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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2002
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OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
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Commission file number 1-6541
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LOEWS CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in is charter)
Delaware 13-2646102
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(State of other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
667 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021-8087
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(212) 521-2000
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
NOT APPLICABLE
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No
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Class Outstanding at May 3, 2002
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Common Stock, $1.00 par value 189,032,500 shares
Carolina Group Stock, $.01 par value 40,250,000 shares
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INDEX
Part I. Financial Information Page No.
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Item 1. Financial Statements
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets--
March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income--
Three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001 . . . . . . . . 4
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows--
Three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001 . . . . . . . . 5
Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements . . . . 6
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Part II. Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders . . 75
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
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Loews Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
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(Amounts in millions of dollars) March 31, December 31,
2002 2001
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Assets:
Investments:
Fixed maturities, amortized cost of $32,242.1 and $31,004.1 . . $31,137.3 $31,191.0
Equity securities, cost of $1,527.6 and $1,457.3 . . . . . . . 1,727.1 1,646.0
Other investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,616.5 1,587.3
Short-term investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,767.6 6,734.8
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Total investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,248.5 41,159.1
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.2 181.3
Receivables-net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,948.0 19,452.8
Property, plant and equipment-net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,004.1 3,075.3
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759.5 607.0
Goodwill and other intangible assets-net . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.2 323.8
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,609.2 4,229.8
Deferred acquisition costs of insurance subsidiaries . . . . . . 2,466.6 2,423.9
Separate account business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,691.1 3,798.1
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Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $76,163.4 $75,251.1
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Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Insurance reserves:
Claim and claim adjustment expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,880.4 $31,266.2
Future policy benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,054.8 7,306.4
Unearned premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,960.3 4,505.3
Policyholders' funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540.1 546.0
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Total insurance reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,435.6 43,623.9
Payable for securities purchased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,261.2 1,365.6
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase . . . . . . . . . 1,171.2 1,602.4
Long-term debt, less unamortized discount . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,924.4 5,920.3
Reinsurance balances payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,881.7 2,722.9
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,268.6 4,595.2
Separate account business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,691.1 3,798.1
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Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,633.8 63,628.4
Minority interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,951.9 1,973.4
Shareholders' equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,577.7 9,649.3
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Total liabilities and shareholders' equity . . . . . . . . . $76,163.4 $75,251.1
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See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.
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Loews Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income
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(In millions, except per share data) Three Months Ended March 31,
2002 2001
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Revenues:
Insurance premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,836.1 $2,496.8
Investment income, net of expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.1 583.3
Investment gains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.5 407.5
Manufactured products (including excise taxes of $180.4 and
$150.7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004.5 937.4
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.2 503.9
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,786.4 4,928.9
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Expenses:
Insurance claims and policyholders' benefits . . . . . . . 2,310.1 2,069.4
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs . . . . . . . . 440.4 423.6
Cost of manufactured products sold . . . . . . . . . . . . 607.4 563.7
Other operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868.6 862.4
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 86.3
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,303.0 4,005.4
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483.4 923.5
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Income tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.5 328.4
Minority interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 69.7
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.5 398.1
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Income from continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.9 525.4
Discontinued operations-net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (31.0) 0.2
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles-net . . (53.3)
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Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 252.9 $ 472.3
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Net income attributable to:
Loews Common Stock:
Income from continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 265.9 $ 525.4
Discontinued operations-net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (31.0) 0.2
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
principles-net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (53.3)
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Loews Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.9 472.3
Carolina Group Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.0
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 252.9 $ 472.3
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Income per Loews common share:
Income from continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.39 $ 2.67
Discontinued operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.16)
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles . . . (0.27)
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Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.23 $ 2.40
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Net income per Carolina Group common share . . . . . . . . . $ 0.45
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Loews Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.09 197.23
Carolina Group Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.25
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.
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Loews Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
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(Amounts in millions) Three Months Ended March 31,
2002 2001
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Operating Activities:
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 252.9 $ 472.3
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used by
operating activities-net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.4 (339.2)
Discontinued operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.0
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles . . 53.3
Changes in assets and liabilities-net:
Reinsurance receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (155.9) (140.1)
Other receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.1 (154.0)
Prepaid reinsurance premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (326.0) (219.8)
Deferred acquisition costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (38.7) (25.7)
Insurance reserves and claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.5 (265.8)
Reinsurance balances payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.0 583.9
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (337.3) (90.4)
Trading securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (290.2) 160.2
Other-net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.4 (114.1)
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(134.8) (79.4)
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Investing Activities:
Purchases of fixed maturities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (16,795.2) (27,932.0)
Proceeds from sales of fixed maturities . . . . . . . . . 15,870.8 21,907.6
Proceeds from maturities of fixed maturities . . . . . . . 661.0 6,339.1
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase . . . . . . (431.3) 1,428.9
Purchase of equity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (333.4) (312.2)
Proceeds from sales of equity securities . . . . . . . . . 285.3 305.3
Change in short-term investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . (20.2) (1,407.2)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment . . . . . . . . (100.2) (102.3)
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment . . . 90.3 261.0
Change in other investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (52.1) (215.0)
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(825.0) 273.2
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Financing Activities:
Dividends paid to Loews shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . (28.7) (24.6)
Dividends paid to minority interests . . . . . . . . . . . (7.7) (7.9)
Purchases of Loews treasury shares . . . . . . . . . . . . (104.5)
Purchases of treasury shares by subsidiaries . . . . . . . (16.9)
Principal payments on long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . (0.2) (154.0)
Receipts credited to policyholders . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.8
Withdrawals of policyholders account balances . . . . . . (13.5) (20.8)
Issuance of Loews Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4
Issuance of Carolina Group Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070.5
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 (0.6)
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907.7 (207.1)
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Net change in cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (52.1) (13.3)
Cash, beginning of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.3 195.2
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Cash, end of period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 129.2 $ 181.9
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See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.
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Loews Corporation and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
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(Dollars in millions, except per share data)
1. Basis of Presentation
On February 6, 2002, the Company sold 40,250,000 shares of a new class
of its common stock, referred to as Carolina Group stock, for net proceeds
of $1,070.5. This stock is designed to track the performance of the
Carolina Group, which consists of: the Company's ownership interest in its
wholly owned subsidiary, Lorillard, Inc.; $2,500.0 of notional, intergroup
debt owed by the Carolina Group to the Loews Group, bearing interest at
the annual rate of 8.0% and, subject to optional prepayment, due December
31, 2021; any and all liabilities, costs and expenses of Loews Corporation
and Lorillard, Inc. arising out of the past, present or future business of
Lorillard, Inc., and all net income or net losses from the assets and
liabilities attributed to the Carolina Group. Each outstanding share of
Carolina Group stock has 1/10 of a vote per share. Holders of Carolina
Group stock are common stockholders of Loews Corporation.
The issuance of Carolina Group stock has resulted in a two class common
stock structure for Loews Corporation. The outstanding Carolina Group
stock represents a 23.17% economic interest in the economic performance of
the Carolina Group. The Loews Group consists of all Loews's assets and
liabilities other than the assets and liabilities attributable to the
Carolina Group, and includes as an asset the notional, intergroup debt of
the Carolina Group, and a 76.83% intergroup interest in the Carolina
Group.
Reference is made to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in
the 2001 Annual Report to Shareholders which should be read in conjunction
with these consolidated condensed financial statements.
Accounting Changes
In 2002, the Company implemented the provisions of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF")
Issue No. 00-14, "Accounting for Certain Sales Incentives" and EITF Issue
No. 00-25, "Vendor Income Statement Characterization of Consideration from
a Vendor to a Retailer." EITF Issue No. 00-14 addresses the recognition,
measurement, and income statement characterization of sales incentives,
including rebates, coupons and free products or services, offered
voluntarily by a vendor without charge to the customer that can be used
in, or that are exercisable by a customer as a result of, a single
exchange transaction. EITF Issue No. 00-25 addresses whether consideration
from a vendor to a reseller of the vendor's products is (i) an adjustment
of the selling prices of the vendor's products and, therefore, should be
deducted from revenue when recognized in the vendor's income statement or
(ii) a cost incurred by the vendor for assets or services received from
the reseller and, therefore, should be included as a cost or an expense
when recognized in the vendor's income statement. As a result of both
issues, promotional expenses historically included in other operating
expenses were reclassified to cost of manufactured products sold, or as
reductions of revenues from manufactured products. Prior period amounts
were reclassified for comparative purposes. Adoption of these provisions
did not have a material impact on the financial position or results of
operations of the Company.
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In June 2001, the FASB issued a Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards ("SFAS") No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." SFAS
No. 142 changes the accounting for goodwill and intangible assets with
indefinite lives from an amortization method to an impairment-only
approach. Amortization of goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite
lives, including goodwill recorded in past business combinations, ceased
effective January 1, 2002, upon adoption of SFAS No. 142. As permitted by
SFAS No. 142, the Company will complete goodwill and other acquired
intangible asset impairment tests in 2002. Any resulting asset impairments
will be recorded as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle as of January 1, 2002.
Effective January 1, 2002, the Company adopted SFAS No. 144, "Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets." SFAS No. 144
essentially applies one accounting model for long-lived assets to be
disposed of by sale, whether previously held and used or newly acquired,
and broadens the presentation of discontinued operations to include more
disposal transactions. Adoption of these provisions did not have a
material impact on the financial position or results of operations of the
Company; however, it did impact the income statement presentation of
certain operations sold in 2002.
In the first quarter of 2001, the Company adopted SFAS No. 133,
"Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" and SFAS
No. 138, "Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain
Hedging Activities" (collectively referred to as SFAS No. 133). The
initial adoption of SFAS No. 133 did not have a significant impact on the
equity of the Company; however, adoption of SFAS No. 133 resulted in a
charge to 2001 earnings of $53.3, net of income taxes and minority
interest of $33.0 and $8.0, respectively, to reflect the change in
accounting principle. Of this transition amount, approximately $50.5, net
of income taxes and minority interest, related to CNA Financial
Corporation's ("CNA"), an 89% owned subsidiary, investments and
investment-related derivatives. Because CNA already carried its investment
and investment-related derivatives at fair value through other
comprehensive income, there was an equal and offsetting favorable
adjustment of $50.5 to shareholders' equity (accumulated other
comprehensive income). The remainder of the transition adjustment is
attributable to collateralized debt obligation products that are
derivatives under SFAS No. 133. See Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements in the Company's 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for Asset
Retirement Obligations." SFAS No. 143 applies to the accounting and
reporting obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-
lived assets and the associated asset retirement costs. This Statement
applies to legal obligations associated with the retirement of long-lived
assets that result from the acquisition, construction, development and/or
the normal operation of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations
of lessees. Adoption of this Statement is required for fiscal years
beginning after June 15, 2002. Adoption of these provisions will not have
a material impact on the financial position or results of operations of
the Company.
Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income includes all changes to shareholders' equity,
including net income, except those resulting from investments by
shareholders and distributions to shareholders. For the three months ended
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March 31, 2002 and 2001, comprehensive income totaled $11.4 and $624.9,
respectively. Comprehensive income includes net income, unrealized
appreciation (depreciation) and foreign currency translation gains or
losses.
Reclassifications
Certain amounts applicable to prior periods have been reclassified to
conform to the classifications followed in 2002.
2. Earnings Per Share Attributable to Loews Common Stock and Carolina Group
Stock
Companies with complex capital structures are required to present basic
and diluted earnings per share. Basic earnings per share excludes dilution
and is computed by dividing net income attributable to each class of
common stock by the weighted average number of common shares of each class
of common stock outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share
reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other
contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common
stock. At March 31, 2002 and 2001, earnings per common share assuming
dilution is the same as basic earnings per share because the impact of
securities that could potentially dilute basic earnings per common share
is insignificant.
Earnings per share for each class of common stock was determined based
on the attribution of earnings to each class of common stock for the
period divided by the weighted-average number of common shares for each
class of common stock outstanding during the period.
The attribution of earnings to each class of common stock, for the three
months ended March 31, 2002, was as follows:
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Carolina Group Stock:
Carolina Group net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150.7
Less net income for January 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . 73.1
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Income available to Carolina Group Stock . . . . . . . 77.6
Economic interest of the Carolina Group Stock . . . . . 23.17%
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Income attributable to Carolina Group Stock . . . . . . $ 18.0
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Loews Common Stock:
Consolidated net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $252.9
Less income attributable to Carolina Group Stock . . . (18.0)
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Income attributable to Loews Common Stock . . . . . . . $234.9
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3. The Consolidating Condensed Balance Sheets of Loews Corporation as of
March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001 and the Consolidating Statements of
Income and Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001,
are as follows:
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF INCOME
Adjustments Consolidated
Carolina Loews and Loews
Three Months Ended March 31, 2002 Group Group Eliminations Corporation
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Revenues:
Insurance premiums . . . . . . . . $ 2,836.1 $ 2,836.1
Investment income, net of expenses $ 11.2 480.9 $ (29.0) (a) 463.1
Investment gains . . . . . . . . . 2.8 20.7 23.5
Manufactured products . . . . . . 973.1 31.4 1,004.5
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.2 459.2
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987.1 3,828.3 (29.0) 4,786.4
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Expenses:
Insurance claims and
policyholders' benefits . . . . . 2,310.1 2,310.1
Amortization of deferred
acquisition costs . . . . . . . . 440.4 440.4
Cost of manufactured products sold 592.3 15.1 607.4
Other operating expenses (b) . . . 119.5 749.1 868.6
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 76.5 (29.0) (a) 76.5
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740.8 3,591.2 (29.0) 4,303.0
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246.3 237.1 483.4
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Income tax . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.6 75.9 171.5
Minority interest . . . . . . . . 28.0 28.0
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.6 103.9 199.5
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Income from operations . . . . . . 150.7 133.2 283.9
Equity in earnings of the Carolina
Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.7 (132.7) (c)
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Income from continuing operations 150.7 265.9 (132.7) 283.9
Discontinued operations-net . . . (31.0) (31.0)
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Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 150.7 $ 234.9 $(132.7) $ 252.9
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(a) To eliminate interest on the intergroup notional debt.
(b) Includes $0.1 of expenses allocated by the Carolina Group to the Loews Group for
computer related charges and $0.1 of expenses allocated by Loews Group to the Carolina
Group for services provided pursuant to a services agreement, which eliminate in these
consolidating statements.
(c) To eliminate the Loews Group's intergroup interest in the earnings of the Carolina
Group.
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CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF INCOME
Adjustments Consolidated
Carolina Loews and Loews
Three Months Ended March 31, 2001 Group Group Eliminations Corporation
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Revenues:
Insurance premiums . . . . . . . . $ 2,496.8 $ 2,496.8
Investment income, net of expenses $ 26.7 556.6 583.3
Investment gains . . . . . . . . . 2.1 405.4 407.5
Manufactured products . . . . . . 905.3 32.1 937.4
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 502.1 503.9
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935.9 3,993.0 4,928.9
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Expenses:
Insurance claims and policyholders'
benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,069.4 2,069.4
Amortization of deferred
acquisition costs . . . . . . . . 423.6 423.6
Cost of manufactured products sold 549.1 14.6 563.7
Other operating expenses (a) . . . 114.2 748.2 862.4
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 86.2 86.3
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663.4 3,342.0 4,005.4
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272.5 651.0 923.5
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Income tax . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.9 221.5 328.4
Minority interest . . . . . . . . 69.7 69.7
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.9 291.2 398.1
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Income from operations . . . . . . 165.6 359.8 525.4
Equity in earnings of the Carolina
Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.6 $(165.6) (b)
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Income from continuing operations 165.6 525.4 (165.6) 525.4
Discontinued operations-net . . . 0.2 0.2
Cumulative effect of changes in
accounting principles-net . . . . (53.3) (53.3)
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Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 165.6 $ 472.3 $(165.6) $ 472.3
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(a) Includes $0.2 of expenses allocated by the Carolina Group to the Loews Group for
computer related charges which eliminate in these consolidating statements.
