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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



FORM 8-K



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



Date of report:
     
March 17, 2008

(Date of earliest event reported):
     
March 17, 2008




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



   
Delaware
   
1-6541
   
13-2646102
(State or other jurisdiction of
   
(Commission
   
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
   
File Number)
   
Identification No.)



667 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y.    
10065-8087
(Address of principal executive offices)    
(Zip Code)


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



NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
  
 
    On March 17, 2008, the registrant issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of the general partner of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP, a 70% owned subsidiary of the registrant (“BWP”), had approved, subject to certain conditions, the registrant’s purchase, through a subsidiary, of newly created Class B limited partner units of Boardwalk Pipeline for $686 million and related contribution of an additional $14 million on behalf of BWP’s general partner to maintain its 2% general partner interest.   The proposed purchase is subject to the approval of BWP’s Conflicts Committee and the completion of definitive documentation and is expected to close by June 30, 2008.

    A copy of the registrant’s press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

   The information under Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information under Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  

(a)
Not applicable.
(b)
Not applicable.
(c)
Exhibits:


Exhibit Reference
  Exhibit
 
Number
    
Description
  
   
99.1
Loews Corporation press release, issued March 17, 2008, announcing the approval of an investment in Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP


SIGNATURES

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


   
LOEWS CORPORATION
   
(Registrant)
   
    
   
    
   
    
Dated:  March 17, 2008
By:
/s/ Gary W. Garson
   
  
Gary W. Garson
   
  
Senior Vice President
   
General Counsel
   
and Secretary

 
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