-insurance warranty revenue1,6241,5741,430
Other revenues303224
Total13,29911,87911,908
Expenses:
Insurance claims and policyholders’ benefits7,0686,6536,371
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs1,6441,4901,443
Non-insurance warranty expense1,5441,4711,328
Other operating expenses1,3981,3391,191
Interest127112113
Total11,78111,06510,446
Income before income tax1,5188141,462
Income tax expense(313)(133)(278)
Net income1,2056811,184
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests(111)(69)(123)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$1,094$612$1,061
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(a)As of January 1, 2023, ASU 2018-12 was adopted using the modified retrospective method applied as of the transition date of January 1, 2021. Prior period amounts presented in the financial statements have been adjusted to reflect application of the new guidance. For additional information see Notes 1 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

2023 Compared with 2022

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation increased $482 million for 2023 as compared with 2022. The increase was primarily due to higher net investment income from limited partnership returns and fixed income securities, improved underwriting income and lower investment losses driven by the favorable change in fair value of non-redeemable preferred stock. Net income for 2022 also included a $186 million ($131 million after tax and noncontrolling interests) increase to long term care reserves primarily driven by the unfavorable impact of increased cost of care inflation offset by favorable premium rate assumptions.

2022 Compared with 2021

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation decreased $449 million for 2022 as compared with 2021. The decrease was primarily driven by lower net investment income and investment losses in 2022 as compared with investment gains in 2021. Lower net investment income was driven by unfavorable limited partnership and common stock results and investment losses were driven by net losses on fixed maturity securities and the unfavorable change in fair value of non-redeemable preferred stock. Net income for 2022 also included a $186 million ($131 million after tax and noncontrolling interests) increase to long term care reserves primarily driven by the unfavorable impact of increased cost of care inflation offset by favorable premium rate assumptions. These decreases to net income were partially offset by improved underwriting results and higher net investment income from fixed income securities for 2022 as compared with 2021. Catastrophe losses were $247 million ($174 million after tax and noncontrolling interests) for 2022 as compared with $397

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million ($280 million after tax and noncontrolling interests) in 2021. Catastrophe losses for 2022 and 2021 were driven by severe weather related events, primarily Winter Storm Elliott and Hurricane Ian for 2022 and Hurricane Ida and Winter Storms Uri and Viola for 2021.

CNA’s Property & Casualty and Other Insurance Operations

CNA’s commercial property and casualty insurance operations (“Property & Casualty Operations”) include its Specialty, Commercial and International lines of business. CNA’s Other Insurance Operations outside of Property & Casualty Operations include its long-term care business that is in run-off, certain corporate expenses, including interest on CNA’s corporate debt, and the results of certain property and casualty businesses in run-off, including CNA Re, asbestos and environmental pollution (“A&EP”), a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation (“EWC”) policies and certain legacy mass tort reserves. CNA’s products and services are primarily marketed through independent agents, brokers and managing general underwriters to a wide variety of customers, including small, medium and large businesses, insurance companies, associations, professionals and other groups. We believe the presentation of CNA as one reportable segment is appropriate in accordance with applicable accounting standards on segment reporting. However, for purposes of this discussion and analysis of the results of operations, we provide greater detail with respect to CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations and Other Insurance Operations to enhance the reader’s understanding and to provide further transparency into key drivers of CNA’s financial results.

In assessing its insurance operations, CNA utilizes the core income (loss) financial measure. Core income (loss) is calculated by excluding investment gains or losses from net income (loss). In addition, core income (loss) excludes the effects of noncontrolling interests. The calculation of core income (loss) excludes investment gains or losses because investment gains or losses are generally driven by economic factors that are not necessarily reflective of CNA’s primary insurance operations. Core income (loss) is deemed to be a non-GAAP financial measure and management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate CNA’s insurance operations. Please see the non-GAAP reconciliation of net income (loss) to core income (loss) that follows in this MD&A.

Property & Casualty Operations

In evaluating the results of Property & Casualty Operations, CNA utilizes the loss ratio, the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio, the dividend ratio, the combined ratio and the underlying combined ratio. These ratios are calculated using GAAP financial results. The loss ratio is the percentage of net incurred claim and claim adjustment expenses to net earned premiums. The underlying loss ratio excludes the impact of catastrophe losses and development-related items from the loss ratio. Development-related items represent net prior year loss reserve and premium development, and includes the effects of interest accretion and change in allowance for uncollectible reinsurance and deductible amounts. The expense ratio is the percentage of insurance underwriting and acquisition expenses, including the amortization of deferred acquisition costs, to net earned premiums. The dividend ratio is the ratio of policyholders’ dividends incurred to net earned premiums. The combined ratio is the sum of the loss, expense and dividend ratios. The underlying combined ratio is the sum of the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio. In addition, renewal premium change, rate, retention and new business are also utilized in evaluating operating trends. Renewal premium change represents the estimated change in average premium on policies that renew, including rate and exposure changes. Rate represents the average change in price on policies that renew excluding exposure change. Exposure represents the measure of risk used in the pricing of the insurance product. The change in exposure represents the change in premium dollars on policies that renew as a result of the change in risk of the policy. Retention represents the percentage of premium dollars renewed, excluding rate and exposure changes, in comparison to the expiring premium dollars from policies available to renew. New business represents premiums from policies written with new customers and additional policies written with existing customers. Gross written premiums, excluding third-party captives, excludes business which is ceded to third-party captives, including business related to large warranty programs. CNA uses underwriting gain (loss), calculated using GAAP financial results, to monitor insurance operations. Underwriting gain (loss) is pretax and is calculated as net earned premiums less total insurance expenses, which includes insurance claims and policyholders’ benefits, amortization of deferred acquisition costs and other insurance related expenses. Underlying underwriting gain (loss) represents underwriting results excluding catastrophe losses and development-related items.

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The following tables summarize the results of CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Year Ended December 31, 2023SpecialtyCommercialInternationalTotal
(In millions, except %)
Gross written premiums$7,113$6,120$1,485$14,718
Gross written premiums excluding third-party captives3,8005,9941,48511,279
Net written premiums3,3294,8801,2379,446
Net earned premiums3,3074,5471,1769,030
Underwriting gain31718286585
Net investment income5586451031,306
Core income7086521451,505
Other performance metrics:
Loss ratio excluding catastrophes and development58.5%61.5%57.8%59.9%
Effect of catastrophe impacts4.52.52.6
Effect of development-related items(0.3)(0.1)1.1
Loss ratio58.2%65.9%61.4%62.5%
Expense ratio32.029.631.230.7
Dividend ratio0.20.50.3
Combined ratio90.4%96.0%92.6%93.5%
Combined ratio excluding catastrophes and development90.7%91.6%89.0%90.9%
Rate7%3%5%
Renewal premium change1%1067
Retention88848385
New business$481$1,297$302$2,080
Year Ended December 31, 2022
Gross written premiums$7,514$5,170$1,394$14,078
Gross written premiums excluding third-party captives3,8145,0561,39410,264
Net written premiums3,3064,1931,1648,663
Net earned premiums3,2033,9231,0708,196
Underwriting gain36610687559
Net investment income43148863982
Core income6684661061,240
Other performance metrics:
Loss ratio excluding catastrophes and development58.6%61.5%58.5%60.0%
Effect of catastrophe impacts0.15.62.23.0
Effect of development-related items(1.3)(0.7)(1.2)(1.0)
Loss ratio57.4%66.4%59.5%62.0%
Expense ratio31.030.432.330.9
Dividend ratio0.20.50.3
Combined ratio88.6%97.3%91.8%93.2%
Combined ratio excluding catastrophes and development89.8%92.4%90.8%91.2%
Rate6%5%6%5%
Renewal premium change78118
Retention86868186
New business$548$1,009$319$1,876
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2023 Compared with 2022

Gross written premiums, excluding third-party captives, for Specialty decreased $14 million in 2023 as compared with 2022 driven by lower new business partially offset by strong retention. Net written premiums for Specialty increased $23 million in 2023 as compared with 2022. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Specialty.

Gross written premiums for Commercial increased $950 million in 2023 as compared with 2022 driven by higher new business and rate. Net written premiums for Commercial increased $687 million in 2023 as compared with 2022. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Commercial.

Gross written premiums for International increased $91 million in 2023 as compared with 2022. Excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates, gross written premiums increased $102 million driven by favorable renewal premium change. Net written premiums for International increased $73 million in 2023 as compared with 2022. Excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates, net written premiums increased $74 million in 2023 as compared with 2022. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for International.

Core income increased $265 million in 2023 as compared with 2022 driven by higher net investment income and improved underwriting results.

Catastrophe losses were $236 million in 2023 as compared with $247 million in 2022. For 2023 and 2022 Specialty had no catastrophe losses and $2 million of catastrophe losses, Commercial had catastrophe losses of $207 million and $222 million and International had catastrophe losses of $29 million and $23 million.

Favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $23 million and $96 million was recorded in 2023 and 2022. In 2023 and 2022, Specialty recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $14 million and $40 million, Commercial recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $22 million and $43 million and International recorded unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development of $13 million and favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $13 million. Further information on net prior year loss reserve development is included in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Specialty’s combined ratio increased 1.8 points in 2023 as compared with 2022 primarily due to a 1.0 point increase in the expense ratio and a 0.8 point increase in the loss ratio. The increase in the expense ratio was driven by higher employee related and acquisition costs. The increase in the loss ratio was largely due to lower favorable net prior year loss reserve development.

Commercial’s combined ratio improved 1.3 points in 2023 as compared with 2022 due to a 0.8 point improvement in the expense ratio and a 0.5 point improvement in the loss ratio. The improvement in the expense ratio was driven by higher net earned premiums partially offset by higher employee related costs. The improvement in the loss ratio was driven by lower catastrophe losses, which were 4.5 points of the loss ratio in 2023, as compared with 5.6 points of the loss ratio in 2022, partially offset by lower favorable net prior year loss reserve development.

International’s combined ratio increased 0.8 points in 2023 as compared with 2022 due to a 1.9 point increase in the loss ratio partially offset by a 1.1 point improvement in the expense ratio. The increase in the loss ratio was driven by unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development of $13 million recorded for 2023 compared to favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $13 million recorded for 2022. Catastrophe losses were 2.5 points of the loss ratio for 2023, as compared with 2.2 points of the loss ratio for 2022. The improvement in the expense ratio was driven by higher net earned premiums and a favorable reinsurance acquisition related catch-up adjustment in the third quarter of 2023, partially offset by higher employee related costs.

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Other Insurance Operations

The following table summarizes the results of CNA’s Other Insurance Operations for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021.

Years Ended December 3120232022 (a)2021 (a)
(In millions)
Net earned premiums$451$473$491
Net investment income958823981
Core loss(221)(404)(96)
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(a)As of January 1, 2023, ASU 2018-12 was adopted using the modified retrospective method applied as of the transition date of January 1, 2021. Prior period amounts presented in the financial statements have been adjusted to reflect application of the new guidance. Core loss for Other Insurance Operations for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were adjusted by $(212) and $(18) as a result of adopting the standard. For additional information see Notes 1 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

2023 Compared with 2022

Core results improved $183 million in 2023 as compared with 2022 primarily due to the unfavorable pretax impact of $181 million in 2022 as a result of the annual reserve reviews and higher net investment income, partially offset by long-term care policy buyouts in 2023. Policy buyouts generally result in an unfavorable impact on core results, as the cash payments are linked to higher statutory reserve levels. Excluding the impacts of long-term care policy buyouts, 2023 underwriting results are generally in line with reserving expectations.

Both years are inclusive of cash flow assumption updates as a result of the annual reserve review completed in the third quarter of each year. Cash flow assumption updates for 2023 resulted in an $8 million pretax increase in long-term care reserves. Adjusted to reflect the application of ASU 2018-12, the cash flow assumption updates for 2022 resulted in a $186 million pretax increase in long-term care reserves, primarily driven by the unfavorable impact of increased cost of care inflation, partially offset by favorable premium rate assumptions.

Core results for 2023 also include a $19 million charge related to office consolidation, and a $56 million charge related to unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development for legacy mass tort claims compared with a $51 million charge for legacy mass tort claims in 2022. Further information on net prior year loss reserve development is included in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

2022 Compared with 2021

Core results decreased $308 million in 2022 as compared with 2021 primarily due to the unfavorable impact of the 2022 annual reserve reviews and lower net investment income.

Cash flow assumption updates, as a result of the annual reserve reviews, for 2022 resulted in an $186 million pretax increase in long-term care reserves compared to a $3 million pretax increase in 2021.

The decreases to core results for 2022 were partially offset by favorability related to the A&EP Loss Portfolio Transfer (“LPT”) and the prior period recognition of a $12 million loss resulting from the legacy excess workers’ compensation loss portfolio transfer (“EWC LPT”). The application of retroactive reinsurance accounting to additional cessions to the A&EP LPT resulted in a benefit of $3 million in 2022 as compared to a charge of $25 million in 2021, both of which have no economic impact. For further information on the A&EP LPT and EWC LPT see Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Impact of CNA Office Consolidation on 2024 Results

In the first quarter of 2024, CNA committed to consolidate some of its offices. As a result, CNA anticipates a charge of approximately $16 million pretax in 2024 in Other Insurance Operations.

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Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to Loews Corporation to Core Income

The following table reconciles net income attributable to Loews Corporation to core income for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021:

Year Ended December 3120232022 (a)2021 (a)
(In millions)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$1,094$612$1,061
Investment (gains) losses79154(96)
Consolidating adjustments including noncontrolling interests11170123
Total core income$1,284$836$1,088
Core income (loss):
Property & Casualty Operations$1,505$1,240$1,184
Other Insurance Operations(221)(404)(96)
Total core income$1,284$836$1,088
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(a)As of January 1, 2023, ASU 2018-12 was adopted using the modified retrospective method applied as of the transition date of January 1, 2021. Prior period amounts presented in the financial statements have been adjusted to reflect application of the new guidance. Core loss for Other Insurance Operations for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were adjusted by $(212) and $(18) as a result of adopting the standard. For additional information see Notes 1 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Boardwalk Pipelines

Overview

Boardwalk Pipelines operates in the midstream portion of the natural gas and natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) industry, providing transportation and storage for those commodities. It also provides ethane supply and transportation services for industrial customers in Louisiana and Texas. Boardwalk Pipelines is not in the business of buying and selling natural gas and NGLs other than for system management purposes and to facilitate its ethane supply operations, but changes in natural gas and NGL prices may impact the volumes of natural gas or NGLs transported and stored by customers or the ethane supply requirements on its systems. The pricing contained in the purchase and sales agreements associated with the supply services is generally based on the same ethane commodity index, plus a fixed delivery fee. Except for possible timing differences that may occur when volumes are purchased in one month and sold in another month, Boardwalk Pipelines’ ethane supply services, like its other businesses, result in it having little to no direct commodity price exposure. Due to the capital-intensive nature of its business, Boardwalk Pipelines’ operating costs and expenses do not vary significantly based upon the amount of products transported, with the exception of costs recorded in fuel and transportation expense, which are netted with fuel retained on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. For further information on Boardwalk Pipelines’ revenue recognition policies see Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. Boardwalk Pipelines’ operations and maintenance expenses are impacted by its compliance with the requirements of, among other regulations, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Mega Rule (“Mega Rule”) and Boardwalk Pipelines’ efforts to monitor, control and reduce emissions, as further discussed below.

On September 29, 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines acquired 100% of the equity interests of Bayou Ethane from Williams Field Services Group, LLC for $355 million in cash. Bayou Ethane provides ethane supply and transportation services for industrial customers in Louisiana and Texas. For further information see Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Firm Agreements

A substantial portion of Boardwalk Pipelines’ transportation and storage capacity is contracted for under firm agreements. For the year ended December 31, 2023, approximately 89% of Boardwalk Pipelines’ revenues were derived from capacity reservation fees under firm contracts or from contracts with minimum volume commitments. The table below shows a rollforward of projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements in place as of December 31,

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2022 to December 31, 2023, including agreements for transportation, storage, ethane supply and other services, over the remaining term of those agreements:

As of December 31, 2023
(In millions)
Total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements as of December 31, 2022$9,125
Adjustments for:
Actual revenues recognized from firm agreements in 2023 (a)(1,356)
Firm agreements entered into or acquired in 20231,903
Total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements as of December 31, 2023$9,672

(a)Reflects an increase of $76 million in Boardwalk Pipelines’ actual 2023 revenues recognized from fixed fees under firm agreements as compared with its expected 2023 revenues from fixed fees under firm agreements, including agreements for transportation, storage and other services as of December 31, 2022, primarily due to an increase from contract renewals at higher rates that occurred in 2023. The Bayou Ethane acquisition also contributed $14.3 million to the increase.

During 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines entered into $1.9 billion of new firm agreements, of which approximately 16% were from new growth projects executed in 2023 and 9%, or $178 million, were from the agreements assumed as part of the Bayou Ethane acquisition. For firm agreements associated with new growth projects, the associated assets may not be placed into commercial service until sometime in the future. Each year a portion of Boardwalk Pipelines’ firm transportation and storage agreements expire. The rates Boardwalk Pipelines is able to charge customers are heavily influenced by market trends (both short and longer term), including the available supply, geographical location of natural gas production, the competition between producing basins, competition with other pipelines for supply and markets, the demand for gas by end-users such as power plants, petrochemical facilities and LNG export facilities and the price differentials between the gas supplies and the market demand for the gas (basis differentials). As of December 31, 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines’ top ten customers under committed firm agreements comprised approximately 53% of its total projected operating revenues and the credit profile associated with Boardwalk Pipelines’ customers comprising the total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements was 77% rated as investment grade, 7% rated as non-investment grade and 16% not rated.

Pipeline System Maintenance and Greenhouse Gases (“GHGs”) Emission Reduction Initiatives

Boardwalk Pipelines incurs substantial costs for ongoing maintenance of its pipeline systems and related facilities, including those incurred for pipeline integrity management activities, equipment overhauls, general upkeep and repairs. These costs are not dependent on the amount of revenues earned from its transportation services. PHMSA has developed regulations that require transportation pipeline operators to implement integrity management programs to comprehensively evaluate certain high risk areas, known as HCAs, and MCAs, along pipelines and take additional safety measures to protect people and property in these areas. The HCAs for natural gas pipelines are predicated on high-population density areas (which, for natural gas transmission lines, include Class 3 and 4 areas and, depending on the potential impacts of a risk event, may include Class 1 and 2 areas) whereas HCAs along Boardwalk Pipelines’ NGL pipelines are based on high-population density areas, areas near certain drinking water sources and unusually sensitive ecological areas. These regulations have resulted in an overall increase in Boardwalk Pipelines’ ongoing maintenance costs, including maintenance capital and maintenance expense. In 2019, PHMSA issued the first part of its gas Mega Rule, which became effective on July 1, 2020. This regulation imposed numerous requirements, including MAOP reconfirmation through re-verification of all historical records for pipelines in service, which re-certification process may require natural gas pipelines installed before 1970 (previously excluded from certain pressure testing obligations) to be pressure tested, the periodic assessment of additional pipeline mileage outside of HCAs (in MCAs as well as Class 3 and Class 4 areas), the reporting of exceedances of MAOP and the consideration of seismicity as a risk factor in integrity management. In 2021, PHMSA issued a final rule that will impose safety regulations related to onshore gas gathering lines and in June 2021, PHMSA issued an Advisory Bulletin advising pipeline and pipeline facility operators of applicable requirements to update their inspection and maintenance plans for the elimination of hazardous leaks and minimization of natural gas released from pipeline facilities. PHMSA and state regulators reportedly began their review of these plans in 2022, and in May 2023, PHMSA published a proposed rule that would enhance requirements for detecting and repairing leaks on new and existing natural gas distribution, gas transmission and gas gathering pipelines. In August 2022, PHMSA published another final rule expanding the Management of Change process, extending corrosion control requirements for gas transmission pipelines, adding requirements that operators ensure no conditions exist following an extreme weather event that could adversely

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affect the safe operation of the pipeline, and adopting repair criteria for non-HCAs similar to those applicable to HCAs. In September 2023, PHMSA published a proposed rule that would enhance the safety requirements for gas distribution pipelines and would require updates to distribution integrity management programs, emergency response plans, operations and maintenance manuals, and other safety practices.

Due to the nature of Boardwalk Pipelines’ business, its operations emit various types of GHGs. Boardwalk Pipelines seeks to carefully monitor its emissions and expects to incur additional costs to mitigate emissions. New legislation or regulations could increase the costs related to operating and maintaining Boardwalk Pipelines’ facilities. Depending on the particular law, regulation or program, Boardwalk Pipelines could be required to incur capital expenditures for installing new monitoring equipment or emission controls on its facilities, acquire and surrender allowances for GHG emissions, pay taxes or fees related to GHG emissions and/or administer and manage a more comprehensive GHG emissions program.

Boardwalk Pipelines has been focused on seeking to meet and, in certain instances, pursuing projects aimed at exceeding regulatory obligations (such as those found in the Clean Air Act (“CAA”)) by working to reduce emissions of regulated air pollutants, including methane, associated with its pipeline transportation and storage assets. For example, in selecting new compression equipment for growth or asset reliability projects, Boardwalk Pipelines considers air emissions as a component in the decision-making process and, when appropriate, places increased emphasis in the selection process on equipment with emissions performance that exceeds applicable federal standards. Several of Boardwalk Pipelines’ reliability projects over the last few years have resulted in replacement of older, higher-emitting compressor drivers with units equipped with advanced emission control systems. As a result, these projects have resulted in decreases in emissions of nitrogen oxides and other air pollutants.

Boardwalk Pipelines has identified the reduction of GHG emissions as an area of focus and looks for opportunities to reduce emissions using a variety of strategies, including the following:

•evaluating replacing older compression equipment with electric drive compression or new low emission, fuel efficient units when practical;

•modifying fuel systems on certain reciprocating compression equipment to lower fuel consumption and emissions;

•conducting emissions surveys and performing maintenance and repairs on identified component leaks;

•performing annual leak surveys along Boardwalk Pipelines’ pipelines with the aid of helicopters and fixed-wing planes, and analytical field surveys when appropriate;

•performing measurement surveys on all of Boardwalk Pipelines’ compressor stations at least twice a year, exceeding Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) requirements;

•using optical gas imaging cameras to scan natural gas piping and components at Boardwalk Pipelines’ compressor stations to visualize any leaks in real time;

•installing continuous monitoring emission detection equipment at three compression stations;

•employing experts in air emissions to develop and monitor efforts in reducing emissions;

•reducing methane emissions vented to the atmosphere from transmission pipeline blowdowns by using existing and portable compression and flaring when feasible;

•installing repair sleeves and composite wraps where appropriate to avoid pipeline blowdowns;

•exploring options to replace high-bleed natural gas pneumatic devices with low or zero flow bleed devices; and

•reducing methane emissions from rod packing seals on reciprocating compressors, where appropriate.

However, Boardwalk Pipelines cannot guarantee that it will be able to implement any of the opportunities it may review or explore, or, for any opportunities it chooses to implement, to implement them in their intended manner or within a specific timeframe or across all operational assets.

These new and any future regulations adopted by PHMSA and efforts to reduce GHG emissions are expected to cause Boardwalk Pipelines to incur increased capital and operating costs, may cause Boardwalk Pipelines to experience operational delays and may result in potential adverse impacts to its ability to reliably serve its customers. For more information, see Item 1. Business and Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Report.

Maintenance costs may be capitalized or expensed, depending on the nature of the activities. For any given reporting period, the mix of projects that Boardwalk Pipelines undertakes will affect the amounts it records as property, plant and equipment on the Consolidated Balance Sheets or recognizes as expenses, which impacts earnings. In 2024, Boardwalk

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Pipelines expects to spend approximately $505 million to maintain its pipeline systems, comply with regulations and monitor, control and reduce its GHG emissions, of which approximately $215 million is expected to be maintenance capital. In 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines spent $446 million on these matters, of which $165 million was recorded as maintenance capital.

Results of Operations

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Boardwalk Pipelines for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 as presented in Note 21 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. Boardwalk Pipelines also utilizes a non-GAAP measure, earnings before interest, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) as a financial measure to assess its operating and financial performance and return on invested capital. Management believes some investors may find this measure useful in evaluating Boardwalk Pipelines’ performance.

Year Ended December 3120232022
(In millions)
Revenues:
Operating revenues and other$1,625$1,446
Interest income11
Total1,6361,446
Expenses:
Operating and other:
Operating costs and expenses696554
Depreciation and amortization412396
Interest155166
Total1,2631,116
Income before income tax373330
Income tax expense(90)(83)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$283$247
EBITDA$929$892

2023 Compared with 2022

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation and EBITDA increased $36 million and $37 million in 2023 as compared with 2022, primarily due to the reasons discussed below.

Total revenues increased $190 million in 2023 as compared with 2022. Including fuel and transportation expenses and product costs, operating revenues increased $88 million. Boardwalk Pipelines’ transportation revenues increased $71 million, primarily due to re-contracting at higher rates and recently completed growth projects, storage and parking and lending revenues increased $23 million due to favorable market conditions and the Bayou Ethane acquisition contributed $11 million, resulting from product sales of $99 million and product costs of $88 million. These increases were partially offset by $9 million from lower sales of other NGL products.

Operating costs and expenses increased $142 million in 2023 as compared with 2022. Excluding expenses and product costs offset with operating revenues, operating costs and expenses increased $51 million primarily due to increased costs from maintenance projects associated with the requirements of the Mega Rule, higher materials and supplies, outside services and employee-related costs and expenses from the Bayou Ethane acquisition.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased $16 million in 2023 as compared with 2022 primarily due to an increased asset base from recently completed growth projects, the Bayou Ethane acquisition and a change in the estimated life of certain assets.

Interest expense decreased $11 million in 2023 as compared with 2022, primarily due to lower average outstanding long-term debt.

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Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to Loews Corporation to EBITDA

The following table reconciles net income attributable to Loews Corporation to EBITDA for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

Year Ended December 3120232022
(In millions)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$283$247
Interest, net144166
Income tax expense9083
Depreciation and amortization412396
EBITDA$929$892

Loews Hotels & Co

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Loews Hotels & Co for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 as presented in Note 21 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8:

Year Ended December 3120232022
(In millions)
Revenues:
Operating revenue$678$596
Gain on acquisition of a joint venture46
Revenues related to reimbursable expenses128125
Total852721
Expenses:
Operating and other:
Operating558483
Asset impairments1225
Reimbursable expenses128125
Depreciation and amortization expense6964
Equity income from joint ventures(129)(148)
Interest1411
Total652560
Income before income tax200161
Income tax expense(53)(44)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$147$117

2023 Compared with 2022

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation improved by $30 million in 2023 as compared with 2022. Results for 2023 include a gain of $46 million ($36 million after tax) related to the acquisition of an additional equity interest in, and the consolidation of, a previously unconsolidated joint venture property.

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Operating revenues improved by $82 million and operating expenses increased by $75 million in 2023 as compared with 2022. The increase in operating revenues was driven by consolidating the results of a property previously accounted for under the equity method and a higher overall occupancy level at owned hotels. The increase in operating expenses was largely due to consolidating the results of a property previously accounted for under the equity method in addition to increased staffing costs and higher property taxes.

Equity income from joint ventures decreased $19 million in 2023 as compared to 2022. The overall occupancy level at joint venture properties was lower in 2023 as compared to 2022, while average daily rates increased nominally for 2023 compared to 2022. Expenses at joint venture properties increased in 2023 compared to 2022, largely due to increased staffing costs, as well as higher insurance, property taxes and interest costs.