(b) To eliminate the Loews Group's intergroup interest in the earnings of the Carolina
Group.
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CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
Adjustments Consolidated
Carolina Loews and Loews
March 31, 2002 Group Group Eliminations Corporation
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Assets:
Investments . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,432.3 $39,816.2 $41,248.5
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 127.7 129.2
Receivables-net . . . . . . . . . 34.3 19,913.7 19,948.0
Property, plant and equipment-net 182.8 2,821.3 3,004.1
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . 430.9 328.6 759.5
Goodwill and other intangible
assets-net . . . . . . . . . . . 307.2 307.2
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . 464.0 4,145.2 4,609.2
Investment in combined attributed
net assets of the Carolina Group 1,596.0 $(1,596.0) (a)
Deferred acquisition costs of
insurance subsidiaries . . . . 2,466.6 2,466.6
Separate account business . . . . 3,691.1 3,691.1
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Total assets . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,545.8 $75,213.6 $(1,596.0) $76,163.4
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Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Insurance reserves . . . . . . . $43,435.6 $43,435.6
Payable for securities purchased 2,261.2 2,261.2
Securities sold under agreements
to repurchase . . . . . . . . . 1,171.2 1,171.2
Long-term debt, less unamortized
discount . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,500.0 5,924.4 $(2,500.0) (b) 5,924.4
Reinsurance balances payable . . 2,881.7 2,881.7
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . 1,222.4 3,046.2 4,268.6
Separate account business . . . . 3,691.1 3,691.1
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Total liabilities . . . . . . . . 3,722.4 62,411.4 (2,500.0) 63,633.8
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Minority interest . . . . . . . . 1,951.9 1,951.9
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Shareholders' equity:
Loews Common stock, $1 par value 191.5 (c) 191.5
Carolina Group Stock, $.01 par
value . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 (c) 0.4
Additional paid-in capital . . . 1,116.4 (c) 1,116.4
Earnings retained in the business 9,439.1 (c) 9,439.1
Accumulated other comprehensive
income (loss) . . . . . . . . . (46.8) (c) (46.8)
Combined attributed net assets . (1,176.6) 10,850.3 (9,673.7) (c)
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(1,176.6) 10,850.3 1,026.9 10,700.6
Less Loews Common Stock held in
treasury, at cost . . . . . . . (122.9) (c) (122.9)
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Total shareholders' equity . . . (1,176.6) 10,850.3 904.0 10,577.7
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Total liabilities and shareholders'
equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,545.8 $75,213.6 $(1,596.0) $76,163.4
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(a) To eliminate the Loews Group's intergroup notional debt receivable and its 76.83%
equity interest in the combined attributed net assets of the Carolina Group.
(b) To eliminate the intergroup notional debt.
(c) To eliminate the combined attributed net assets of the Carolina Group and the Loews
Group, and to record the Loews Corporation consolidated equity accounts at the balance
sheet date.
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CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
Adjustments Consolidated
Carolina Loews and Loews
December 31, 2001 Group Group Eliminations Corporation
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Assets:
Investments . . . . . . . . . . . $1,628.9 $39,530.2 $41,159.1
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 179.6 181.3
Receivables-net . . . . . . . . . 45.9 19,406.9 19,452.8
Property, plant and equipment-net 181.2 2,894.1 3,075.3
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . 426.6 180.4 607.0
Goodwill and other intangible
assets-net . . . . . . . . . . . 323.8 323.8
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . 485.1 3,744.7 4,229.8
Investment in combined attributed
net assets of the Carolina Group 1,274.5 $ (1,274.5) (a)
Deferred acquisition costs of
insurance subsidiaries . . . . . 2,423.9 2,423.9
Separate account business . . . . 3,798.1 3,798.1
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Total assets . . . . . . . . . . $2,769.4 $73,756.2 $ (1,274.5) $75,251.1
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Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Insurance reserves . . . . . . . $43,623.9 $43,623.9
Payable for securities purchased 1,365.6 1,365.6
Securities sold under agreements
to repurchase . . . . . . . . . 1,602.4 1,602.4
Long-term debt, less unamortized
discount . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,920.3 5,920.3
Reinsurance balances payable . . 2,722.9 2,722.9
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . $1,494.9 3,100.3 4,595.2
Separate account business . . . . 3,798.1 3,798.1
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Total liabilities . . . . . . . . 1,494.9 62,133.5 63,628.4
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Minority interest . . . . . . . . 1,973.4 1,973.4
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Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, $1 par value . . . $ 191.5 (b) 191.5
Additional paid-in capital . . . 48.2 (b) 48.2
Earnings retained in the business 9,214.9 (b) 9,214.9
Accumulated other comprehensive
income . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.7 (b) 194.7
Combined attributed net assets . 1,274.5 9,649.3 (10,923.8)(b)
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Total shareholders' equity . . . 1,274.5 9,649.3 (1,274.5) 9,649.3
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Total liabilities and shareholders'
equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,769.4 $73,756.2 $ (1,274.5) $75,251.1
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(a) To eliminate the Loews Group's 100% equity interest in the combined attributed net
assets of the Carolina Group.
(b) To eliminate the combined attributed net assets of the Carolina Group and the Loews
Group, and to record the Loews Corporation consolidated equity accounts at the balance
sheet date.
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CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Adjustments Consolidated
Carolina Loews and Loews
Three Months Ended March 31, 2002 Group Group Eliminations Corporation
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Net cash provided (used) by
operating activities . . . . . . . $ (84.2) $ 49.4 $ (100.0) $ (134.8)
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Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment (12.6) (87.6) (100.2)
Proceeds from sales of property
and equipment . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 89.1 90.3
Change in short-term investments 196.2 (216.4) (20.2)
Other investing activities . . . . (794.9) (794.9)
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184.8 (1,009.8) (825.0)
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Financing activities:
Dividends paid to shareholders . . (100.0) (28.7) 100.0 (28.7)
Other financing activities . . . . 936.4 936.4
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(100.0) 907.7 100.0 907.7
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Net change in cash . . . . . . . . 0.6 (52.7) (52.1)
Cash, beginning of period . . . . . 1.0 180.3 181.3
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Cash, end of period . . . . . . . . $ 1.6 $ 127.6 $ 129.2
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2001
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Net cash provided (used) by
operating activities $ 36.8 $ (116.2) $ (79.4)
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Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment (7.7) (94.6) (102.3)
Proceeds from sales of property
and equipment . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 259.6 261.0
Change in short-term investments . (30.1) (1,377.1) (1,407.2)
Other investing activities . . . . 1,521.7 1,521.7
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(36.4) 309.6 273.2
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Financing activities:
Dividends paid to shareholders . . (24.6) (24.6)
Other financing activities . . . . (182.5) (182.5)
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(207.1) (207.1)
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Net change in cash . . . . . . . . . 0.4 (13.7) (13.3)
Cash, beginning of period . . . . . 1.4 193.8 195.2
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Cash, end of period . . . . . . . . $ 1.8 $ 180.1 $ 181.9
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4. Reinsurance:
CNA assumes and cedes reinsurance with other insurers and reinsurers and
members of various reinsurance pools and associations. CNA utilizes
reinsurance arrangements to limit its maximum loss, provide greater
diversification of risk, minimize exposures on larger risks and to exit
certain lines of business. Reinsurance coverages are tailored to the
specific risk characteristics of each product line and CNA's retained
amount varies by type of coverage. Generally, property risks are reinsured
on an excess of loss, per risk basis. Liability coverages are generally
reinsured on a quota share basis in excess of CNA's retained risk. CNA's
life reinsurance includes coinsurance, yearly renewable term and
facultative programs.
CNA's overall reinsurance program includes certain property-casualty
contracts, such as the corporate aggregate treaties discussed in more
detail later in this section, that are entered into and accounted for on a
"funds withheld" basis. Under the funds withheld basis, CNA records a
liability for substantially all of the premiums that are ceded under a
reinsurance contract. CNA is required to increase the funds withheld
balance at stated interest crediting rates. The funds withheld liability
is reduced by any cumulative claim payments made by CNA in excess of CNA's
retention under the reinsurance contract. If the funds withheld liability
is exhausted, interest crediting will cease and additional claim payments
are recoverable from the reinsurer. The funds withheld liability is
recorded in reinsurance balances payable in the Consolidated Condensed
Balance Sheets.
Interest cost on these contracts is credited during all periods in which
a funds withheld liability exists. Interest cost, included in other net
investment income, was $58.0 and $36.0 for the first quarter of 2002 and
2001. The amount subject to interest crediting rates on such contracts was
$2,877.0 and $2,724.0 at March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001.
The amount subject to interest crediting on these funds withheld
contracts will vary over time based on a number of factors, including the
timing of loss payments and ultimate gross losses incurred. CNA expects
that it will continue to incur significant interest costs on these
contracts for several years.
The ceding of insurance does not discharge the primary liability of CNA.
Therefore, a credit exposure exists with respect to property-casualty and
life reinsurance ceded to the extent that any reinsurer is unable to meet
the obligations assumed under reinsurance agreements.
The effects of reinsurance on earned premiums are shown in the following
table:
Direct Assumed Ceded Net
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2002
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Property and casualty . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,440.0 $ 237.0 $1,015.0 $ 1,662.0
Accident and health . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972.0 19.0 (12.0) 1,003.0
Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.0 21.0 113.0 171.0
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,675.0 $ 277.0 $1,116.0 $ 2,836.0
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Direct Assumed Ceded Net
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2001
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Property and casualty . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,021.0 $ 310.0 $ 866.0 $ 1,465.0
Accident and health . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876.0 56.0 61.0 871.0
Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.0 77.0 174.0 161.0
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,155.0 $ 443.0 $1,101.0 $ 2,497.0
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For 2002, CNA has entered into an aggregate reinsurance treaty covering
substantially all of CNA's property-casualty lines of business (the "2002
Cover"). The loss protection provided by the 2002 Cover is dependent on
the level of subject premium, but there is a maximum aggregate limit of
$1,125.0. Maximum ceded premium under the contract is $683.0, and
premiums, claims recoveries and interest charges other than the
reinsurer's margin and related fees are made on a funds withheld basis.
Interest is credited on funds withheld at 8.0%, and all premiums are
deemed to have been paid as of January 1, 2002. Ceded premium related to
the reinsurer's margin in the amount of $3.0 was recorded for the 2002
Cover for the three months ended March 31, 2002.
The aggregate reinsurance protection from the 2002 Cover attaches at a
defined accident year loss and allocated loss adjustment expense
(collectively, losses) ratio. Under the contract, CNA has the right to
elect to cede losses to the 2002 Cover when its recorded accident year
losses exceeds the attachment point. This election period expires March
31, 2004. If no losses are ceded by this date, the contract is deemed to
be commuted. If CNA elects to cede any losses to the 2002 Cover, it must
continue to cede all losses subject to the terms of the contract.
In 1999, CNA entered into an aggregate reinsurance treaty related to the
1999 through 2001 accident years covering substantially all of CNA's
property-casualty lines of business (the "Aggregate Cover"). CNA has two
sections of coverage under the terms of the Aggregate Cover. These
coverages attach at defined loss and allocated loss adjustment expense
(collectively, losses) ratios for each accident year. Coverage under the
first section of the Aggregate Cover, which is available for all accident
years covered by the contract, has annual limits of $500.0 of ceded losses
with an aggregate limit of $1,000.0 of ceded losses for the three year
period. The ceded premiums are a percentage of ceded losses and for each
$500.0 of limit the ceded premium is $230.0. The second section of the
Aggregate Cover, which was only utilized for accident year 2001, provides
additional coverage of up to $510.0 of ceded losses for a maximum ceded
premium of $310.0. Under the Aggregate Cover, interest charges on the
funds withheld accrue at 8.0% per annum. If the aggregate loss ratio for
the three-year period exceeds certain thresholds, additional premiums may
be payable and the rate at which interest charges are accrued would
increase to 8.25% per annum.
The coverage under the second section of the Aggregate Cover was
triggered for the 2001 accident year. As a result of losses related to the
September 11, 2001 World Trade Center Disaster and related events ("WTC
event"), the limit under this section was exhausted. Additionally, as a
result of the significant reserve additions recorded during 2001, the
$500.0 limit on the 1999 accident year under the first section was also
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fully utilized. No losses have been ceded to the remaining $500.0 of limit
on accident years 2000 and 2001 under the first section.
The impact of the Aggregate Cover on pretax operating results was as
follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2002 2001
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Ceded earned premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . $(42.0)
Ceded claim and claim adjustment expenses . . 39.0
Interest charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(13.0) (6.0)
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Pretax impact on operating results . . . . . $(13.0) $ (9.0)
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In 2001, CNA entered into a one-year aggregate reinsurance treaty
related to the 2001 accident year covering substantially all property-
casualty lines of business in the Continental Casualty Company pool (the
"CCC Cover"). The loss protection provided by the CCC Cover has an
aggregate limit of approximately $760.0 of ceded losses. The ceded
premiums are a percentage of ceded losses and for the $760.0 of limit, the
ceded premium is $456.0. The CCC Cover provides continuous coverage in
excess of the second section of the Aggregate Cover discussed above. Under
the CCC Cover, interest charges on the funds withheld generally accrue at
8.0% per annum. The interest rate increases to 10.0% per annum if the
aggregate loss ratio exceeds certain thresholds. Losses of $563.0 have
been ceded under the CCC Cover through March 31, 2002.
The impact of the CCC Cover on pretax operating results was as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2002 2001
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Ceded earned premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . $(61.0) $(1.0)
Ceded claim and claim adjustment expenses . . 93.0
Interest charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10.0)
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Pretax impact on operating results . . . . . $ 22.0 $(1.0)
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5. Other Investments
Other investments include investments in limited partnerships and
certain derivative securities. The Company's limited partnership
investments are recorded at fair value and typically reflect a reporting
lag of up to three months. Fair value represents The Company's equity in
the partnership's net assets as determined by the General Partner. The
carrying value of the Company's limited partnership investments was
$1,367.0 and $1,307.0 as of March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001.
Limited partnerships are a relatively small portion of the Company's
overall investment portfolio. The majority of the limited partnerships
invest in a substantial number of securities that are readily marketable.
The Company is a passive investor in such partnerships and does not have
influence over their management, which are committed to operate them
according to established guidelines and strategies. These strategies may
include the use of leverage and hedging techniques that potentially
introduce more volatility and risk to the partnerships.
CNA has committed approximately $181.0 to future capital calls from
various third-party limited partnership investments in exchange for an
ownership interest in the related partnerships.
6. Receivables:
March 31, December 31,
2002 2001
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Reinsurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,979.2 $13,823.4
Other insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,013.5 4,006.4
Security sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,243.0 648.1
Accrued investment income . . . . . . . . . . 378.7 398.3
Federal income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.0 586.6
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.9 353.7
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,321.3 19,816.5
Less allowance for doubtful accounts and cash
discounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.3 363.7
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Receivables-net . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,948.0 $19,452.8
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7. Shareholders' equity:
March 31, December 31,
2002 2001
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Preferred stock, $.10 par value,
Authorized--100,000,000 shares
Common stock:
Loews Common Stock, $1.00 par value:
Authorized--600,000,000 shares
Issued-191,505,000 and 191,493,300 shares $ 191.5 $ 191.5
Carolina Group Stock, $.01 par value:
Authorized--600,000,000 shares
Issued and outstanding-40,250,000 shares 0.4
Additional paid-in capital . . . . . . . . . 1,116.4 48.2
Earnings retained in the business . . . . . . 9,439.1 9,214.9
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (46.8) 194.7
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10,700.6 9,649.3
Less Loews common stock (2,099,200 shares)
held in treasury, at cost . . . . . . . . . 122.9
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Total shareholders' equity . . . . . . . . . $10,577.7 $ 9,649.3
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8. Restructuring and Other Related Charges:
2001 Restructuring
In 2001, CNA finalized and approved two separate restructuring plans.
The first plan related to CNA's Information Technology operations (the "IT
Plan"). The second plan related to restructuring the property-casualty
segments and Life Operations, discontinuation of the variable life and
annuity business and consolidation of real estate locations (the "2001
Plan").
