Loews Corp. is a holding company, which engages in the business of commercial property and casualty insurance, transportation and storage of natural gas and natural gas liquids, and operation of a chain of hotels. It operates through the following segments: CNA Financial, Boardwalk Pipelines, Loews Hotels and Co, and Corporate. The CNA Financial segment is involved in the sale of property and casualty insurance products and services, including surety, primarily through a network of independent agents, brokers, and managing general underwriters. The Boardwalk Pipelines segment focuses on midstream portion of the natural gas and NGLs industry, providing transportation, and storage for those commodities. The Loews Hotels and Co segment refers to a chain of hotels, which are in the United States and one of which is in Canada. The Corporate segment consists of investment income from the parent company's cash and investments, parent company interest expense, and other unallocated parent company expenses. The company was founded by Laurence A. Tisch and Preston Robert Tisch on November 12, 1969 and is headquartered in New York, NY.