In 2023 and 2022, Loews Hotels & Co recorded impairment charges of $12 million and $25 million to reduce the carrying value of certain assets to their estimated fair value.

Interest expense for 2023 increased $3 million as compared with 2022 due primarily to consolidating the results of a property previously accounted for under the equity method, and a lower favorable impact from interest rate caps, offset by the increase in capitalized interest on projects under development.

Corporate

Corporate operations consist primarily of investment income, interest expense and administrative costs at the Parent Company. Investment income includes earnings on cash and short-term investments held at the Parent Company to meet current and future liquidity needs, as well as results of the trading portfolio held at the Parent Company. Corporate also includes the equity method of accounting for Altium Packaging.

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Corporate for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 as presented in Note 21 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8:

Year Ended December 3120232022
(In millions)
Revenues:
Net investment income (loss)$114$(7)
Operating revenues and other5
Total114(2)
Expenses:
Operating and other12091
Equity method loss99
Interest8089
Total209189
Loss before income tax(95)(191)
Income tax benefit537
Net loss attributable to Loews Corporation$(90)$(154)

2023 Compared with 2022

Net investment income for the Parent Company was $114 million in 2023 as compared with net investment loss of $7 million in 2022, primarily due to higher income from short-term investments and fixed maturity securities and the favorable change in the fair value of equity based investments in the trading portfolio.

Operating and other expenses increased $29 million in 2023 as compared with 2022. These increases were primarily due to a settlement expense of $47 million in 2023 to recognize previously unrealized losses, which were included in AOCI, due to the termination of a non-contributory defined benefit plan. This increase is partially offset by higher legal fees and corporate overhead expenses in 2022. For additional information on the settlement expense see Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

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Interest expenses decreased $9 million in 2023 as compared with 2022, due to the retirement of the Parent Company’s $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.6% senior notes in May of 2023.

The lower income tax benefit in 2023, as compared to 2022, included an adjustment to deferred state income taxes.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Parent Company

Parent Company cash and investments, net of receivables and payables, totaled $2.6 billion at December 31, 2023 as compared to $3.2 billion at December 31, 2022. In 2023, we received $1.0 billion in cash dividends from our subsidiaries, including a special cash dividend of $293 million from CNA. Cash outflows in 2023 included the payment of $849 million to fund treasury stock purchases, $500 million to retire at maturity the outstanding aggregate principal amount of our 2.6% senior notes, $57 million of cash dividends to our shareholders, $178 million to purchase common shares of CNA and equity contributions of $38 million to Loews Hotels & Co. In March of 2024, we will receive cash dividends of $606 million from CNA. As a holding company we depend on dividends from our subsidiaries and returns on our investment portfolio to fund our obligations. We also have an effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under which we may publicly issue an unspecified amount of our debt, equity or hybrid securities from time to time. We are not responsible for the liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries and there are no Parent Company guarantees.

Depending on market and other conditions, we may purchase shares of our and our subsidiaries outstanding common stock in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. In 2023, we purchased 14.0 million shares of Loews Corporation common stock and 4.5 million shares of CNA’s common stock. As of February 2, 2024, there were 222,201,139 shares of Loews Corporation common stock outstanding.

Loews Corporation has a corporate credit and senior debt rating of A with a stable outlook from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), a senior debt rating of A3 with a stable outlook from Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) and a senior debt rating of A- with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”).

Future uses of our cash may include investing in our subsidiaries, new acquisitions, dividends and/or purchases of our and our subsidiaries’ outstanding common stock. The declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our common stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our earnings, financial condition and business needs.

Subsidiaries

CNA’s cash provided by operating activities was $2.3 billion in 2023 and $2.5 billion in 2022. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was driven by higher net claim payments, which includes long-term care policy buyouts of $193 million and higher operating expenses, partially offset by an increase in premiums collected.

CNA paid cash dividends of $2.88 per share on its common stock, including a special cash dividend of $1.20 per share, in 2023. On February 2, 2024, CNA’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.44 per share and a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share payable March 7, 2024 to shareholders of record on February 20, 2024. CNA’s declaration and payment of future dividends is at the discretion of its Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including CNA’s earnings, financial condition, business needs and regulatory constraints. CNA believes that its present cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities are sufficient to fund its current and expected working capital and debt obligation needs and does not expect this to change in the near term.

Dividends to CNA from Continental Casualty Company (“CCC”), a subsidiary of CNA, are subject to the insurance holding company laws of the State of Illinois, the domiciliary state of CCC. Under these laws, ordinary dividends, or dividends that do not require prior approval by the Illinois Department of Insurance (the “Department”), are determined based on the greater of the prior year’s statutory net income or 10% of statutory surplus as of the end of the prior year, as well as the timing and amount of dividends paid in the preceding 12 months. Additionally, ordinary dividends may only be paid from earned surplus, which is calculated by removing unrealized gains from unassigned surplus. As of December 31, 2023, CCC was in a positive earned surplus position. The maximum allowable dividend CCC could pay during 2024 that would not be subject to the Department’s prior approval is $1.1 billion, less dividends paid during the preceding twelve months measured at that point in time. CCC paid dividends of $1.1 billion in 2023. The actual level of dividends paid in any year is determined after an assessment of available dividend capacity, holding company liquidity and cash needs as well as the impact the dividends will have on the statutory surplus of the applicable insurance company.

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In 2023, CNA completed a public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.5% senior notes due June 15, 2033 and repaid at maturity the $243 million outstanding aggregate principal balance of its 7.3% debenture.

CNA has a financial strength rating of A and senior debt rating of bbb+ from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”), a financial strength rating of A2 and senior debt rating of Baa2 from Moody’s, a financial strength rating of A+ and senior debt rating of A- from S&P and financial strength rating of A+ and senior debt rating of BBB+ from Fitch. A.M. Best, Moody’s, S&P and Fitch maintain stable outlooks across CNA’s financial strength and senior debt credit ratings.

CNA has an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC under which it may publicly issue an unspecified amount of debt, equity or hybrid securities from time to time.

Boardwalk Pipelines’ cash provided by operating activities increased $91 million in 2023 compared to 2022, primarily due to changes in net income adjusted for depreciation and amortization.

For 2023 and 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines’ capital expenditures were $382 million and $344 million, consisting of growth capital expenditures of $218 million and $180 million and maintenance capital expenditures of $164 million and $157 million. During 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines also spent $7 million on natural gas to be used in its integrated natural gas pipeline system. Boardwalk Pipelines expects total capital expenditures to be approximately $420 million in 2024, including approximately $215 million for maintenance capital and $205 million related to growth projects. During 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines acquired Bayou Ethane for $355 million.

Boardwalk Pipelines anticipates that its existing capital resources, including its cash on hand, revolving credit facility and cash flows from operating activities, will be adequate to fund its operations and capital expenditures for 2024. Boardwalk Pipelines may seek to access the debt markets to fund some or all capital expenditures for growth projects or acquisitions, to refinance maturing debt or for general partnership purposes. Boardwalk Pipelines has an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC under which it may publicly issue $1.5 billion of debt securities, warrants or rights from time to time. Boardwalk Pipelines has $600 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of its 5.0% notes maturing in December of 2024, which it expects to retire near or at maturity through available capital resources, including borrowing under its revolving credit facility or publicly issuing debt securities.

In June of 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines’ amended its revolving credit facility to extend the maturity date by one year to May 26, 2028. As of December 31, 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines had $25 million of outstanding borrowings and $975 million of available borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility.

In December of 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines paid a distribution of $300 million to the Company.

Boardwalk Pipelines has a senior debt rating of BBB- with a stable outlook from S&P, a senior debt rating of Baa2 with a stable outlook from Moody’s and a senior debt rating of BBB with a stable outlook from Fitch.

As of December 31, 2023, Loews Hotels & Co, through its subsidiaries, had $532 million in mortgage loans that mature within twelve months. Loews Hotels & Co currently intends to refinance or exercise options to extend these loans prior to maturity. Refinancing or extending any indebtedness, including loans of unconsolidated joint venture partnerships, may require Loews Hotels & Co to make principal pay downs, establish restricted cash reserves or provide guaranties of the subsidiary’s debt. Through the date of this Report, all Loews Hotels & Co’s subsidiaries are in compliance with their debt covenants.

In 2023, Loews Hotels & Co received capital contributions of $38 million from Loews Corporation to fund development projects.

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Contractual Obligations

We and our subsidiaries have contractual obligations which arise in the ordinary course of business. For a discussion regarding the obligations related to our and our subsidiaries long-term debt see Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. For contractual payment obligations related to the claim and claim adjustment expense reserves and future policy benefit reserves see the table below:

Payments Due by Period
December 31, 2023TotalLess than 1 year1-3 years3-5 yearsMore than 5 years
(In millions)
Claim and claim adjustment expense
reserves (a)$23,864$5,417$6,441$3,448$8,558
Future policy benefit reserves (b)27,9647331,4351,62924,167

(a)The claim and claim adjustment expense reserves reflected above are not discounted and represent CNA’s estimate of the amount and timing of the ultimate settlement and administration of gross claims based on its assessment of facts and circumstances known as of December 31, 2023. See the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A for further information.

(b)The future policy benefit reserves reflected above are not discounted, include maintenance costs, represent CNA’s estimate of the ultimate amount and timing of the settlement of benefits net of expected premiums and are based on its assessment of facts and circumstances known as of December 31, 2023. Additional information on future policy benefit reserves is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Further information on our commitments, contingencies and guarantees is provided in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

INVESTMENTS

Investment activities of our non-insurance subsidiaries primarily consist of investments in fixed income securities, including short-term investments. The Parent Company portfolio also includes equity securities, including short sales and derivative instruments. Certain of these types of Parent Company investments generally have greater volatility, less liquidity and greater risk than fixed income investments and are included within Results of Operations – Corporate.

The Parent Company enters into short sales and invests in certain derivative instruments that are used for asset and liability management activities, income enhancements to its portfolio management strategy and to benefit from anticipated future movements in the underlying markets. If such movements do not occur as anticipated, significant losses may occur. Monitoring procedures include senior management review of daily reports of existing positions and valuation fluctuations to seek to ensure that open positions are consistent with the portfolio strategy.

Credit exposure associated with non-performance by counterparties to derivative instruments is generally limited to the uncollateralized change in fair value of the derivative instruments recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The risk of non-performance is mitigated by monitoring the creditworthiness of counterparties and diversifying derivatives by using multiple counterparties. Collateral is occasionally required from derivative investment counterparties depending on the amount of the exposure and the credit rating of the counterparty.

Insurance

CNA maintains a large portfolio of fixed maturity and equity securities, including large amounts of corporate and government issued debt securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities and investments in limited partnerships which pursue a variety of long and short investment strategies across a broad array of asset classes. CNA’s investment portfolio supports its obligation to pay future insurance claims and provides investment returns which are an important part of CNA’s overall profitability.

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Net Investment Income

The significant components of CNA’s net investment income are presented in the following table. Fixed income securities, as presented, include both fixed maturity securities and non-redeemable preferred stock.

Year Ended December 3120232022
(In millions)
Fixed income securities:
Taxable fixed income securities$1,798$1,585
Tax-exempt fixed income securities178244
Total fixed income securities1,9761,829
Limited partnership and common stock investments202(31)
Other, net of investment expense867
Net investment income$2,264$1,805
Effective income yield for the fixed income securities
portfolio4.7%4.4%
Limited partnership and common stock return9.4%(1.4)%

CNA’s net investment income increased $459 million in 2023 as compared with 2022, driven by favorable limited partnership returns and higher income from fixed income securities as a result of the rising interest rate environment.

Investment Gains (Losses)

The components of CNA’s investment gains (losses) are presented in the following table:

Year Ended December 3120232022
(In millions)
Investment gains (losses):
Fixed maturity securities:
Corporate and other bonds$(57)$(89)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions1026
Asset-backed(44)(34)
Total fixed maturity securities(91)(97)
Non-redeemable preferred stock4(116)
Derivatives, short-term and other(12)14
Total investment losses(99)(199)
Income tax benefit2045
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests816
Investment losses attributable to Loews Corporation$(71)$(138)

CNA’s investment losses decreased $100 million in 2023 as compared with 2022, driven by the favorable change in fair value of non-redeemable preferred stock.

Additionally, Derivatives, short-term and other for 2022 included an $18 million non-economic net gain related to the novation of a coinsurance agreement on CNA’s legacy annuity business in its Other Insurance Operations and the associated funds withheld embedded derivative. The coinsurance agreement was novated in the fourth quarter of 2022.

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Further information on CNA’s investment gains and losses is set forth in Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Portfolio Quality

The following table presents the estimated fair value and net unrealized gains (losses) of CNA’s fixed maturity securities by rating distribution:

December 31, 2023December 31, 2022
Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains(Losses)
(In millions)
U.S. Government, Government agencies and Government-sponsored enterprises$2,795$(298)$2,419$(336)
AAA2,727(169)2,398(208)
AA6,444(420)6,342(663)
A9,910(223)9,043(531)
BBB16,670(744)15,651(1,447)
Non-investment grade1,879(119)1,774(219)
Total$40,425$(1,973)$37,627$(3,404)

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, 1% of CNA’s fixed maturity portfolio was rated internally. AAA rated securities included $0.2 billion and $0.3 billion of pre-funded municipal bonds as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

The following table presents CNA’s available-for-sale fixed maturity securities in a gross unrealized loss position by ratings distribution:

December 31, 2023Estimated Fair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In millions)
U.S. Government, Government agencies and Government-sponsored enterprises$2,273$309
AAA1,524261
AA3,817658
A5,652517
BBB11,5231,095
Non-investment grade942155
Total$25,731$2,995
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The following table presents the maturity profile for these available-for-sale fixed maturity securities. Securities not due to mature on a single date are allocated based on weighted average life:

December 31, 2023Estimated Fair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In millions)
Due in one year or less$974$33
Due after one year through five years8,197468
Due after five years through ten years8,0581,058
Due after ten years8,5021,436
Total$25,731$2,995

Commercial Real Estate

CNA’s investment portfolio has exposure to the commercial real estate sector primarily through its fixed maturity securities and mortgage loan portfolios. The performance of these assets is dependent on a number of factors, including the performance of the underlying collateral (which is influenced by cash flows from underlying property leases), changes in the fair value of collateral, refinancing risk, and the creditworthiness of tenants of credit tenant loan properties (where lease payments directly service the loan).

Within CNA’s fixed maturity securities portfolio, its exposure is primarily through the commercial mortgage-backed securities portfolio and the corporate and other bonds portfolio, which contains obligations of real estate investment trust (“REIT”) issuers. Commercial mortgage-backed securities include both single asset, single borrower collateral that is securitized independently and conduit collateral that is securitized in diversified pools.

The following tables present the estimated fair value and net unrealized gains (losses) of CNA’s commercial mortgage-backed securities by property type and by ratings distribution:

December 31, 2023Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)
(In millions)
Commercial mortgage-backed:
Single asset, single borrower:
Office$306$(70)
Retail283(28)
Lodging227(23)
Industrial93(4)
Multifamily59(3)
Total single asset, single borrower968(128)
Conduits (multi property, multi borrower pools)663(95)
Total commercial mortgage-backed$1,631$(223)
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December 31, 2023Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)
(In millions)
Commercial mortgage backed:
AAA$570$(27)
AA594(95)
A202(30)
BBB216(45)
Non-investment grade49(26)
Total commercial mortgage-backed$1,631$(223)

The following tables present the estimated fair value and net unrealized gains (losses) of the REIT issuer exposure within CNA’s corporate and other bonds portfolio by property type and by ratings distribution:

December 31, 2023Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)
(In millions)
Corporate and other bonds - REITs:
Retail$515$(25)
Office250(20)
Industrial99(1)
Other (a)452(22)
Total corporate and other bonds - REITs$1,316$(68)
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(a)Other includes a diversified mix of property type strategies including self-storage, healthcare and apartments.
December 31, 2023Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)
(In millions)
Corporate and other bonds - REITs:
AA$10
A285$(3)
BBB994(64)
Non-investment grade27(1)
Total corporate and other bonds - REITs$1,316$(68)

Mortgage loans are commercial in nature and are carried at unpaid principal balance, net of unamortized fees and an allowance for expected credit losses. The allowance for expected credit losses is developed by assessing the credit quality of pools of mortgage loans in good standing using debt service coverage ratios (“DSCR”) and loan-to-value ratios (“LTV”). This assessment utilizes historical credit loss experience adjusted to reflect current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. As of December 31, 2023 the allowance for expected credit losses on CNA’s mortgage portfolio was $35 million, or 3.3% of its amortized cost basis.

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The following table presents the amortized cost basis of mortgage loans by property type:

December 31, 2023Amortized CostPercentage of Total
(In millions, except %)
Mortgage loans:
Retail$52048%
Office24523
Industrial12412
Other18117
Total mortgage loans1,070100%
Less: Allowance for expected credit losses(35)
Total mortgage loans - net of allowance$1,035

In addition to the mortgage loan portfolio, CNA invests in securitized credit tenant loans and ground lease financings that are classified as fixed maturity securities and are largely investment grade quality. As of December 31, 2023, these holdings had an estimated fair value of $479 million and net unrealized losses of $87 million.

CNA owns other fixed maturity securities which have exposure to cell towers, data centers and other collateral types that could be viewed as having real estate characteristics. CNA views these securities to have risks more similar to operating enterprises that do not share the same risks as the broader commercial real estate market.

CNA does not hold any direct investments in commercial real estate. Additionally, CNA does not have significant exposure through its limited partnership portfolio to funds whose primary strategy is real estate focused.

Duration

A primary objective in the management of CNA’s investment portfolio is to optimize return relative to the corresponding liabilities and respective liquidity needs. CNA’s views on the current interest rate environment, tax regulations, asset class valuations, specific security issuer and broader industry segment conditions as well as domestic and global economic conditions, are some of the factors that enter into an investment decision. CNA also continually monitors exposure to issuers of securities held and broader industry sector exposures and may from time to time adjust such exposures based on its views of a specific issuer or industry sector.

A further consideration in the management of CNA’s investment portfolio is the characteristics of the corresponding liabilities and the ability to align the duration of the portfolio to those liabilities and to meet future liquidity needs, minimize interest rate risk and maintain a level of income sufficient to support the underlying insurance liabilities. For portfolios where future liability cash flows are determinable and typically long-term in nature, CNA segregates investments for asset/liability management purposes. The segregated investments support the long-term care and structured settlement liabilities in Other Insurance Operations.

The effective durations of CNA’s fixed income securities and short-term investments are presented in the following table. Amounts presented are net of payable and receivable amounts for securities purchased and sold, but not yet settled.

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December 31, 2023December 31, 2022
Estimated Fair ValueEffective Duration (Years)Estimated Fair ValueEffective Duration (Years)
(In millions of dollars)
Investments supporting Other Insurance Operations$15,13710.2$14,5119.9
Other investments27,9814.525,4454.7
Total$43,1186.5$39,9566.6

CNA’s investment portfolio is periodically analyzed for changes in duration and related price risk. Certain securities have duration characteristics that are variable based on market interest rates, credit spreads and other factors that may drive variability in the amount and timing of cash flows. Additionally, CNA periodically reviews the sensitivity of the portfolio to the level of foreign exchange rates and other factors that contribute to market price changes. A summary of these risks and specific analysis on changes is included in the Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk included under Item 7A.

INSURANCE RESERVES

The level of reserves CNA maintains represents its best estimate, as of a particular point in time, of what the ultimate settlement and administration of claims will cost based on CNA’s assessment of facts and circumstances known at that time. Reserves are not an exact calculation of liability but instead are complex estimates that CNA derives, generally utilizing a variety of actuarial reserve estimation techniques, from numerous assumptions and expectations about future events, both internal and external, many of which are highly uncertain. As noted below, CNA reviews its reserves for each segment of its business periodically, and any such review could result in the need to increase reserves in amounts which could be material and could adversely affect our results of operations and equity and CNA’s equity, business and insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings. Further information on reserves is provided in Notes 8 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Property and Casualty Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves

CNA maintains loss reserves to cover its estimated ultimate unpaid liability for claim and claim adjustment expenses, including the estimated cost of the claims adjudication process, for claims that have been reported but not yet settled (case reserves) and claims that have been incurred but not reported (“IBNR”). IBNR includes a provision for development on known cases as well as a provision for late reported incurred claims. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves are reflected as liabilities and are included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the heading “Insurance Reserves.” Adjustments to prior year reserve estimates, if necessary, are reflected in results of operations in the period that the need for such adjustments is determined. The carried case and IBNR reserves as of each balance sheet date are provided in the discussion that follows and in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

There is a risk that CNA’s recorded reserves are insufficient to cover its estimated ultimate unpaid liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses. Unforeseen emerging or potential claims and coverage issues are also difficult to predict and could materially adversely affect the adequacy of CNA’s claim and claim adjustment expense reserves and could lead to future reserve increases.

In addition, CNA’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries also have actual and potential exposures related to A&EP claims, which could result in material losses. To mitigate the risks posed by CNA’s exposure to A&EP claims and claim adjustment expenses, CNA completed a transaction with National Indemnity Company (“NICO”), under which substantially all of CNA’s legacy A&EP liabilities were ceded to NICO effective January 1, 2010. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for further discussion about the transaction with NICO, its impact on CNA’s results of operations and the deferred retroactive reinsurance gains and the amount of remaining reinsurance limit.

Establishing Property & Casualty Reserve Estimates

In developing claim and claim adjustment expense reserve estimates, CNA’s actuaries perform detailed reserve analyses that are staggered throughout the year. The data is organized at a reserve group level. A reserve group typically can be a

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line of business covering a subset of insureds such as commercial automobile liability for small or middle market customers, or it can be a particular type of claim such as construction defect. Every reserve group is reviewed at least once during the year, but most are reviewed more frequently. The analyses generally review losses gross of ceded reinsurance and apply the ceded reinsurance terms to the gross estimates to establish estimates net of reinsurance. In addition to the detailed analyses, CNA reviews actual loss emergence for all products each quarter.

Most of CNA’s business can be characterized as long-tail. For long-tail business, it will generally be several years between the time the business is written and the time when all claims are settled. CNA’s long-tail exposures include commercial automobile liability, workers’ compensation, general liability, medical professional liability, other professional liability and management liability coverages, assumed reinsurance run-off and products liability. Short-tail exposures include property, commercial automobile physical damage, marine, surety and warranty. Property & Casualty Operations contain both long-tail and short-tail exposures. Other Insurance Operations contain long-tail exposures.

Various methods are used to project ultimate losses for both long-tail and short-tail exposures.

The paid development method estimates ultimate losses by reviewing paid loss patterns and applying them to accident or policy years with further expected changes in paid losses. Selection of the paid loss pattern may require consideration of several factors including the impact of economic, social and medical inflation on claim costs, the rate at which claims professionals make claim payments and close claims, the impact of judicial decisions, the impact of underwriting changes, the impact of large claim payments and other factors. Claim cost inflation itself may require evaluation of changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, changes in the cost of medical care, changes in the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. Because this method assumes that losses are paid at a consistent rate, changes in any of these factors can affect the results. Since the method does not rely on case reserves, it is not directly influenced by changes in their adequacy.

For many reserve groups, paid loss data for recent periods may be too immature or erratic for accurate predictions. This situation often exists for long-tail exposures. In addition, changes in the factors described above may result in inconsistent payment patterns. Finally, estimating the paid loss pattern subsequent to the most mature point available in the data analyzed often involves considerable uncertainty for long-tail products such as workers’ compensation.

The incurred development method is similar to the paid development method, but it uses case incurred losses instead of paid losses. Since the method uses more data (case reserves in addition to paid losses) than the paid development method, the incurred development patterns may be less variable than paid patterns. However, selection of the incurred loss pattern typically requires analysis of all of the same factors described above. In addition, the inclusion of case reserves can lead to distortions if changes in case reserving practices have taken place, and the use of case incurred losses may not eliminate the issues associated with estimating the incurred loss pattern subsequent to the most mature point available.

The loss ratio method multiplies earned premiums by an expected loss ratio to produce ultimate loss estimates for each accident or policy year. This method may be useful for immature accident or policy periods or if loss development patterns are inconsistent, losses emerge very slowly or there is relatively little loss history from which to estimate future losses. The selection of the expected loss ratio typically requires analysis of loss ratios from earlier accident or policy years or pricing studies and analysis of inflationary trends, frequency trends, rate changes, underwriting changes and other applicable factors.

The Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using paid loss is a combination of the paid development method and the loss ratio method. This method normally determines expected loss ratios similar to the approach used to estimate the expected loss ratio for the loss ratio method and typically requires analysis of the same factors described above. This method assumes that future losses will develop at the expected loss ratio level. The percent of paid loss to ultimate loss implied from the paid development method is used to determine what percentage of ultimate loss is yet to be paid. The use of the pattern from the paid development method typically requires consideration of the same factors listed in the description of the paid development method. The estimate of losses yet to be paid is added to current paid losses to estimate the ultimate loss for each year. For long-tail lines, this method will react very slowly if actual ultimate loss ratios are different from expectations due to changes not accounted for by the expected loss ratio calculation.

The Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using incurred loss is similar to the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using paid loss except that it uses case incurred losses. The use of case incurred losses instead of paid losses can result in development patterns that are less variable than paid patterns. However, the inclusion of case reserves can lead to distortions if changes in case reserving have taken place, and the method typically requires analysis of the same factors that need to be reviewed for the loss ratio and incurred development methods.

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The frequency times severity method multiplies a projected number of ultimate claims by an estimated ultimate average loss for each accident or policy year to produce ultimate loss estimates. Since projections of the ultimate number of claims are often less variable than projections of ultimate loss, this method can provide more reliable results for reserve groups where loss development patterns are inconsistent or too variable to be relied on exclusively. In addition, this method can more directly account for changes in coverage that affect the number and size of claims. However, this method can be difficult to apply to situations where very large claims or a substantial number of unusual claims result in volatile average claim sizes. Projecting the ultimate number of claims may require analysis of several factors, including the rate at which policyholders report claims to CNA, the impact of judicial decisions, the impact of underwriting changes and other factors. Estimating the ultimate average loss may require analysis of the impact of large losses and claim cost trends based on changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, changes in the cost of medical care, changes in the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors.

Stochastic modeling produces a range of possible outcomes based on varying assumptions related to the particular reserve group being modeled. For some reserve groups, CNA uses models which rely on historical development patterns at an aggregate level, while other reserve groups are modeled using individual claim variability assumptions supplied by the claims department. In either case, multiple simulations using varying assumptions are run and the results are analyzed to produce a range of potential outcomes. The results will typically include a mean and percentiles of the possible reserve distribution which aid in the selection of a point estimate.

For many exposures, especially those that can be considered long-tail, a particular accident or policy year may not have a sufficient volume of paid losses to produce a statistically reliable estimate of ultimate losses. In such a case, CNA’s actuaries typically assign more weight to the incurred development method than to the paid development method. As claims continue to settle and the volume of paid loss increases, the actuaries may assign additional weight to the paid development method. For most of CNA’s products, even the incurred losses for accident or policy years that are early in the claim settlement process will not be of sufficient volume to produce a reliable estimate of ultimate losses. In these cases, CNA may not assign much, if any, weight to the paid and incurred development methods. CNA may use the loss ratio, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and/or frequency times severity methods. For short-tail exposures, the paid and incurred development methods can often be relied on sooner primarily because CNA’s history includes a sufficient number of years to cover the entire period over which paid and incurred losses are expected to change. However, CNA may also use the loss ratio, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and/or frequency times severity methods for short-tail exposures.

For other more complex reserve groups where the above methods may not produce reliable indications, CNA uses additional methods tailored to the characteristics of the specific situation.