IT Plan
The overall goal of the IT Plan was to improve technology for the
underwriting function and throughout CNA and to eliminate inefficiencies
in the deployment of IT resources. The changes facilitate a strong focus
on enterprise-wide system initiatives. The IT Plan had two main
components, which included the reorganization of IT resources into the
Technology and Operations Group with a structure based on centralized,
functional roles and the implementation of an integrated technology
roadmap that includes common architecture and platform standards that
directly support CNA's strategies.
In the first quarter of 2001, CNA incurred $6.0 pretax of restructuring
and other related charges for the IT Plan related to employee severance
charges.
No restructuring and other related charges related to the IT Plan have
been incurred in 2002; however, payments were made in the first quarter of
2002 related to amounts accrued as of December 31, 2001. The following
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table summarizes the remaining IT Plan accrual at March 31, 2002 and the
activity in that accrual during the first quarter of 2002.
Employee
Termination
And Related Other
Benefit Costs Costs Total
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Accrued costs at December 31, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . $10.0 $1.0 $11.0
Payments charged against liability . . . . . . . . . . . (1.0) (1.0)
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Accrued costs at March 31, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9.0 $1.0 $10.0
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The IT Plan is not expected to result in decreased operating expense in
the foreseeable future because savings from the workforce reduction will
be used to fund new technology-related initiatives. Employee termination
and related benefit payments will continue through 2004 due to employment
contract obligations.
2001 Plan
The overall goal of the 2001 Plan is to create a simplified and leaner
organization for customers and business partners. The major components of
the plan include a reduction in the number of strategic business units
("SBUs") in the property-casualty operations, changes in the strategic
focus of the Life Operations and consolidation of real estate locations.
The reduction in the number of property-casualty SBUs resulted in
consolidation of SBU functions, including underwriting, claims, marketing
and finance. The strategic changes in Life Operations include a decision
to discontinue writing variable life and annuity business.
No restructuring and other related charges related to the 2001 Plan were
incurred in 2002; however, payments were made in the first quarter of 2002
related to amounts accrued as of December 31, 2001. The following table
summarizes the remaining 2001 Plan accrual as of March 31, 2002 and the
activity in that accrual during the first quarter of 2002.
2001 Plan Accrual
Employee
Termination Lease Impaired
and Related Termination Asset
Benefit Costs Costs Charges Total
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Accrued costs at December 31, 2001 . . . . $ 66.0 $56.0 $30.0 $152.0
Costs that did not require cash . . . . . . (25.0) (25.0)
Payments charged against liability . . . . (34.0) (6.0) (40.0)
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Accrued costs at March 31, 2002 . . . . . . $ 32.0 $50.0 $ 5.0 $ 87.0
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9. Significant Transactions:
CNA Vida Disposition
In March of 2002, CNA completed the sale of the common stock of CNA
Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries ("CNA Vida"), CNA's life operations
in Chile, to Consorcio Financiero S.A. ("Consorcio"). In connection with
the sale, CNA received proceeds of $73.0 and recorded a loss from
discontinued operations of $31.0, after-tax and minority interest. This
loss is composed of $32.8 realized loss on the sale of CNA Vida and income
of $1.8 from CNA Vida's operations for the three months ended March 31,
2002.
CNA Vida's assets and liabilities at December 31, 2001 were $479.0 and
$367.0. CNA Vida's net earned premiums were $24.0 and $33.0 and net
operating income was $1.8 and $0.2 for the three months ended March 31,
2002 and 2001. CNA Vida's results of operations, including the loss on
sale, is presented as discontinued operations in all periods presented as
required by SFAS No. 144.
2001 Dispositions and Planned Dispositions of Certain Subsidiaries
In 2001, CNA planned to dispose of certain subsidiaries of which certain
subsidiaries were sold during the fourth quarter resulting in a loss of
$33.3 after-tax and minority interest. Revenues and net operating loss of
these subsidiaries, included in the results of the first quarter of 2001
totaled approximately $7.0 and $2.6.
Certain other subsidiaries for which CNA's intent to sell was announced
during 2001, including the U.K. subsidiaries of CNA Re and CNA UniSource,
a payroll processing company, continue to be held for disposition as of
March 31, 2002. During 2001, a loss of approximately $150.0 was recorded
on these subsidiaries which were held for disposition but not yet sold,
based upon impairment analyses. Such impairment analyses, which included
determining the anticipated loss from the planned disposition of these
subsidiaries, involved the estimation of the net realizable value of each
subsidiary held for disposition.
The subsidiaries that continue to be held for disposition as of March
31, 2002 contributed revenues of approximately $48.0 and $109.0 and net
operating losses of $1.8 and $2.6 in the first quarter of 2002 and 2001.
The assets and net assets of these subsidiaries were approximately
$2,700.0 and $0.1 as of March 31, 2002. The anticipated sale of the U.K.
insurance subsidiaries will be subject to regulatory approval and all
anticipated sales are expected to be completed in 2002.
The statutory surplus of CNA Reinsurance Company Ltd., CNA Re's
principal reinsurance company in the United Kingdom, was below the
required regulatory minimum surplus level at December 31, 2001. After
Continental Casualty Company contributed $120.0 of capital on March 25,
2002, the surplus of CNA Reinsurance Company Ltd. is above the regulatory
minimum.
10. Discontinued Operations
The Company reports CNA's net assets of discontinued operations, which
primarily consists of operations discontinued in the mid-1990's, as other
assets in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets. The following table
provides more detailed information regarding those net assets.
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March 31, December 31,
2002 2001
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Total investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 471.0 $ 467.0
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.0 264.0
Insurance reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . (404.0) (412.0)
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (21.0) (25.0)
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Net assets of discontinued operations . . . . $ 295.0 $ 294.0
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11. Business Segments:
Loews Corporation is a holding company. Its subsidiaries are engaged in
the following lines of business: property, casualty and life insurance
(CNA Financial Corporation, an 89% owned subsidiary); the production and
sale of cigarettes (Lorillard, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary); the
operation of hotels (Loews Hotels Holding Corporation, a wholly owned
subsidiary); the operation of offshore oil and gas drilling rigs (Diamond
Offshore Drilling, Inc., a 53% owned subsidiary); and the distribution and
sale of watches and clocks (Bulova Corporation, a 97% owned subsidiary).
Each operating entity is responsible for the operation of its specialized
business and is headed by a chief executive officer having the duties and
authority commensurate with that position.
CNA's insurance products include property and casualty coverages; life,
accident and health insurance; and retirement products and annuities.
CNA's services include risk management, information services, health care
management and claims administration. CNA's products and services are
marketed through agents, brokers, managing general agents and direct
sales.
Lorillard's principal products are marketed under the brand names of
Newport, Kent, True, Maverick and Old Gold with substantially all of its
sales in the United States.
Loews Hotels owns and/or operates 17 hotels, 15 of which are in the
United States and two are in Canada. There is also a property in the
United States under development with an opening date scheduled in mid-
2002.
Diamond Offshore's business primarily consists of operating 45 offshore
drilling rigs that are chartered on a contract basis for fixed terms by
companies engaged in exploration and production of hydrocarbons. Offshore
rigs are mobile units that can be relocated based on market demand. As of
March 31, 2002, 28 of these rigs were located in the Gulf of Mexico, 5
were located in Brazil and the remaining 12 were located in various
foreign markets.
Bulova distributes and sells watches and clocks under the brand names of
Bulova, Wittnauer, Caravelle and Accutron with substantially all of its
sales in the United States and Canada. All watches and clocks are
purchased from foreign suppliers.
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The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described
in the summary of significant accounting policies in Note 1 of the Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2001 In addition, CNA does not maintain a
distinct investment portfolio for each of its insurance segments, and
accordingly, allocation of assets to each segment is not performed.
Therefore, investment income and investment gains (losses) are allocated
based on each segment's carried insurance reserves, as adjusted.
The following tables set forth the Company's consolidated revenues and
income by business segment:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
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2002 2001
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Revenues (a):
CNA Financial:
Property and casualty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,006.0 $ 2,090.9
Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.1 489.4
Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991.3 873.5
Other Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7.5) 115.0
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Total CNA Financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,447.9 3,568.8
Lorillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 984.3 933.9
Loews Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.2 84.8
Diamond Offshore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.1 224.4
Bulova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.4 32.9
Corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.5 84.1
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,786.4 $ 4,928.9
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Income before taxes, minority interest, discontinued
operation and cumulative effect of changes in
accounting principles:
CNA Financial:
Property and casualty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 140.2 $ 375.9
Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.2 133.1
Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 27.4
Other Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (67.3) 13.9
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Total CNA Financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.4 550.3
Lorillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.5 270.5
Loews Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 8.7
Diamond Offshore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 47.2
Bulova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 4.3
Corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2.7) 42.5
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 483.4 $ 923.5
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Three Months Ended
March 31,
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2002 2001
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Net income (a):
CNA Financial:
Property and casualty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 83.5 $ 218.6
Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.7 75.0
Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.9 16.8
Other Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (38.5) 2.3
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Total CNA Financial .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.6 312.7
Lorillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.7 164.4
Loews Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 5.5
Diamond Offshore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 14.7
Bulova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 2.4
Corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2.7) 25.7
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Income from continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.9 525.4
Discontinued operations-net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (31.0) 0.2
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles - net . (53.3)
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 252.9 $ 472.3
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(a) Investment gains (losses) included in Revenues and Net income are as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
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2002 2001
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Revenues:
CNA Financial:
Property and casualty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11.0 $ 197.3
Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 68.5
Group . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 7.4
Other Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (31.4) 97.6
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Total CNA Financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 370.8
Corporate and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5 36.7
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23.5 $ 407.5
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Net income:
CNA Financial:
Property and casualty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8.0 $ 109.2
Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 38.6
Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 4.1
Other Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (17.7) 55.0
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Total CNA Financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 206.9
Corporate and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.6 22.0
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 15.8 $ 228.9
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12. Legal Proceedings and Contingent Liabilities:
INSURANCE RELATED
Tobacco Litigation
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Four CNA insurance subsidiaries are defendants in a lawsuit arising out
of policies allegedly issued to Liggett Group, Inc. ("Liggett"). The
lawsuit was filed by Liggett and its current parent, Brooke Group Holding
Inc., in the Delaware Superior Court, New Castle County, on January 26,
2000. The lawsuit, which involves numerous insurers, concerns coverage
issues relating to over 1,000 tobacco-related claims asserted against
Liggett over the past 20 years. However, Liggett only began submitting
claims for coverage under the policies in January 2000. The trial court
granted the CNA insurance subsidiaries' summary judgment motions asserting
that they have no duty to defend or to indemnify as to a number of
representative lawsuits. The Delaware Supreme Court has accepted an appeal
of these rulings. CNA believes its coverage defenses are strong;
therefore, based on facts and circumstances currently known, management
believes that the ultimate outcome of the pending litigation will not
materially affect the results of operations and/or financial position of
CNA.
IGI Contingency
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In 1997, CNA Reinsurance Company Limited ("CNA Re Ltd.") entered into an
arrangement with IOA Global, Ltd. ("IOA"), an independent managing general
agent based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to develop and manage a book of
accident and health coverages. Pursuant to this arrangement, IGI
Underwriting Agencies, Ltd. ("IGI"), a personal accident reinsurance
managing general underwriter, was appointed to underwrite and market the
book under the supervision of IOA. Between April 1, 1997 and December 1,
1999, IGI underwrote a number of reinsurance arrangements with respect to
personal accident insurance worldwide (the "IGI Program"). Under various
arrangements, CNA Re Ltd. both assumed risks as a reinsurer and also ceded
a substantial portion of those risks to other companies, including other
CNA insurance subsidiaries and ultimately to a group of reinsurers
participating in a reinsurance pool known as the Associated Accident and
Health Reinsurance Underwriters ("AAHRU") Facility. CNA's Group Operations
business unit participated as a pool member in the AAHRU Facility in
varying percentages between 1997 and 1999.
CNA has determined that a small portion of the premiums assumed under
the IGI Program related to United States workers compensation "carve-out"
business. CNA is aware that a number of reinsurers with workers
compensation carve-out insurance exposure have disavowed their obligations
under various legal theories. If one or more such companies are successful
in avoiding or reducing their liabilities, then it is likely that CNA's
potential liability will also be reduced. Moreover, based on information
known at this time, CNA reasonably believes it has strong grounds for
avoiding a substantial portion of its United States workers compensation
carve-out exposure through legal action.
As noted, CNA arranged substantial reinsurance protection to manage its
exposures under the IGI Program. CNA believes it has valid and enforceable
reinsurance contracts with the AAHRU Facility and other reinsurers with
respect to the IGI Program, including the United States workers
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compensation carve-out business. However, certain reinsurers dispute their
liabilities to CNA, and CNA has commenced arbitration proceedings against
such reinsurers.
CNA has established reserves for its estimated exposure under the
program and an estimate for recoverables from retrocessionaires.
CNA is pursuing a number of loss mitigation strategies. Although the
results of these various actions to date support the recorded reserves,
the estimate of ultimate losses is subject to considerable uncertainty. As
a result of these uncertainties, the results of operations in future years
may be adversely affected by potentially significant reserve additions.
Management does not believe that any such reserve additions will be
material to the equity of the Company.
Other Contingencies
In the normal course of business, CNA has obtained letters of credit in
favor of various unaffiliated insurance companies, regulatory authorities
and other entities. At March 31, 2002 there were approximately $270.0 of
outstanding letters of credit.
CNA has a commitment to purchase a $100.0 floating rate note issued by
the California Earthquake Authority in the event California earthquake-
related insurance losses exceed $4,900.0 prior to December 31, 2002.
CNA is obligated to make future payments totaling $516.0 for non-
cancelable operating leases expiring from 2002 through 2014 primarily for
office space and data processing, office and transportation equipment.
Estimated future minimum payments under these contracts are as follows:
$81.0 in 2002; $94.0 in 2003; $74.0 in 2004; $64.0 in 2005; and $203.0 in
2006 and beyond.
Environmental Pollution and Other Mass Tort and Asbestos Reserves ("APMT")
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CNA's property-casualty insurance subsidiaries have potential exposures
related to environmental pollution and other mass tort and asbestos
claims.
The following table provides data related to CNA's environmental
pollution and other mass tort and asbestos-related claim and claim
adjustment expense reserves.
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March 31, 2002 December 31, 2001
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Environmental Environmental
Pollution Pollution
and Other Mass and Other Mass
Tort Asbestos Tort Asbestos
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Gross reserves . . . . . . . . . . . $ 779.0 $1,579.0 $ 820.0 $1,590.0
Less ceded reserves . . . . . . . . (195.0) (355.0) (203.0) (386.0)
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Net reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 584.0 $1,224.0 $ 617.0 $1,204.0
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Environmental pollution cleanup is the subject of both federal and state
regulation. By some estimates, there are thousands of potential waste
sites subject to cleanup. The insurance industry is involved in extensive
litigation regarding coverage issues. Judicial interpretations in many
cases have expanded the scope of coverage and liability beyond the
original intent of the policies. The Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("Superfund") and comparable state
statutes ("mini-Superfunds") govern the cleanup and restoration of toxic
waste sites and formalize the concept of legal liability for cleanup and
restoration by "Potentially Responsible Parties" ("PRPs"). Superfund and
the mini-Superfunds establish mechanisms to pay for cleanup of waste sites
if PRPs fail to do so, and to assign liability to PRPs. The extent of
liability to be allocated to a PRP is dependent upon a variety of factors.
Further, the number of waste sites subject to cleanup is unknown. To date,
approximately 1,500 cleanup sites have been identified by the
Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and included on its National
Priorities List ("NPL"). State authorities have designated many cleanup
sites as well.
Many policyholders have made claims against various CNA insurance
subsidiaries for defense costs and indemnification in connection with
environmental pollution matters. These claims relate to accident years
1989 and prior, which coincides with CNA's adoption of the Simplified
Commercial General Liability coverage form, which includes what is
referred to in the industry as an "absolute pollution exclusion." CNA and
the insurance industry are disputing coverage for many such claims. Key
coverage issues include whether cleanup costs are considered damages under
the policies, trigger of coverage, allocation of liability among triggered
policies, applicability of pollution exclusions and owned property
exclusions, the potential for joint and several liability and the
definition of an occurrence. To date, courts have been inconsistent in
their rulings on these issues.
A number of proposals to reform Superfund have been made by various
parties. However, no reforms were enacted by Congress during 2001 or the
first three months of 2002, and it is unclear what positions Congress or
the administration will take and what legislation, if any, will result in
the future. If there is legislation, and in some circumstances even if
there is no legislation, the federal role in environmental cleanup may be
significantly reduced in favor of state action. Substantial changes in the
federal statute or the activity of the EPA may cause states to reconsider
their environmental cleanup statutes and regulations. There can be no
meaningful prediction of the pattern of regulation that would result or
the effect upon CNA's results of operations and/or financial position.
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Due to the inherent uncertainties described above, including the
inconsistency of court decisions, the number of waste sites subject to
cleanup, and the standards for cleanup and liability, the ultimate
liability of CNA for environmental pollution claims may vary substantially
from the amount currently recorded.
As of March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, CNA carried approximately
$584.0 and $617.0 of claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, net of
reinsurance recoverables, for reported and unreported environmental
pollution and other mass tort claims. There was no environmental pollution
and other mass tort net claim and claim adjustment expense reserve
development for the three months ended March 31, 2002. Unfavorable
environmental pollution and other mass tort development for the three
months ended March 31, 2001 amounted to $3.0.
CNA's property-casualty insurance subsidiaries also have exposure to
asbestos-related claims. Estimation of asbestos-related claim and claim
adjustment expense reserves involves many of the same limitations
discussed above for environmental pollution claims, such as inconsistency
of court decisions, specific policy provisions, allocation of liability
among insurers and insureds, and additional factors such as missing
policies and proof of coverage. Furthermore, estimation of asbestos-
related claims is difficult due to, among other reasons, the proliferation
of bankruptcy proceedings and attendant uncertainties, the targeting of a
broader range of businesses and entities as defendants, the uncertainty as
to which other insureds may be targeted in the future, and the
uncertainties inherent in predicting the number of future claims.
As of March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, CNA carried approximately
$1,224.0 and $1,204.0 of net claim and claim adjustment expense reserves,
net of reinsurance recoverables, for reported and unreported asbestos-
related claims. There was no unfavorable asbestos net claim and claim
adjustment expense reserve development for the three months ended March
31, 2002. Unfavorable asbestos net claim and claim adjustment expense
reserve development for the three months ended March 31, 2001 amounted to
$21.0. CNA has attempted to manage its asbestos-related exposures by
aggressively resolving older claims.
In addition, some asbestos-related defendants have asserted that their
claims for insurance are not subject to aggregate limits on coverage. CNA
currently has such claims from a number of insureds. Some of these claims
involve insureds facing exhaustion of products liability aggregate limits
in their policies, who have asserted that their asbestos-related claims
fall within so-called "non-products" liability coverage contained within
their policies rather than products liability coverage, and that the
claimed "non-products" coverage is not subject to any aggregate limit. It
is difficult to predict the ultimate size of any of the claims for
coverage not subject to aggregate limits or predict to what extent, if
any, the attempts to assert "non-products" claims outside the products
liability aggregate will succeed.
Due to the uncertainties created by volatility in claim numbers and
settlement demands, the effect of bankruptcies, the extent to which non-
impaired claimants can be precluded from making claims and the efforts by
insureds to obtain coverage not subject to aggregate limits, the ultimate
liability of CNA for asbestos-related claims may vary substantially from
the amount currently recorded. Other variables that will influence CNA's
ultimate exposure to asbestos-related claims will be medical inflation
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trends, jury attitudes, the strategies of plaintiff attorneys to broaden
the scope of defendants, the mix of asbestos-related diseases presented
and the possibility of legislative reform. Adverse developments with
respect to such matters discussed in this paragraph could have a material
adverse effect on CNA's results of operations and/or financial condition.
The results of operations and financial condition of CNA in future years
may continue to be adversely affected by environmental pollution and other
mass tort and asbestos claim and claim adjustment expenses. Management
will continue to review and monitor these liabilities and make further
adjustments, including the potential for further reserve strengthening, as
warranted.
NON-INSURANCE
TOBACCO RELATED
Approximately 4,650 product liability cases are pending against
cigarette manufacturers in the United States; Lorillard is a defendant in
approximately 4,250 of these cases. Lawsuits continue to be filed against
Lorillard and other manufacturers of tobacco products. Some of the
lawsuits also name the Company as a defendant. Among the 4,650 product
liability cases are approximately 1,250 cases pending in a West Virginia
court. Another group of approximately 2,825 cases has been brought by
flight attendants alleging injury from exposure to environmental tobacco
smoke in the cabins of aircraft. Lorillard is a defendant in all of the
flight attendant suits and is a defendant in most of the cases pending in
West Virginia.
Excluding the flight attendant and West Virginia suits, approximately
575 product liability cases are pending against U.S. cigarette
manufacturers. Of these 575 cases, Lorillard is a defendant in
approximately 250 cases. The Company is a defendant in approximately 45 of
these actions, although it has not received service of process in
approximately 10 of them.
Tobacco litigation includes various types of claims. In these actions,
plaintiffs claim substantial compensatory, statutory and punitive damages,
as well as equitable and injunctive relief, in amounts ranging into the
billions of dollars. These claims are based on a number of legal theories
including, among other theories, theories of negligence, fraud,
misrepresentation, strict liability, breach of warranty, enterprise
liability (including claims asserted under the Racketeering Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations Act), civil conspiracy, intentional infliction of
harm, violation of consumer protection statutes, violation of antitrust
statutes, and failure to warn of the harmful and/or addictive nature of
tobacco products.
Some cases have been brought by individual plaintiffs who allege cancer
and/or other health effects resulting from an individual's use of
cigarettes and/or smokeless tobacco products, addiction to smoking or
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. These cases are generally
referred to as "conventional product liability cases." In other cases,
plaintiffs have brought claims as purported class actions on behalf of
large numbers of individuals for damages allegedly caused by smoking.
These cases are generally referred to as purported "class action cases."
In other cases, plaintiffs are U.S. and foreign governmental entities or
entities such as labor unions, private companies, hospitals or hospital
districts, American Indian tribes, or private citizens suing on behalf of
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taxpayers. Plaintiffs in these cases seek reimbursement of health care
costs allegedly incurred as a result of smoking, as well as other alleged
damages. These cases are generally referred to as "reimbursement cases."
In addition, there are claims for contribution and/or indemnity in
relation to asbestos claims filed by asbestos manufacturers or the
insurers of asbestos manufacturers. These cases are generally referred to
as "claims for contribution."
In addition to the above, claims have been brought against Lorillard
seeking damages resulting from alleged exposure to asbestos fibers which
were incorporated into filter material used in one brand of cigarettes
manufactured by Lorillard for a limited period of time, ending more than
40 years ago. These cases are generally referred to as "filter cases."
Approximately 30 filter cases are pending against Lorillard.
Lorillard believes that it has valid defenses to the cases pending
against it. Lorillard also believes it has valid bases for appeal of the
adverse verdicts against it. To the extent the Company is a defendant in
any of the lawsuits described in this section, the Company believes that
it is not a proper defendant in these matters and has moved or plans to
move for dismissal of all such claims against it. Litigation is subject to
many uncertainties and it is possible that some of these actions could be
decided unfavorably. Lorillard will continue to maintain a vigorous
defense in all such litigation. Lorillard may enter into discussions in an
attempt to settle particular cases if it believes it is appropriate to do
so.
While Lorillard intends to defend vigorously all smoking and health
related litigation which may be brought against it, it is not possible to
predict the outcome of any of this litigation. Litigation is subject to
many uncertainties, and it is possible that some of these actions could be
decided unfavorably.
In addition, adverse developments in relation to smoking and health,
including the release in 1998 of industry documents, have received
widespread media attention. These developments may reflect adversely on
the tobacco industry and, together with adverse outcomes in pending cases,
could have adverse effects on the ability of Lorillard to prevail in
smoking and health litigation and could prompt the filing of additional
litigation.
Except for the impact of the State Settlement Agreements as described
below, Lorillard is unable to make a meaningful estimate of the amount or
range of loss that could result from an unfavorable outcome of pending
litigation. It is possible that the Company's results of operations or
cash flows in a particular quarterly or annual period or its financial
position could be materially affected by an unfavorable outcome of certain
pending litigation.
SIGNIFICANT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -
During April of 2002, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of
North Carolina granted a motion for class certification on behalf of
tobacco farmers in the case of DeLoach v. Philip Morris Inc., et al. The
class members contend that U.S. cigarette manufacturers conspired to set
the prices they offered to U.S. growers for tobacco. An estimated 500,000
farmers are members of the class. As of May 1, 2002, the deadline had not
expired for defendants, which include Lorillard, to attempt to pursue an
interlocutory appeal from the class certification ruling.
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During March of 2002, a jury impaneled by the Circuit Court of Multnomah
County, Oregon, returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a suit
brought against another cigarette manufacturer, Schwarz v. Philip Morris
Incorporated. The jury awarded plaintiff approximately one hundred
nineteen thousand dollars in economic damages, fifty thousand dollars in
non-economic damages and $150.0 in punitive damages. Many of plaintiff's
claims were directed to allegations that the defendant had made false
representations regarding the low tar cigarettes smoked by the decedent.
The court granted in part the defendant's motion for elimination or
reduction of the punitive damages award and reduced the punitive damages
verdict to $100.0. The deadline for the defendant to notice an appeal has
not expired. Neither the Company nor Lorillard are defendants in this
matter.
During March of 2002, a jury impaneled by the U.S. District Court for
the District of Rhode Island returned a verdict in favor of the only
defendant in a case against another U.S. cigarette manufacturer, Hyde v.
Philip Morris Incorporated. As of May 1, 2002, the court had not ruled on
the motion for new trial filed by the plaintiff. Neither the Company nor
Lorillard are defendants in this matter.
During February of 2002, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of New York entered an order in the case of Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of New Jersey, et al. v. Philip Morris Incorporated, et al., a
health plan reimbursement case, that awarded plaintiffs' counsel
approximately $38.0 in attorneys' fees from the defendants, including
Lorillard. The award of attorneys' fees followed from a 2001 verdict in
favor of one of the plan plaintiffs that is asserting claims in the case,
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Defendants are pursuing a single appeal
from the judgment reflecting the verdict and from the order awarding
attorneys' fees.
During February of 2002, a jury impaneled by the U.S. District Court for
the District of Kansas returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a
case against other U.S. cigarette manufacturers, Burton v. R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, et al. The jury awarded plaintiff approximately $0.2 in
actual damages and found that plaintiff had presented evidence that
entitled him to an award of punitive damages from one of the two
defendants in the case. Pursuant to Kansas law, the amount plaintiff will
be awarded in punitive damages will be determined by the court. As of May
1, 2002, the court has not awarded punitive damages. Neither the Company
nor Lorillard are defendants in this matter.
SETTLEMENT OF STATE REIMBURSEMENT LITIGATION - On November 23, 1998,
Lorillard, Philip Morris Incorporated, Brown & Williamson Tobacco
Corporation and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the "Original Participating
Manufacturers," entered into a Master Settlement Agreement with 46 states,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands to settle the asserted and unasserted health care cost
recovery and certain other claims of those states. These settling entities
are generally referred to as the "Settling States." The Original
Participating Manufacturers had previously settled similar claims brought
by Mississippi, Florida, Texas and Minnesota, which together with the
Master Settlement Agreement are generally referred to as the "State
Settlement Agreements."
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The State Settlement Agreements provide that the agreements are not
admissions, concessions or evidence of any liability or wrongdoing on the
part of any party, and were entered into by the Original Participating
Manufacturers to avoid the further expense, inconvenience, burden and
uncertainty of litigation.
Lorillard recorded pre-tax charges of $295.8 and $279.2 for the three
months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively, to account for its
obligations under the State Settlement Agreements. Lorillard's portion of
ongoing adjusted payments and legal fees is based on its share of domestic
cigarette shipments in the year preceding that in which the payment is
due. Accordingly, Lorillard records its portions of ongoing settlement
payments as part of cost of manufactured products sold as the related
sales occur.
The State Settlement Agreements require that the domestic tobacco
industry make annual payments in the following amounts, subject to
adjustment for several factors, including inflation, market share and
industry volume: 2002, $11,300.0; 2003, $10,900.0; 2004 through 2007,
$8,400.0; and thereafter, $9,400.0. In addition, the domestic tobacco
industry is required to pay settling plaintiffs' attorneys' fees, subject
to an annual cap of $500.0, as well as additional amounts of $250.0 per
annum for 2002 through 2003. These payment obligations are the several and
not joint obligations of each settling defendant.
The State Settlement Agreements also include provisions relating to
significant advertising and marketing restrictions, public disclosure of
certain industry documents, limitations on challenges to tobacco control
and underage use laws, and other provisions.
In addition, as part of the Master Settlement Agreement, the Original
Participating Manufacturers committed to work cooperatively with the
tobacco growing community to address concerns about the potential adverse
economic impact on that community. On January 21, 1999, the Original
Participating Manufacturers reached an agreement to establish a $5,200.0
trust fund payable between 1999 and 2010 to compensate the tobacco growing
communities in 14 states. Payments to the trust fund are to be allocated
among the Original Participating Manufacturers according to their relative
market share of domestic cigarette shipments, except that Philip Morris
paid more than its market share in 1999 but will have its payment
obligations reduced in 2009 and 2010 to make up for the overpayment. Of
the total $5,200.0, a total of $1,100.0 was paid since 1999 through March
31, 2002, of which $91.0 was paid by Lorillard. Lorillard believes its
remaining payments under the agreement will total approximately $424.0.
All payments will be adjusted for inflation, changes in the unit volume of
domestic cigarette shipments, and the effect of new increases in state or
federal excise taxes on tobacco products that benefit the tobacco growing
community.
The Company believes that the State Settlement Agreements will
materially adversely affect its cash flows and operating income in future
years. The degree of the adverse impact will depend, among other things,
on the rates of decline in U.S. cigarette sales in the premium price and
discount price segments, Lorillard's share of the domestic premium price
and discount price cigarette segments, and the effect of any resulting
cost advantage of manufacturers not subject to significant payment
obligations under the State Settlement Agreements. Almost all domestic
manufacturers have agreed to become subject to the terms of the Master
Settlement Agreement.
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CONVENTIONAL PRODUCT LIABILITY CASES - Conventional product liability
cases are cases in which individuals allege they or their decedents have
been injured due to smoking cigarettes, due to exposure to environmental
tobacco smoke, due to use of smokeless tobacco products, or due to
cigarette or nicotine dependence or addiction. Plaintiffs in most
conventional product liability cases seek unspecified amounts in
compensatory damages and punitive damages. Lorillard is a defendant in
approximately 1,300 of these cases. This total includes approximately
1,150 cases pending in West Virginia that are part of a consolidated
proceeding. Additional cases are pending against other cigarette
manufacturers. The Company is a defendant in nine of the cases filed by
individuals, although four of the cases have not been served on the
Company. The Company is not a defendant in any of the conventional product
liability cases pending in West Virginia.
Since January 1, 2000, 15 cases filed by individual plaintiffs have been
tried. Lorillard was a defendant in three of the 15 cases, and juries
returned verdicts in favor of the defendants in each of these three
matters. The Company was not a defendant in any of the 15 conventional
product liability cases tried since January 1, 2000. As of May 1, 2002, no
trials were proceeding in any matter filed by individuals against
Lorillard or the Company, or, to our knowledge, against any other U.S.
cigarette manufacturer.