Periodic Reserve Reviews

The reserve analyses performed by CNA’s actuaries result in point estimates. Each quarter, the results of the detailed reserve reviews are summarized and discussed with CNA’s senior management to determine the best estimate of reserves. CNA’s senior management considers many factors in making this decision. CNA’s recorded reserves reflect its best estimate as of a particular point in time based upon known facts and circumstances, consideration of the factors cited above and its judgment. The carried reserve differs from the actuarial point estimate as discussed further below.

Currently, CNA’s recorded reserves are modestly higher than the actuarial point estimate. For Property & Casualty Operations, the difference between CNA’s reserves and the actuarial point estimate is primarily driven by uncertainty with respect to immature accident years, claim cost inflation, changes in claims handling, changes to the tort environment which may adversely affect claim costs and the effects from the economy. For CNA’s legacy A&EP liabilities, the difference between CNA’s reserves and the actuarial point estimate is primarily driven by the potential tail volatility of run-off exposures.

The key assumptions fundamental to the reserving process are often different for various reserve groups and accident or policy years. Some of these assumptions are explicit assumptions that are required of a particular method, but most of the assumptions are implicit and cannot be precisely quantified. An example of an explicit assumption is the pattern employed in the paid development method. However, the assumed pattern is itself based on several implicit assumptions such as the impact of inflation on medical costs and the rate at which claim professionals close claims. As a result, the effect on reserve estimates of a particular change in assumptions typically cannot be specifically quantified, and changes in these assumptions cannot be tracked over time.

CNA’s recorded reserves are management’s best estimate. In order to provide an indication of the variability associated with CNA’s net reserves, the following discussion provides a sensitivity analysis that shows the approximate estimated impact of variations in significant factors affecting CNA’s reserve estimates for particular types of business. These significant factors are the ones that CNA believes could most likely materially affect the reserves. This discussion covers

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the major types of business for which CNA believes a material deviation to its reserves is reasonably possible. There can be no assurance that actual experience will be consistent with the current assumptions or with the variation indicated by the discussion. In addition, there can be no assurance that other factors and assumptions will not have a material impact on CNA’s reserves.

The three areas for which CNA believes a significant deviation to its net reserves is reasonably possible are (i) professional liability, management liability and surety products (ii) workers’ compensation and (iii) general liability.

Professional liability, management liability and surety products include U.S. professional liability coverages provided to various professional firms, including architects, real estate agents, small and mid-sized accounting firms, law firms and other professional firms. They also include D&O, E&O, employment practices, fiduciary, fidelity, cyber and surety coverages and medical liability. The most significant factor affecting reserve estimates for these liability coverages is claim severity. Claim severity is driven by the cost of medical care, the cost of wage replacement, legal fees, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. Underwriting and claim handling decisions such as the classes of business written and individual claim settlement decisions can also affect claim severity. If the estimated claim severity increases by 9%, CNA estimates that net reserves would increase by approximately $500 million. If the estimated claim severity decreases by 3%, CNA estimates that net reserves would decrease by approximately $150 million. CNA’s net reserves for these products were approximately $5.7 billion as of December 31, 2023.

For workers’ compensation, since many years will pass from the time the business is written until all claim payments have been made, the most significant factor affecting workers’ compensation reserve estimates is claim cost inflation on claim payments. Workers’ compensation claim cost inflation is driven by the cost of medical care, the cost of wage replacement, expected claimant lifetimes, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. If estimated workers’ compensation claim cost inflation increases by 100 basis points for the entire period over which claim payments will be made, CNA estimates that its net reserves would increase by approximately $250 million. If estimated workers’ compensation claim cost inflation decreases by 100 basis points for the entire period over which claim payments will be made, CNA estimates that its net reserves would decrease by approximately $250 million. Net reserves for workers’ compensation were approximately $3.6 billion as of December 31, 2023.

For general liability, the most significant factor affecting reserve estimates is claim severity. Claim severity is driven by changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, the cost of medical care, the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislation and other factors. If the estimated claim severity for general liability increases by 6%, CNA estimates that its net reserves would increase by approximately $250 million. If the estimated claim severity for general liability decreases by 3%, CNA estimates that its net reserves would decrease by approximately $150 million. Net reserves for general liability were approximately $4.2 billion as of December 31, 2023.

Given the factors described above, it is not possible to quantify precisely the ultimate exposure represented by claims and related litigation. As a result, CNA regularly reviews the adequacy of its reserves and reassesses its reserve estimates as historical loss experience develops, additional claims are reported and settled and additional information becomes available in subsequent periods. In reviewing CNA’s reserve estimates, CNA makes adjustments in the period that the need for such adjustments is determined. These reviews have resulted in CNA’s identification of information and trends that have caused CNA to change its reserves in prior periods and could lead to CNA’s identification of a need for additional material increases or decreases in claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, which could materially affect our results of operations and equity and CNA’s business and insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings positively or negatively. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for additional information about reserve development.

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The following table summarizes gross and net carried reserves for CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations:

December 3120232022
(In millions)
Gross Case Reserves$5,759$5,502
Gross IBNR Reserves14,18413,174
Total Gross Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$19,943$18,676
Net Case Reserves$4,978$4,805
Net IBNR Reserves12,23511,191
Total Net Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$17,213$15,996

The following table summarizes the gross and net carried reserves for other insurance businesses in run-off, including CNA Re and A&EP:

December 3120232022
(In millions)
Gross Case Reserves$1,353$1,428
Gross IBNR Reserves1,3331,321
Total Gross Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$2,686$2,749
Net Case Reserves$129$137
Net IBNR Reserves239202
Total Net Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$368$339
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Life & Group Policyholder Reserves

CNA’s Life & Group business includes its run-off long-term care business as well as structured settlement obligations not funded by annuities related to certain property and casualty claimants. Long-term care policies may provide benefits for nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home health care subject to various daily and lifetime caps. Generally, policyholders must continue to make periodic premium payments to keep the policy in force and CNA has the ability to increase policy premiums, subject to state regulatory approval.

CNA maintains future policy benefit reserves for its long-term care policies. Future policy benefit reserves for long-term care policies relate to policyholders that are currently receiving benefits, including claims that have been incurred but are not yet reported, as well as policyholders that are not yet receiving benefits. In developing the future policy benefit reserves, CNA’s actuaries perform a reserve review on an annual basis. During the annual review, historical policyholder morbidity, persistency (inclusive of mortality), anticipated future premium rate increases and expense experience is reviewed and compared to the current best estimate actuarial assumption set for potential revision. On a quarterly basis, actuaries perform experience studies that monitor the appropriateness of best estimate actuarial assumptions against emerging experience to assess whether any updates to those assumptions are warranted. The determination of these reserves requires management to make estimates and assumptions about expected policyholder experience over the remaining life of the policies. Since policies may be in force for several decades, these assumptions are subject to significant estimation risk. In addition, claim and claim adjustment expense reserves are maintained for CNA’s structured settlement obligations. In developing the claim and claim adjustment expense reserve estimates for CNA’s structured settlement obligations, CNA’s actuaries monitor mortality and expense experience on an annual basis. CNA’s recorded claim and claim adjustment expense reserves reflect CNA’s best estimate after incorporating the results of the most recent reviews. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves for structured settlement obligations are discounted as discussed in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

The actuarial assumptions related to future policy benefit reserves for long-term care policies that management believes are subject to the most variability are morbidity, persistency and anticipated future premium rate increases. Morbidity is the frequency and severity of injury, illness, sickness and diseases contracted. Persistency is the percentage of policies remaining in force and can be affected by policy lapses, benefit reductions and death. Future premium rate increases are generally subject to regulatory approval, and therefore the exact timing and size of the approved rate increases are unknown. As a result of this variability, CNA’s long-term care reserves may be subject to material increases if actual experience develops adversely to its expectations.

The table below summarizes the estimated pretax impact on CNA’s results of operations from various hypothetical revisions to its liability for future policyholder benefits reserve assumptions. CNA has assumed that revisions to such assumptions would occur in each policy type, age and duration within each policy group. The impact of each sensitivity is discrete and does not reflect the impact one factor may have on another or the mitigating impact from management actions, which may include additional future premium rate increases. Although such hypothetical revisions are not currently required or anticipated, CNA believes they could occur based on past variances in experience and its expectations of the ranges of future experience that could reasonably occur. Any actual adjustment would be dependent on the specific policies affected and, therefore, may differ from the estimates summarized below. The estimated impacts to results of operations in the table below are after consideration of any net premium ratio impacts.

For the year ended December 31, 2023Estimated Reduction to Pretax Income
(In millions)
Hypothetical revisions
Morbidity:
2.5% increase in morbidity$275
5% increase in morbidity600
Persistency:
5% decrease in active life mortality and lapse$150
10% decrease in active life mortality and lapse300
Premium rate actions:
25% decrease in anticipated future premium rate increases$25
50% decrease in anticipated future premium rate increases50
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As part of the annual reserve review, statutory long-term care reserve adequacy is evaluated by premium deficiency testing, by comparing carried statutory reserves with best estimate reserves, which incorporates best estimate discount rate and liability assumptions in its determination. Statutory margin is the excess of carried reserves over best estimate reserves. As of September 30, 2023, statutory long-term care margin increased $1.3 billion, primarily driven by a more favorable interest rate environment resulting in a higher yielding investment portfolio.

The following tables summarize policyholder reserves for CNA’s long-term care operations:

December 31, 2023Claim and claim adjustment expensesFuture policy benefitsTotal
(In millions)
Long-term care$13,959$13,959
Structured settlement annuities and other$582582
Total58213,95914,541
Ceded reserves9393
Total gross reserves$675$13,959$14,634
December 31, 2022
Long-term care (a)(b)$13,480$13,480
Structured settlement annuities and other$594594
Total59413,48014,074
Ceded reserves101101
Total gross reserves$695$13,480$14,175
(a)As of January 1, 2023, ASU 2018-12 was adopted using the modified retrospective method applied as of the transition date of January 1, 2021. Prior period amounts presented in the financial statements have been adjusted to reflect application of the new guidance. For additional information see Notes 1 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.
(b)In conjunction with the adoption of ASU 2018-12, at January 1, 2023 the long-term care reserves for policyholders currently receiving benefits were reclassified from Claim and claim adjustment expenses to Future policy benefits. This change was applied retrospectively as of January 1, 2021.

CATASTROPHES AND RELATED REINSURANCE

Various events can cause catastrophe losses. These events can be natural or man-made, including hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, earthquakes, hail, severe winter weather, fires, floods, riots, strikes, civil unrest, cyber attacks, pandemics and acts of terrorism that produce unusually large aggregate losses. In most, but not all cases, CNA’s catastrophe losses from these events in the U.S. are defined consistent with the definition of the Property Claims Service (“PCS”). PCS defines a catastrophe as an event that causes damage of $25 million or more in direct insured losses to property and affects a significant number of policyholders and insurers. For events outside of the U.S., CNA defines a catastrophe as an industry recognized event that generates an accumulation of claims amounting to more than $1 million for the International line of business.

Catastrophes are an inherent risk of the property and casualty insurance business and have contributed to material period-to-period fluctuations in CNA’s results of operations and/or equity. Catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, of $236 million and $247 million were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. Catastrophe losses for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were driven by severe weather related events, primarily Winter Storm Elliott and Hurricane Ian for 2022.

CNA uses various analyses and methods, including using one of the industry standard natural catastrophe models, to estimate hurricane and earthquake losses at various return periods and to inform underwriting and reinsurance decisions designed to manage its exposure to catastrophic events. CNA generally seeks to manage its exposure through the purchase

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of catastrophe reinsurance and utilize various reinsurance programs to mitigate catastrophe losses, including excess-of-loss occurrence and aggregate treaties covering property and workers’ compensation, a property quota share treaty and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 (“TRIPRA”), as well as individual risk agreements that reinsure from losses from specific classes or lines of business. CNA conducts an ongoing review of its risk and catastrophe reinsurance coverages and from time to time makes changes as it deems appropriate.

The following discussion summarizes CNA’s most significant catastrophe reinsurance coverage at January 1, 2024.

Group North American Property Treaty

CNA purchased corporate catastrophe excess-of-loss treaty reinsurance covering its U.S. states and territories and Canadian property exposures underwritten in its North American and European companies. Exposures underwritten through Hardy are excluded and covered under a separate treaty. The treaty has a term of June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2024 and provides coverage for the accumulation of covered losses from catastrophe occurrences above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $235 million up to $1.1 billion for all losses other than earthquakes. Earthquakes are covered up to $1.2 billion. Losses stemming from terrorism events are covered unless they are due to a nuclear, biological or chemical attack. All layers of the treaty provide for one full reinstatement.

Group Workers’ Compensation Treaty

CNA also purchased corporate Workers’ Compensation catastrophe excess-of-loss treaty reinsurance for the period January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2025 providing $275 million of coverage for the accumulation of covered losses related to natural catastrophes above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $25 million. The treaty provides $775 million of coverage for the accumulation of covered losses related to terrorism events above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $25 million. Of the $775 million in terrorism coverage, $200 million is provided for nuclear, biological, chemical and radiation events. One full reinstatement is available for the first $275 million above the retention, regardless of the covered peril.

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019

CNA’s principal reinsurance protection against large-scale terrorist attacks, including nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attacks, is the coverage currently provided through TRIPRA which runs through the end of 2027. TRIPRA provides a U.S. government backstop for insurance-related losses resulting from any “act of terrorism,” which is certified by the Secretary of Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security for losses that exceed a threshold of $200 million industry-wide for the calendar year 2024. Under the current provisions of the program, in 2024 the federal government will reimburse 80% of CNA’s covered losses in excess of its applicable deductible up to a total industry program cap of $100 billion. CNA’s deductible is based on eligible commercial property and casualty earned premiums for the preceding calendar year. Based on 2023 earned premiums, CNA’s estimated deductible under the program is $1.1 billion for 2024. If an act of terrorism or acts of terrorism result in covered losses exceeding the $100 billion annual industry aggregate limit, Congress would be responsible for determining how additional losses in excess of $100 billion will be paid.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

The preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported on the Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements. In general, our estimates are based on historical experience, evaluation of current trends, information from third party professionals and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the known facts and circumstances.

We consider the accounting policies discussed below to be critical to an understanding of our Consolidated Financial Statements as their application places the most significant demands on our judgment. Due to the inherent uncertainties involved with these types of judgments, actual results could differ significantly from estimates and may have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition, equity, business and CNA’s insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings.

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Insurance Reserves

Insurance reserves are established for both short and long-duration insurance contracts. Short-duration contracts are primarily related to property and casualty insurance policies where the reserving process is based on actuarial estimates of the amount of loss, including amounts for known and unknown claims. Long-duration contracts are primarily related to long-term care policies and the reserves are recorded as Future policy benefits reserves as discussed below. The reserve for unearned premiums represents the portion of premiums written related to the unexpired terms of coverage. The reserving process is discussed in further detail in the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A.

Long Term Care Reserves

Future policy benefits reserves for long-term care policies are based on certain actuarial assumptions, including morbidity, persistency (inclusive of mortality), anticipated future premium rate increases and expenses. The adequacy of the reserves is contingent upon actual experience and future expectations related to these key assumptions. If actual or expected future experience differs from these assumptions, the reserves may not be adequate, requiring an increase to reserves. The reserves are discounted using upper-medium grade fixed income instrument yields as of each reporting date. In addition, regulatory approval may not be received for the level of premium rate increases requested. The reserving process is discussed in further detail in the Insurance Reserve section of this MD&A.

Reinsurance and Other Receivables

Exposure exists with respect to the collectibility of ceded property and casualty and life reinsurance to the extent that any reinsurer is unable to meet its obligations or disputes the liabilities CNA has ceded under reinsurance agreements. An allowance for doubtful accounts on reinsurance receivables is recorded on the basis of periodic evaluations of balances due from reinsurers, reinsurer financial strength rating and solvency, industry experience and current and forecast economic conditions. Further information on CNA’s reinsurance receivables is included in Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Additionally, exposure exists with respect to the collectibility of amounts due from customers on other receivables. An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded on the basis of periodic evaluations of balances due, currently as well as in the future, historical business default data, management’s experience and current and forecast economic conditions.

If actual experience differs from the estimates made by management in determining the allowances for doubtful accounts on reinsurance and other receivables, net receivables as reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets may not be collected. Further information on CNA’s process for determining the allowance for doubtful accounts on reinsurance and insurance receivables is in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Valuation of Investments and Impairment of Securities

Fixed maturity and equity securities are carried at fair value on the balance sheet. Fair value represents the price that would be received in a sale of an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date, the determination of which may require us to make a significant number of assumptions and judgments. Securities with the greatest level of subjectivity around valuation are those that rely on inputs that are significant to the estimated fair value and that are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. These unobservable inputs are based on assumptions consistent with what we believe other market participants would use to price such securities. Further information on fair value measurements is included in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

CNA’s fixed maturity securities are subject to market declines below amortized cost that may result in the recognition of impairment losses in earnings. Factors considered in the determination of whether or not an impairment loss is recognized in earnings include a current intention or need to sell the security or an indication that a credit loss exists. Significant judgment is required in the determination of whether a credit loss has occurred for a security. CNA considers all available evidence when determining whether a security requires a credit allowance to be recorded, including the financial condition and expected near-term and long-term prospects of the issuer, whether the issuer is current with interest and principal payments, credit ratings on the security or changes in ratings over time, general market conditions, industry, sector or other specific factors and whether CNA expects to receive cash flows sufficient to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security.

CNA’s mortgage loan portfolio is subject to the expected credit loss model, which requires immediate recognition of estimated credit losses over the life of the asset and the presentation of the asset at the net amount expected to be collected.

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Significant judgment is required in the determination of estimated credit losses and any changes in CNA’s expectation of the net amount to be collected are recognized in earnings.

Further information on CNA’s process for evaluating impairments and expected credit losses is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE

For a discussion of accounting standards updates that have been adopted, please read Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

RECENT TAX LEGISLATION

Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax

The Inflation Reduction Act was enacted on August 16, 2022, and includes, among other provisions, a new 15% corporate alternative minimum tax (“CAMT”), effective January 1, 2023, imposed on the adjusted financial statement income (“AFSI”) of an applicable corporation whose average annual AFSI over three prior years exceeds $1 billion. Based on interpretations of the CAMT and current guidance, the Company believes that the CAMT has no impact on its consolidated financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023. The Company will continue to monitor as additional technical guidance from the U.S. Department of Treasury, including forthcoming proposed regulations, becomes available.

Pillar Two

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting has introduced rules to establish a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%, commonly referred to as the Pillar Two rules. Numerous foreign countries have enacted legislation to implement the Pillar Two rules, effective beginning in 2024, or are expected to enact similar legislation. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impacts that Pillar Two may have on future periods and will continue to monitor the implementation of the Pillar Two rules in the jurisdictions in which it operates.

FY 2022 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0000060086-23-000025.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2023-02-07. Report date: 2022-12-31.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

OVERVIEW

Loews Corporation is a holding company and has four reportable segments comprised of three individual consolidated operating subsidiaries, CNA Financial Corporation (“CNA”), Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (“Boardwalk Pipelines”) and Loews Hotels Holding Corporation (“Loews Hotels & Co”); and the Corporate segment. The Corporate segment is primarily comprised of Loews Corporation, excluding its operating subsidiaries, the consolidated operations of Altium Packaging LLC (“Altium Packaging”) through March 31, 2021 and the equity method of accounting for Altium Packaging subsequent to its deconsolidation on April 1, 2021. For further information on the deconsolidation of Altium Packaging see Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Unless the context otherwise requires, as used herein, the term “Company” means Loews Corporation including its consolidated subsidiaries, the terms “Parent Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or like terms mean Loews Corporation excluding its subsidiaries, the term “Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation” means Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation shareholders and the term “subsidiaries” means Loews Corporation’s consolidated subsidiaries.

We rely upon our invested cash balances and distributions from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our obligations and to declare and pay any dividends to our shareholders. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends is subject to, among other things, the availability of sufficient earnings and funds in such subsidiaries, applicable state laws, including in the case of the insurance subsidiaries of CNA, laws and rules governing the payment of dividends by regulated insurance companies (see Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8) and compliance with covenants in their respective loan agreements. Claims of creditors of our subsidiaries will generally have priority as to the assets of such subsidiaries over our claims and those of our creditors and shareholders. We are not responsible for the liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries and there are no Parent Company guarantees.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Item 1A, Risk Factors, and Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this Form 10-K. For a discussion of changes in results of operations comparing the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 for Loews Corporation and its subsidiaries see Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on February 8, 2022.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated Financial Results

The following table summarizes net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation by segment and net income per share attributable to Loews Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:

Year Ended December 3120222021
(In millions, except per share data)
CNA Financial$802$1,077
Boardwalk Pipelines247235
Loews Hotels & Co117(14)
Corporate (a)(154)280
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$1,012$1,578
Basic net income per share$4.17$6.08
Diluted net income per share$4.16$6.07
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(a)Includes a net investment gain of $555 million ($438 million after tax) related to the sale of 47% of Altium Packaging in 2021.
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2022 Compared with 2021

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2022 was $1.0 billion, or $4.16 diluted net income per share, compared to net income attributable to Loews Corporation of $1.6 billion, or $6.07 diluted net income per share, in 2021. Excluding the item set forth in footnote (a) in the table above, net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2021 was $1.1 billion.

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2021 includes a net investment gain of $555 million ($438 million after tax) related to the sale of 47% of Altium Packaging. Excluding the gain on sale of Altium Packaging, net income decreased $128 million in 2022 compared to 2021, driven by unfavorable limited partnership and common stock results, and net losses from sales of fixed income securities at CNA, partially offset by improved underwriting results and increased net investment income from fixed income securities for CNA and the significantly improvement results for Loews Hotels & Co due to the rebound in leisure travel. Boardwalk Pipelines also contributed positively to Loews Corporation’s year-over-year results due to higher revenues from recently completed growth projects, re-contracting at higher rates and higher utilization-based revenues.

CNA Financial

The following table summarizes the results of operations for CNA for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. For further discussion of Net investment income and Investment gains (losses), see the Investments section of this MD&A.

Year Ended December 3120222021
(In millions)
Revenues:
Insurance premiums$8,667$8,175
Net investment income1,8052,159
Investment gains (losses)(199)120
Non-insurance warranty revenue1,5741,430
Other revenues3224
Total11,87911,908
Expenses:
Insurance claims and policyholders’ benefits6,3866,349
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs1,4901,443
Non-insurance warranty expense1,4711,328
Other operating expenses1,3391,191
Interest112113
Total10,79810,424
Income before income tax1,0811,484
Income tax expense(188)(282)
Net income8931,202
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests(91)(125)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$802$1,077

2022 Compared with 2021

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation decreased $275 million for 2022 as compared with 2021. The decrease was primarily driven by lower net investment income and investment losses in 2022 as compared with investment gains in 2021. Lower net investment income was driven by unfavorable limited partnership and common stock results and investment losses were driven by net losses on fixed maturity securities and the unfavorable change in fair value of non-redeemable preferred stock. These decreases to net income were partially offset by improved underwriting results and higher net investment income from fixed income securities for 2022 as compared with 2021. Catastrophe losses were $247 million ($174 million after tax and noncontrolling interests) for 2022 as compared with $397 million ($280 million after

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tax and noncontrolling interests) in 2021. Catastrophe losses for 2022 and 2021 were driven by severe weather related events, primarily Winter Storm Elliott and Hurricane Ian for 2022 and Hurricane Ida and Winter Storms Uri and Viola for 2021.

CNA’s Property & Casualty and Other Insurance Operations

CNA’s commercial property and casualty insurance operations (“Property & Casualty Operations”) include its Specialty, Commercial and International lines of business. CNA’s Other Insurance Operations outside of Property & Casualty Operations include its long term care business that is in run-off, certain corporate expenses, including interest on CNA’s corporate debt, and the results of certain property and casualty businesses in run-off, including CNA Re, asbestos and environmental pollution (“A&EP”), a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation (“EWC”) policies and certain legacy mass tort reserves. CNA’s products and services are primarily marketed through independent agents, brokers and managing general underwriters to a wide variety of customers, including small, medium and large businesses, insurance companies, associations, professionals and other groups. We believe the presentation of CNA as one reportable segment is appropriate in accordance with applicable accounting standards on segment reporting. However, for purposes of this discussion and analysis of the results of operations, we provide greater detail with respect to CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations and Other Insurance Operations to enhance the reader’s understanding and to provide further transparency into key drivers of CNA’s financial results.

In assessing its insurance operations, CNA utilizes the core income (loss) financial measure. Core income (loss) is calculated by excluding from net income (loss), investment gains or losses and any cumulative effects of changes in accounting guidance. In addition, core income (loss) excludes the effects of noncontrolling interests. The calculation of core income (loss) excludes investment gains or losses because investment gains or losses are generally driven by economic factors that are not necessarily reflective of CNA’s primary insurance operations. Core income (loss) is deemed to be a non-GAAP financial measure and management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate CNA’s insurance operations. Please see the non-GAAP reconciliation of net income (loss) to core income (loss) that follows in this MD&A.

Property & Casualty Operations

In evaluating the results of Property & Casualty Operations, CNA utilizes the loss ratio, the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio, the dividend ratio, the combined ratio and the underlying combined ratio. These ratios are calculated using GAAP financial results. The loss ratio is the percentage of net incurred claim and claim adjustment expenses to net earned premiums. The underlying loss ratio excludes the impact of catastrophes losses and net prior year loss reserve and premium development from the loss ratio. The expense ratio is the percentage of insurance underwriting and acquisition expenses, including the amortization of deferred acquisition costs, to net earned premiums. The dividend ratio is the ratio of policyholders’ dividends incurred to net earned premiums. The combined ratio is the sum of the loss, expense and dividend ratios. The underlying combined ratio is the sum of the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio. In addition, renewal premium change, rate, retention and new business are also utilized in evaluating operating trends. Renewal premium change represents the estimated change in average premium on policies that renew, including rate and exposure changes. Rate represents the average change in price on policies that renew excluding exposure change. For certain products within Small Business, where quantifiable, rate includes the influence of new business as well. Exposure represents the measure of risk used in the pricing of the insurance product. Retention represents the percentage of premium dollars renewed, excluding rate and exposure changes, in comparison to the expiring premium dollars from policies available to renew. Renewal premium change, rate and retention presented for the prior year are updated to reflect subsequent activity on policies written in the period. New business represents premiums from policies written with new customers and additional policies written with existing customers. Gross written premiums, excluding third-party captives, excludes business which is ceded to third-party captives, including business related to large warranty programs. CNA uses underwriting gain (loss) to monitor insurance operations. Underwriting gain (loss) is pretax and is calculated as net earned premiums less total insurance expenses, which includes insurance claims and policyholders’ benefits, amortization of deferred acquisition costs and other insurance related expenses.