Lorillard was not a defendant in 12 of the individual cases tried since
January 1, 2000. Juries have returned verdicts in favor of the defendants
in five of the cases. In one of the suits, a court granted the motion for
directed verdict filed by the defendant at the conclusion of plaintiff's
evidence. In the six cases decided in plaintiffs' favor, juries have
awarded various amounts. During 2002, an Oregon jury awarded the plaintiff
approximately $0.17 in actual damages and $150.0 in punitive damages. In
another 2002 trial, a Kansas jury awarded a plaintiff $.2 in actual
damages and found that plaintiff had presented evidence that entitles him
to recover an award for punitive damages. The determination of the
punitive damages award will be decided by court at a later date. In 2001,
a Florida jury awarded plaintiff $0.17 in actual damages but declined to
award punitive damages, while a California jury awarded another plaintiff
approximately $5.5 in actual damages and $3,000.0 in punitive damages,
although the court subsequently reduced the punitive damages award to
$100.0. During 2000, a California jury awarded plaintiffs $21.5 and a
Florida jury awarded plaintiff $0.2.
As a result of pending appeals or post-trial motions, plaintiffs have
not been able to execute on any of the judgments reflecting these adverse
verdicts. The defendant in the 2002 Oregon case has filed a motion for
elimination or reduction of the punitive damages award. As of May 1, 2002,
the verdict in the Kansas case had not been fully resolved so no
challenges to the award have been submitted. In the Florida case that
resulted in the award of $0.2, the trial court granted defendant's post-
trial motion and entered judgment in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff,
however, has noticed an appeal. Defendants have noticed appeals in the
three other cases in which juries returned verdicts in favor of the
plaintiffs.
Appeals also are pending in two cases in which adverse verdicts were
returned prior to January 1, 2000. Neither Lorillard nor the Company is a
defendant in either of these matters. In one of these matters, the
California Supreme Court issued a ruling during January of 2002 that
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accepted for review the defendant's appeal from a 1999 judgment by a
California court that reflects an award to a California plaintiff of
$26.5. The California Court of Appeal, in rulings issued during 2001,
affirmed this judgment and subsequently denied the defendant's motion for
rehearing. In the second of these matters, the Oregon Court of Appeals,
during October of 2001, took under advisement the appeal from the judgment
reflecting an award to an Oregon plaintiff of $32.8.
Some cases against U.S. cigarette manufacturers and manufacturers of
smokeless tobacco products are scheduled for trial during 2002 and beyond.
These trials include a consolidated trial of the cases brought by
approximately 1,250 West Virginia smokers or users of smokeless tobacco
products that is scheduled to begin during September of 2002. Lorillard is
a defendant in some of the cases set for trial, including the consolidated
West Virginia trial. The trial dates are subject to change.
The California Supreme Court is reviewing decisions by the California
Court of Appeals as to whether a California statute bars claims against
cigarette manufacturers if the claims accrued between 1988 and 1998. The
California Supreme Court is scheduled to hear argument of this appeal
during May of 2002, and the court expected to announce its ruling during
2002.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT CASES - There are approximately 2,825 cases pending in
the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida against Lorillard and three
other U.S. cigarette manufacturers in which the plaintiffs are present or
former flight attendants, or the estates of deceased flight attendants,
who allege injury as a result of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
in aircraft cabins. The Company is not a defendant in any of the flight
attendant cases.
The suits were filed as a result of a settlement agreement on October
10, 1997 by the parties to Broin v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., et al.
(Circuit Court, Dade County, Florida, filed October 31, 1991), a class
action brought on behalf of flight attendants claiming injury as a result
of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. The trial court approved the
settlement agreement on February 3, 1998. Pursuant to the settlement
agreement, among other things, Lorillard and three other U.S. cigarette
manufacturers paid approximately $300.0 to create and endow a research
institute to study diseases associated with cigarette smoke. In addition,
the settlement agreement permitted the plaintiff class members to file
individual suits. These individuals may not seek punitive damages for
injuries that arose prior to January 15, 1997.
During October of 2000, the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida
entered an order that may be construed to hold that the flight attendants
are not required to prove the substantive liability elements of their
claims for negligence, strict liability and breach of implied warranty in
order to recover damages. The court further ruled that the trials of these
suits are to address whether the plaintiffs' alleged injuries were caused
by their exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and, if so, the amount of
damages to be awarded. It is not clear how the trial judges will apply
this order. The Florida Third District Court of Appeal dismissed as
premature defendants' appeal from the October 2000 decision. The Court of
Appeals denied defendants' motion for rehearing and for rehearing en banc
or, in the alternative, for certification of the October 2001 ruling to
the Florida Supreme Court. During January 2002, the defendants, which
include Lorillard, filed a notice to invoke the discretionary jurisdiction
of the Florida Supreme Court in order to seek review of the trial court's
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October 2000 ruling and the orders by the Florida Third District Court of
Appeal that affirmed the October 2000 decision.
Trial has been held in one of the flight attendant cases. On April 5,
2001, a jury in the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida returned a
verdict in favor of Lorillard and the other defendants in the case of
Fontana v. Philip Morris Incorporated, et al. The court has entered final
judgment in favor of the defendants and has denied plaintiff's post-trial
motions. Plaintiff has noticed an appeal to the Florida Third District
Court of Appeal.
Additional flight attendant cases are set for trial. As of May 1, 2002,
approximately 15 such cases were scheduled for trial between May and
November of 2002. It is possible that several of the flight attendant
cases will be tried during 2002 and thereafter.
CLASS ACTION CASES - Certain cases have been filed against cigarette
manufacturers, including Lorillard, in which plaintiffs purport to seek
class certification on behalf of groups of cigarette smokers. Lorillard is
a defendant in approximately 25 of these cases, four of which also name
the Company as a defendant. One case that names both the Company and
Lorillard as defendants has not been served on any of the parties. As of
May 1, 2001, two of the purported class actions were on appeal. The
remaining purported class actions are in the pre-trial, discovery stage,
except that trial proceedings are under way in the case of Scott v. The
American Tobacco Company, et al. In addition, the time for appeal has not
expired from the verdict returned in favor of the defendants in
Blankenship v. American Tobacco Company, et al. during November of 2001.
Most of the suits seek class certification on behalf of residents of the
states in which the purported class action cases have been filed, although
some suits seek class certification on behalf of residents of multiple
states. Plaintiffs in all but two of the purported class action cases seek
class certification on behalf of individuals who smoked cigarettes or were
exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. In one of the two remaining
purported class action cases, plaintiffs seek class certification on
behalf of individuals who paid insurance premiums. Plaintiffs in the other
remaining suit seek class certification on behalf of U.S. residents under
the age of 22 who purchased cigarettes as minors and who do not have
personal injury claims. Neither Lorillard nor the Company are defendants
in approximately 20 additional class action cases pending against other
cigarette manufacturers, many of which assert claims on behalf of smokers
of "light" cigarettes. Plaintiffs in a few of the reimbursement cases,
which are discussed below, also seek certification of such cases as class
actions.
Various courts have ruled on motions for class certification in smoking
and health-related cases. In 12 state court cases, which were pending in
five states and the District of Columbia, courts have denied plaintiffs'
class certification motions. In another 15 cases, cigarette manufacturers
have defeated motions for class certification before either federal trial
courts or courts of appeal from cases pending in 13 states and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The denial of class certification in a New
York federal court case, however, was due to the court's interest in
preserving judicial resources for a potentially broader class
certification ruling in In re Simon (II) Litigation, which is discussed
below. In six cases in which Lorillard is a defendant, plaintiffs' motions
for class certification have been granted and appeals either have been
rejected at the interlocutory stage, or, in one case, plaintiffs' claims
were resolved through a settlement agreement. These six cases are Broin
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(which is the matter concluded by a settlement agreement and discussed
under "Flight Attendant Cases"), Engle, Blankenship, Scott, Daniels and
Brown.
Theories of liability asserted in the purported class action cases
include a broad range of product liability theories, including those based
on consumer protection statutes and fraud and misrepresentation.
Plaintiffs seek damages in each case that range from unspecified amounts
to the billions of dollars. Most plaintiffs seek punitive damages and some
seek treble damages. Plaintiffs in many of the cases seek medical
monitoring. Plaintiffs in some of the purported class action cases are
represented by a well-funded and coordinated consortium of law firms from
throughout the United States.
The Engle case: Trial began during July 1998 in the case of Engle v.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al. (Circuit Court, Dade County, Florida,
filed May 5, 1994). The trial court, as amended by the Florida Court of
Appeal, granted class certification on behalf of Florida residents and
citizens, and survivors of such individuals, who have been injured or have
died from medical conditions allegedly caused by their addiction to
cigarettes containing nicotine.
The case is being tried in three phases. The first phase began during
July of 1998 and involved consideration of certain issues claimed to be
common to the members of the class and their asserted causes of action.
On July 7, 1999, the jury returned a verdict against defendants,
including Lorillard, at the conclusion of the first phase. The jury found,
among other things, that cigarette smoking is addictive and causes lung
cancer and a variety of other diseases, that the defendants concealed
information about the health risks of smoking, and that defendants'
conduct rose to a level that would permit a potential award or entitlement
to punitive damages. The verdict permitted the trial to proceed to a
second phase. The jury was not asked to award damages in the Phase One
verdict.
By order dated July 30, 1999 and supplemented on August 2, 1999,
together, the Punitive Damages Order, the trial judge amended the trial
plan with respect to the manner of determining punitive damages. The
Punitive Damages Order provided that the jury would determine punitive
damages, if any, on a lump-sum dollar amount basis for the entire
qualified class. The Florida Third District Court of Appeal rejected as
premature defendants' appeals from the Punitive Damages Order, and the
Florida Supreme Court declined to review the Punitive Damages Order at
that time.
The first portion of Phase Two of the trial began on November 1, 1999
before the same jury that returned the verdict in Phase One. In the first
part of Phase Two, the jury determined issues of specific causation,
reliance, affirmative defenses, and other individual-specific issues
related to the claims of three named plaintiffs and their entitlement to
damages, if any.
On April 7, 2000, the jury found in favor of the three plaintiffs and
awarded them a total of $12.5 in economic damages, pain and suffering
damages and damages for loss of consortium. After awarding damages to one
of the three plaintiffs, the jury appeared to find that his claims were
barred by the statute of limitations. The final judgment entered by the
trial court on November 6, 2000 reflected the damages award, and held that
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only a portion of this plaintiff's claims were barred by the statute of
limitations.
The second part of Phase Two of the trial began on May 22, 2000 and was
heard by the same jury that heard the trial's prior phases and considered
evidence as to the punitive damages to be awarded to the class. On July
14, 2000, the jury awarded approximately $145,000.0 in punitive damages
against all defendants, including $16,250.0 against Lorillard.
On November 6, 2000, the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida, entered
a final judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. The judgment also provides
that the jury's awards bear interest at the rate of 10% per year. The
court's final judgment denied various of defendants' post-trial motions,
which included a motion for new trial and a motion seeking reduction of
the punitive damages award. Lorillard has noticed an appeal from the final
judgment to the Florida Third District Court of Appeal and has posted its
appellate bond in the amount of $100.0 pursuant to Florida legislation
enacted in May of 2000 limiting the amount of an appellate bond required
to be posted in order to stay execution of a judgment for punitive damages
in a certified class action. While Lorillard believes this legislation is
valid and that any challenges to the possible application or
constitutionality of this legislation would fail, during May of 2001,
Lorillard and two other defendants jointly contributed a total of $709.0
to a fund (held for the benefit of the Engle plaintiffs) that will not be
recoverable by them even if challenges to the judgment are resolved in
favor of the defendants. As a result, the class has agreed to a stay of
execution, referred to as the Engle agreement, on its punitive damages
judgment until appellate review is completed, including any review by the
U.S. Supreme Court. Lorillard contributed a total of $200.0 to this fund,
which included the $100.0 that was posted as collateral for its appellate
bond. Accordingly, Lorillard recorded a pretax charge of $200.0 in the
second quarter of the year ended December 31, 2001.
In the event that Lorillard, Inc.'s balance sheet net worth falls below
$921.2 (as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in effect as of July 14, 2000), the stay granted in favor of
Lorillard in the Engle agreement would terminate and the class would be
free to challenge the Florida legislation. As of March 31, 2002,
Lorillard, Inc. had a balance sheet net worth of approximately $1,341.2.
In addition, the Engle agreement requires Lorillard to obtain the
written consent of class counsel or the court prior to selling any
trademark of or formula comprising a cigarette brand having a U.S. market
share of 0.5% or more during the preceding calendar year. The Engle
agreement also requires Lorillard to obtain the written consent of the
Engle class counsel or the court to license to a third party the right to
manufacture or sell such a cigarette brand unless the cigarettes to be
manufactured under the license will be sold by Lorillard.
Now that the jury has awarded punitive damages and final judgment has
been entered, Lorillard believes that it is unclear how the Punitive
Damages Order will be implemented. The Punitive Damages Order provides
that the lump-sum punitive damages amount, if any, will be allocated
equally to each class member and acknowledges that the actual size of the
class will not be known until the last case has withstood appeal, i.e.,
the punitive damages amount, if any, determined for the entire qualified
class, would be divided equally among those plaintiffs who are ultimately
successful. The Punitive Damages Order does not address whether defendants
would be required to pay the punitive damages award, if any, prior to a
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determination of claims of all class members, which is Phase Three of the
trial plan, a process that could take years to conclude. The final
judgment entered by the court on November 6, 2000 directs that the amounts
awarded by the jury are to be paid immediately. Phase Three would address
potentially hundreds of thousands of other class members' claims,
including issues of specific causation, reliance, affirmative defenses and
other individual-specific issues regarding entitlement to damages, in
individual trials before separate juries.
Lorillard is a defendant in six separate lawsuits that are pending in
the Florida courts in which the plaintiffs claim that they are members of
the Engle class, that all liability issues associated with their claims
were resolved in the earlier phases of the Engle proceedings, and that
trials on their claims should proceed immediately. Lorillard is opposing
trials of these actions on the grounds that they should be considered
during Phase Three of the Engle case and should be stayed while the Engle
appeal is proceeding.
Lorillard remains of the view that the Engle case should not have been
certified as a class action. Lorillard believes that class certification
in the Engle case is inconsistent with the majority of federal and state
court decisions which have held that mass smoking and health claims are
inappropriate for class treatment. Lorillard has challenged the class
certification, as well as numerous other legal errors that it believes
occurred during the trial. Lorillard believes that an appeal of these
issues on the merits should prevail.
Other Class Action Cases - On November 14, 2001, a jury in the Circuit
Court of Ohio County, West Virginia returned a verdict in favor of the
defendants, including Lorillard, in the case of Blankenship v. American
Tobacco Company, et al. (Circuit Court, Ohio County, West Virginia, filed
January 31, 1997). The court has denied plaintiffs' motion for new trial.
As of May 1, 2002, the deadline for plaintiffs to notice an appeal had not
expired. During 2000, the court granted plaintiffs' motion for class
certification. The court ruled that the class consisted of West Virginia
residents who were cigarette smokers on or after January 31, 1995; who had
a minimum of a five pack-year smoking history as of December 4, 2000; who
had not been diagnosed with certain medical conditions; and who had not
received health care funded by the State of West Virginia. The West
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals declined to review defendants' petition
for a writ of prohibition against the class certification ruling.
Plaintiffs sought the creation of a fund, the purpose of which would be to
pay for class members to receive medical monitoring for chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema and lung cancer. Lorillard was a
defendant in the case.
In the case of Scott v. The American Tobacco Company, et al. (District
Court, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, filed May 24, 1996), the trial court
certified a class comprised of residents of the State of Louisiana who
desire to participate in medical monitoring or smoking cessation programs
and who began smoking prior to September 1, 1988, or who began smoking
prior to May 24, 1996 and allege that defendants undermined compliance
with the warnings on cigarette packages. Jury selection began during June
of 2001. A twelve-member jury and ten alternate jurors were selected, but
the Louisiana Court of Appeals and the Louisiana Supreme Court, in
response to writ applications initiated by the defendants, excused a total
of 14 jurors or alternate jurors. In their writ applications, defendants
contended that several selected jurors had family members who were
potential members of the class certified by the trial court, and that the
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selected jury was biased against the defendants. The Louisiana Supreme
Court has directed the trial court to re-open the jury selection process
in order to select additional jurors. The Louisiana Supreme Court,
however, has denied defendants' motion to declare a mistrial due to issues
related to the jury selection process. The trial court has not announced
when the jury as finally constituted would begin hearing evidence in the
trial. Lorillard is a defendant in the case.
During December of 2000, the Superior Court of San Diego County,
California issued an order in the case of Daniels v. Philip Morris,
Incorporated, et al. that granted plaintiffs' motion for class
certification on behalf of California residents who, while minors, smoked
at least one cigarette between April 1994 and December 31, 1999. Trial in
this matter is scheduled to begin during July of 2002. Lorillard is a
defendant in the case.
During April of 2001, the Superior Court of San Diego County, California
in the case of Brown v. The American Tobacco Company, Inc., et al.,
granted in part plaintiff's motion for class certification and certified a
class comprised of adult residents of California who smoked at least one
of defendants' cigarettes during the applicable time period and who were
exposed to defendants' marketing and advertising activities in California.
Certification was granted as to plaintiff's claims that defendants
violated California Business and Professions Code sections 17200 and
17500. The court subsequently defined the applicable class period for
plaintiff's claims, pursuant to a stipulation submitted by the parties, as
June 10, 1993 through April 23, 2001. Trial is scheduled to begin during
October of 2002. Lorillard is a defendant in the case.
REIMBURSEMENT CASES - In addition to the cases settled by the State
Settlement Agreements described above, approximately 45 other suits are
pending, comprised of cases brought by the U.S. federal government, county
governments, city governments, unions, American Indian tribes, hospitals
or hospital districts, private companies and foreign governments filing
suit in U.S. courts, in which plaintiffs seek recovery of funds allegedly
expended by them to provide health care to individuals with injuries or
other health effects allegedly caused by use of tobacco products or
exposure to cigarette smoke. These cases are based on, among other things,
equitable claims, including injunctive relief, indemnity, restitution,
unjust enrichment and public nuisance, and claims based on antitrust laws
and state consumer protection acts. Plaintiffs in some of these actions
seek certification as class actions. Plaintiffs seek damages in each case
that range from unspecified amounts to the billions of dollars. Most
plaintiffs seek punitive damages and some seek treble damages. Plaintiffs
in some of the cases seek medical monitoring. Lorillard is named as a
defendant in all of the reimbursement cases except for a few of those
filed in U.S. courts by foreign governments. The Company is named as a
defendant in approximately 30 of the pending reimbursement cases, although
it has not received service of four of these matters.
U.S. Federal Government Action - The U.S. federal government filed a
reimbursement suit on September 22, 1999 in the U.S. District Court for
the District of Columbia against Lorillard, other U.S. cigarette
manufacturers, some parent companies and two trade associations. The
Company is not a defendant in this action. Plaintiff asserted claims under
the Medical Care Recovery Act, the Medicare as Secondary Payer provisions
of the Social Security Act, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act. The government alleges in the complaint that it has
incurred costs of more than $20,000.0 annually in providing health care
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costs under several federal programs, including Medicare, military and
veterans' benefits programs, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits
Program. The federal government seeks to recover an unspecified amount of
health care costs, and various types of other relief, including
disgorgement of profits, injunctive relief and declaratory relief that
defendants are liable for the government's future costs of providing
health care resulting from the defendants' alleged wrongful conduct.
During September of 2000, the court granted in part and denied in part
defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint. The court dismissed
plaintiff's claims asserted under the Medical Care Recovery Act as well as
those under the Medicare as Secondary Payer provisions of the Social
Security Act. The court denied the motion as to plaintiff's claims under
the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Plaintiff
sought modification of the trial court's order as it related to the
dismissal of the Medical Care Recovery Act claim. In an amended complaint
filed during February of 2001, plaintiff attempted to replead the Medicare
as Secondary Payer claim. In a July 2001 decision, the court reaffirmed
its dismissal of the Medical Care Recovery Act claims. The court also
dismissed plaintiff's reasserted claims under the Medicare as Secondary
Payer Act. The court has denied a motion for intervention and a proposed
complaint in intervention filed by the Cherokee Nation Tribe on behalf of
a purported nationwide class of American Indian tribes. Trial in this
matter is schedule to begin during July of 2003.
In June of 2001, the government invited defendants in the lawsuit,
including Lorillard, to meet to discuss the possibility of a settlement of
the government's case. Lorillard participated in one such meeting and no
further meetings are scheduled.
Reimbursement Cases filed by Foreign Governments in U.S. Courts - Cases
have been brought in U.S. courts by 13 nations, 11 Brazilian states, 11
Brazilian cities and one Canadian province. Both the Company and Lorillard
are named as defendants in most of the cases. The Company has not received
service of process of the cases filed by two of the nations and by one of
the Brazilian states. Four of the cases have been voluntarily dismissed.
During 2001, a federal court of appeal affirmed orders dismissing three of
the cases, and the U.S. Supreme Court denied plaintiffs' petitions for
writ of certiorari. During 2001, a Florida court dismissed two of the
suits, and the plaintiff in one of the two actions has noticed an appeal.
In addition, Lorillard and the Company were dismissed from three suits
that remain pending against other defendants.
In 1977, Lorillard sold substantially all of its trademarks outside of
the United States and the international business associated with those
brands. Performance by Lorillard of obligations under the 1977 agreement
reflecting the sale was guaranteed by the Company. Lorillard and the
Company have received notice from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation,
which claims to be a successor to the purchaser, that indemnity will be
sought under certain indemnification provisions of the 1977 agreement with
respect to suits brought by various of the foregoing foreign
jurisdictions, and in certain cases brought in foreign countries by
individuals concerning periods prior to June 1977 and during portions of
1978.
Reimbursement Cases by American Indian Tribes - American Indian tribes are
the plaintiffs in four pending reimbursement suits. Three of the four
cases have been filed in tribal courts. Lorillard is a defendant in each
of the cases. The Company is not named as a defendant in any of the
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pending tribal cases. One of the four cases is pending before a federal
court of appeals following plaintiffs' appeal from an order that granted
defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint. The remaining three cases are
in the pre-trial discovery stage.
Reimbursement Cases by Private Companies and Health Plans or Hospitals and
Hospital Districts - Two cases are pending against cigarette manufacturers
in which the plaintiffs are not-for-profit insurance companies. Lorillard
is a defendant in both pending cases. The Company is not a defendant in
either matter. In addition, two cases are pending in which plaintiffs are
hospitals or hospital districts. Lorillard is named as a defendant in both
such cases. The Company is not named as a defendant in either of the cases
filed by hospitals or hospital districts. In one additional suit, a city
governmental entity and several hospitals or hospital districts are
plaintiffs. The Company is a defendant in this case.
On June 4, 2001, the jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of New York in the case of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New
Jersey, Inc., et al. v. Philip Morris, Incorporated, et al., returned a
verdict awarding damages against the defendants, including Lorillard. In
this trial, the jury heard evidence as to the claims of only one of the
plan plaintiffs, Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, referred to as
"Empire." In its June 4, 2001 verdict, the jury found in favor of the
defendants on some of Empire's claims. One of the jury's findings
precluded it from considering Empire's claims for punitive damages. The
jury found in favor of Empire on certain other of plaintiff's claims. As a
result of these findings, Empire is entitled to an award of approximately
$17.8 in total actual damages, including approximately $1.5 attributable
to Lorillard. The court denied plaintiff's post-verdict application for
trebling of the damages awarded by the jury. On November 1, 2001, the
court entered a final judgment that reflects the jury's verdict. In the
final judgment, Empire was awarded approximately $1.5 in actual damages
and approximately fifty-five thousand dollars in pre-judgment interest for
a total award against Lorillard of approximately $1.6. The court has
awarded plaintiff's counsel approximately $38.0 in attorneys' fees. The
defendants, including Lorillard, have noticed an appeal to the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Second Circuit from the final judgment and from the
order awarding plaintiff's counsel attorneys' fees.
Reimbursement Cases by Labor Unions - Three reimbursement cases are
pending in which the plaintiffs are labor unions, their trustees or their
trust funds. Lorillard is a defendant in each of these suits. The Company
is a defendant in two of the pending suits. Approximately 75 union cases
have been dismissed in recent years. Some of these cases were dismissed
voluntarily, while others were dismissed as a result of defendants'
motions. Appeals were sought from some of these dismissal rulings and
defendants have prevailed in each of these appeals. The Second, Third,
Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal have
found in favor of the defendants in each of the appeals from dismissal
orders entered by the federal trial courts that were submitted to them,
and the U.S. Supreme Court has denied petitions for writ of certiorari
that sought review of some of these decisions. In addition, the Circuit
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia entered a ruling in 2001
that found in favor of the defendants on an appeal they filed from a
ruling by a trial court that refused to dismiss four union cases. During
2001, an intermediate California court of appeal affirmed the final
judgment entered in favor of the defendants in a union case, and the
California Supreme Court has accepted plaintiffs' appeal. Several cases
pending in state courts also have been dismissed.
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK LITIGATION - On April 18, 2000, a federal
judge in the Eastern District of New York issued an order that
consolidates, for settlement purposes only, ten pending cases involving
Lorillard as well as other industry defendants. These cases include three
contribution cases (Falise v. The American Tobacco Company, et al., H.K.
Porter Company, Inc. v. The American Tobacco Company, Inc., et al. and
Raymark Industries, Inc. v. The American Tobacco Company, Inc., et al.),
two union cases (Bergeron, et al. v. Philip Morris, Inc., et al. and The
National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund, et al. v. Philip Morris
Incorporated, et al.), one private company case (Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of New Jersey, Inc., et al. v. Philip Morris Incorporated, et al.),
two smoking and health class actions that have been served on defendants
(Decie v. The American Tobacco Company, Inc., et al. and Simon v. Philip
Morris Incorporated, et al.), one smoking and health class action in which
none of the defendants has received service of process (Ebert v. Philip
Morris Incorporated, et al.) and one case that contains elements of both a
smoking and health class action and a private citizen reimbursement case
(Mason v. The American Tobacco Company, Inc., et al.). The Falise and H.K.
Porter cases have been voluntarily dismissed. The judge's order invited
the federal government to join in the settlement discussions. On July 31,
2000, the federal judge orally proposed the formation of a national
punitive damages class action for the purposes of settlement. Pursuant to
the judge's proposal, Lorillard entered into discussions with a committee
of counsel representing a broad-based group of plaintiffs in an effort to
arrive at a comprehensive settlement of all exemplary and punitive damage
claims, including claims involved in the Engle class action in Florida
described above. The parties were unable to reach an understanding and the
negotiations were suspended in late 2000.
The federal judge directed that a combined suit be filed encompassing
all of the claims pending before him that name cigarette manufacturers as
defendants. This matter is styled In re Simon (II) Litigation (U.S.
District Court, Eastern District, New York, filed September 6, 2000). The
Company and Lorillard are defendants in this proceeding. In a November
2000 ruling, the court stated that Simon II should be triable without
appreciable delay should it be certified. During March of 2001, the court
heard argument of plaintiffs' motion for class certification, plaintiffs'
motion for appointment of class counsel, and defendants' motion to dismiss
the complaint. During December of 2001, the plaintiffs proposed to the
court that a test case comprising the claims of 15 individual plaintiffs
be tried. On January 31, 2002, a complaint on behalf of 13 individual
smokers, or the estates of deceased smokers, was filed. Lorillard is named
as a defendant in this suit. The Company is not named as a defendant. A
trial date of this case has not been scheduled.
Trial was held in two of the matters during 2001. During January of
2001, the court declared a mistrial in the case of Falise v. The American
Tobacco Company, et al. The plaintiffs, who were the trustees of the Johns
Manville Trust, voluntarily dismissed the case during 2001 and
relinquished their right to seek a re-trial. During June of 2001, a
verdict was returned in the case of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New
Jersey (trial was limited to the claims of only one plan plaintiff), a
reimbursement case described above. Following conclusion of the Blue Cross
trial, the U.S. District Judge stayed the claims asserted in the suit by
the other plan plaintiffs pending resolution of defendants' appeal. The
U.S. District Judge also stayed several of the cases involving cigarette
manufacturers pending before the judge.
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CONTRIBUTION CLAIMS - In addition to the foregoing cases, approximately 15
cases are pending in which private companies seek recovery of funds
expended by them to individuals whose asbestos disease or illness was
alleged to have been caused in whole or in part by smoking-related
illnesses. Lorillard is named as a defendant in each action, although it
has not received service of process in one of the cases. The Company is
named as a defendant in four of the cases but has not received service of
process in two of them.
FILTER CASES - A number of cases have been filed against Lorillard seeking
damages for cancer and other health effects claimed to have resulted from
exposure to asbestos fibers which were incorporated, for a limited period
of time, ending more than 40 years ago, into the filter material used in
one of the brands of cigarettes manufactured by Lorillard. Approximately
30 filter cases are pending in federal and state courts against Lorillard.
The Company is not a defendant in any of the pending filter cases.
Allegations of liability include negligence, strict liability, fraud,
misrepresentation and breach of warranty. Plaintiffs in most of these
cases seek unspecified amounts in compensatory and punitive damages.
Trials have been held in 15 such cases, including three since January 1,
2000. Juries have returned verdicts in favor of Lorillard in 11 of the 15
trials. Four verdicts have been returned in plaintiffs' favor. In a 1995
trial, a California jury awarded plaintiffs approximately $1.2 in actual
damages and approximately $0.7 in punitive damages. In a 1996 trial,
another California jury awarded plaintiff approximately $0.1 in actual
damages. In a 1999 trial, a Maryland jury awarded plaintiff approximately
$2.2 in actual damages. In a 2000 trial, a California jury awarded
plaintiffs $1.1 in actual damages and the case was settled prior to a
determination of punitive damages.
TOBACCO-RELATED ANTITRUST CASES - Wholesalers and Direct Purchaser Suits -
Lorillard and other domestic and international cigarette manufacturers and
their parent companies, including the Company, were named as defendants in
nine separate federal court actions brought by tobacco product wholesalers
for violations of U.S. antitrust laws and international law. The
complaints allege that defendants conspired to fix the price of cigarettes
to wholesalers since 1993 in violation of the Sherman Act. These actions
seek certification of a class including all domestic and international
wholesalers similarly affected by such alleged conduct, and damages,
injunctive relief and attorneys' fees. These actions were consolidated for
pre-trial purposes in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
Georgia. The Court has granted class certification for a four-year class
(beginning in 1996 and ending in 2000) of domestic direct purchasers.
Lorillard and the other defendants' motions for summary judgment seeking
to dismiss the actions in their entirety are pending before the Court
awaiting resolution. The Company has been voluntarily dismissed without
prejudice from all direct purchaser cases.
Indirect Purchaser Suits - Approximately 30 suits are pending in various
state courts alleging violations of state antitrust laws which permit
indirect purchasers, such as retailers and consumers, to sue under price
fixing or consumer fraud statutes. Approximately 18 states permit such
suits. Lorillard is a defendant in all but one of these indirect purchaser
cases. One indirect purchaser suit, in New York, has been dismissed in its
entirety. The Arizona indirect purchaser suit was dismissed by the trial
court, but the dismissal was reversed on appeal in May 2002. While one
court has granted plaintiffs motion to certify a class of consumers in one
of these cases, another court has refused to do so, and other motions
seeking class certification have been deferred by other courts pending
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resolution of the federal case discussed above. The Company was also named
as a defendant in most of these indirect purchaser cases but has been
voluntarily dismissed without prejudice from all of them.
Tobacco Growers Suit - DeLoach v. Philip Morris Inc., et al. (U.S.