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The following tables summarize the results of CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Year Ended December 31, 2022SpecialtyCommercialInternationalTotal
(In millions, except %)
Gross written premiums$7,514$5,170$1,394$14,078
Gross written premiums excluding third-
party captives3,8145,0561,39410,264
Net written premiums3,3064,1931,1648,663
Net earned premiums3,2033,9231,0708,196
Underwriting gain36610687559
Net investment income43148863982
Core income6684661061,240
Other performance metrics:
Loss ratio excluding catastrophes
and development58.6%61.5%58.5%60.0%
Effect of catastrophe impacts0.15.62.23.0
Effect of development-related items(1.3)(0.7)(1.2)(1.0)
Loss ratio57.4%66.4%59.5%62.0%
Expense ratio31.030.432.330.9
Dividend ratio0.20.50.3
Combined ratio88.6%97.3%91.8%93.2%
Combined ratio excluding catastrophes
and development89.8%92.4%90.8%91.2%
Rate6%5%6%5%
Renewal premium change78118
Retention86868186
New business$548$1,009$319$1,876
Year Ended December 31, 2021
Gross written premiums$7,665$4,445$1,297$13,407
Gross written premiums excluding third-
party captives3,6724,3341,2979,303
Net written premiums3,2253,5951,1017,921
Net earned premiums3,0763,5521,0577,685
Underwriting gain (loss)347(112)55290
Net investment income497624571,178
Core income704394861,184
Other performance metrics:
Loss ratio excluding catastrophes
and development59.1%61.0%59.0%60.0%
Effect of catastrophe impacts0.410.02.65.1
Effect of development-related items(1.4)0.50.1(0.3)
Loss ratio58.1%71.5%61.7%64.8%
Expense ratio30.531.133.131.1
Dividend ratio0.10.50.3
Combined ratio88.7%103.1%94.8%96.2%
Combined ratio excluding catastrophes
and development89.7%92.6%92.1%91.4%
Rate11%7%13%9%
Renewal premium change12111312
Retention83827882
New business$551$843$274$1,668
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2022 Compared with 2021

Gross written premiums, excluding third-party captives, for Specialty increased $142 million in 2022 as compared with 2021 driven by retention and rate. Net written premiums for Specialty increased $81 million in 2022 as compared with 2021. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Specialty.

Gross written premiums for Commercial increased $725 million in 2022 as compared with 2021 driven by higher new business and retention. Net written premiums for Commercial increased $598 million in 2022 as compared with 2021. The prior period included a one-time written premium catch-up resulting from the addition of a quota share treaty to the property reinsurance program. Excluding the impact of the prior period written premium catch-up, net written premiums increased $486 million in 2022 as compared with 2021. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Commercial.

Gross written premiums for International increased $97 million in 2022 as compared with 2021. Excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates, gross written premiums increased $176 million driven by higher new business, rate and retention. Net written premiums for International increased $63 million in 2022 as compared with 2021. Excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates, net written premiums increased $137 million in 2022 as compared with 2021. The increase in net earned premiums was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for International.

Core income increased $56 million in 2022 as compared with 2021 primarily due to improved underwriting results and higher net investment income from fixed income securities partially offset by lower net investment income due to unfavorable limited partnership and common stock results.

Catastrophe losses were $247 million in 2022 as compared with $397 million in 2021. For 2022 and 2021 Specialty had catastrophe losses of $2 million and $12 million, Commercial had catastrophe losses of $222 million and $358 million and International had catastrophe losses of $23 million and $27 million.

Favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $96 million and $49 million was recorded in 2022 and 2021. In 2022 and 2021, Specialty recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $40 million and $45 million, Commercial recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $43 million and $6 million and International recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $13 million as compared with unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development of $2 million. Further information on net prior year loss reserve development is included in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Specialty’s combined ratio improved 0.1 point in 2022 as compared with 2021 primarily due to a 0.7 point improvement in the loss ratio largely offset by a 0.5 point increase in the expense ratio. The improvement in the loss ratio was largely due to improved current accident year underwriting results. Catastrophe losses were 0.1 point of the loss ratio in 2022, as compared with 0.4 points of the loss ratio in 2021. The increase in the expense ratio was primarily due to an increase in underwriting expenses driven by investments in technology and talent.

Commercial’s combined ratio improved 5.8 points in 2022 as compared with 2021 primarily due to a 5.1 point improvement in the loss ratio and a 0.7 point improvement in the expense ratio. The improvement in the loss ratio was driven by lower catastrophe losses, which were 5.6 points of the loss ratio in 2022, as compared with 10.0 points of the loss ratio in 2021, and higher favorable net prior year loss reserve development. The combined ratio excluding catastrophes and development improved 0.2 points in 2022 as compared with 2021. The improvement in the expense ratio of 0.7 points was driven by higher net earned premiums and lower acquisition costs partially offset by an increase in underwriting expenses. The loss ratio excluding catastrophes and development increased 0.5 points primarily driven by a shift in mix of business associated with the property quota share treaty purchased during June of 2021. Property coverages, which have a lower underlying loss ratio than most other commercial coverages, now represent a smaller proportion of net earned premiums.

International’s combined ratio improved 3.0 points in 2022 as compared with 2021 due to a 2.2 point improvement in the loss ratio and a 0.8 point improvement in the expense ratio. Catastrophe losses were 2.2 points of the loss ratio in 2022, as compared with 2.6 points of the loss ratio in 2021. The improvement in the expense ratio was primarily driven by lower acquisition costs.

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Other Insurance Operations

The following table summarizes the results of CNA’s Other Insurance Operations for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Years Ended December 3120222021
(In millions)
Net earned premiums$473$491
Net investment income823981
Core loss(192)(78)

2022 Compared with 2021

Core results decreased $114 million in 2022 as compared with 2021 primarily due to a $167 million pretax decline in net investment income from limited partnerships and an increase in expenses as a result of continued investments in technology infrastructure and security. Core results in 2022 also reflect a $25 million pretax favorable impact from the reduction in long term care claim reserves and a $5 million pretax favorable impact from the reduction in structured settlement claim reserves, both resulting from the annual claim reserve reviews in the third quarter of 2022 as compared with a $40 million pretax favorable impact from the reduction in long term care claim reserves resulting from the annual claim reserve reviews in the third quarter of 2021.

These decreases to core results for 2022 were partially offset by favorability related to the A&EP Loss Portfolio Transfer (“LPT”) and the prior period recognition of a $12 million loss resulting from the legacy excess workers’ compensation loss portfolio transfer (“EWC LPT”). The application of retroactive reinsurance accounting to additional cessions to the A&EP LPT resulted in a benefit of $3 million in 2022 compared to a charge of $25 million in 2021, both of which have no economic impact. For further information on the A&EP LPT and EWC LPT see Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

CNA anticipates a net pension cost of approximately $12 million in 2023 as compared with a benefit of $55 million in 2022. The change is primarily due to higher interest cost on projected benefit obligations as a result of an increase in discount rates year over year, as well as a lower expected return on plan assets as a result of a lower plan asset base given actual asset returns in 2022. A portion of this additional cost will result in an unfavorable impact on CNA’s expense ratio in 2023.

Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to Loews Corporation to Core Income

The following table reconciles net income attributable to Loews Corporation to core income for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:

Year Ended December 3120222021
(In millions)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$802$1,077
Investment (gains) losses154(96)
Consolidating adjustments including noncontrolling interests92125
Total core income$1,048$1,106
Core income (loss):
Property & Casualty Operations$1,240$1,184
Other Insurance Operations(192)(78)
Total core income$1,048$1,106
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Boardwalk Pipelines

Overview

Boardwalk Pipelines operates in the midstream portion of the natural gas and natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) industry, providing transportation and storage for those commodities. Boardwalk Pipelines is not in the business of buying and selling natural gas and NGLs other than for system management purposes, but changes in natural gas and NGL prices may impact the volumes of natural gas or NGLs transported and stored by customers on its systems. Due to the capital-intensive nature of its business, Boardwalk Pipelines’ operating costs and expenses do not vary significantly based upon the amount of products transported, with the exception of costs recorded in fuel and transportation expense, which are netted with fuel retained on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. For further information on Boardwalk Pipelines’ revenue recognition policies see Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. Boardwalk Pipelines’ operations and maintenance expenses are impacted by its compliance with the requirements of, among other regulations, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Mega Rule (“Mega Rule”) and Boardwalk Pipelines’ efforts to monitor, control and reduce emissions, as further discussed below.

Firm Agreements

A substantial portion of Boardwalk Pipelines’ transportation and storage capacity is contracted for under firm agreements. For the year ended December 31, 2022, approximately 87% of Boardwalk Pipelines’ revenues were derived from capacity reservation fees under firm contracts. The table below shows a rollforward of projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements in place as of December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2022, including agreements for transportation, storage and other services, over the remaining term of those agreements:

As of December 31, 2022
(In millions)
Total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements as of December 31, 2021$9,060
Adjustments for:
Actual revenues recognized from firm agreements in 2022 (a)(1,236)
Firm agreements entered into in 20221,301
Total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements as of December 31, 2022$9,125

(a)Reflects an increase of $96 million in Boardwalk Pipelines’ actual 2022 revenues recognized from fixed fees under firm agreements as compared with its expected 2022 revenues from fixed fees under firm agreements, including agreements for transportation, storage and other services as of December 31, 2021, primarily due to an increase from contract renewals that occurred in 2022.

During 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines entered into $1.3 billion of new firm agreements, of which approximately 4% were from new growth projects executed in 2022. For firm agreements associated with new growth projects, the associated assets may not be placed into commercial service until sometime in the future. Each year a portion of Boardwalk Pipelines’ firm transportation and storage agreements expire. The rates Boardwalk Pipelines is able to charge customers are heavily influenced by market trends (both short and longer term), including the available supply, geographical location of natural gas production, the competition between producing basins, competition with other pipelines for supply and markets, the demand for gas by end-users such as power plants, petrochemical facilities and LNG export facilities and the price differentials between the gas supplies and the market demand for the gas (basis differentials). As of December 31, 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines’ top ten customers holding firm capacity under firm agreements comprised approximately 56% of its total projected operating revenues and the credit profile associated with Boardwalk Pipelines’ customers comprising the total projected operating revenues under firm agreements was 73% rated as investment grade, 10% rated as non-investment grade and 17% not rated.

Pipeline System Maintenance and Greenhouse Gases (“GHGs”) Emission Reduction Initiatives

Boardwalk Pipelines incurs substantial costs for ongoing maintenance of its pipeline systems and related facilities, including those incurred for pipeline integrity management activities, equipment overhauls, general upkeep and repairs. These costs are not dependent on the amount of revenues earned from its transportation services. PHMSA has developed regulations that require transportation pipeline operators to implement integrity management programs to comprehensively evaluate certain high risk areas, known as HCAs, and MCAs, along pipelines and take additional safety measures to protect

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people and property in these areas. The HCAs for natural gas pipelines are predicated on high-population density areas (which, for natural gas transmission lines, include Class 3 and 4 areas and, depending on the potential impacts of a risk event, may include Class 1 and 2 areas) whereas HCAs along Boardwalk Pipelines’ NGL pipelines are based on high-population density areas, areas near certain drinking water sources and unusually sensitive ecological areas. These regulations have resulted in an overall increase in Boardwalk Pipelines’ ongoing maintenance costs, including maintenance capital and maintenance expense. In 2019, PHMSA issued the first part of its gas Mega Rule, which became effective on July 1, 2020. This regulation imposed numerous requirements, including MAOP reconfirmation through re-verification of all historical records for pipelines in service, which re-certification process may require natural gas pipelines installed before 1970 (previously excluded from certain pressure testing obligations) to be pressure tested, the periodic assessment of additional pipeline mileage outside of HCAs (in MCAs as well as Class 3 and Class 4 areas), the reporting of exceedances of MAOP and the consideration of seismicity as a risk factor in integrity management. In 2021, PHMSA issued a final rule that will impose safety regulations related to onshore gas gathering lines and in June 2021, PHMSA issued an Advisory Bulletin advising pipeline and pipeline facility operators of applicable requirements to update their inspection and maintenance plans for the elimination of hazardous leaks and minimization of natural gas released from pipeline facilities. PHMSA and state regulators reportedly began their review of these plans in 2022, and PHMSA has separately announced plans to propose rules addressing methane leaks from pipelines. In August 2022, PHMSA published another final rule expanding the Management of Change process, extending corrosion control requirements for gas transmission pipelines, adding requirements that operators ensure no conditions exist following an extreme weather event that could adversely affect the safe operation of the pipeline, and adopting repair criteria for non-HCAs similar to those applicable to HCAs.

Due to the nature of Boardwalk Pipelines’ business, its operations emit various types of GHGs. Boardwalk Pipelines seeks to carefully monitor its emissions and expects to incur additional costs to mitigate emissions. New legislation or regulations could increase the costs related to operating and maintaining Boardwalk Pipelines’ facilities. Depending on the particular law, regulation or program, Boardwalk Pipelines could be required to incur capital expenditures for installing new monitoring equipment or emission controls on its facilities, acquire and surrender allowances for GHG emissions, pay taxes or fees related to GHG emissions and/or administer and manage a more comprehensive GHG emissions program.

Boardwalk Pipelines has been focused on seeking to meet and, in certain instances, pursuing projects aimed at exceeding regulatory obligations (such as those found in the Clean Air Act (“CAA”)) by working to reduce emissions of regulated air pollutants, including methane, associated with its pipeline transportation and storage assets. For example, in selecting new compression equipment for growth or asset reliability projects, Boardwalk Pipelines considers air emissions as a component in the decision-making process and, when appropriate, places increased emphasis in the selection process on equipment with emissions performance that exceeds applicable federal standards. Several of Boardwalk Pipelines’ reliability projects over the last few years have resulted in replacement of older, higher-emitting compressor drivers with units equipped with advanced emission control systems. As a result, these projects have resulted in decreases in emissions of nitrogen oxides and other air pollutants.

Boardwalk Pipelines has identified the reduction of GHG emissions as an area of focus and looks for opportunities to reduce emissions using a variety of strategies, including the following:

•evaluating replacing older compression equipment with electric drive compression or new low emission, fuel efficient units when practical;

•modifying fuel systems on certain reciprocating compression equipment to lower fuel consumption and emissions;

•conducting emissions surveys and performing maintenance and repairs on identified component leaks;

•performing annual leak surveys along Boardwalk Pipelines’ pipelines with the aid of helicopters and fixed-wing planes, and analytical field surveys when appropriate;

•performing leak detection and recovery and Subpart W surveys on all of Boardwalk Pipelines’ compressor stations (the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) only requires Boardwalk Pipelines to survey 48 of its 79 compressor stations);

•using optical gas imaging cameras to scan natural gas piping and components at Boardwalk Pipelines’ compressor stations to visualize any leaks in real time;

•installing continuous monitoring emission detection equipment as a pilot project at three compression stations;

•employing experts in air emissions to develop and monitor efforts in reducing emissions;

•reducing methane emissions vented to the atmosphere from transmission pipeline blowdowns by using existing and portable compression and flaring when feasible;

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•installing repair sleeves and composite wraps to avoid pipeline blowdowns; and

•exploring options to replace high-bleed natural gas pneumatic devices with low or zero flow bleed devices.

However, Boardwalk Pipelines cannot guarantee that it will be able to implement any of the opportunities it may review or explore, or, for any opportunities it chooses to implement, to implement them in their intended manner or within a specific timeframe or across all operational assets.

These new and any future regulations adopted by PHMSA and efforts to reduce GHG emissions are expected to cause Boardwalk Pipelines to incur increased capital and operating costs, may cause Boardwalk Pipelines to experience operational delays and may result in potential adverse impacts to its ability to reliably serve its customers as. For more information, see Item 1. Business and Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Report.

Maintenance costs may be capitalized or expensed, depending on the nature of the activities. For any given reporting period, the mix of projects that Boardwalk Pipelines undertakes will affect the amounts it records as property, plant and equipment on the Consolidated Balance Sheets or recognizes as expenses, which impacts earnings. In 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines expects to spend approximately $460 million to maintain its pipeline systems, comply with regulations and monitor, control and reduce its GHG emissions, of which approximately $195 million is expected to be maintenance capital. In 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines spent $408 million, of which $157 million was recorded as maintenance capital.

Results of Operations

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Boardwalk Pipelines for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. Boardwalk Pipelines also utilizes a non-GAAP measure, earnings before interest, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) as a financial measure to assess its operating and financial performance and return on invested capital. Management believes some investors may find this measure useful in evaluating Boardwalk Pipelines’ performance.

Year Ended December 3120222021
(In millions)
Revenues:
Operating revenues and other$1,446$1,349
Total1,4461,349
Expenses:
Operating and other:
Operating costs and expenses554515
Depreciation and amortization396370
Interest166161
Total1,1161,046
Income before income tax330303
Income tax expense(83)(68)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$247$235
EBITDA$892$834

2022 Compared with 2021

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation and EBITDA increased $12 million and $58 million in 2022 as compared with 2021, primarily due to the reasons discussed below.

Total revenues increased $97 million in 2022 as compared with 2021, primarily driven by an increase in transportation revenues of $75 million due to recently completed growth projects, re-contracting at higher rates and higher utilization-based revenues and an $18 million increase in Boardwalk Pipelines’ storage and parking and lending revenues due to favorable market conditions.

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Operating expenses increased $39 million in 2022 as compared with 2021 primarily due to increased costs of $24 million from maintenance projects associated with the requirements of the Mega Rule, higher utility, materials and supplies and vehicle costs and asset impairment charges of $8 million resulting from an increase in the estimate of existing asset retirement obligations related to retired assets.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased $26 million in 2022 as compared with 2021 primarily due to a change in the estimated life of certain assets and an increased asset base from recently completed growth projects.

Interest expense increased $5 million in 2022 as compared with 2021 primarily due to higher average outstanding long-term debt balances and lower capitalized interest.

Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to Loews Corporation to EBITDA

The following table for Boardwalk Pipelines presents a reconciliation of net income attributable to Loews Corporation to EBITDA for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:

Year Ended December 3120222021
(In millions)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$247$235
Income tax expense8368
Depreciation and amortization396370
Interest166161
EBITDA$892$834
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Loews Hotels & Co

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Loews Hotels & Co for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8:

Year Ended December 3120222021
(In millions)
Revenues:
Operating revenue$596$337
Other revenues47
Revenues related to reimbursable expenses12596
Total721480
Expenses:
Operating and other:
Operating483334
Asset impairments2510
Reimbursable expenses12596
Depreciation6463
Equity income from joint ventures(148)(47)
Interest1136
Total560492
Income (loss) before income tax161(12)
Income tax expense(44)(2)
Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation$117$(14)

2022 Compared with 2021

Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation improved by $131 million in 2022 as compared with 2021.

Loews Hotels & Co’s results significantly improved in 2022 as compared with 2021 primarily due to considerably higher overall occupancy rates in 2022, as travel significantly rebounded from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and increased overall average daily room rates.

Operating revenues improved by $259 million and operating expenses increased by $149 million in 2022 as compared with 2021. The increase in operating revenues was driven by stronger occupancy levels and higher average daily room rates at many hotels in 2022 as compared to 2021. Operating expenses have likewise increased, largely due to higher staffing levels, to support the higher demand levels and resumption of additional pre-pandemic services.

Equity income from joint ventures improved $101 million in 2022 as compared to 2021. The increase in equity income from joint ventures was driven by stronger occupancy levels and higher average daily room rates at many joint venture hotels, particularly at the Universal Orlando Resort, during 2022 as compared to 2021. Operating expenses have likewise increased, largely due to higher staffing levels, to support the higher demand levels and resumption of additional pre-pandemic services at those joint venture hotels. Additionally, improvement in 2022 also resulted from having all 9,000 rooms available at the Universal Orlando Resort for the whole year whereas certain rooms were not available during a portion of 2021.

In 2022 and 2021, Loews Hotels & Co recorded impairment charges of $25 million and $10 million to reduce the carrying value of certain assets to their estimated fair value.

Interest expense for 2022 decreased $25 million as compared with 2021 primarily due to the increase in fair value of interest rate caps of $11 million, higher capitalized interest on a project under development, and lower average debt balances.

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Other revenues for 2021 included $39 million related to the acceleration of state and local government grant payments, used to retire outstanding debt of an owned hotel prior to maturity and cover certain prepayment costs, and net gains of $8 million related primarily to the sale of undeveloped land.

Corporate

Corporate operations consist primarily of investment income, interest expense and administrative costs at the Parent Company. Investment income includes earnings on cash and short term investments held at the Parent Company to meet current and future liquidity needs, as well as results of the trading portfolio held at the Parent Company. Corporate also includes the consolidated operations of Altium Packaging through March 31, 2021 and the equity method of accounting for Altium Packaging subsequent to its deconsolidation on April 1, 2021. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for further information.

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Corporate for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8:

Year Ended December 3120222021
(In millions)
Revenues:
Net investment income (loss)$(7)$99
Investment gains540
Operating revenues and other5281
Total(2)920
Expenses:
Operating and other91378
Equity method loss921
Interest89114
Total189513
Income (loss) before income tax(191)407
Income tax (expense) benefit37(127)
Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation$(154)$280

2022 Compared with 2021

Net investment loss for the Parent Company was $7 million in 2022 as compared with net investment income of $99 million in 2021 primarily due to the decline in fair value of equity based investments, partially offset by improved results from short term investments in the trading portfolio.

Investment gains of $540 million in 2021 were primarily due to a gain of $555 million ($438 million after tax) on the sale of 47% of Altium Packaging and its deconsolidation on April 1, 2021.

Operating revenues and other for 2021 include $280 million of consolidated operating revenues for Altium Packaging through March 31, 2021.

Operating and other expenses decreased $287 million in 2022 as compared with 2021 primarily due to $279 million of operating expenses for Altium Packaging through March 31, 2021 prior to its deconsolidation and use of the equity method for Altium Packaging since its deconsolidation. In addition, there were lower corporate expenses at the Parent Company in 2022 as compared with 2021.

Interest expenses decreased $25 million in 2022 as compared with 2021, due to consolidated interest expenses for Altium Packaging through March 31, 2021, which included a charge of approximately $14 million to write off debt issuance costs for the early retirement of debt.

Income tax expense of $127 million in 2021 included the recognition of $117 million of taxes on the investment gain and the recognition of a $40 million deferred tax liability, both of which were related to the sale of 47% of Altium Packaging.

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In 2023, the Company expects to record approximately $50 million in Operating and other expenses to recognize unrealized losses which are included in AOCI due to the planned termination of a non-contributory defined benefit plan.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Parent Company

Parent Company cash and investments, net of receivables and payables, totaled $3.2 billion at December 31, 2022 as compared to $3.4 billion at December 31, 2021. In 2022, we received $978 million in cash dividends from our subsidiaries, including a special cash dividend of $486 million from CNA. Cash outflows in 2022 included the payment of $729 million to fund treasury stock purchases, $61 million of cash dividends to our shareholders, $26 million to purchase common shares of CNA and equity contributions of $33 million to Loews Hotels & Co and $79 million to Altium Packaging. In March of 2023, we will receive cash dividends of $395 million from CNA. As a holding company we depend on dividends from our subsidiaries and returns on our investment portfolio to fund our obligations. We also have an effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) registering the future sale of an unspecified amount of our debt, equity or hybrid securities from time to time. We are not responsible for the liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries and there are no Parent Company guarantees.

Depending on market and other conditions, we may purchase our shares and shares of our subsidiaries outstanding common stock in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. In 2022, we purchased 12.7 million shares of Loews Corporation common stock and 0.7 million shares of CNA’s common stock. As of February 3, 2023, we had purchased an additional 1.0 million shares of Loews Corporation common stock in 2023 at an additional aggregate cost of $58 million. As of February 3, 2023, there were 234,997,673 shares of Loews Corporation common stock outstanding.

Loews Corporation has a corporate credit and senior debt rating of A with a stable outlook from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), a senior debt rating of A3 with a stable outlook from Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) and a senior debt rating of A with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”).

Future uses of our cash may include investing in our subsidiaries, new acquisitions, dividends and/or repurchases of our and our subsidiaries’ outstanding common stock. The declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our common stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our earnings, financial condition and business needs.

Subsidiaries

CNA’s cash provided by operating activities was $2.5 billion in 2022 and $2.0 billion in 2021. The increase in cash provided by operating activities was driven by the prior year payment of the EWC LPT premium.

CNA paid cash dividends of $3.60 per share on its common stock, including a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share in 2022. On February 3, 2023, CNA’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.42 per share and a special cash dividend of $1.20 per share payable March 9, 2023 to shareholders of record on February 21, 2023. CNA’s declaration and payment of future dividends is at the discretion of its Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including CNA’s earnings, financial condition, business needs and regulatory constraints. CNA believes that its present cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities are sufficient to fund its current and expected working capital and debt obligation needs and does not expect this to change in the near term.

Dividends to CNA from Continental Casualty Company (“CCC”), a subsidiary of CNA, are subject to the insurance holding company laws of the State of Illinois, the domiciliary state of CCC. Under these laws, ordinary dividends, or dividends that do not require prior approval by the Illinois Department of Insurance (the “Department”), are determined based on the greater of the prior year’s statutory net income or 10% of statutory surplus as of the end of the prior year, as well as the timing and amount of dividends paid in the preceding 12 months. Additionally, ordinary dividends may only be paid from earned surplus, which is calculated by removing unrealized gains from unassigned surplus. As of December 31, 2022, CCC was in a positive earned surplus position. The maximum allowable dividend CCC could pay during 2023 that would not be subject to the Department’s prior approval is $1.1 billion, less dividends paid during the preceding twelve months measured at that point in time. CCC paid dividends of $990 million in 2022. The actual level of dividends paid in any year is determined after an assessment of available dividend capacity, holding company liquidity and cash needs as well as the impact the dividends will have on the statutory surplus of the applicable insurance company.

CNA has a financial strength rating of A and senior debt rating of bbb+ from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”), a financial strength rating of A2 and senior debt rating of Baa2 from Moody’s, a financial strength rating of A+ and senior

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debt rating of A- from S&P and financial strength rating of A+ and senior debt rating of BBB+ from Fitch. A.M. Best, Moody’s, S&P and Fitch maintain stable outlooks across CNA’s financial strength and senior debt credit ratings.

CNA has an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC under which it may publicly issue an unspecified amount of debt, equity or hybrid securities from time to time.

Boardwalk Pipelines’ cash provided by operating activities increased $98 million in 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to the increase in net income, higher depreciation expense and an increase in Boardwalk Pipelines’ fuel tracker liability.

For 2022 and 2021, Boardwalk Pipelines’ capital expenditures were $344 million and $349 million, consisting of growth capital expenditures of $180 million and $175 million and maintenance capital expenditures of $157 million and $154 million. During 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines also spent $7 million on natural gas to be used in its integrated natural gas pipeline system. During 2021, Boardwalk Pipelines acquired certain natural gas pipeline assets for approximately $20 million. Boardwalk Pipelines expects total capital expenditures to be approximately $405 million in 2023, including approximately $195 million for maintenance capital and $210 million related to growth projects.

Boardwalk Pipelines anticipates that its existing capital resources, including its cash on hand, revolving credit facility and cash flows from operating activities, will be adequate to fund its operations and capital expenditures for 2023. Boardwalk Pipelines may seek to access the debt markets to fund some or all capital expenditures for growth projects, acquisitions, to refinance maturing debt or for general partnership purposes. Boardwalk Pipelines has an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC under which it may publicly issue $1.0 billion of debt securities, warrants or rights from time to time. In February of 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines completed a public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.6% senior notes due September 1, 2032, which utilized $500 million of capacity under its shelf registration statement. Boardwalk Pipelines used the proceeds to retire the outstanding $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.0% senior notes due June 2022 in March of 2022, to fund growth capital expenditures and for general corporate purposes. In November of 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines used its available cash to retire the outstanding $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.4% senior notes due in February 2023.

In June of 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines amended its revolving credit facility to, among other things, extend the maturity date by one year to May 27, 2027. As of December 31, 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines had no outstanding borrowings and all of the $1.0 billion available borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility.

In December of 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines paid a distribution of $102 million to the Company.

Boardwalk Pipelines has a senior debt rating of BBB- with a stable outlook from S&P, a senior debt rating of Baa2 with a stable outlook from Moody’s and a senior debt rating of BBB with a stable outlook from Fitch.

As of December 31, 2022, Loews Hotels & Co has a $110 million variable rate mortgage loan that matures within twelve months, which it currently intends to refinance before maturity. Loews Hotels & Co, through its subsidiaries, has mortgage loans maturing beyond twelve months which it will also work to refinance prior to maturity. Extending any indebtedness, including loans of unconsolidated joint venture partnerships, may require Loews Hotels & Co to make principal pay downs, establish restricted cash reserves or provide guaranties of the subsidiary’s debt. Through the date of this Report, none of Loews Hotels & Co’s subsidiaries are in default on any of their loans.

Loews Hotels & Co contributed $41 million to two joint venture development projects expected to open in 2025. These projects are currently estimated to require an aggregate additional investment of approximately $160 million in capital contributions from Loews Hotels & Co. Based on the timing of capital calls relative to the seasonality of Loews Hotels & Co’s business, capital contributions from Loews Corporation to Loews Hotels & Co may be required.

In 2022, Loews Hotels & Co received capital contributions of $33 million from Loews Corporation.

In August of 2022, we made a cash contribution of $79 million to our equity method investee, Altium Packaging. These funds and a pro rata contribution from our joint venture partner were used by Altium Packaging for an acquisition which expanded its offerings and increased its bottle manufacturing capabilities throughout key industries and geographies.

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Contractual Obligations

We and our subsidiaries have contractual obligations which arise in the ordinary course of business. For a discussion regarding the obligations related to our and our subsidiaries long term debt see Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. For contractual payment obligations related to the claim and claim adjustment expense reserves and future policy benefit reserves see the table below:

Payments Due by Period
December 31, 2022TotalLess than 1 year1-3 years3-5 yearsMore than 5 years
(In millions)
Claim and claim adjustment expense
reserves (a)$26,151$6,239$7,139$3,596$9,177
Future policy benefit reserves (b)25,478(318)16997924,648

(a)The claim and claim adjustment expense reserves reflected above are not discounted and represent CNA’s estimate of the amount and timing of the ultimate settlement and administration of gross claims based on its assessment of facts and circumstances known as of December 31, 2022. See the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A for further information.

(b)The future policy benefit reserves reflected above are not discounted and represent CNA’s estimate of the ultimate amount and timing of the settlement of benefits net of expected premiums, and are based on its assessment of facts and circumstances known as of December 31, 2022. Additional information on future policy benefit reserves is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Further information on our commitments, contingencies and guarantees is provided in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

INVESTMENTS

Investment activities of our non-insurance subsidiaries primarily consist of investments in fixed income securities, including short term investments. The Parent Company portfolio also includes equity securities, including short sales and derivative instruments, and investments in limited partnerships. Certain of these types of Parent Company investments generally have greater volatility, less liquidity and greater risk than fixed income investments and are included within Results of Operations – Corporate.

The Parent Company enters into short sales and invests in certain derivative instruments that are used for asset and liability management activities, income enhancements to its portfolio management strategy and to benefit from anticipated future movements in the underlying markets. If such movements do not occur as anticipated, then significant losses may occur. Monitoring procedures include senior management review of daily reports of existing positions and valuation fluctuations to seek to ensure that open positions are consistent with the portfolio strategy.

Credit exposure associated with non-performance by counterparties to derivative instruments is generally limited to the uncollateralized change in fair value of the derivative instruments recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The risk of non-performance is mitigated by monitoring the creditworthiness of counterparties and diversifying derivatives by using multiple counterparties. Collateral is occasionally required from derivative investment counterparties depending on the amount of the exposure and the credit rating of the counterparty.

Insurance

CNA maintains a large portfolio of fixed maturity and equity securities, including large amounts of corporate and government issued debt securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities and investments in limited partnerships which pursue a variety of long and short investment strategies across a broad array of asset classes. CNA’s investment portfolio supports its obligation to pay future insurance claims and provides investment returns which are an important part of CNA’s overall profitability.

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Net Investment Income

The significant components of CNA’s net investment income are presented in the following table. Fixed income securities, as presented, include both fixed maturity securities and non-redeemable preferred stock.

Year Ended December 3120222021
(In millions)
Fixed income securities:
Taxable fixed income securities$1,585$1,439
Tax-exempt fixed income securities244311
Total fixed income securities1,8291,750
Limited partnership and common stock investments(31)402
Other, net of investment expense77
Net investment income$1,805$2,159
Effective income yield for the fixed income securities
portfolio4.4%4.3%
Limited partnership and common stock return(1.4)%22.3%

CNA’s net investment income decreased $354 million in 2022 as compared with 2021 driven by unfavorable limited partnership and common stock results, partially offset by higher income from fixed income securities.

Investment Gains (Losses)

The components of CNA’s investment gains (losses) are presented in the following table:

Year Ended December 3120222021
(In millions)
Investment gains (losses):
Fixed maturity securities:(a)
Corporate and other bonds$(89)$134
States, municipalities and political subdivisions26
Asset-backed(34)(38)
Total fixed maturity securities(97)96
Non-redeemable preferred stock(116)4
Derivatives, short term and other1420
Total investment gains (losses)(199)120
Income tax (expense) benefit45(24)
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests16(10)
Investment gains (losses) attributable to Loews Corporation$(138)$86

(a)Excludes the loss in 2022 on the assets supporting the funds withheld liability, which is reflected in the Derivatives, short term and other line.

CNA’s investment gains (losses) decreased $319 million in 2022 as compared with 2021, driven by net losses on fixed maturity securities and the unfavorable change in fair value of non-redeemable preferred stock.

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Additionally, Derivatives, short term and other for 2022 includes an $18 million non-economic net gain related to the coinsurance agreement on CNA’s legacy annuity business in its Other Insurance Operations and the associated funds withheld embedded derivative, which was novated in 2022.

Further information on CNA’s investment gains and losses is set forth in Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Portfolio Quality

The following table presents the estimated fair value and net unrealized gains (losses) of CNA’s fixed maturity securities by rating distribution:

December 31, 2022December 31, 2021
Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)
(In millions)
U.S. Government, Government agencies and Government-sponsored enterprises$2,419$(336)$2,600$42
AAA2,398(208)3,784360
AA6,342(663)7,665823
A9,043(531)9,5111,087
BBB15,651(1,447)18,4582,043
Non-investment grade1,774(219)2,36291
Total$37,627$(3,404)$44,380$4,446

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, 1% of CNA’s fixed maturity portfolio was rated internally. AAA rated securities included $0.3 billion and $1.7 billion of pre-funded municipal bonds as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

The following table presents CNA’s available-for-sale fixed maturity securities in a gross unrealized loss position by ratings distribution:

December 31, 2022Estimated Fair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In millions)
U.S. Government, Government agencies and Government-sponsored enterprises$2,355$337
AAA1,559298
AA4,327817
A6,615749
BBB13,2261,621
Non-investment grade1,429234
Total$29,511$4,056
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The following table presents the maturity profile for these available-for-sale fixed maturity securities. Securities not due to mature on a single date are allocated based on weighted average life:

December 31, 2022Estimated Fair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In millions)
Due in one year or less$774$16
Due after one year through five years7,799539
Due after five years through ten years10,3671,515
Due after ten years10,5711,986
Total$29,511$4,056

Duration

A primary objective in the management of CNA’s investment portfolio is to optimize return relative to the corresponding liabilities and respective liquidity needs. CNA’s views on the current interest rate environment, tax regulations, asset class valuations, specific security issuer and broader industry segment conditions as well as domestic and global economic conditions, are some of the factors that enter into an investment decision. CNA also continually monitors exposure to issuers of securities held and broader industry sector exposures and may from time to time adjust such exposures based on its views of a specific issuer or industry sector.

A further consideration in the management of CNA’s investment portfolio is the characteristics of the corresponding liabilities and the ability to align the duration of the portfolio to those liabilities and to meet future liquidity needs, minimize interest rate risk and maintain a level of income sufficient to support the underlying insurance liabilities. For portfolios where future liability cash flows are determinable and typically long term in nature, CNA segregates investments for asset/liability management purposes. The segregated investments support the long term care and structured settlement liabilities in Other Insurance Operations.

The effective durations of CNA’s fixed income securities and short term investments are presented in the following table. Amounts presented are net of payable and receivable amounts for securities purchased and sold, but not yet settled.

December 31, 2022December 31, 2021
Estimated Fair ValueEffective Duration (Years)Estimated Fair ValueEffective Duration (Years)
(In millions of dollars)
Investments supporting Other Insurance Operations$14,5119.9$18,4589.2
Other investments25,4454.728,9154.9
Total$39,9566.6$47,3736.6

The effective duration of investments supporting Other Insurance Operations liabilities at December 31, 2022 lengthened as compared with December 31, 2021, reflecting strategic repositioning to capitalize on higher rates and reduce reinvestment risk.

CNA’s investment portfolio is periodically analyzed for changes in duration and related price risk. Certain securities have duration characteristics that are variable based on market interest rates, credit spreads and other factors that may drive variability in the amount and timing of cash flows. Additionally, CNA periodically reviews the sensitivity of the portfolio to the level of foreign exchange rates and other factors that contribute to market price changes. A summary of these risks and specific analysis on changes is included in the Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk included under Item 7A.

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INSURANCE RESERVES

The level of reserves CNA maintains represents its best estimate, as of a particular point in time, of what the ultimate settlement and administration of claims will cost based on CNA’s assessment of facts and circumstances known at that time. Reserves are not an exact calculation of liability but instead are complex estimates that CNA derives, generally utilizing a variety of actuarial reserve estimation techniques, from numerous assumptions and expectations about future events, both internal and external, many of which are highly uncertain. As noted below, CNA reviews its reserves for each segment of its business periodically, and any such review could result in the need to increase reserves in amounts which could be material and could adversely affect our results of operations and equity and CNA’s equity, business and insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings. Further information on reserves is provided in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Property and Casualty Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves

CNA maintains loss reserves to cover its estimated ultimate unpaid liability for claim and claim adjustment expenses, including the estimated cost of the claims adjudication process, for claims that have been reported but not yet settled (case reserves) and claims that have been incurred but not reported (“IBNR”). IBNR includes a provision for development on known cases as well as a provision for late reported incurred claims. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves are reflected as liabilities and are included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the heading “Insurance Reserves.” Adjustments to prior year reserve estimates, if necessary, are reflected in results of operations in the period that the need for such adjustments is determined. The carried case and IBNR reserves as of each balance sheet date are provided in the discussion that follows and in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

There is a risk that CNA’s recorded reserves are insufficient to cover its estimated ultimate unpaid liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses. Unforeseen emerging or potential claims and coverage issues are also difficult to predict and could materially adversely affect the adequacy of CNA’s claim and claim adjustment expense reserves and could lead to future reserve additions.

In addition, CNA’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries also have actual and potential exposures related to A&EP claims, which could result in material losses. To mitigate the risks posed by CNA’s exposure to A&EP claims and claim adjustment expenses, CNA completed a transaction with National Indemnity Company (“NICO”), under which substantially all of CNA’s legacy A&EP liabilities were ceded to NICO effective January 1, 2010. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for further discussion about the transaction with NICO, its impact on CNA’s results of operations and the deferred retroactive reinsurance gains and the amount of remaining reinsurance limit.

Establishing Property & Casualty Reserve Estimates

In developing claim and claim adjustment expense (“loss” or “losses”) reserve estimates, CNA’s actuaries perform detailed reserve analyses that are staggered throughout the year. The data is organized at a reserve group level. A reserve group typically can be a line of business covering a subset of insureds such as commercial automobile liability for small or middle market customers, or it can be a particular type of claim such as construction defect. Every reserve group is reviewed at least once during the year, but most are reviewed more frequently. The analyses generally review losses gross of ceded reinsurance and apply the ceded reinsurance terms to the gross estimates to establish estimates net of reinsurance. In addition to the detailed analyses, CNA reviews actual loss emergence for all products each quarter.

Most of CNA’s business can be characterized as long-tail. For long-tail business, it will generally be several years between the time the business is written and the time when all claims are settled. CNA’s long-tail exposures include commercial automobile liability, workers’ compensation, general liability, medical professional liability, other professional liability and management liability coverages, assumed reinsurance run-off and products liability. Short-tail exposures include property, commercial automobile physical damage, marine, surety and warranty. Property & Casualty Operations contain both long-tail and short-tail exposures. Other Insurance Operations contain long-tail exposures.

Various methods are used to project ultimate losses for both long-tail and short-tail exposures.

The paid development method estimates ultimate losses by reviewing paid loss patterns and applying them to accident or policy years with further expected changes in paid losses. Selection of the paid loss pattern may require consideration of several factors including the impact of economic, social and medical inflation on claim costs, the rate at which claims professionals make claim payments and close claims, the impact of judicial decisions, the impact of underwriting changes, the impact of large claim payments and other factors. Claim cost inflation itself may require evaluation of changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, changes in the cost of medical care, changes in the cost of wage replacement,

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judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. Because this method assumes that losses are paid at a consistent rate, changes in any of these factors can affect the results. Since the method does not rely on case reserves, it is not directly influenced by changes in their adequacy.

For many reserve groups, paid loss data for recent periods may be too immature or erratic for accurate predictions. This situation often exists for long-tail exposures. In addition, changes in the factors described above may result in inconsistent payment patterns. Finally, estimating the paid loss pattern subsequent to the most mature point available in the data analyzed often involves considerable uncertainty for long-tail products such as workers’ compensation.

The incurred development method is similar to the paid development method, but it uses case incurred losses instead of paid losses. Since the method uses more data (case reserves in addition to paid losses) than the paid development method, the incurred development patterns may be less variable than paid patterns. However, selection of the incurred loss pattern typically requires analysis of all of the same factors described above. In addition, the inclusion of case reserves can lead to distortions if changes in case reserving practices have taken place, and the use of case incurred losses may not eliminate the issues associated with estimating the incurred loss pattern subsequent to the most mature point available.

The loss ratio method multiplies earned premiums by an expected loss ratio to produce ultimate loss estimates for each accident or policy year. This method may be useful for immature accident or policy periods or if loss development patterns are inconsistent, losses emerge very slowly or there is relatively little loss history from which to estimate future losses. The selection of the expected loss ratio typically requires analysis of loss ratios from earlier accident or policy years or pricing studies and analysis of inflationary trends, frequency trends, rate changes, underwriting changes and other applicable factors.

The Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using paid loss is a combination of the paid development method and the loss ratio method. This method normally determines expected loss ratios similar to the approach used to estimate the expected loss ratio for the loss ratio method and typically requires analysis of the same factors described above. This method assumes that future losses will develop at the expected loss ratio level. The percent of paid loss to ultimate loss implied from the paid development method is used to determine what percentage of ultimate loss is yet to be paid. The use of the pattern from the paid development method typically requires consideration of the same factors listed in the description of the paid development method. The estimate of losses yet to be paid is added to current paid losses to estimate the ultimate loss for each year. For long-tail lines, this method will react very slowly if actual ultimate loss ratios are different from expectations due to changes not accounted for by the expected loss ratio calculation.

The Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using incurred loss is similar to the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using paid loss except that it uses case incurred losses. The use of case incurred losses instead of paid losses can result in development patterns that are less variable than paid patterns. However, the inclusion of case reserves can lead to distortions if changes in case reserving have taken place, and the method typically requires analysis of the same factors that need to be reviewed for the loss ratio and incurred development methods.

The frequency times severity method multiplies a projected number of ultimate claims by an estimated ultimate average loss for each accident or policy year to produce ultimate loss estimates. Since projections of the ultimate number of claims are often less variable than projections of ultimate loss, this method can provide more reliable results for reserve groups where loss development patterns are inconsistent or too variable to be relied on exclusively. In addition, this method can more directly account for changes in coverage that affect the number and size of claims. However, this method can be difficult to apply to situations where very large claims or a substantial number of unusual claims result in volatile average claim sizes. Projecting the ultimate number of claims may require analysis of several factors, including the rate at which policyholders report claims to CNA, the impact of judicial decisions, the impact of underwriting changes and other factors. Estimating the ultimate average loss may require analysis of the impact of large losses and claim cost trends based on changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, changes in the cost of medical care, changes in the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors.

Stochastic modeling produces a range of possible outcomes based on varying assumptions related to the particular reserve group being modeled. For some reserve groups, CNA uses models which rely on historical development patterns at an aggregate level, while other reserve groups are modeled using individual claim variability assumptions supplied by the claims department. In either case, multiple simulations using varying assumptions are run and the results are analyzed to produce a range of potential outcomes. The results will typically include a mean and percentiles of the possible reserve distribution which aid in the selection of a point estimate.

For many exposures, especially those that can be considered long-tail, a particular accident or policy year may not have a sufficient volume of paid losses to produce a statistically reliable estimate of ultimate losses. In such a case, CNA’s actuaries typically assign more weight to the incurred development method than to the paid development method. As

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claims continue to settle and the volume of paid loss increases, the actuaries may assign additional weight to the paid development method. For most of CNA’s products, even the incurred losses for accident or policy years that are early in the claim settlement process will not be of sufficient volume to produce a reliable estimate of ultimate losses. In these cases, CNA may not assign much, if any, weight to the paid and incurred development methods. CNA may use the loss ratio, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and/or frequency times severity methods. For short-tail exposures, the paid and incurred development methods can often be relied on sooner primarily because CNA’s history includes a sufficient number of years to cover the entire period over which paid and incurred losses are expected to change. However, CNA may also use the loss ratio, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and/or frequency times severity methods for short-tail exposures.

For other more complex reserve groups where the above methods may not produce reliable indications, CNA uses additional methods tailored to the characteristics of the specific situation.

Periodic Reserve Reviews

The reserve analyses performed by CNA’s actuaries result in point estimates. Each quarter, the results of the detailed reserve reviews are summarized and discussed with CNA’s senior management to determine the best estimate of reserves. CNA’s senior management considers many factors in making this decision. CNA’s recorded reserves reflect its best estimate as of a particular point in time based upon known facts and circumstances, consideration of the factors cited above and its judgment. The carried reserve differs from the actuarial point estimate as discussed further below.

Currently, CNA’s recorded reserves are modestly higher than the actuarial point estimate. For Property & Casualty Operations, the difference between CNA’s reserves and the actuarial point estimate is primarily driven by uncertainty with respect to immature accident years, claim cost inflation, changes in claims handling, changes to the tort environment which may adversely affect claim costs and the effects from the economy. For CNA’s legacy A&EP liabilities, the difference between CNA’s reserves and the actuarial point estimate is primarily driven by the potential tail volatility of run-off exposures.

The key assumptions fundamental to the reserving process are often different for various reserve groups and accident or policy years. Some of these assumptions are explicit assumptions that are required of a particular method, but most of the assumptions are implicit and cannot be precisely quantified. An example of an explicit assumption is the pattern employed in the paid development method. However, the assumed pattern is itself based on several implicit assumptions such as the impact of inflation on medical costs and the rate at which claim professionals close claims. As a result, the effect on reserve estimates of a particular change in assumptions typically cannot be specifically quantified, and changes in these assumptions cannot be tracked over time.

CNA’s recorded reserves are management’s best estimate. In order to provide an indication of the variability associated with CNA’s net reserves, the following discussion provides a sensitivity analysis that shows the approximate estimated impact of variations in significant factors affecting CNA’s reserve estimates for particular types of business. These significant factors are the ones that CNA believes could most likely materially affect the reserves. This discussion covers the major types of business for which CNA believes a material deviation to its reserves is reasonably possible. There can be no assurance that actual experience will be consistent with the current assumptions or with the variation indicated by the discussion. In addition, there can be no assurance that other factors and assumptions will not have a material impact on CNA’s reserves.

The three areas for which CNA believes a significant deviation to its net reserves is reasonably possible are (i) professional liability, management liability and surety products (ii) workers’ compensation and (iii) general liability.

Professional liability, management liability and surety products include U.S. professional liability coverages provided to various professional firms, including architects, real estate agents, small and mid-sized accounting firms, law firms and other professional firms. They also include D&O, E&O, employment practices, fiduciary, fidelity, cyber and surety coverages and medical liability. The most significant factor affecting reserve estimates for these liability coverages is claim severity. Claim severity is driven by the cost of medical care, the cost of wage replacement, legal fees, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. Underwriting and claim handling decisions such as the classes of business written and individual claim settlement decisions can also affect claim severity. If the estimated claim severity increases by 9%, CNA estimates that net reserves would increase by approximately $500 million. If the estimated claim severity decreases by 3%, CNA estimates that net reserves would decrease by approximately $150 million. CNA’s net reserves for these products were approximately $5.3 billion as of December 31, 2022.

For workers’ compensation, since many years will pass from the time the business is written until all claim payments have been made, the most significant factor affecting workers’ compensation reserve estimates is claim cost inflation on claim payments. Workers’ compensation claim cost inflation is driven by the cost of medical care, the cost of wage

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replacement, expected claimant lifetimes, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. If estimated workers’ compensation claim cost inflation increases by 100 basis points for the entire period over which claim payments will be made, CNA estimates that its net reserves would increase by approximately $350 million. If estimated workers’ compensation claim cost inflation decreases by 100 basis points for the entire period over which claim payments will be made, CNA estimates that its net reserves would decrease by approximately $300 million. Net reserves for workers’ compensation were approximately $3.7 billion as of December 31, 2022.

For general liability, the most significant factor affecting reserve estimates is claim severity. Claim severity is driven by changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, the cost of medical care, the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislation and other factors. If the estimated claim severity for general liability increases by 6%, CNA estimates that its net reserves would increase by approximately $200 million. If the estimated claim severity for general liability decreases by 3%, CNA estimates that its net reserves would decrease by approximately $100 million. Net reserves for general liability were approximately $3.6 billion as of December 31, 2022.

Given the factors described above, it is not possible to quantify precisely the ultimate exposure represented by claims and related litigation. As a result, CNA regularly reviews the adequacy of its reserves and reassesses its reserve estimates as historical loss experience develops, additional claims are reported and settled and additional information becomes available in subsequent periods. In reviewing CNA’s reserve estimates, CNA makes adjustments in the period that the need for such adjustments is determined. These reviews have resulted in CNA’s identification of information and trends that have caused CNA to change its reserves in prior periods and could lead to CNA’s identification of a need for additional material increases or decreases in claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, which could materially affect our results of operations and equity and CNA’s business and insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings positively or negatively. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for additional information about reserve development.

The following table summarizes gross and net carried reserves for CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations:

December 3120222021
(In millions)
Gross Case Reserves$5,502$5,621
Gross IBNR Reserves13,17411,982
Total Gross Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$18,676$17,603
Net Case Reserves$4,805$4,932
Net IBNR Reserves11,19110,338
Total Net Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$15,996$15,270

The following table summarizes the gross and net carried reserves for other insurance businesses in run-off, including CNA Re and A&EP:

December 3120222021
(In millions)
Gross Case Reserves$1,428$1,551
Gross IBNR Reserves1,3211,266
Total Gross Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$2,749$2,817
Net Case Reserves$137$146
Net IBNR Reserves202148
Total Net Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$339$294
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Life & Group Policyholder Reserves

CNA’s Life & Group business includes its run-off long term care business as well as structured settlement obligations not funded by annuities related to certain property and casualty claimants. Long term care policies provide benefits for nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home health care subject to various daily and lifetime caps. Generally, policyholders must continue to make periodic premium payments to keep the policy in force and CNA has the ability to increase policy premiums, subject to state regulatory approval.

CNA maintains both claim and claim adjustment expense reserves as well as future policy benefit reserves for policyholder benefits for its Life & Group business. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves consist of estimated reserves for long term care policyholders that are currently receiving benefits, including claims that have been incurred but are not yet reported. In developing the claim and claim adjustment expense reserve estimates for CNA’s long term care policies, its actuaries perform a detailed claim reserve review on an annual basis. The review analyzes the sufficiency of existing reserves for policyholders currently on claim and includes an evaluation of expected benefit utilization and claim duration. In addition, claim and claim adjustment expense reserves are also maintained for the structured settlement obligations. In developing the claim and claim adjustment expense reserve estimates for CNA’s structured settlement obligations, CNA’s actuaries monitor mortality experience on an annual basis. CNA’s recorded claim and claim adjustment expense reserves reflect CNA’s best estimate after incorporating the results of the most recent reviews. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves for long term care policies and structured settlement obligations are discounted as discussed in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Future policy benefit reserves consist of the active life reserves related to CNA’s long term care policies for policyholders that are not currently receiving benefits and represent the present value of expected future benefit payments and expenses less expected future premium. The determination of these reserves requires management to make estimates and assumptions about expected investment and policyholder experience over the life of the contract. Since many of these contracts may be in force for several decades, these assumptions are subject to significant estimation risk.

The actuarial assumptions that management believes are subject to the most variability are morbidity, persistency, discount rates and anticipated future premium rate increases. Morbidity is the frequency and severity of injury, illness, sickness and diseases contracted. Persistency is the percentage of policies remaining in force and can be affected by policy lapses, benefit reductions and death. Discount rates are influenced by the investment yield on assets supporting long term care reserves which is subject to interest rate and market volatility and may also be affected by changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Future premium rate increases are generally subject to regulatory approval, and therefore the exact timing and size of the approved rate increases are unknown. As a result of this variability, CNA’s long term care reserves may be subject to material increases if actual experience develops adversely to its expectations.

Annually, in the third quarter, CNA assesses the adequacy of its long term care future policy benefit reserves by performing a gross premium valuation (“GPV”) to determine if there is a premium deficiency. Under the GPV, management estimates required reserves using best estimate assumptions as of the date of the assessment without provisions for adverse deviation. The GPV required reserves are then compared to the existing recorded reserves. If the GPV required reserves are greater than the existing recorded reserves, the existing assumptions are unlocked and future policy benefit reserves are increased to the greater amount. Any such increase is reflected in CNA’s results of operations in the period in which the need for such adjustment is determined. If the GPV required reserves are less than the existing recorded reserves, the assumptions remain locked in and no adjustment is required.

Information regarding Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-12, which, beginning in 2023, will require changes in the measurement and disclosure of long-duration contracts, including CNA’s long term care business, is provided in the Accounting Standards Update section of this MD&A and in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

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The September 30, 2022 GPV indicated that the recorded reserves included a margin of approximately $125 million. A summary of the changes in the estimated reserve margin is presented in the table below:

(In millions)
Long term care active life reserve - change in estimated reserve margin
September 30, 2021 estimated margin$72
Changes in underlying economic assumptions (a)(130)
Changes in underlying morbidity assumptions(30)
Changes in underlying persistency assumptions40
Changes in underlying premium rate action assumptions190
Changes in underlying expense and other assumptions(17)
September 30, 2022 Estimated Margin$125

(a)    Economic assumptions include the impact of interest rates and cost of care inflation.

The increase in the margin in 2022 was primarily driven by changes in discount rate assumptions due to higher near term expected reinvestment rates and higher than previously estimated rate increases on active rate increase programs. These favorable drivers were partially offset by changes in cost of care inflation assumptions.

CNA has determined that additional future policy benefit reserves for profits followed by losses are not currently required based on the most recent projection.

The table below summarizes the estimated pretax impact on CNA’s results of operations from various hypothetical revisions to its future policy benefit reserve assumptions. The annual GPV process involves updating all assumptions to management’s then current best estimate, and historically all significant assumptions have been revised each year. In the table below, CNA has assumed that revisions to such assumptions would occur in each policy type, age and duration within each policy group. The impact of each sensitivity is discrete and does not reflect the impact one factor may have on another or the mitigating impact from management actions, which may include additional future premium rate increases. Although such hypothetical revisions are not currently required or anticipated, CNA believes they could occur based on past variances in experience and its expectations of the ranges of future experience that could reasonably occur. Any required increase in the recorded reserves resulting from a hypothetical revision in the table below would first reduce the margin in the carried reserves before it would affect results from operations. Any actual adjustment would be dependent on the specific policies affected and, therefore, may differ from the estimates summarized below. The estimated impacts to results of operations in the table below are after consideration of the existing margin.