District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, filed February 16,
2000). Lorillard is named as a defendant in a lawsuit that, after several
amendments, alleges only antitrust violations. The other major domestic
tobacco companies are also presently named as defendants, and the
plaintiffs have now added the major leaf buyers as defendants. This case
was originally filed in U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, and
transferred to a North Carolina federal court upon motion by the
defendants. The plaintiffs' claims relate to the conduct of the companies
in the purchase of tobacco through the auction system under the federal
program. The suit seeks an unspecified amount of actual damages, trebled
under the antitrust laws, and injunctive relief. On April 3, 2002 the
court certified a class consisting of all persons holding a quota (the
licenses that a farmer must either own or rent to sell the crop) to grow,
and all domestic producers who sold, flue-cured or burley tobacco at
anytime from February 1996 to present. Defendants, including Lorillard,
have filed a petition pursuant to Rule 23(f) of the Federal Rules of
Procedure with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
seeking to appeal the District Court's decision on class certification.
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OTHER LITIGATION - The Company and its subsidiaries are also parties to
other litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. The outcome
of this other litigation will, in the opinion of management, materially
affect the Company's results of operations or equity.
13. In the opinion of Management, the accompanying consolidated condensed
financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of only normal
recurring accruals) necessary to present fairly the financial position as
of March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001 and the statements of income and
changes in cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001.
Results of operations for the first three months of each of the years is
not necessarily indicative of results of operations for that entire year.
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations.
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OVERVIEW
The Company reported consolidated net income (including both the Loews Group
and Carolina Group) for the 2002 first quarter of $252.9 million, compared to
$472.3 million in the 2001 first quarter. Net income in the first quarter of
2002 includes net investment gains of $15.5 million compared to $228.9 million
in the comparable period of the prior year. Net income in the first quarter of
2002 also includes a loss for discontinued operations at CNA of $31.0 million,
compared to income of $0.2 million in the 2001 first quarter. The first
quarter of 2001 included a charge for accounting changes of $53.3 million
related to accounting for derivative instruments at CNA.
Consolidated net operating income, which excludes net investment gains,
discontinued operations and accounting changes, for the quarter ended March
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31, 2002 was $268.1 million, compared to $296.5 million in the 2001 first
quarter.
Net operating income is calculated by deducting net investment gains or
losses, discontinued operations and the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle (after deduction of related income taxes and minority
interests), from net income. Analysts following our stock have advised us that
such information is meaningful in assisting them in measuring the performance
of our insurance subsidiaries. In addition, it is used in management's
discussion of the results of operations for the insurance related segments due
to the significance of the amount of net investment gains or losses. Net
operating income is also a common measure throughout the insurance industry.
Net realized investment gains are excluded from this operating measure because
investment gains or losses related to CNA's available-for-sale investment
portfolio are largely discretionary, are generally driven by economic factors
that are not necessarily consistent with key drivers of underwriting
performance, and are therefore not an indication of trends in operations.
The Company has two classes of common stock, Loews Common Stock and Carolina
Group Stock, issued in February 2002. Earnings per share data are presented
for the Company's two classes of common stock for the periods they were
outstanding.
Net income attributable to Loews Common Stock for the 2002 first quarter
amounted to $234.9 million or $1.23 per share, compared to $472.3 million or
$2.40 per share in the 2001 first quarter. Net income in the first quarter of
2002 includes net investment gains attributable to Loews Common Stock of $15.5
million or $.08 per share, compared to gains of $228.9 million or $1.16 per
share in the comparable period of the prior year. Net income attributable to
Loews Common Stock in the first quarter of 2002 also included a loss for
discontinued operations at CNA of $31.0 million or $.16 per share, compared to
income of $0.2 million in the 2001 first quarter. The first quarter of 2001
also included a charge for accounting changes of $53.3 million or $.27 per
share, related to accounting for derivative instruments at CNA.
Net operating income attributable to Loews Common Stock, which excludes net
investment gains, discontinued operations and accounting changes, for the
quarter ended March 31, 2002, was $250.4 million or $1.31 per share, compared
to $296.5 million or $1.50 per share in the 2001 first quarter.
Net income attributable to Carolina Group stock for the 2002 first quarter
amounted to $18.0 million or $.45 per share. The Company is issuing a separate
press release reporting the actual and pro forma results of the Carolina Group
for the quarters ended March 31, 2002 and 2001. The Carolina Group's reported
results for the quarter ended March 31, 2001 do not reflect the issuance in
February 2002 of Carolina Group stock.
Consolidated gross revenues amounted to $4.8 billion in the first quarter of
2002, compared to $4.9 billion in the comparable period of the prior year.
Revenues for the quarter ended 2001 have been restated for comparative
purposes to reflect the adoption of new accounting principles related to the
classification of promotional expenses by Lorillard.
In February 2002, the Company created a second class of common stock, called
Carolina Group Stock, a tracking stock intended to reflect the economic
performance of a group of the Company's assets and liabilities, called the
Carolina Group, principally consisting of the Company's subsidiary Lorillard,
Inc., and in an initial public offering the Company issued shares of Carolina
Group Stock representing 23.17% of the economic performance of the Carolina
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Group. Loews Common Stock will continue to represent the economic performance
of the Company's remaining assets, including the 76.83% interest in the
Carolina Group not represented by Carolina Group Stock.
At March 31, 2002, the Company had a book value of $57.29 per share of Loews
Common Stock compared to a book value of $50.39 per share at December 31,
2001. The increase in Loews Common Stock book value per share is primarily due
to proceeds from issuance of the Carolina Group common stock and the Loews
Group's net economic interest in the notional intergroup debt receivable.
As of March 31, 2002, there were 189,405,800 shares of Loews Common Stock
outstanding. During the quarter ended March 31, 2002, the Company purchased
2,099,200 shares of Loews Common Stock at an aggregate cost of $122.9 million.
Depending on market conditions, the Company from time to time purchases shares
of its, and its subsidiaries', outstanding common stock in the open market or
otherwise.
Classes of Common Stock
The issuance of Carolina Group Stock has resulted in a two class common
stock structure for Loews Corporation. Carolina Group Stock, commonly called a
tracking stock, is intended to reflect the economic performance of a defined
group of assets and liabilities of the Company referred to as the Carolina
Group. The principal assets and liabilities attributed to the Carolina Group
are (a) the Company's 100% stock ownership interest in Lorillard, Inc.; (b)
$2.5 billion of notional, intergroup debt owed by the Carolina Group to the
Loews Group, bearing interest at the annual rate of 8.0% and, subject to
optional prepayment, due December 31, 2021; and (c) any and all liabilities,
costs and expenses arising out of or related to tobacco or tobacco-related
businesses.
The outstanding Carolina Group Stock represents a 23.17% economic interest
in the economic performance of the Carolina Group. The Loews Group, reflecting
the earnings attributable to Loews Common Stock, consists of all the Company's
assets and liabilities other than the 23.17% economic interest represented by
the outstanding Carolina Group Stock, and includes as an asset the notional,
intergroup debt of the Carolina Group.
The existence of separate classes of common stock could give rise to
occasions where the interests of the holders of Loews Common Stock and
Carolina Group Stock diverge or conflict or appear to diverge or conflict.
Subject to its fiduciary duties, the Company's board of directors could, in
its sole discretion, from time to time, make determinations or implement
policies that affect disproportionately the groups or the different classes of
stock. For example, Loews's board of directors may decide to reallocate
assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and cash flows between groups, without
the consent of shareholders. The board of directors would not be required to
select the option that would result in the highest value for holders of
Carolina Group stock.
As a result of the flexibility provided to Loews's board of directors, it
might be difficult for investors to assess the future prospects of the
Carolina Group based on the Carolina Group's past performance.
The creation of the Carolina Group and the issuance of Carolina Group stock
does not change the Company's ownership of Lorillard, Inc. or Lorillard,
Inc.'s status as a separate legal entity. The Carolina Group and the Loews
Group are notional groups that are intended to reflect the performance of the
defined sets of assets and liabilities of each such group as described above.
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The Carolina Group and the Loews Group are not separate legal entities and the
attribution of assets and liabilities to the Loews Group or the Carolina Group
does not affect title to the assets or responsibility for the liabilities.
Holders of the Company's common stock and of Carolina Group stock are
shareholders of Loews Corporation and are subject to the risks related to an
equity investment in Loews Corporation.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS BY BUSINESS SEGMENT
CNA Financial
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Insurance operations are conducted by subsidiaries of CNA Financial
Corporation ("CNA"). CNA is an 89% owned subsidiary of the Company.
CNA conducts its operations through five operating groups: Standard Lines,
Specialty Lines and CNA Re (these groups comprise the Company's Property-
Casualty segment); Group Operations and Life Operations. In addition to these
five operating segments, certain other activities are reported in the Other
Insurance segment. These segments reflect the way CNA manages its operations
and makes business decisions. Segment disclosures of prior periods have been
modified to conform with the current period presentation.
Reinsurance
CNA assumes and cedes reinsurance with other insurers and reinsurers and
members of various reinsurance pools and associations. CNA utilizes
reinsurance arrangements to limit its maximum loss, provide greater
diversification of risk, minimize exposures on larger risks and to exit
certain lines of business. Reinsurance coverages are tailored to the specific
risk characteristics of each product line and CNA's retained amount varies by
type of coverage. Generally, property risks are reinsured on an excess of
loss, per risk basis. Liability coverages are generally reinsured on a quota
share basis in excess of CNA's retained risk. CNA's life reinsurance includes
coinsurance, yearly renewable term and facultative programs.
CNA's overall reinsurance program includes certain property-casualty
contracts, such as the corporate aggregate treaties discussed in more detail
later in this section, that are entered into and accounted for on a "funds
withheld" basis. Under the funds withheld basis, CNA records a liability for
substantially all of the premiums that are ceded under a reinsurance contract.
CNA is required to increase the funds withheld balance at stated interest
crediting rates. The funds withheld liability is reduced by any cumulative
claim payments made by CNA in excess of CNA's retention under the reinsurance
contract. If the funds withheld liability is exhausted, interest crediting
will cease and additional claim payments are recoverable from the reinsurer.
The funds withheld liability is recorded in reinsurance balances payable in
the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.
Interest cost on these contracts is credited during all periods in which a
funds withheld liability exists. Interest cost, included in other net
investment income, was $58.0 and $36.0 million for the first quarter of 2002
and 2001. The amount subject to interest crediting rates on such contracts was
$2,877.0 and $2,724.0 million at March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001.
The amount subject to interest crediting on these funds withheld contracts
will vary over time based on a number of factors, including the timing of loss
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payments and ultimate gross losses incurred. CNA expects that it will continue
to incur significant interest costs on these contracts for several years.
For 2002, CNA has entered into an aggregate reinsurance treaty covering
substantially all of CNA's property-casualty lines of business (the "2002
Cover"). The loss protection provided by the 2002 Cover is dependent on the
level of subject premium, but there is a maximum aggregate limit of $1,125.0
million. Maximum ceded premium under the contract is $683.0, and premiums,
claims recoveries and interest charges other than the reinsurer's margin and
related fees are made on a funds withheld basis. Interest is credited on funds
withheld at 8.0%, and all premiums are deemed to have been paid as of January
1, 2002. Ceded premium related to the reinsurer's margin in the amount of $3.0
million was recorded for the 2002 Cover for the three months ended March 31,
2002.
The aggregate reinsurance protection from the 2002 Cover attaches at a
defined accident year loss and allocated loss adjustment expense
(collectively, losses) ratio. Under the contract, CNA has the right to elect
to cede losses to the 2002 Cover when its recorded accident year losses
exceeds the attachment point. This election period expires March 31, 2004. If
no losses are ceded by this date, the contract is deemed to be commuted. If
CNA elects to cede any losses to the 2002 Cover, it must continue to cede all
losses subject to the terms of the contract.
In 1999, CNA entered into an aggregate reinsurance treaty related to the
1999 through 2001 accident years covering substantially all of CNA's property-
casualty lines of business (the "Aggregate Cover"). CNA has two sections of
coverage under the terms of the Aggregate Cover. These coverages attach at
defined loss and allocated loss adjustment expense (collectively, losses)
ratios for each accident year. Coverage under the first section of the
Aggregate Cover, which is available for all accident years covered by the
contract, has annual limits of $500.0 million of ceded losses with an
aggregate limit of $1.0 billion of ceded losses for the three year period. The
ceded premiums are a percentage of ceded losses and for each $500.0 million of
limit the ceded premium is $230.0 million. The second section of the Aggregate
Cover, which was only utilized for accident year 2001, provides additional
coverage of up to $510.0 million of ceded losses for a maximum ceded premium
of $310.0 million. Under the Aggregate Cover, interest charges on the funds
withheld accrue at 8.0% per annum. If the aggregate loss ratio for the three-
year period exceeds certain thresholds, additional premiums may be payable and
the rate at which interest charges are accrued would increase to 8.25% per
annum.
The coverage under the second section of the Aggregate Cover was triggered
for the 2001 accident year. As a result of losses related to the September 11,
2001 World Trade Center Disaster and related events ("WTC event"), the limit
under this section was exhausted. Additionally, as a result of the significant
reserve additions recorded during 2001, the $500.0 million limit on the 1999
accident year under the first section was also fully utilized. No losses have
been ceded to the remaining $500.0 million of limit on accident years 2000 and
2001 under the first section. The impact of the Aggregate Cover on pretax
operating results was as follows:
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Three Months Ended
March 31,
2002 2001
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(In millions)
<s> <c> <c>
Ceded earned premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (42.0)
Ceded claim and claim adjustment expense . . . . 39.0
Interest charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(13.0) (6.0)
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Pretax impact on operating results . . . . . . . $(13.0) $ (9.0)
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In 2001, CNA entered into a one-year aggregate reinsurance treaty related to
the 2001 accident year covering substantially all property-casualty lines of
business in the Continental Casualty Company pool (the "CCC Cover"). The loss
protection provided by the CCC Cover has an aggregate limit of approximately
$760.0 million of ceded losses. The ceded premiums are a percentage of ceded
losses and for the $760.0 million of limit, the ceded premium is $456.0
million. The CCC Cover provides continuous coverage in excess of the second
section of the Aggregate Cover discussed above. Under the CCC Cover, interest
charges on the funds withheld generally accrue at 8.0% per annum. The interest
rate increases to 10.0% per annum if the aggregate loss ratio exceeds certain
thresholds. Losses of $563.0 million have been ceded under the CCC Cover
through March 31, 2002.
The impact of the CCC Cover on pretax operating results was as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2002 2001
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(In millions)
<s> <c> <c>
Ceded earned premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(61.0) $ (1.0)
Ceded claim and claim adjustment expense . . . . 93.0
Interest charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10.0)
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Pretax impact on operating results . . . . . . . $ 22.0 $ (1.0)
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The impact by operating segment of the 2002 Cover, Aggregate Cover and the
CCC Cover on pretax operating results was as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2002 2001
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(In millions)
<s> <c> <c>
Standard Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(14.0) $ (5.0)
Specialty Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2.0) (2.0)
CNA Re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.0
Corporate and Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3.0)
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Pretax impact on operating results . . . . . . . . $ 6.0 $ (10.0)
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2001 Restructuring
In 2001, CNA finalized and approved two separate restructuring plans. The
first plan related to CNA's Information Technology operations (the "IT Plan").
The second plan related to restructuring the property-casualty segments and
Life Operations, discontinuation of the variable life and annuity business and
consolidation of real estate locations (the "2001 Plan").
IT Plan
The overall goal of the IT Plan was to improve technology for the
underwriting function and throughout CNA and to eliminate inefficiencies in
the deployment of IT resources. The changes facilitate a strong focus on
enterprise-wide system initiatives. The IT Plan had two main components, which
included the reorganization of IT resources into the Technology and Operations
Group with a structure based on centralized, functional roles and the
implementation of an integrated technology roadmap that includes common
architecture and platform standards that directly support CNA's strategies.
In the first quarter of 2001, CNA incurred $6.0 million pretax of
restructuring and other related charges for the IT Plan related to employee
severance charges.
No restructuring and other related charges have been incurred for the IT
Plan in 2002; however, payments were made in the first quarter of 2002 related
to amounts accrued as of December 31, 2001. The following table summarizes the
remaining IT Plan accrual at March 31, 2002 and the activity in that accrual
during the first quarter of 2002. Approximately $5.0 million of the remaining
accrual is expected to be paid out during the remainder of 2002.