2022 GPVEstimated Reduction to Pretax Income
(In millions)
Hypothetical revisions
Morbidity (a):
2.5% increase in morbidity$200
5% increase in morbidity500
Persistency:
5% decrease in active life mortality and lapse$100
10% decrease in active life mortality and lapse300
Discount rates:
25 basis point decline in new money interest rates$
50 basis point decline in new money interest rates100
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(a)     Represents a sensitivity in future paid claims.

The following tables summarize policyholder reserves for CNA’s long term care operations:

December 31, 2022Claim and claim adjustment expensesFuture policy benefitsTotal
(In millions)
Long term care$2,979$10,151$13,130
Structured settlement obligations508508
Other99
Total3,49610,15113,647
Shadow adjustments (a)7777
Ceded reserves (b)101101
Total gross reserves$3,674$10,151$13,825
December 31, 2021
Long term care$2,905$10,012$12,917
Structured settlement obligations526526
Other1010
Total3,44110,01213,453
Shadow adjustments (a)2002,9363,136
Ceded reserves (b)113288401
Total gross reserves$3,754$13,236$16,990

(a)To the extent that unrealized gains on fixed maturity securities supporting long term care reserves would result in a premium deficiency if realized, a related increase in Insurance reserves is recorded, after tax and noncontrolling interests, as a reduction of net unrealized gains (losses), through Other comprehensive income (loss). To the extent that unrealized gains or losses on fixed maturity securities supporting structured settlements not funded by annuities would impact the reserve balance if realized, a related increase or decrease in Insurance reserves is recorded, after tax and noncontrolling interests, as a reduction or increase of net unrealized gains (losses) through Other comprehensive income (“Shadow Adjustments”).

(b)Ceded reserves relate to claim or policy reserves fully reinsured in connection with a sale or exit from the underlying business. In the fourth quarter of 2022, CNA novated its block of legacy annuity business resulting in the reduction of all associated gross and ceded future policy benefit reserves.

CATASTROPHES AND RELATED REINSURANCE

Various events can cause catastrophe losses. These events can be natural or man-made, including hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, earthquakes, hail, severe winter weather, fires, floods, riots, strikes, civil unrest, cyber attacks, pandemics and acts of terrorism that produce unusually large aggregate losses. In most, but not all cases, CNA’s catastrophe losses from these events in the U.S. are defined consistent with the definition of the Property Claims Service (“PCS”). PCS defines a catastrophe as an event that causes damage of $25 million or more in direct insured losses to property and affects a significant number of policyholders and insurers. For events outside of the U.S., CNA defines a catastrophe as an industry recognized event that generates an accumulation of claims amounting to more than $1 million for the International line of business.

Catastrophes are an inherent risk of the property and casualty insurance business and have contributed to material period-to-period fluctuations in CNA’s results of operations and/or equity. Catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, of $247 million and $397 million were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. Catastrophe losses for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were driven by severe weather related events, primarily Winter Storm Elliott and Hurricane Ian for 2022 and Hurricane Ida and Winter Storms Uri and Viola for 2021.

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CNA uses various analyses and methods, including using one of the industry standard natural catastrophe models to estimate hurricane and earthquake losses at various return periods, to inform underwriting and reinsurance decisions designed to manage its exposure to catastrophic events. CNA generally seeks to manage its exposure through the purchase of catastrophe reinsurance and has catastrophe reinsurance treaties that cover property and workers’ compensation losses. CNA conducts an ongoing review of its risk and catastrophe reinsurance coverages and from time to time makes changes as it deems appropriate.

In 2021, CNA added a quota share treaty to its property reinsurance program, which covers policies written during the treaty term and in-force as of June 1, 2021. As a result of the coverage of in-force policies, net written premiums were reduced by $122 million during the second quarter of 2021 for the one-time catch-up under the treaty of unearned premium on policies previously written as of the treaty inception. The treaty was renewed for a term of June 1, 2022 to June 1, 2023.

The following discussion summarizes CNA’s most significant catastrophe reinsurance coverage at January 1, 2023.

Group North American Property Treaty

CNA purchased corporate catastrophe excess-of-loss treaty reinsurance covering its U.S. states and territories and Canadian property exposures underwritten in its North American and European companies. Exposures underwritten through Hardy are excluded and covered under a separate treaty. The treaty has a term of June 1, 2022 to June 1, 2023 and provides coverage for the accumulation of covered losses from catastrophe occurrences above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $190 million up to $900 million for all losses other than earthquakes. Earthquakes are covered up to $1.0 billion. Losses stemming from terrorism events are covered unless they are due to a nuclear, biological or chemical attack. All layers of the treaty provide for one full reinstatement.

Group Workers’ Compensation Treaty

CNA also purchased corporate Workers’ Compensation catastrophe excess-of-loss treaty reinsurance for the period January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024 providing $275 million of coverage for the accumulation of covered losses related to natural catastrophes above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $25 million. The treaty provides $600 million of coverage for the accumulation of covered losses related to terrorism events above CNA’s retention of $25 million. Of the $600 million in terrorism coverage, $200 million is provided for nuclear, biological, chemical and radiation events. One full reinstatement is available for the first $275 million above the retention, regardless of the covered peril.

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 (“TRIPRA”)

CNA’s principal reinsurance protection against large-scale terrorist attacks, including nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attacks, is the coverage currently provided through TRIPRA which runs through the end of 2027. TRIPRA provides a U.S. government backstop for insurance-related losses resulting from any “act of terrorism,” which is certified by the Secretary of Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security for losses that exceed a threshold of $200 million industry-wide for the calendar year 2023. Under the current provisions of the program, in 2023 the federal government will reimburse 80% of CNA’s covered losses in excess of its applicable deductible up to a total industry program cap of $100 billion. CNA’s deductible is based on eligible commercial property and casualty earned premiums for the preceding calendar year. Based on 2022 earned premiums, CNA’s estimated deductible under the program is $1.0 billion for 2023. If an act of terrorism or acts of terrorism result in covered losses exceeding the $100 billion annual industry aggregate limit, Congress would be responsible for determining how additional losses in excess of $100 billion will be paid.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

The preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported on the Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements. In general, our estimates are based on historical experience, evaluation of current trends, information from third party professionals and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the known facts and circumstances.

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We consider the accounting policies discussed below to be critical to an understanding of our Consolidated Financial Statements as their application places the most significant demands on our judgment. Due to the inherent uncertainties involved with these types of judgments, actual results could differ significantly from estimates and may have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition, equity, business and CNA’s insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings.

Insurance Reserves

Insurance reserves are established for both short and long-duration insurance contracts. Short-duration contracts are primarily related to property and casualty insurance policies where the reserving process is based on actuarial estimates of the amount of loss, including amounts for known and unknown claims. Long-duration contracts are primarily related to long term care policies and are estimated using actuarial estimates about morbidity and persistency as well as assumptions about expected investment returns and future premium rate increases. The reserve for unearned premiums represents the portion of premiums written related to the unexpired terms of coverage. The reserving process is discussed in further detail in the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A.

Long Term Care Reserves

Future policy benefit reserves for CNA’s long term care policies are based on certain assumptions including morbidity, persistency, inclusive of mortality, discount rates and future premium rate increases. The adequacy of the reserves is contingent upon actual experience and CNA’s future expectations related to these key assumptions. If actual or CNA’s expected future experience differs from these assumptions, the reserves may not be adequate, requiring CNA to add to reserves.

A prolonged period during which investment returns remain at levels lower than those anticipated in CNA’s reserving discount rate assumption could result in shortfalls in investment income on assets supporting CNA’s obligations under long term care policies, which may require increases to CNA’s reserves. In addition, CNA may not receive regulatory approval for the level of premium rate increases it requests.

These changes to CNA’s reserves could materially adversely impact our results of operations, financial condition and equity. The reserving process is discussed in further detail in the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A.

Reinsurance and Other Receivables

Exposure exists with respect to the collectibility of ceded property and casualty and life reinsurance to the extent that any reinsurer is unable to meet its obligations or disputes the liabilities CNA has ceded under reinsurance agreements. An allowance for doubtful accounts on reinsurance receivables is recorded on the basis of periodic evaluations of balances due from reinsurers, reinsurer financial strength rating and solvency, industry experience and current and forecast economic conditions. Further information on CNA’s reinsurance receivables is included in Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Additionally, exposure exists with respect to the collectibility of amounts due from customers on other receivables. An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded on the basis of periodic evaluations of balances due, currently as well as in the future, historical reinsurer default data, management’s experience and current and forecast economic conditions.

If actual experience differs from the estimates made by management in determining the allowances for doubtful accounts on reinsurance and other receivables, net receivables as reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets may not be collected. Therefore, our results of operations, financial condition and/or equity could be materially adversely affected. Further information on CNA’s process for determining the allowance for doubtful accounts on reinsurance and insurance receivables is in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Valuation of Investments and Impairment of Securities

Fixed maturity and equity securities are carried at fair value on the balance sheet. Fair value represents the price that would be received in a sale of an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date, the determination of which may require us to make a significant number of assumptions and judgments. Securities with the greatest level of subjectivity around valuation are those that rely on inputs that are significant to the estimated fair value and that are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. These unobservable inputs are based on assumptions consistent with what we believe other market participants would use to price such securities. Further information on fair value measurements is included in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

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CNA’s fixed maturity securities are subject to market declines below amortized cost that may result in the recognition of impairment losses in earnings. Factors considered in the determination of whether or not an impairment loss is recognized in earnings include a current intention or need to sell the security or an indication that a credit loss exists. Significant judgment is required in the determination of whether a credit loss has occurred for a security. CNA considers all available evidence when determining whether a security requires a credit allowance to be recorded, including the financial condition and expected near-term and long term prospects of the issuer, whether the issuer is current with interest and principal payments, credit ratings on the security or changes in ratings over time, general market conditions, industry, sector or other specific factors and whether CNA expects to receive cash flows sufficient to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security.

CNA’s mortgage loan portfolio is subject to the expected credit loss model, which requires immediate recognition of estimated credit losses over the life of the asset and the presentation of the asset at the net amount expected to be collected. Significant judgment is required in the determination of estimated credit losses and any changes in CNA’s expectation of the net amount to be collected are recognized in earnings.

Further information on CNA’s process for evaluating impairments and expected credit losses is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE

In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2018-12, “Financial Services-Insurance (Topic 944): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts.” The updated accounting guidance requires changes to the measurement and disclosure of long-duration contracts. For the Company, this includes CNA’s long term care business. The Company will adopt the new guidance effective January 1, 2023, using the modified retrospective method applied as of the transition date of January 1, 2021.

The most significant impact will be the effect of updating the discount rate assumption quarterly to reflect an upper-medium grade fixed-income instrument yield, rather than the expected investment portfolio yield. This will be partially offset by the de-recognition of Shadow Adjustments associated with long-duration contracts. The net impact of these changes is expected to be a decrease of approximately $2.1 billion (after tax and noncontrolling interests) in AOCI as of the transition date of January 1, 2021. To illustrate the sensitivity of this adjustment, had the interest rates in effect as of December 31, 2022 been used in the calculation, the transition impact to AOCI would have been a decrease of approximately $225 million (after tax and noncontrolling interests).

The requirement to review, and update if there is a change, cash flow assumptions at least annually is expected to change the pattern of earnings being recognized. Under current accounting guidance, the third quarter 2022 gross premium valuation assessment indicated a pretax reserve margin of $125 million, with no unlocking event. However under the new guidance, the effect of changes in cash flow assumptions from the assessment would be recorded in results of operations (except for discount rate changes which would be recorded quarterly through AOCI).

For a discussion of accounting standards updates that have been adopted or will be adopted in the future, please read Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

FY 2021 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0000060086-22-000007.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2022-02-08. Report date: 2021-12-31.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

OVERVIEW

Loews Corporation is a holding company and has four reportable segments comprised of three individual consolidated operating subsidiaries, CNA Financial Corporation (“CNA”), Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (“Boardwalk Pipelines”) and Loews Hotels Holding Corporation (“Loews Hotels & Co”); and the Corporate segment. In the first quarter of 2020, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (“Diamond Offshore”) was a reportable segment; Diamond Offshore was deconsolidated during the second quarter of 2020. The Corporate segment is primarily comprised of Loews Corporation, excluding its operating subsidiaries, and the operations of Altium Packaging LLC (“Altium Packaging”) through March 31, 2021. On April 1, 2021, Loews Corporation sold 47% of Altium Packaging to GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, for $420 million in cash consideration. As a result of the terms of this transaction, Loews Corporation shares certain participating rights with GIC related to capital allocation and other decisions and was therefore required to deconsolidate Altium Packaging as of the date of the sale under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Subsequent to deconsolidation, Loews Corporation’s investment in Altium Packaging is accounted for under the equity method of accounting, with Equity income (loss) reported in Operating expenses and other on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. For further information on the deconsolidations of Diamond Offshore and Altium Packaging see Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Company” as used herein means Loews Corporation including its consolidated subsidiaries, the terms “Parent Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or like terms as used herein mean Loews Corporation excluding its subsidiaries, the term “Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation” as used herein means Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation shareholders and the term “subsidiaries” means the Loews Corporation’s consolidated subsidiaries.

We rely upon our invested cash balances and distributions from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our obligations and to declare and pay any dividends to our shareholders. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends is subject to, among other things, the availability of sufficient earnings and funds in such subsidiaries, applicable state laws, including in the case of the insurance subsidiaries of CNA, laws and rules governing the payment of dividends by regulated insurance companies (see Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8) and compliance with covenants in their respective loan agreements. Claims of creditors of our subsidiaries will generally have priority as to the assets of such subsidiaries over our claims and those of our creditors and shareholders.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Item 1A, Risk Factors, and Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this Form 10-K. For a discussion of changes in results of operations comparing the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 for Loews Corporation and its subsidiaries see Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on February 9, 2021.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated Financial Results

The following table summarizes net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation by segment and net income (loss) per share attributable to Loews Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

Year Ended December 3120212020
(In millions, except per share data)
CNA Financial$1,077$618
Boardwalk Pipelines235206
Loews Hotels & Co(14)(212)
Corporate (a)280(1,067)
Diamond Offshore (b)(476)
Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation$1,578$(931)
Basic net income (loss) per share$6.08$(3.32)
Diluted net income (loss) per share$6.07$(3.32)
(a)Includes a net investment gain of $555 million ($438 million after tax) related to the sale of 47% of Altium Packaging in 2021 and a net investment loss of $1.2 billion ($957 million after tax) caused by the write down of the carrying value of our interest in Diamond Offshore in 2020.
(b)Includes impairment charges of $774 million ($408 million after tax and noncontrolling interests) at Diamond Offshore in the first quarter of 2020, prior to deconsolidation.

2021 Compared with 2020

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2021 was $1.6 billion, or $6.07 per share, compared to a net loss attributable to Loews Corporation of $931 million, or $3.32 per share, in 2020. Excluding the items set forth in footnote (a) in the table above and Diamond Offshore’s 2020 net loss in the table above, net income attributable to Loews Corporation for 2021 and 2020 was $1.1 billion and $502 million.

The improvement in Loews Corporation’s results in 2021 compared to 2020 was driven by improved current accident year underwriting results, higher net investment income and investment gains in 2021 as compared to losses in 2020 for CNA and the significant improvement in results for Loews Hotels due to the rebound in leisure travel, especially at resort destinations. Boardwalk Pipelines also contributed positively to Loews Corporation’s year-over-year improvement due to higher revenues from growth projects recently placed into service. The parent company investment portfolio also generated higher gains in 2021 as compared to 2020.

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CNA Financial

The following table summarizes the results of operations for CNA for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. For further discussion of Net investment income and Investment gains (losses), see the Investments section of this MD&A.

Year Ended December 3120212020
(In millions)
Revenues:
Insurance premiums$8,175$7,649
Net investment income2,1591,935
Investment gains (losses)120(35)
Non-insurance warranty revenue1,4301,252
Other revenues2426
Total11,90810,827
Expenses:
Insurance claims and policyholders’ benefits6,3496,170
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs1,4431,410
Non-insurance warranty expense1,3281,159
Other operating expenses1,1911,125
Interest113142
Total10,42410,006
Income before income tax1,484821
Income tax expense(282)(131)
Net income1,202690
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests(125)(72)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$1,077$618

2021 Compared with 2020

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation increased $459 million for 2021 as compared with 2020. The increase was primarily due to improved current accident year underwriting results. Net catastrophe losses were $397 million ($280 million after tax and noncontrolling interests) for 2021 as compared to $550 million ($388 million after tax and noncontrolling interests) in 2020. Net catastrophe losses for 2021 were driven by severe weather related events, primarily Hurricane Ida and Winter Storms Uri and Viola. Net catastrophe losses for 2020 included $294 million related primarily to severe weather-related events, $195 million related to the COVID-19 pandemic and $61 million related to civil unrest. Results also reflect higher net investment income and investment gains in 2021 as compared with investment losses in 2020. Higher net investment income was driven by limited partnership and common stock returns and the improvement in investment gains (losses) was driven by lower impairment losses. Results for 2021 also reflect the absence of a $74 million charge ($52 million after tax and noncontrolling interests) related to the recognition of an active life reserve premium deficiency for long term care policies in 2020.

CNA’s Property & Casualty and Other Insurance Operations

CNA’s commercial property and casualty insurance operations (“Property & Casualty Operations”) include its Specialty, Commercial and International lines of business. CNA’s Other Insurance Operations outside of Property & Casualty Operations include its long term care business that is in run-off, certain corporate expenses, including interest on CNA’s corporate debt, and the results of certain property and casualty businesses in run-off, including CNA Re, asbestos and environmental pollution (“A&EP”), a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation (“EWC”) policies and certain legacy mass tort reserves. CNA’s products and services are primarily marketed through independent agents, brokers and managing general underwriters to a wide variety of customers, including small, medium and large businesses, insurance companies, associations, professionals and other groups. We believe the presentation of CNA as one reportable segment is

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appropriate in accordance with applicable accounting standards on segment reporting. However, for purposes of this discussion and analysis of the results of operations, we provide greater detail with respect to CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations and Other Insurance Operations to enhance the reader’s understanding and to provide further transparency into key drivers of CNA’s financial results.

Effective January 1, 2021, and in connection with the ceding of certain legacy reserves under a retroactive reinsurance agreement executed in February 2021, CNA changed the presentation of a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation policies relating to business written in 2007 and prior. This business, which was previously reported as part of the Commercial business, is now reported as part of the Other Insurance Operations business. For further information on this retroactive reinsurance agreement see Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. In addition, a determination was made to change the presentation of certain legacy mass tort reserves. Similar to the aforementioned excess workers’ compensation legacy business, these legacy mass tort reserves were previously reported in the Commercial business and are now reported as part of the Other Insurance Operations business. These changes were made to better reflect the manner in which CNA is organized for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing performance. Prior period information has been conformed to the new presentation.

In assessing its insurance operations, CNA utilizes the core income (loss) financial measure. Core income (loss) is calculated by excluding from net income (loss), investment gains or losses and any cumulative effects of changes in accounting guidance. In addition, core income (loss) excludes the effects of noncontrolling interests. The calculation of core income (loss) excludes investment gains or losses because investment gains or losses are generally driven by economic factors that are not necessarily reflective of CNA’s primary insurance operations. Core income (loss) is deemed to be a non-GAAP financial measure and management believes this measure is useful for investors to evaluate its insurance operations. Please see the non-GAAP reconciliation of core income (loss) to net income (loss) that follows in this MD&A.

Property & Casualty Operations

In evaluating the results of Property & Casualty Operations, CNA utilizes the loss ratio, the loss ratio excluding catastrophes and development, the expense ratio, the dividend ratio, the combined ratio and the combined ratio excluding catastrophes and development. These ratios are calculated using GAAP financial results. The loss ratio is the percentage of net incurred claim and claim adjustment expenses to net earned premiums. The loss ratio excluding catastrophes and development excludes net catastrophes losses and changes in estimates of claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, net of reinsurance, for prior years from the loss ratio. The expense ratio is the percentage of insurance underwriting and acquisition expenses, including the amortization of deferred acquisition costs, to net earned premiums. The dividend ratio is the ratio of policyholders’ dividends incurred to net earned premiums. The combined ratio is the sum of the loss, expense and dividend ratios. The combined ratio excluding catastrophes and development is the sum of the loss ratio excluding catastrophes and development, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio. In addition, renewal premium change, rate, retention and new business are also utilized in evaluating operating trends. Renewal premium change represents the estimated change in average premium on policies that renew, including rate and exposure changes. Rate represents the average change in price on policies that renew excluding exposure change. For certain products within Small Business, where quantifiable, rate includes the influence of new business as well. Exposure represents the measure of risk used in the pricing of the insurance product. Retention represents the percentage of premium dollars renewed in comparison to the expiring premium dollars from policies available to renew. Renewal premium change, rate and retention presented for the prior year are updated to reflect subsequent activity on policies written in the period. New business represents premiums from policies written with new customers and additional policies written with existing customers. Gross written premiums, excluding third-party captives, excludes business which is ceded to third-party captives, including business related to large warranty programs.

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The following tables summarize the results of CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Year Ended December 31, 2021SpecialtyCommercialInternationalTotal
(In millions, except %)
Gross written premiums$7,665$4,445$1,297$13,407
Gross written premiums excluding third-
party captives3,6724,3341,2979,303
Net written premiums3,2253,5951,1017,921
Net earned premiums3,0763,5521,0577,685
Net investment income497624571,178
Core income704394861,184
Other performance metrics:
Loss ratio excluding catastrophes
and development59.1%61.0%59.0%60.0%
Effect of catastrophe impacts0.410.02.65.1
Effect of development-related items(1.4)0.50.1(0.3)
Loss ratio58.1%71.5%61.7%64.8%
Expense ratio30.531.133.131.1
Dividend ratio0.10.50.3
Combined ratio88.7%103.1%94.8%96.2%
Combined ratio excluding catastrophes
and development89.7%92.6%92.1%91.4%
Rate11%7%13%9%
Renewal premium change1181310
Retention83827882
New business$551$843$274$1,668
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Gross written premiums$7,180$4,086$1,133$12,399
Gross written premiums excluding third-
party captives3,2963,9931,1338,422
Net written premiums3,0403,5659617,566
Net earned premiums2,8833,3239407,146
Net investment income449513581,020
Core income53526738840
Other performance metrics:
Loss ratio excluding catastrophes
and development59.9%60.4%60.1%60.2%
Effect of catastrophe impacts4.310.77.17.7
Effect of development-related items(2.1)0.5(0.3)(0.7)
Loss ratio62.1%71.6%66.9%67.2%
Expense ratio31.333.035.532.6
Dividend ratio0.10.50.3
Combined ratio93.5%105.1%102.4%100.1%
Combined ratio excluding catastrophes
and development91.3%93.9%95.6%93.1%
Rate12%10%14%11%
Renewal premium change13101211
Retention86847383
New business$389$761$245$1,395
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2021 Compared with 2020

Gross written premiums, excluding third-party captives, for Specialty increased $376 million in 2021 as compared with 2020 driven by rate and higher new business. Net written premiums for Specialty increased $185 million in 2021 as compared with 2020. The increase in net earned premiums in 2021 was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Specialty.

Gross written premiums for Commercial increased $359 million in 2021 as compared with 2020 driven by rate and higher new business. Net written premiums for Commercial increased $30 million in 2021 as compared with 2020. Net written premiums for 2021 were unfavorably impacted by the June 1, 2021 written premium catch-up resulting from the addition of the quota share treaty to the property reinsurance program. Excluding the impact of the June 1, 2021 written premium catch-up, net written premiums increased $142 million for 2021 as compared with 2020. Net earned premiums for Commercial increased $229 million in 2021 as compared with 2020. The increase in net earned premiums for 2021 was partially impacted by a reduction in estimated audit premiums related to COVID-19 in 2020 for Commercial.

Gross written premiums for International increased $164 million in 2021 as compared with 2020. Excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates, gross written premiums increased $104 million driven by rate and higher new business. Net written premiums for International increased $140 million in 2021 as compared with 2020. Excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates, net written premiums increased $85 million in 2021 as compared with 2020. The increase in net earned premiums in 2021 as compared with 2020 was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for International.

Core income increased $344 million in 2021 as compared with 2020 primarily due to improved current accident year underwriting results and higher net investment income driven by limited partnership and common stock returns.

Total net catastrophe losses were $397 million in 2021 as compared with $550 million in 2020. For 2021 and 2020 Specialty had net catastrophe losses of $12 million and $125 million, Commercial had net catastrophe losses of $358 million in both years and International had net catastrophe losses of $27 million and $67 million.

Favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $49 million and $70 million was recorded in 2021 and 2020. In 2021 and 2020, Specialty recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $45 million and $61 million, Commercial recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $6 million and $7 million and International recorded unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development of $2 million as compared with favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $2 million. Further information on net prior year loss reserve development is included in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Specialty’s combined ratio improved 4.8 points in 2021 as compared with 2020 primarily due to a 4.0 point improvement in the loss ratio and a 0.8 point improvement in the expense ratio. The improvement in the loss ratio was primarily due to lower net catastrophe losses, which were 0.4 points of the loss ratio in 2021, as compared with 4.3 points of the loss ratio in 2020. The improvement in the expense ratio was driven by higher net earned premiums.

Commercial’s combined ratio improved 2.0 points in 2021 as compared with 2020 primarily due to a 1.9 point improvement in the expense ratio. The improvement in the expense ratio was primarily due to higher net earned premiums and lower acquisition costs. Net catastrophe losses were 10.0 points of the loss ratio in 2021, as compared with 10.7 points of the loss ratio in 2020.

International’s combined ratio improved 7.6 points in 2021 as compared with 2020 due to a 5.2 point improvement in the loss ratio and a 2.4 point improvement in the expense ratio. The improvement in the loss ratio was driven by lower net catastrophe losses, which were 2.6 points of the loss ratio in 2021, as compared with 7.1 points of the loss ratio in 2020, and improved non-catastrophe current accident year underwriting results. The improvement in the expense ratio was driven by lower acquisition costs.

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Other Insurance Operations

The following table summarizes the results of CNA’s Other Insurance Operations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Years Ended December 3120212020
(In millions)
Net earned premiums$491$504
Net investment income981915
Core loss(78)(105)

2021 Compared with 2020

Core results improved $27 million in 2021 as compared with 2020 primarily due to higher net investment income driven by limited partnership returns. Core results in 2021 included a $31 million favorable impact from the reduction in long term care claim reserves resulting from the annual claim reserve reviews in the third quarter of 2021. Core results in 2020 included a $59 million charge related to the recognition of an active life reserve premium deficiency for long term care policies. The results for 2020 also included a $36 million charge related to an increase in the structured settlement claim reserves, partially offset by a $30 million favorable impact from the reduction in long term care claim reserves, both resulting from the annual claim reserve reviews in the third quarter of 2020.

Core results for 2021 also included expenses related to the March 2021 cybersecurity attack, the recognition of a $12 million loss resulting from the legacy excess workers’ compensation loss portfolio transfer (“EWC LPT”) and higher unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development on legacy mass tort exposures as compared with 2020. The application of retroactive reinsurance accounting to additional cessions to the A&EP Loss Portfolio Transfer (“LPT”) in both periods resulted in charges of $25 million and $5 million in 2021 and 2020, which have no economic impact. For further information on the A&EP LPT, EWC LPT and net prior year loss reserve development see Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Core Income to Net Income

The following table reconciles core income to net income attributable to Loews Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

Year Ended December 3120212020
(In millions)
Core income (loss):
Property & Casualty Operations$1,184$840
Other Insurance Operations(78)(105)
Total core income1,106735
Investment gains (losses)96(30)
Consolidating adjustments including noncontrolling interests(125)(87)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$1,077$618

Boardwalk Pipelines

Overview

Boardwalk Pipelines operates in the midstream portion of the natural gas and natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) industry, providing transportation and storage for those commodities. Boardwalk Pipelines is not in the business of buying and selling natural gas and NGLs other than for system management purposes, but changes in natural gas and NGLs prices may impact the volumes of natural gas or NGLs transported and stored by customers on its systems. Due to the capital-intensive nature of its business, Boardwalk Pipelines’ operating costs and expenses typically do not vary significantly based upon the

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amount of products transported, with the exception of costs recorded in fuel and transportation expense, which are netted with fuel retained on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. For further information on Boardwalk Pipelines’ revenue recognition policies see Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Firm Agreements

A substantial portion of Boardwalk Pipelines’ transportation and storage capacity is contracted for under firm agreements. For the year ended December 31, 2021, approximately 89% of Boardwalk Pipelines’ revenues were derived from capacity reservation fees under firm contracts. The table below shows a rollforward of operating revenues under committed firm agreements in place as of December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2021, including agreements for transportation, storage and other services, over the remaining term of those agreements:

As of December 31, 2021
(In millions)
Total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements as of December 31, 2020$9,450
Adjustments for:
Actual revenues recognized from firm agreements in 2021 (a)(1,180)
Firm agreements entered into in 2021790
Total projected operating revenues under committed firm agreements as of December 31, 2021$9,060

(a)Reflects an increase of $70 million in Boardwalk Pipelines’ actual 2021 revenues recognized from fixed fees under firm agreements as compared with its expected 2021 revenues from fixed fees under firm agreements, including agreements for transportation, storage and other services as of December 31, 2020, primarily due to an increase from contract renewals that occurred in 2021.

During 2021, Boardwalk Pipelines entered into $790 million of new firm agreements, of which approximately 28% were from new growth projects executed in 2021. For firm agreements associated with new growth projects, the associated assets may not be placed into commercial service until sometime in the future. Each year a portion of Boardwalk Pipelines’ firm transportation and storage agreements expire. The rates Boardwalk Pipelines is able to charge customers are heavily influenced by market trends (both short and longer term), including the available supply, geographical location of natural gas production, the competition between producing basins, competition with other pipelines for supply and markets, the demand for gas by end-users such as power plants, petrochemical facilities and LNG export facilities and the price differentials between the gas supplies and the market demand for the gas (basis differentials). As of December 31, 2021, Boardwalk Pipelines’ top ten customers holding firm capacity under firm agreements comprised approximately 39% of its total projected operating revenues. Additionally, the credit profile associated with Boardwalk Pipelines’ customers comprising the total projected operating revenues under firm agreements as of December 31, 2021 was 74% rated as investment grade, 10% rated as non-investment grade and 16% not rated.

Pipeline System Maintenance

Boardwalk Pipelines incurs substantial costs for ongoing maintenance of its pipeline systems and related facilities, including those incurred for pipeline integrity management activities, equipment overhauls, general upkeep and repairs. These costs are not dependent on the amount of revenues earned from its transportation services. PHMSA has developed regulations that require transportation pipeline operators to implement integrity management programs to comprehensively evaluate certain high risk areas, known as HCAs, and MCAs, along pipelines and take additional safety measures to protect people and property in these areas. The HCAs for natural gas pipelines are predicated on high-population density areas (which, for natural gas transmission lines, include Class 3 and 4 areas and, depending on the potential impacts of a risk event, may include Class 1 and 2 areas) whereas HCAs along Boardwalk Pipelines’ NGL pipelines are based on high-population density areas, areas near certain drinking water sources and unusually sensitive ecological areas. These regulations have resulted in an overall increase in Boardwalk Pipelines’ ongoing maintenance costs, including maintenance capital and maintenance expense. In 2019, PHMSA issued the first part of its gas Mega Rule, which became effective on July 1, 2020. This regulation imposed numerous requirements, including MAOP reconfirmation through re-verification of all historical records for pipelines in service, which re-certification process may require natural gas pipelines installed before 1970 (previously excluded from certain pressure testing obligations) to be pressure tested, the periodic assessment of additional pipeline mileage outside of HCAs (in MCAs as well as Class 3 and Class 4 areas), the reporting of exceedances of MAOP and the consideration of seismicity as a risk factor in integrity management. In 2021, PHMSA issued a final rule that will impose safety regulations related to onshore gas gathering lines and in June 2021, PHMSA

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issued an Advisory Bulletin advising pipeline and pipeline facility operators of applicable requirements to update their inspection and maintenance plans for the elimination of hazardous leaks and minimization of natural gas released from pipeline facilities. PHMSA, together with state regulators, is expected to commence inspection of these plans in 2022. It is expected that these new rules will cause Boardwalk Pipelines to incur increased capital and operating costs, experience operational delays and result in potential adverse impacts to its ability to reliably serve its customers as described under Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Report.

Maintenance costs may be capitalized or expensed, depending on the nature of the activities. For any given reporting period, the mix of projects that Boardwalk Pipelines undertakes will affect the amounts we record as property, plant and equipment on the Consolidated Balance Sheets or recognize as expenses, which impacts earnings. In 2022, Boardwalk Pipelines expects to spend approximately $400 million to maintain its pipeline systems and to comply with new regulatory initiatives previously mentioned, of which approximately $155 million is expected to be maintenance capital. In 2021, Boardwalk Pipelines spent $381 million to maintain its pipeline systems, of which $154 million was recorded as maintenance capital.

Results of Operations

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Boardwalk Pipelines for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8:

Year Ended December 3120212020
(In millions)
Revenues:
Operating revenues and other$1,349$1,302
Total1,3491,302
Expenses:
Operating and other885855
Interest161170
Total1,0461,025
Income before income tax303277
Income tax expense(68)(71)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$235$206

2021 Compared with 2020

Total revenues increased $47 million in 2021 as compared with 2020. Including the effect of items in fuel and transportation expense and excluding net proceeds of approximately $34 million in 2020 as a result of drawing on a letter of credit due to a customer bankruptcy in 2020, operating revenues increased $77 million primarily driven by recently completed growth projects and higher utilization based revenues due to higher volumes.

Operating expenses increased $30 million in 2021 as compared with 2020. Excluding items offset with operating revenues, operating expenses increased $26 million, primarily due to an increase in maintenance project costs and an increased asset base from recently completed growth projects. Interest expense decreased $9 million in 2021 as compared with 2020 primarily due to lower interest rates and lower average outstanding long term debt balances.

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Loews Hotels & Co

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Loews Hotels & Co for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8:

Year Ended December 3120212020
(In millions)
Revenues:
Operating revenue$337$167
Other revenues4737
Revenues related to reimbursable expenses9674
Total480278
Expenses:
Operating and other:
Operating334273
Asset impairments1036
Reimbursable expenses9674
Depreciation6363
Equity (income) loss from joint ventures(47)73
Interest3633
Total492552
Loss before income tax(12)(274)
Income tax (expense) benefit(2)62
Net loss attributable to Loews Corporation$(14)$(212)

2021 Compared with 2020

Loews Hotels & Co’s results have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. By April 2020, most hotel properties owned and/or operated by Loews Hotels & Co had temporarily suspended operations. These hotel properties gradually resumed operations at various times, culminating with all hotels having resumed operations by June 30, 2021. During 2021, overall occupancy rates gradually improved, with hotel properties located in resort destinations improving sooner than hotel properties located in city centers. However, occupancy levels have not reached pre-pandemic levels at many hotels owned and/or operated by Loews Hotels & Co, and business in certain markets continues to be adversely impacted by COVID-19 variants.

Operating revenues improved by $170 million and operating expenses increased by $61 million in 2021 as compared with 2020. This comparison is impacted by robust pre-pandemic business levels prior to mid-March 2020 followed by results that were significantly depressed by the pandemic for the remainder of 2020. Through 2021, occupancy levels have gradually increased leading to improved revenues at all hotel properties, particularly those in resort areas, with operating expense also increasing to support the increased demand levels. As all properties have not resumed all levels of pre-pandemic service offerings, hotel operating expense, including staffing levels, will continue to increase as those resume.

Equity (income) loss from joint ventures improved $120 million in 2021 as compared to 2020, driven by the resumption of operations and associated occupancy improvements primarily at joint venture hotels in resort destinations.

Loews Hotels & Co considers events or changes in circumstances that indicate the carrying amount of its assets may not be recoverable. In 2021 and 2020, Loews Hotels & Co recorded impairment charges of $10 million and $36 million to reduce the carrying value of certain assets to their estimated fair value.

Other revenues for 2021 included $39 million related to the one-time acceleration of government grant payments, used to retire outstanding debt of an owned hotel prior to maturity and cover certain prepayment costs, and net gains of $8 million

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related primarily to the sale of undeveloped land. Other revenues for 2020 included gains of $37 million related to the sales of an owned hotel and an office building.

Interest expense for 2021 increased $3 million as compared with 2020 primarily due to the write off of unamortized issuance costs and the prepayment premium associated with the debt retirement mentioned above.

Corporate

Corporate operations consist primarily of investment income, interest expense and administrative costs at the Parent Company. Investment income includes earnings on cash and short term investments held at the Parent Company to meet current and future liquidity needs, as well as results of the trading portfolio held at the Parent Company. Corporate also includes the operating results of Altium Packaging through March 31, 2021 and the equity method accounting for Altium Packaging beginning on April 1, 2021, as a result of the sale of 47% of Altium Packaging and the resulting deconsolidation. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for further information.

The following table summarizes the results of operations for Corporate for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 as presented in Note 19 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8:

Year Ended December 3120212020
(In millions)
Revenues:
Net investment income$99$59
Investment gains (losses)540(1,211)
Operating revenues and other2811,023
Total920(129)
Expenses:
Operating and other3991,098
Interest114127
Total5131,225
Income (loss) before income tax407(1,354)
Income tax (expense) benefit(127)287
Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation$280$(1,067)

2021 Compared with 2020

Net investment income for the Parent Company increased $40 million in 2021 as compared with 2020 primarily due to improved results from equity based investments, partially offset by lower average yields on short term investments.

Investment gains of $540 million in 2021 were primarily due to a gain of $555 million ($438 million after tax) on the sale of 47% of Altium Packaging. Investment losses of $1.2 billion ($957 million after tax) for 2020 was due to the loss recognized upon deconsolidation of Diamond Offshore as a result of its Chapter 11 Filing.

Operating revenues and other for 2021 include Altium Packaging revenues of $280 million prior to its deconsolidation on April 1, 2021 and $1,022 million for 2020.

Operating and other expenses decreased in 2021 as compared with 2020 primarily due to the deconsolidation of Altium Packaging on April 1, 2021. Operating and other expenses for Altium Packaging were $300 million in 2021 and $992 million in 2020. Operating and other expenses also include legal and other corporate overhead expenses at the Parent Company.

Interest expenses decreased $13 million in 2021 as compared with 2020, primarily due to the deconsolidation of Altium Packaging on April 1, 2021, partially offset by the May 2020 issuance of the Parent Company’s $500 million 3.2% senior notes and a charge of approximately $14 million to write off debt issuance costs for the early retirement of debt at Altium Packaging in the first quarter of 2021.

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Income tax expense includes the recognition of a $40 million deferred tax liability related to the sale of Altium Packaging.

Diamond Offshore

Amounts presented for Diamond Offshore for 2020 only include the period through its deconsolidation on April 26, 2020. Contract drilling revenues and contract drilling expenses were $287 million and $254 million for this 2020 period. Results for 2020 also include an aggregate asset impairment charge of $774 million ($408 million after tax and noncontrolling interests) recognized in the first quarter of 2020. For more information on the deconsolidation of Diamond Offshore see Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for further information.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Parent Company

Parent Company cash and investments, net of receivables and payables, totaled $3.4 billion at December 31, 2021 as compared to $3.5 billion at December 31, 2020. In 2021, we received $853 million in cash dividends from our subsidiaries, including a special cash dividend of $182 million from CNA and a $199 million cash dividend from Altium Packaging in connection with a debt recapitalization prior to its deconsolidation on April 1, 2021. Cash outflows in 2021 included the payment of $1.1 billion to fund treasury stock purchases, $65 million of cash dividends to our shareholders and $32 million of cash contributions to Loews Hotels & Co. On April 1, 2021, we sold 47% of Altium Packaging to GIC and received $420 million in cash consideration. In March of 2022, we will receive cash dividends of $584 million from CNA. As a holding company we depend on dividends from our subsidiaries and returns on our investment portfolio to fund our obligations. We also have an effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) registering the future sale of an unlimited amount of our debt and equity securities from time to time. We are not responsible for the liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries and there are no Parent Company guarantees.

Depending on market and other conditions, we may purchase our shares and shares of our subsidiaries outstanding common stock in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. In 2021, we purchased 21.1 million shares of Loews Corporation common stock. As of February 4, 2022, we had purchased an additional 0.2 million shares of Loews Corporation common stock in 2022 at an aggregate cost of $14 million. As of February 4, 2022, there were 248,202,443 shares of Loews Corporation common stock outstanding.

Loews Corporation has a corporate credit and senior debt rating of A with a stable outlook from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), a senior debt rating of A3 with a stable outlook from Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) and a senior debt rating of A with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”).

Future uses of our cash may include investing in our subsidiaries, new acquisitions, dividends and/or repurchases of our and our subsidiaries’ outstanding common stock. The declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our common stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our earnings, financial condition and business needs.

Subsidiaries

CNA’s cash provided by operating activities was $2.0 billion in 2021 and $1.8 billion in 2020. The increase in cash provided by operating activities was driven by an increase in net premiums collected and lower net claim payments, which were impacted by a slowdown in court dockets. These items were partially offset by the payment of the EWC LPT premium. For further information on the EWC LPT see Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

CNA paid cash dividends of $2.27 per share on its common stock, including a special cash dividend of $0.75 per share in 2021. On February 4, 2022, CNA’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share and a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share payable March 10, 2022 to shareholders of record on February 22, 2022. CNA’s declaration and payment of future dividends is at the discretion of its Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including CNA’s earnings, financial condition, business needs and regulatory constraints. The payment of dividends by CNA’s insurance subsidiaries without prior approval of the insurance department of each subsidiary’s domiciliary jurisdiction is limited by formula. Dividends in excess of these amounts are subject to prior approval by the respective state insurance departments.

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Dividends from Continental Casualty Company (“CCC”), a subsidiary of CNA, are subject to the insurance holding company laws of the State of Illinois, the domiciliary state of CCC. Under these laws, ordinary dividends, or dividends that do not require prior approval by the Illinois Department of Insurance (the “Department”), are determined based on the greater of the prior year’s statutory net income or 10% of statutory surplus as of the end of the prior year, as well as the timing and amount of dividends paid in the preceding 12 months. Additionally, ordinary dividends may only be paid from earned surplus, which is calculated by removing unrealized gains from unassigned surplus. As of December 31, 2021, CCC was in a positive earned surplus position. The maximum allowable dividend CCC could pay during 2022 that would not be subject to the Department’s prior approval is $1.2 billion, less dividends paid during the preceding twelve months measured at that point in time. CCC paid dividends of $880 million in 2021. The actual level of dividends paid in any year is determined after an assessment of available dividend capacity, holding company liquidity and cash needs as well as the impact the dividends will have on the statutory surplus of the applicable insurance company.

CNA has a financial strength rating of A and senior debt rating of bbb+ from A.M. Best Company (“A.M. Best”), a financial strength rating of A2 and senior debt rating of Baa2 from Moody’s, a financial strength rating of A+ and senior debt rating of A- from S&P and financial strength rating of A+ and senior debt rating of BBB+ from Fitch. A.M. Best, Moody’s, S&P and Fitch maintain stable outlooks across CNA’s financial strength and senior debt credit ratings.

CNA has an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC under which it may publicly issue debt, equity or hybrid securities from time to time.

Boardwalk Pipelines’ cash provided by operating activities decreased $12 million in 2021 compared to 2020, primarily due to the timing of receivables partially offset by the change in net income.

For 2021 and 2020, Boardwalk Pipelines’ capital expenditures were $349 million and $438 million, consisting primarily of a combination of growth and maintenance capital. Boardwalk Pipelines expects total capital expenditures to be approximately $360 million in 2022, including approximately $155 million for maintenance capital and $205 million related to growth projects.

Boardwalk Pipelines anticipates that its existing capital resources, including its revolving credit facility and cash flows from operating activities, will be adequate to fund its operations and capital expenditures for 2022. Boardwalk Pipelines may seek to access the debt markets to fund some or all capital expenditures for growth projects, acquisitions, to refinance maturing debt or for general corporate purposes. Boardwalk Pipelines has $300 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of its 4.0% notes maturing in June of 2022, which it expects to retire near or at maturity through available capital resources, including using available cash, borrowing under its revolving credit facility or publicly issuing debt securities. Boardwalk Pipelines has an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC under which it may publicly issue debt securities, warrants or rights from time to time.

In December of 2021, Boardwalk Pipelines paid a distribution of $102 million to the Company.

Boardwalk Pipelines has a senior debt rating of BBB- with a stable outlook from S&P, a senior debt rating of Baa3 with a stable outlook from Moody’s and a senior debt rating of BBB- with a positive outlook from Fitch.

Certain of the hotels wholly or partially owned by subsidiaries of Loews Hotels & Co are financed by debt facilities, with a number of different lenders. Each of the loan agreements underlying these facilities contain a variety of financial and operational covenants. As a result of the impacts of COVID-19, Loews Hotels & Co has proactively requested certain lenders, where applicable, to (1) temporarily waive certain covenants to avoid an event of default and/or further restriction of the hotel’s cash balances through the establishment of lockboxes and other measures; (2) temporarily allow funds previously restricted directly or indirectly under the hotel’s underlying loan agreement for the renewal, replacement and addition of building improvements, furniture and fixtures to be used instead for hotel operations and maintenance; and/or (3) defer certain interest and/or principal payments while the hotels operations were temporarily suspended or significantly impacted by a decline in occupancy. Loews Hotels & Co also continues to work with lenders on loans that are being reviewed for extension. These discussions with lenders are ongoing and may require Loews Hotels & Co to make principal paydowns, establish restricted cash reserves or provide guaranties of a subsidiary’s debt to otherwise avoid an event of default. Through the date of this Report, none of Loews Hotels & Co’s subsidiaries is in default on any of its loans.

As of December 31, 2021, Loews Hotels & Co has loans that mature within twelve months and is actively working with lenders to refinance $93 million in current maturities of long-term debt.

In October 2021 Loews Hotels & Co announced the development of the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center in Arlington, Texas. The hotel, for which Loews Hotels & Co will serve as manager and hold a majority equity interest, is expected to open in early 2024 with approximately 888 guestrooms and over 250,000 square feet of function space. The

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approximately $550 million hotel project will be funded initially through a mix of partner contributions before drawing on a $300 million construction loan in the second half of 2022. Based on the timing of construction relative to the seasonality of Loews Hotels & Co’s business and restrictions on certain cash held by Loews Hotels & Co, a Loews Corporation capital contribution may be required to fund all or part Loews Hotels & Co’s partner contributions.

In 2021, Loews Hotels & Co received capital contributions of $32 million from Loews Corporation.

Contractual Obligations

We and our subsidiaries have contractual obligations which arise in the ordinary course of business. For a discussion regarding the obligations related to our and our subsidiaries long term debt see Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8. For contractual payment obligations related to the claim and claim adjustment expense reserves and future policy benefit reserves see the table below:

Payments Due by Period
December 31, 2021TotalLess than 1 year1-3 years3-5 yearsMore than 5 years
(In millions)
Claim and claim adjustment expense
reserves (a)$24,955$6,015$6,719$3,401$8,820
Future policy benefit reserves (b)25,581(301)15890924,815

(a)The claim and claim adjustment expense reserves reflected above are not discounted and represent CNA’s estimate of the amount and timing of the ultimate settlement and administration of gross claims based on its assessment of facts and circumstances known as of December 31, 2021. See the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A for further information.

(b)The future policy benefit reserves reflected above are not discounted and represent CNA’s estimate of the ultimate amount and timing of the settlement of benefits net of expected premiums, and are based on its assessment of facts and circumstances known as of December 31, 2021. Additional information on future policy benefit reserves is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Further information on our commitments, contingencies and guarantees is provided in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

INVESTMENTS

Investment activities of our non-insurance subsidiaries primarily consist of investments in fixed income securities, including short term investments. The Parent Company portfolio also includes equity securities, including short sales and derivative instruments, and investments in limited partnerships. Certain of these types of investments generally have greater volatility, less liquidity and greater risk than fixed income investments and are included within Results of Operations – Corporate.

The Parent Company enters into short sales and invests in certain derivative instruments that are used for asset and liability management activities, income enhancements to its portfolio management strategy and to benefit from anticipated future movements in the underlying markets. If such movements do not occur as anticipated, then significant losses may occur. Monitoring procedures include senior management review of daily reports of existing positions and valuation fluctuations to seek to ensure that open positions are consistent with the portfolio strategy.

Credit exposure associated with non-performance by counterparties to derivative instruments is generally limited to the uncollateralized change in fair value of the derivative instruments recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The risk of non-performance is mitigated by monitoring the creditworthiness of counterparties and diversifying derivatives by using multiple counterparties. Collateral is occasionally required from derivative investment counterparties depending on the amount of the exposure and the credit rating of the counterparty.

Insurance

CNA maintains a large portfolio of fixed maturity and equity securities, including large amounts of corporate and government issued debt securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities and investments in limited partnerships which pursue a variety of long and short investment strategies across a broad array

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of asset classes. CNA’s investment portfolio supports its obligation to pay future insurance claims and provides investment returns which are an important part of CNA’s overall profitability.

Net Investment Income

The significant components of CNA’s net investment income are presented in the following table. Fixed income securities, as presented, include both fixed maturity securities and non-redeemable preferred stock.

Year Ended December 3120212020
(In millions)
Fixed income securities:
Taxable fixed income securities$1,439$1,451
Tax-exempt fixed income securities311319
Total fixed income securities1,7501,770
Limited partnership and common stock investments402144
Other, net of investment expense721
Net investment income$2,159$1,935
Effective income yield for the fixed income securities
portfolio4.3%4.5%
Limited partnership and common stock return22.3%8.3%

CNA’s net investment income increased $224 million in 2021 as compared with 2020 driven by higher limited partnership and common stock returns partially offset by lower yields in the fixed income portfolio.

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Investment Gains (Losses)

The components of CNA’s investment gains (losses) are presented in the following table:

Year Ended December 3120212020
(In millions)
Investment gains (losses):
Fixed maturity securities:
Corporate and other bonds$134$(71)
States, municipalities and political subdivisions40
Asset-backed(38)31
Total fixed maturity securities96
Non-redeemable preferred stock4(3)
Short term and other20(32)
Total investment gains (losses)120(35)
Income tax (expense) benefit(24)5
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests(10)3
Investment gains (losses) attributable to Loews Corporation$86$(27)

CNA’s investment gains (losses) improved $155 million in 2021 as compared with 2020, driven by lower impairment losses.

Further information on CNA’s investment gains and losses is set forth in Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Portfolio Quality

The following table presents the estimated fair value and net unrealized gains (losses) of CNA’s fixed maturity securities by rating distribution:

December 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)Estimated Fair ValueNet Unrealized Gains (Losses)
(In millions)
U.S. Government, Government agencies and
Government-sponsored enterprises$2,600$42$3,672$117
AAA3,7843603,627454
AA7,6658237,1591,012
A9,5111,0879,5431,390
BBB18,4582,04318,0072,596
Non-investment grade2,362912,623149
Total$44,380$4,446$44,631$5,718

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, 1% of CNA’s fixed maturity portfolio was rated internally. AAA rated securities included $1.7 billion and $1.8 billion of pre-refunded municipal bonds as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

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The following table presents CNA’s available-for-sale fixed maturity securities in a gross unrealized loss position by ratings distribution:

December 31, 2021Estimated Fair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In millions)
U.S. Government, Government agencies and
Government-sponsored enterprises$898$8
AAA3686
AA87517
A1,51623
BBB1,81242
Non-investment grade59616
Total$6,065$112

The following table presents the maturity profile for these available-for-sale fixed maturity securities. Securities not due to mature on a single date are allocated based on weighted average life:

December 31, 2021Estimated Fair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In millions)
Due in one year or less$144$4
Due after one year through five years1,19122
Due after five years through ten years2,80344
Due after ten years1,92742
Total$6,065$112

Duration

A primary objective in the management of CNA’s investment portfolio is to optimize return relative to the corresponding liabilities and respective liquidity needs. CNA’s views on the current interest rate environment, tax regulations, asset class valuations, specific security issuer and broader industry segment conditions as well as domestic and global economic conditions, are some of the factors that enter into an investment decision. CNA also continually monitors exposure to issuers of securities held and broader industry sector exposures and may from time to time adjust such exposures based on its views of a specific issuer or industry sector.

A further consideration in the management of CNA’s investment portfolio is the characteristics of the corresponding liabilities and the ability to align the duration of the portfolio to those liabilities and to meet future liquidity needs, minimize interest rate risk and maintain a level of income sufficient to support the underlying insurance liabilities. For portfolios where future liability cash flows are determinable and typically long term in nature, CNA segregates investments for asset/liability management purposes. The segregated investments support the long term care and structured settlement liabilities in Other Insurance Operations.

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The effective durations of CNA’s fixed income securities and short term investments are presented in the following table. Amounts presented are net of payable and receivable amounts for securities purchased and sold, but not yet settled.

December 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Estimated Fair ValueEffective Duration (Years)Estimated Fair ValueEffective Duration (Years)
(In millions of dollars)
Investments supporting Other Insurance
Operations$18,4589.2$18,5189.2
Other investments28,9154.928,8394.5
Total$47,3736.6$47,3576.3

CNA’s investment portfolio is periodically analyzed for changes in duration and related price risk. Certain securities have duration characteristics that are variable based on market interest rates, credit spreads and other factors that may drive variability in the amount and timing of cash flows. Additionally, CNA periodically reviews the sensitivity of the portfolio to the level of foreign exchange rates and other factors that contribute to market price changes. A summary of these risks and specific analysis on changes is included in the Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk included under Item 7A.

INSURANCE RESERVES

The level of reserves CNA maintains represents its best estimate, as of a particular point in time, of what the ultimate settlement and administration of claims will cost based on CNA’s assessment of facts and circumstances known at that time. Reserves are not an exact calculation of liability but instead are complex estimates that CNA derives, generally utilizing a variety of actuarial reserve estimation techniques, from numerous assumptions and expectations about future events, both internal and external, many of which are highly uncertain. As noted below, CNA reviews its reserves for each segment of its business periodically, and any such review could result in the need to increase reserves in amounts which could be material and could adversely affect our results of operations and equity and CNA’s equity, business and insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings. Further information on reserves is provided in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Property and Casualty Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves

CNA maintains loss reserves to cover its estimated ultimate unpaid liability for claim and claim adjustment expenses, including the estimated cost of the claims adjudication process, for claims that have been reported but not yet settled (case reserves) and claims that have been incurred but not reported (“IBNR”). IBNR includes a provision for development on known cases as well as a provision for late reported incurred claims. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves are reflected as liabilities and are included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the heading “Insurance Reserves.” Adjustments to prior year reserve estimates, if necessary, are reflected in results of operations in the period that the need for such adjustments is determined. The carried case and IBNR reserves as of each balance sheet date are provided in the discussion that follows and in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

There is a risk that CNA’s recorded reserves are insufficient to cover its estimated ultimate unpaid liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses. Unforeseen emerging or potential claims and coverage issues are also difficult to predict and could materially adversely affect the adequacy of CNA’s claim and claim adjustment expense reserves and could lead to future reserve additions.

In addition, CNA’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries also have actual and potential exposures related to A&EP claims, which could result in material losses. To mitigate the risks posed by CNA’s exposure to A&EP claims and claim adjustment expenses, CNA completed a transaction with National Indemnity Company (“NICO”), under which substantially all of CNA’s legacy A&EP liabilities were ceded to NICO effective January 1, 2010. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for further discussion about the transaction with NICO, its impact on CNA’s results of operations and the deferred retroactive reinsurance gains and the amount of remaining reinsurance limit.

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Establishing Property & Casualty Reserve Estimates

In developing claim and claim adjustment expense (“loss” or “losses”) reserve estimates, CNA’s actuaries perform detailed reserve analyses that are staggered throughout the year. The data is organized at a reserve group level. A reserve group typically can be a line of business covering a subset of insureds such as commercial automobile liability for small or middle market customers, or it can be a particular type of claim such as construction defect. Every reserve group is reviewed at least once during the year, but most are reviewed more frequently. The analyses generally review losses gross of ceded reinsurance and apply the ceded reinsurance terms to the gross estimates to establish estimates net of reinsurance. In addition to the detailed analyses, CNA reviews actual loss emergence for all products each quarter.

Most of CNA’s business can be characterized as long-tail. For long-tail business, it will generally be several years between the time the business is written and the time when all claims are settled. CNA’s long-tail exposures include commercial automobile liability, workers’ compensation, general liability, medical professional liability, other professional liability and management liability coverages, assumed reinsurance run-off and products liability. Short-tail exposures include property, commercial automobile physical damage, marine, surety and warranty. Property & Casualty Operations contain both long-tail and short-tail exposures. Other Insurance Operations contain long-tail exposures.

Various methods are used to project ultimate losses for both long-tail and short-tail exposures.

The paid development method estimates ultimate losses by reviewing paid loss patterns and applying them to accident or policy years with further expected changes in paid losses. Selection of the paid loss pattern may require consideration of several factors including the impact of economic, social and medical inflation on claim costs, the rate at which claims professionals make claim payments and close claims, the impact of judicial decisions, the impact of underwriting changes, the impact of large claim payments and other factors. Claim cost inflation itself may require evaluation of changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, changes in the cost of medical care, changes in the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. Because this method assumes that losses are paid at a consistent rate, changes in any of these factors can affect the results. Since the method does not rely on case reserves, it is not directly influenced by changes in their adequacy.

For many reserve groups, paid loss data for recent periods may be too immature or erratic for accurate predictions. This situation often exists for long-tail exposures. In addition, changes in the factors described above may result in inconsistent payment patterns. Finally, estimating the paid loss pattern subsequent to the most mature point available in the data analyzed often involves considerable uncertainty for long-tail products such as workers’ compensation.

The incurred development method is similar to the paid development method, but it uses case incurred losses instead of paid losses. Since the method uses more data (case reserves in addition to paid losses) than the paid development method, the incurred development patterns may be less variable than paid patterns. However, selection of the incurred loss pattern typically requires analysis of all of the same factors described above. In addition, the inclusion of case reserves can lead to distortions if changes in case reserving practices have taken place, and the use of case incurred losses may not eliminate the issues associated with estimating the incurred loss pattern subsequent to the most mature point available.

The loss ratio method multiplies earned premiums by an expected loss ratio to produce ultimate loss estimates for each accident or policy year. This method may be useful for immature accident or policy periods or if loss development patterns are inconsistent, losses emerge very slowly or there is relatively little loss history from which to estimate future losses. The selection of the expected loss ratio typically requires analysis of loss ratios from earlier accident or policy years or pricing studies and analysis of inflationary trends, frequency trends, rate changes, underwriting changes and other applicable factors.

The Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using paid loss is a combination of the paid development method and the loss ratio method. This method normally determines expected loss ratios similar to the approach used to estimate the expected loss ratio for the loss ratio method and typically requires analysis of the same factors described above. This method assumes that future losses will develop at the expected loss ratio level. The percent of paid loss to ultimate loss implied from the paid development method is used to determine what percentage of ultimate loss is yet to be paid. The use of the pattern from the paid development method typically requires consideration of the same factors listed in the description of the paid development method. The estimate of losses yet to be paid is added to current paid losses to estimate the ultimate loss for each year. For long-tail lines, this method will react very slowly if actual ultimate loss ratios are different from expectations due to changes not accounted for by the expected loss ratio calculation.

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The Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using incurred loss is similar to the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method using paid loss except that it uses case incurred losses. The use of case incurred losses instead of paid losses can result in development patterns that are less variable than paid patterns. However, the inclusion of case reserves can lead to distortions if changes in case reserving have taken place, and the method typically requires analysis of the same factors that need to be reviewed for the loss ratio and incurred development methods.

The frequency times severity method multiplies a projected number of ultimate claims by an estimated ultimate average loss for each accident or policy year to produce ultimate loss estimates. Since projections of the ultimate number of claims are often less variable than projections of ultimate loss, this method can provide more reliable results for reserve groups where loss development patterns are inconsistent or too variable to be relied on exclusively. In addition, this method can more directly account for changes in coverage that affect the number and size of claims. However, this method can be difficult to apply to situations where very large claims or a substantial number of unusual claims result in volatile average claim sizes. Projecting the ultimate number of claims may require analysis of several factors, including the rate at which policyholders report claims to CNA, the impact of judicial decisions, the impact of underwriting changes and other factors. Estimating the ultimate average loss may require analysis of the impact of large losses and claim cost trends based on changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, changes in the cost of medical care, changes in the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors.

Stochastic modeling produces a range of possible outcomes based on varying assumptions related to the particular reserve group being modeled. For some reserve groups, CNA uses models which rely on historical development patterns at an aggregate level, while other reserve groups are modeled using individual claim variability assumptions supplied by the claims department. In either case, multiple simulations using varying assumptions are run and the results are analyzed to produce a range of potential outcomes. The results will typically include a mean and percentiles of the possible reserve distribution which aid in the selection of a point estimate.

For many exposures, especially those that can be considered long-tail, a particular accident or policy year may not have a sufficient volume of paid losses to produce a statistically reliable estimate of ultimate losses. In such a case, CNA’s actuaries typically assign more weight to the incurred development method than to the paid development method. As claims continue to settle and the volume of paid loss increases, the actuaries may assign additional weight to the paid development method. For most of CNA’s products, even the incurred losses for accident or policy years that are early in the claim settlement process will not be of sufficient volume to produce a reliable estimate of ultimate losses. In these cases, CNA may not assign much, if any, weight to the paid and incurred development methods. CNA may use the loss ratio, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and/or frequency times severity methods. For short-tail exposures, the paid and incurred development methods can often be relied on sooner primarily because CNA’s history includes a sufficient number of years to cover the entire period over which paid and incurred losses are expected to change. However, CNA may also use the loss ratio, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and/or frequency times severity methods for short-tail exposures.

For other more complex reserve groups where the above methods may not produce reliable indications, CNA uses additional methods tailored to the characteristics of the specific situation.

Periodic Reserve Reviews

The reserve analyses performed by CNA’s actuaries result in point estimates. Each quarter, the results of the detailed reserve reviews are summarized and discussed with CNA’s senior management to determine the best estimate of reserves. CNA’s senior management considers many factors in making this decision. CNA’s recorded reserves reflect its best estimate as of a particular point in time based upon known facts and circumstances, consideration of the factors cited above and its judgment. The carried reserve differs from the actuarial point estimate as discussed further below.

Currently, CNA’s recorded reserves are modestly higher than the actuarial point estimate. For Property & Casualty Operations, the difference between CNA’s reserves and the actuarial point estimate is primarily driven by uncertainty with respect to immature accident years, claim cost inflation, changes in claims handling, changes to the tort environment which may adversely affect claim costs and the effects from the economy. For CNA’s legacy A&EP liabilities, the difference between CNA’s reserves and the actuarial point estimate is primarily driven by the potential tail volatility of run-off exposures.

The key assumptions fundamental to the reserving process are often different for various reserve groups and accident or policy years. Some of these assumptions are explicit assumptions that are required of a particular method, but most of the assumptions are implicit and cannot be precisely quantified. An example of an explicit assumption is the pattern employed in the paid development method. However, the assumed pattern is itself based on several implicit assumptions such as the impact of inflation on medical costs and the rate at which claim professionals close claims. As a result, the effect on reserve

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estimates of a particular change in assumptions typically cannot be specifically quantified, and changes in these assumptions cannot be tracked over time.

CNA’s recorded reserves are management’s best estimate. In order to provide an indication of the variability associated with CNA’s net reserves, the following discussion provides a sensitivity analysis that shows the approximate estimated impact of variations in significant factors affecting CNA’s reserve estimates for particular types of business. These significant factors are the ones that CNA believes could most likely materially affect the reserves. This discussion covers the major types of business for which CNA believes a material deviation to its reserves is reasonably possible. There can be no assurance that actual experience will be consistent with the current assumptions or with the variation indicated by the discussion. In addition, there can be no assurance that other factors and assumptions will not have a material impact on CNA’s reserves.

The three areas for which CNA believes a significant deviation to its net reserves is reasonably possible are (i) professional liability, management liability and surety products (ii) workers’ compensation and (iii) general liability.

Professional liability, management liability and surety products include U.S. professional liability coverages provided to various professional firms, including architects, real estate agents, small and mid-sized accounting firms, law firms and other professional firms. They also include D&O, employment practices, fiduciary, fidelity and surety coverages and medical liability. The most significant factor affecting reserve estimates for these liability coverages is claim severity. Claim severity is driven by the cost of medical care, the cost of wage replacement, legal fees, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. Underwriting and claim handling decisions such as the classes of business written and individual claim settlement decisions can also affect claim severity. If the estimated claim severity increases by 9%, CNA estimates that net reserves would increase by approximately $450 million. If the estimated claim severity decreases by 3%, CNA estimates that net reserves would decrease by approximately $150 million. CNA’s net reserves for these products were approximately $5.0 billion as of December 31, 2021.

For workers’ compensation, since many years will pass from the time the business is written until all claim payments have been made, the most significant factor affecting workers’ compensation reserve estimates is claim cost inflation on claim payments. Workers’ compensation claim cost inflation is driven by the cost of medical care, the cost of wage replacement, expected claimant lifetimes, judicial decisions, legislative changes and other factors. If estimated workers’ compensation claim cost inflation increases by 100 basis points for the entire period over which claim payments will be made, CNA estimates that its net reserves would increase by approximately $350 million. If estimated workers’ compensation claim cost inflation decreases by 100 basis points for the entire period over which claim payments will be made, CNA estimates that its net reserves would decrease by approximately $350 million. Net reserves for workers’ compensation were approximately $3.9 billion as of December 31, 2021.

For general liability, the most significant factor affecting reserve estimates is claim severity. Claim severity is driven by changes in the cost of repairing or replacing property, the cost of medical care, the cost of wage replacement, judicial decisions, legislation and other factors. If the estimated claim severity for general liability increases by 6%, CNA estimates that its net reserves would increase by approximately $200 million. If the estimated claim severity for general liability decreases by 3%, CNA estimates that its net reserves would decrease by approximately $100 million. Net reserves for general liability were approximately $3.2 billion as of December 31, 2021.

Given the factors described above, it is not possible to quantify precisely the ultimate exposure represented by claims and related litigation. As a result, CNA regularly reviews the adequacy of its reserves and reassesses its reserve estimates as historical loss experience develops, additional claims are reported and settled and additional information becomes available in subsequent periods. In reviewing CNA’s reserve estimates, CNA makes adjustments in the period that the need for such adjustments is determined. These reviews have resulted in CNA’s identification of information and trends that have caused CNA to change its reserves in prior periods and could lead to CNA’s identification of a need for additional material increases or decreases in claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, which could materially affect our results of operations and equity and CNA’s business and insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings positively or negatively. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 for additional information about reserve development.

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The following table summarizes gross and net carried reserves for CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations:

December 3120212020
(In millions)
Gross Case Reserves$5,621$5,674
Gross IBNR Reserves11,98210,415
Total Gross Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$17,603$16,089
Net Case Reserves$4,932$5,072
Net IBNR Reserves10,3389,123
Total Net Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$15,270$14,195

The following table summarizes the gross and net carried reserves for other insurance businesses in run-off, including CNA Re and A&EP:

December 3120212020
(In millions)
Gross Case Reserves$1,551$1,614
Gross IBNR Reserves1,2661,260
Total Gross Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$2,817$2,874
Net Case Reserves$146$560
Net IBNR Reserves148331
Total Net Carried Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves$294$891

Life & Group Policyholder Reserves

CNA’s Life & Group business includes its run-off long term care business as well as structured settlement obligations not funded by annuities related to certain property and casualty claimants. Long term care policies provide benefits for nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home health care subject to various daily and lifetime caps. Generally, policyholders must continue to make periodic premium payments to keep the policy in force and CNA has the ability to increase policy premiums, subject to state regulatory approval.

CNA maintains both claim and claim adjustment expense reserves as well as future policy benefit reserves for policyholder benefits for its Life & Group business. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves consist of estimated reserves for long term care policyholders that are currently receiving benefits, including claims that have been incurred but are not yet reported. In developing the claim and claim adjustment expense reserve estimates for CNA’s long term care policies, its actuaries perform a detailed claim reserve review on an annual basis. The review analyzes the sufficiency of existing reserves for policyholders currently on claim and includes an evaluation of expected benefit utilization and claim duration. In addition, claim and claim adjustment expense reserves are also maintained for the structured settlement obligations. In developing the claim and claim adjustment expense reserve estimates for CNA’s structured settlement obligations, CNA’s actuaries monitor mortality experience on an annual basis. CNA’s recorded claim and claim adjustment expense reserves reflect CNA’s best estimate after incorporating the results of the most recent reviews. Claim and claim adjustment expense reserves for long term care policies and structured settlement obligations are discounted as discussed in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Future policy benefit reserves consist of the active life reserves related to CNA’s long term care policies for policyholders that are not currently receiving benefits and represent the present value of expected future benefit payments and expenses less expected future premium. The determination of these reserves requires management to make estimates and assumptions about expected investment and policyholder experience over the life of the contract. Since many of these contracts may be in force for several decades, these assumptions are subject to significant estimation risk.

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The actuarial assumptions that management believes are subject to the most variability are morbidity, persistency, discount rates and anticipated future premium rate increases. Morbidity is the frequency and severity of injury, illness, sickness and diseases contracted. Persistency is the percentage of policies remaining in force and can be affected by policy lapses, benefit reductions and death. Discount rates are influenced by the investment yield on assets supporting long term care reserves which is subject to interest rate and market volatility and may also be affected by changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Future premium rate increases are generally subject to regulatory approval, and therefore the exact timing and size of the approved rate increases are unknown. As a result of this variability, CNA’s long term care reserves may be subject to material increases if actual experience develops adversely to its expectations.

Annually, in the third quarter, CNA assesses the adequacy of its long term care future policy benefit reserves by performing a gross premium valuation (“GPV”) to determine if there is a premium deficiency. Under the GPV, management estimates required reserves using best estimate assumptions as of the date of the assessment without provisions for adverse deviation. The GPV required reserves are then compared to the existing recorded reserves. If the GPV required reserves are greater than the existing recorded reserves, the existing assumptions are unlocked and future policy benefit reserves are increased to the greater amount. Any such increase is reflected in CNA’s results of operations in the period in which the need for such adjustment is determined. If the GPV required reserves are less than the existing recorded reserves, the assumptions remain locked in and no adjustment is required.

The September 30, 2021 GPV indicated that the recorded reserves included a margin of approximately $72 million. A summary of the changes in the estimated reserve margin is presented in the table below:

(In millions)
Long term care active life reserve - change in estimated reserve margin
September 30, 2020 estimated margin$
Changes in underlying discount rate assumptions (a)65
Changes in underlying morbidity assumptions205
Changes in underlying persistency assumptions(233)
Changes in underlying premium rate action assumptions27
Changes in underlying expense and other assumptions8
September 30, 2021 Estimated Margin$72

(a) Including cost of care inflation assumption.

The increase in the margin in 2021 was primarily driven by changes in discount rate assumptions due to higher near term expected reinvestment rates and favorable changes to underlying morbidity assumptions. These favorable drivers were partially offset by unfavorable changes to underlying persistency assumptions.

CNA has determined that additional future policy benefit reserves for profits followed by losses are not currently required based on the most recent projection.

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The table below summarizes the estimated pretax impact on CNA’s results of operations from various hypothetical revisions to its active life reserve assumptions. The annual GPV process involves updating all assumptions to management’s then current best estimate, and historically all significant assumptions have been revised each year. In the table below, CNA has assumed that revisions to such assumptions would occur in each policy type, age and duration within each policy group and would occur absent any changes, mitigating or otherwise, in the other assumptions. Although such hypothetical revisions are not currently required or anticipated, CNA believes they could occur based on past variances in experience and its expectations of the ranges of future experience that could reasonably occur. Any required increase in the recorded reserves resulting from a hypothetical revision in the table below would first reduce the margin in the carried reserves before it would affect results from operations. Any actual adjustment would be dependent on the specific policies affected and, therefore, may differ from the estimates summarized below. The estimated impacts to results of operations in the table below are after consideration of the existing margin.

2021 GPVEstimated Reduction to Pretax Income
(In millions)
Hypothetical revisions
Morbidity:
2.5% increase in morbidity$300
5% increase in morbidity600
Persistency:
5% decrease in active life mortality and lapse$100
10% decrease in active life mortality and lapse300
Discount rates:
25 basis point decline in new money interest rates$100
50 basis point decline in new money interest rates200
Premium rate actions:
50% decrease in anticipated future premium rate increases$
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The following tables summarize policyholder reserves for CNA’s long term care operations:

December 31, 2021Claim and claim adjustment expensesFuture policy benefitsTotal
(In millions)
Long term care$2,905$10,012$12,917
Structured settlement obligations526526
Other1010
Total3,44110,01213,453
Shadow adjustments (a)2002,9363,136
Ceded reserves (b)113288401
Total gross reserves$3,754$13,236$16,990
December 31, 2020
Long term care$2,844$9,762$12,606
Structured settlement obligations543543
Other1010
Total3,3979,76213,159
Shadow adjustments (a)2183,2933,511
Ceded reserves (b)128263391
Total gross reserves$3,743$13,318$17,061

(a)To the extent that unrealized gains on fixed maturity securities supporting structured settlements not funded by annuities were realized, or that unrealized gains on fixed maturity securities supporting long term care products would result in a premium deficiency if realized, a related increase in Insurance reserves is recorded, after tax and noncontrolling interests, as a reduction of net unrealized gains through Other comprehensive income (“Shadow Adjustments”).

(b)Ceded reserves relate to claim or policy reserves fully reinsured in connection with a sale or exit from the underlying business.

CATASTROPHES AND RELATED REINSURANCE

Various events can cause catastrophe losses. These events can be natural or man-made, including hurricanes, windstorms, earthquakes, hail, severe winter weather, fires, floods, riots, strikes, civil unrest, cyber attacks, pandemics and acts of terrorism that produce unusually large aggregate losses. In most, but not all cases, CNA’s catastrophe losses from these events in the U.S. are defined consistent with the definition of the Property Claims Service (“PCS”). PCS defines a catastrophe as an event that causes damage of $25 million or more in direct insured losses to property and affects a significant number of policyholders and insurers. For events outside of the U.S., CNA defines a catastrophe as an industry recognized event that generates an accumulation of claims amounting to more than $1 million for the International line of business.

Catastrophes are an inherent risk of the property and casualty insurance business and have contributed to material period-to-period fluctuations in CNA’s results of operations and/or equity. CNA reported catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, of $397 million and $550 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. Net catastrophe losses for the year ended December 31, 2021 were driven by severe weather related events, primarily Hurricane Ida and Winter Storms Uri and Viola. Net catastrophe losses for the year ended December 31, 2020 included $294 million related primarily to severe weather related events, $195 million related to the COVID-19 pandemic and $61 million related to civil unrest.

CNA uses various analyses and methods, including using one of the industry standard natural catastrophe models to estimate hurricane and earthquake losses at various return periods, to inform underwriting and reinsurance decisions designed to manage its exposure to catastrophic events. CNA generally seeks to manage its exposure through the purchase of catastrophe reinsurance and has catastrophe reinsurance treaties that cover property and workers’ compensation losses. CNA conducts an ongoing review of its risk and catastrophe reinsurance coverages and from time to time makes changes as it deems appropriate.

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During the second quarter of 2021, CNA added a quota share treaty to its property reinsurance program, which covers policies written during the treaty term and in-force as of June 1, 2021. As a result of the coverage of in-force policies, net written premiums were reduced by $122 million during the second quarter for the one-time catch-up under the treaty of unearned premium on policies previously written as of the June 1, 2021 treaty inception. This ceded premium will earn in future quarters consistent with the underlying gross policies.

The following discussion summarizes CNA’s most significant catastrophe reinsurance coverage at January 1, 2022.

Group North American Property Treaty

CNA purchased corporate catastrophe excess-of-loss treaty reinsurance covering its U.S. states and territories and Canadian property exposures underwritten in its North American and European companies. Exposures underwritten through Hardy are excluded and covered under a separate treaty. The treaty has a term of June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2022 and provides coverage for the accumulation of covered losses from catastrophe occurrences above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $190 million up to $900 million for all losses other than earthquakes. Earthquakes are covered up to $1.0 billion. Losses stemming from terrorism events are covered unless they are due to a nuclear, biological or chemical attack. All layers of the treaty provide for one full reinstatement.

Group Workers’ Compensation Treaty

CNA also purchased corporate Workers’ Compensation catastrophe excess-of-loss treaty reinsurance for the period January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2023 providing $275 million of coverage for the accumulation of covered losses related to natural catastrophes above CNA’s per occurrence retention of $25 million. The treaty provides $475 million of coverage for the accumulation of covered losses related to terrorism events above CNA’s retention of $25 million. Of the $475 million in terrorism coverage, $200 million is provided for nuclear, biological, chemical and radiation events. One full reinstatement is available for the first $275 million above the retention, regardless of the covered peril.

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 (“TRIPRA”)

CNA’s principal reinsurance protection against large-scale terrorist attacks, including nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attacks, is the coverage currently provided through TRIPRA which runs through the end of 2027. TRIPRA provides a U.S. government backstop for insurance-related losses resulting from any “act of terrorism,” which is certified by the Secretary of Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security for losses that exceed a threshold of $200 million industry-wide for the calendar year 2022. Under the current provisions of the program, in 2022 the federal government will reimburse 80% of CNA’s covered losses in excess of its applicable deductible up to a total industry program cap of $100 billion. CNA’s deductible is based on eligible commercial property and casualty earned premiums for the preceding calendar year. Based on 2021 earned premiums, CNA’s estimated deductible under the program is $915 million for 2022. If an act of terrorism or acts of terrorism result in covered losses exceeding the $100 billion annual industry aggregate limit, Congress would be responsible for determining how additional losses in excess of $100 billion will be paid.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

The preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements. In general, our estimates are based on historical experience, evaluation of current trends, information from third party professionals and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the known facts and circumstances.

We consider the accounting policies discussed below to be critical to an understanding of our Consolidated Financial Statements as their application places the most significant demands on our judgment. Due to the inherent uncertainties involved with these types of judgments, actual results could differ significantly from estimates and may have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition, equity, business and CNA’s insurer financial strength and corporate debt ratings.

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Insurance Reserves

Insurance reserves are established for both short and long-duration insurance contracts. Short-duration contracts are primarily related to property and casualty insurance policies where the reserving process is based on actuarial estimates of the amount of loss, including amounts for known and unknown claims. Long-duration contracts are primarily related to long term care policies and are estimated using actuarial estimates about morbidity and persistency as well as assumptions about expected investment returns and future premium rate increases. The reserve for unearned premiums represents the portion of premiums written related to the unexpired terms of coverage. The reserving process is discussed in further detail in the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A.

Long Term Care Reserves

Future policy benefit reserves for CNA’s long term care policies are based on certain assumptions including morbidity, persistency, inclusive of mortality, discount rates and future premium rate increases. The adequacy of the reserves is contingent upon actual experience and CNA’s future expectations related to these key assumptions. If actual or CNA’s expected future experience differs from these assumptions, the reserves may not be adequate, requiring CNA to add to reserves.

A prolonged period during which investment returns remain at levels lower than those anticipated in CNA’s reserving discount rate assumption could result in shortfalls in investment income on assets supporting CNA’s obligations under long term care policies, which may require increases to CNA’s reserves. In addition, CNA may not receive regulatory approval for the level of premium rate increases it requests.

These changes to CNA’s reserves could materially adversely impact our results of operations, financial condition and equity. The reserving process is discussed in further detail in the Insurance Reserves section of this MD&A.

Reinsurance and Other Receivables

Exposure exists with respect to the collectibility of ceded property and casualty and life reinsurance to the extent that any reinsurer is unable to meet its obligations or disputes the liabilities CNA has ceded under reinsurance agreements. An allowance for doubtful accounts on reinsurance receivables is recorded on the basis of periodic evaluations of balances due from reinsurers, reinsurer financial strength rating and solvency, industry experience and current and forecast economic conditions. Further information on CNA’s reinsurance receivables is included in Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Additionally, exposure exists with respect to the collectibility of amounts due from customers on other receivables. An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded on the basis of periodic evaluations of balances due, currently as well as in the future, historical reinsurer default data, management’s experience and current and forecast economic conditions.

If actual experience differs from the estimates made by management in determining the allowances for doubtful accounts on reinsurance and other receivables, net receivables as reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets may not be collected. Therefore, our results of operations, financial condition and/or equity could be materially adversely affected. Further information on CNA’s process for determining the allowance for doubtful accounts on reinsurance and insurance receivables is in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

Valuation of Investments and Impairment of Securities

Fixed maturity and equity securities are carried at fair value on the balance sheet. Fair value represents the price that would be received in a sale of an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date, the determination of which may require us to make a significant number of assumptions and judgments. Securities with the greatest level of subjectivity around valuation are those that rely on inputs that are significant to the estimated fair value and that are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. These unobservable inputs are based on assumptions consistent with what we believe other market participants would use to price such securities. Further information on fair value measurements is included in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

CNA’s fixed maturity securities are subject to market declines below amortized cost that may result in the recognition of impairment losses in earnings. Factors considered in the determination of whether or not an impairment loss is recognized in earnings include a current intention or need to sell the security or an indication that a credit loss exists. Significant judgment is required in the determination of whether a credit loss has occurred for a security. CNA considers all available evidence when determining whether a security requires a credit allowance to be recorded, including the financial condition

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and expected near-term and long term prospects of the issuer, whether the issuer is current with interest and principal payments, credit ratings on the security or changes in ratings over time, general market conditions, industry, sector or other specific factors and whether CNA expects to receive cash flows sufficient to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security.

CNA’s mortgage loan portfolio is subject to the expected credit loss model, which requires immediate recognition of estimated credit losses over the life of the asset and the presentation of the asset at the net amount expected to be collected. Significant judgment is required in the determination of estimated credit losses and any changes in CNA’s expectation of the net amount to be collected are recognized in earnings.

Further information on CNA’s process for evaluating impairments and expected credit losses is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE

For a discussion of accounting standards updates that have been adopted or will be adopted in the future, please read Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8.