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Employee
Termination
and Related Other
Benefit Costs Costs Total
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(In millions)
<s> <c> <c> <c>
Accrued costs at December 31, 2001 . . . . . . . . . $10.0 $1.0 $11.0
Payments charged against liability . . . . . . . . . (1.0) (1.0)
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Accrued costs at March 31, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . $ 9.0 $1.0 $10.0
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The IT Plan is not expected to result in decreased operating expense in the
foreseeable future because savings from the workforce reduction will be used
to fund new technology-related initiatives. Employee termination and related
benefit payments will continue through 2004 due to employment contract
obligations.
2001 Plan
The overall goal of the 2001 Plan is to create a simplified and leaner
organization for customers and business partners. The major components of the
plan include a reduction in the number of strategic business units ("SBUs") in
the property-casualty operations, changes in the strategic focus of the Life
Operations and consolidation of real estate locations. The reduction in the
number of property-casualty SBUs resulted in consolidation of SBU functions,
including underwriting, claims, marketing and finance. The strategic changes
in Life Operations include a decision to discontinue writing variable life and
annuity business.
No restructuring and other related charges related to the 2001 Plan were
incurred in 2002; however, payments were made in the first quarter of 2002
related to amounts accrued as of December 31, 2001. The following table
summarizes the remaining 2001 Plan accrual as of March 31, 2002 and the
activity in that accrual during the first quarter of 2002. Approximately $29.0
million of the remaining accrual is expected to be paid out during the
remainder of 2002.
Employee
Termination Lease Impaired
and Related Termination Asset
Benefit Costs Costs Charges Total
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(In millions)
<s> <c> <c> <c>
Accrued costs at December 31, 2001 . . . $ 66.0 $56.0 $30.0 $152.0
Costs that did not require cash . . . . (25.0) (25.0)
Payments charged against liability . . . (34.0) (6.0) (40.0)
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Accrued costs at March 31, 2002 . . . . $ 32.0 $50.0 $ 5.0 $ 87.0
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Terrorism Exposure
CNA and the insurance industry incurred substantial losses related to the
tragic events of September 11, 2001. For the most part, CNA believes the
industry was able to absorb the loss of capital from these losses, but the
capacity to withstand the effect of any additional terrorism events was
significantly diminished. The public debate following September 11 centered on
the role, if any, the U.S. federal government should play in providing a
"terrorism backstop" for the industry. Several legislative proposals were
introduced, but as yet, Congress has not enacted any of the proposed
solutions.
Without any federal backstop in place, CNA's businesses are exposed to
losses arising from terrorism events. CNA is attempting to mitigate this
exposure through its underwriting practices, policy terms and conditions, and
use of reinsurance.
While the unexpired portion of CNA's current reinsurance program placed
prior to September 11, 2001 generally provides coverage for terrorism events,
CNA expects that future property-casualty and certain group life and accident
reinsurance renewals will either exclude coverage or be significantly limited
with respect to terrorism events. CNA does not expect any terrorism exclusion
to be included in future individual life reinsurance renewals.
CNA is generally including a terrorism exclusion or sub-limit in its primary
and reinsurance assumed policy forms and contracts for large property risks in
selected geographic areas. General liability and commercial auto policies for
large commercial customers also generally exclude terrorism where permissible
by law. The primary property and casualty policy forms applicable to new and
renewal policies for small and middle market commercial customers will
generally include a terrorism exclusion; however, these policy forms have not
yet been approved in all states. Notwithstanding the policy exclusions
described in this paragraph, CNA has decided to effectively remove the
terrorism exclusion for both property and casualty coverage on policies for
small and middle market commercial customers and is currently sending out
notices accordingly. CNA expects that the exclusion will be removed as to all
such policies until at least September of 2002. CNA is generally prohibited
from excluding terrorism exposure from its primary workers' compensation,
individual life and group life and health policies.
Property and Casualty
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CNA conducts its property-casualty operations through the following
operating segments: Standard Lines, Specialty Lines, and CNA Re. The following
table summarizes key components of the Property-Casualty segment operating
results for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and 2001.
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Three Months Ended
March 31,
2002 2001
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(In millions)
<s> <c> <c>
Net earned premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,661.0 $1,475.0
Net investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.0 302.0
Underwriting loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (104.0) (135.0)
Net operating income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.5 109.4
Ratios:
Loss and loss adjustment expense . . . . . . . 72.4% 72.1%
Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 35.4
Dividend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 1.6
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Combined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.2% 109.1%
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Net operating income for the Property-Casualty segment decreased $33.9
million for the first quarter of 2002 as compared with the same period in
2001. This decrease is due primarily to a $60.4 million decrease in net
investment income, including a $21.3 million decrease in limited partnership
income. These decreases were partially offset by improved underwriting results
and a non-recurring currency translation gain on U.S. dollar denominated
investments held by an Argentinean subsidiary that is consolidated on a one
quarter lag. The Argentine government changed its local currency and required
conversion of all U.S. denominated investments to Argentine Pesos. This
conversion resulted in a translation gain of $16.0 million, which was
partially offset by the write-off of the goodwill of that entity in the amount
of $8.9 million.
The combined ratio for the Property-Casualty segment decreased 2.9 points
for the first quarter of 2002 as compared with the same period in 2001 and
underwriting results improved by $31.0 million. This change is due to
decreases in the expense and dividend ratios, partially offset by an increase
in the loss ratio. The expense ratio decreased 2.6 points primarily as a
result of lower underwriting expenses resulting from decreased staff levels
due to the 2001 Plan and other expense reduction initiatives and an increased
net earned premiums base. The dividend ratio decreased 0.6 points primarily as
a result of unfavorable development in dividend reserves in 2001. The loss
ratio increased 0.3 points primarily as a result of a reduced benefit from the
use of reinsurance in 2002 and adverse prior year loss development in the
marine line of business, partially offset by a $32.0 million net underwriting
benefit related to the CCC Cover and improvement in gross current accident
year loss experience in Standard Lines.
Net earned premiums for the Property-Casualty segment increased $186.0
million for the first quarter of 2002 as compared with the same period in
2001. This increase was comprised of increases in Standard Lines of $152.0
million and Specialty Lines of $56.0 million, partially offset by a decrease
in CNA Re of $22.0.
Net earned premiums for Standard Lines increased primarily as a result of
rate increases, a higher level of new business and lower ceded premiums.
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Net earned premiums for Specialty Lines increased primarily as a result of
rate increases and increased production, particularly in the architects and
engineers, long term care, and marine lines of business.
Net earned premiums for CNA Re decreased primarily as a result of the
decision made in the third quarter of 2001 to cease new business writings in
CNA Re's U.K. subsidiary.
During the first quarter of 2002, CNA Re revised its estimate of premiums
and losses related to the WTC event. In estimating CNA Re's WTC event losses,
CNA performed a treaty-by-treaty analysis of exposure. CNA's loss estimate was
based on a number of assumptions including the loss to the industry, the loss
to individual lines of business and the market share of CNA Re's cedants.
Information now available has caused CNA Re to increase its estimate of WTC
event related premiums and losses on its property facultative and property
catastrophe business. The impact of increasing the estimate of gross WTC event
losses by $144.0 million was offset on a net of reinsurance basis (before the
impact of the CCC Cover) by higher restatement premiums and a reduction of
return premiums.
The increase in WTC related losses in accident year 2001 increased the level
of losses ceded to the CCC Cover. Accordingly, CNA Re recognized a benefit of
$16.0 million, after-tax and minority interest, in the first quarter of 2002
related to the additional cessions to the CCC Cover.
Standard Lines achieved an average rate increase of 31.0% in the first
quarter of 2002 for the contracts that renewed during the period and had a
retention rate of 66.0% for those contracts that were up for renewal. The non-
medical and medical professional liability and financial products lines of
business achieved an average rate increase of 21.0% with a retention rate of
76.0% for the first quarter of 2002 for those contracts that were up for
renewal. CNA Global achieved an average rate increase of 18.0% across its
businesses during the first quarter of 2002 with a retention rate of 73.0%.
Retention rates above apply to Specialty Lines excluding the CNA Guaranty and
Credit, Surety and Warranty businesses.
Group
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Net operating income increased $2.6 million for the first quarter of 2002 as
compared with the same period in 2001. This increase is primarily attributable
to lower expenses in Group Benefits and diminished adverse effects from the
occupational accident and Group Reinsurance discontinued lines of business.
Net earned premiums increased $120.0 million for the first quarter of 2002
as compared with the same period in 2001. This growth is due primarily to
higher premiums in the Federal Markets mail handlers benefit program resulting
from increased claim and cost containment fees. In addition there was growth
in the disability, life and accident and long term care lines of business and
in the Group Reinsurance business.
On April 16, 2002, the National Postal Mail Union informed CNA it had signed
a contract with First Health Corporation to become the new underwriter and
administrator of its health benefit plan effective January 1, 2003. CNA
received $2.2 billion of revenue and recorded $8.7 million of net operating
income from this contract in 2001. The loss of this contract is not
anticipated to have an adverse material impact on 2002 net operating income.
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Life
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Net operating income decreased $5.0 million for the first quarter of 2002 as
compared with the same period in 2001. This decrease is due primarily to lower
operating results for the Index 500 product in Retirement Services because
results in the first quarter of 2001 were unusually favorable. In addition,
unfavorable claims experience in Individual Life and in the viatical line of
business in 2002 was partially offset by improved net investment income.
Sales volume decreased $33.0 million for the first quarter of 2002 as
compared with the same period in 2001. Reduced sales in the variable products
business, which CNA decided to exit in the fourth quarter of 2001, were
partially offset by increased sales in the Long Term Care and Individual Life
businesses. Net earned premiums increased $25.0 million for the first quarter
of 2002 as compared with the same period in 2001 attributable primarily to
growth in the Long Term Care and Individual Life businesses.
Other Insurance
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Net operating results improved $31.9 million for the first quarter of 2002
as compared with the same period in 2001. This improvement is due to $13.9
million of adverse development related to APMT claims in the first quarter of
2001 compared to no development in the first quarter of 2002, reduced
underwriting expenses for e-Business initiatives, lower interest expense on
corporate debt, and the absence of $3.5 million of restructuring and other
related charges that occurred in the first quarter of 2001.
Total operating revenues decreased $4.0 million for the first quarter 2002
as compared with the same period in 2001, primarily as a result of decreased
revenues for CNA UniSource.
In the second quarter of 2001, CNA planned the disposition of CNA UniSource,
a payroll processor and professional employer organization ("PEO"). After
exploring possible transactions to dispose of its PEO business, CNA UniSource
exited the PEO business, as of March 31, 2002. As of that date, substantially
all existing PEO client contracts were terminated. All obligations related to
the PEO operation are being run off in an orderly manner and the associated
costs are included in continuing operations. CNA anticipates additional
operating losses from the PEO run-off for the remainder of 2002. CNA
UniSource's payroll processing business, which has annual revenues of
approximately $16.0 million, remains designated as held for sale.
Environmental Pollution and Other Mass Tort and Asbestos Reserves ("APMT")
CNA's property-casualty insurance subsidiaries have potential exposures
related to APMT claims.
Environmental pollution cleanup is the subject of both federal and state
regulation. By some estimates, there are thousands of potential waste sites
subject to cleanup. The insurance industry is involved in extensive litigation
regarding coverage issues. Judicial interpretations in many cases have
expanded the scope of coverage and liability beyond the original intent of the
policies. The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980 ("Superfund") and comparable state statutes ("mini-Superfunds")
govern the cleanup and restoration of toxic waste sites and formalize the
concept of legal liability for cleanup and restoration by "Potentially
Responsible Parties" ("PRPs"). Superfund and the mini-Superfunds establish
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mechanisms to pay for cleanup of waste sites if PRPs fail to do so, and to
assign liability to PRPs. The extent of liability to be allocated to a PRP is
dependent upon a variety of factors. Further, the number of waste sites
subject to cleanup is unknown. To date, approximately 1,500 cleanup sites have
been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and included on
its National Priorities List ("NPL"). State authorities have designated many
cleanup sites as well.
Many policyholders have made claims against various CNA insurance
subsidiaries for defense costs and indemnification in connection with
environmental pollution matters. These claims relate to accident years 1989
and prior, which coincides with CNA's adoption of the Simplified Commercial
General Liability coverage form, which includes what is referred to in the
industry as an "absolute pollution exclusion." CNA and the insurance industry
are disputing coverage for many such claims. Key coverage issues include
whether cleanup costs are considered damages under the policies, trigger of
coverage, allocation of liability among triggered policies, applicability of
pollution exclusions and owned property exclusions, the potential for joint
and several liability and the definition of an occurrence. To date, courts
have been inconsistent in their rulings on these issues.
A number of proposals to reform Superfund have been made by various parties.
However, no reforms were enacted by Congress during 2001 or the first three
months of 2002, and it is unclear what positions Congress or the
administration will take and what legislation, if any, will result in the
future. If there is legislation, and in some circumstances even if there is no
legislation, the federal role in environmental cleanup may be significantly
reduced in favor of state action. Substantial changes in the federal statute
or the activity of the EPA may cause states to reconsider their environmental
cleanup statutes and regulations. There can be no meaningful prediction of the
pattern of regulation that would result or the effect upon CNA's results of
operations and/or financial position.
Due to the inherent uncertainties described above, including the
inconsistency of court decisions, the number of waste sites subject to
cleanup, and the standards for cleanup and liability, the ultimate liability
of CNA for environmental pollution claims may vary substantially from the
amount currently recorded.
As of March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, CNA carried approximately $584.0
and $617.0 million of claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, net of
reinsurance recoverables, for reported and unreported environmental pollution
and other mass tort claims. There was no environmental pollution and other
mass tort net claim and claim adjustment expense reserve development for the
three months ended March 31, 2002. Unfavorable environmental pollution and
other mass tort development for the three months ended March 31, 2001 amounted
to $3.0 million.
CNA's property-casualty insurance subsidiaries also have exposure to
asbestos-related claims. Estimation of asbestos-related claim and claim
adjustment expense reserves involves many of the same limitations discussed
above for environmental pollution claims, such as inconsistency of court
decisions, specific policy provisions, allocation of liability among insurers
and insureds, and additional factors such as missing policies and proof of
coverage. Furthermore, estimation of asbestos-related claims is difficult due
to, among other reasons, the proliferation of bankruptcy proceedings and
attendant uncertainties, the targeting of a broader range of businesses and
entities as defendants, the uncertainty as to which other insureds may be
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targeted in the future, and the uncertainties inherent in predicting the
number of future claims.
As of March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, CNA carried approximately
$1,224.0 and $1,204.0 million of net claim and claim adjustment expense
reserves, net of reinsurance recoverables, for reported and unreported
asbestos-related claims. There was no unfavorable asbestos net claim and claim
adjustment expense reserve development for the three months ended March 31,
2002. Unfavorable asbestos net claim and claim adjustment expense reserve
development for the three months ended March 31, 2001 amounted to $21.0
million. CNA has attempted to manage its asbestos-related exposures by
aggressively resolving older claims.
In addition, some asbestos-related defendants have asserted that their
claims for insurance are not subject to aggregate limits on coverage. CNA
currently has such claims from a number of insureds. Some of these claims
involve insureds facing exhaustion of products liability aggregate limits in
their policies, who have asserted that their asbestos-related claims fall
within so-called "non-products" liability coverage contained within their
policies rather than products liability coverage, and that the claimed "non-
products" coverage is not subject to any aggregate limit. It is difficult to
predict the ultimate size of any of the claims for coverage not subject to
aggregate limits or predict to what extent, if any, the attempts to assert
"non-products" claims outside the products liability aggregate will succeed.
Due to the uncertainties created by volatility in claim numbers and
settlement demands, the effect of bankruptcies, the extent to which non-
impaired claimants can be precluded from making claims and the efforts by
insureds to obtain coverage not subject to aggregate limits, the ultimate
liability of CNA for asbestos-related claims may vary substantially from the
amount currently recorded. Other variables that will influence CNA's ultimate
exposure to asbestos-related claims will be medical inflation trends, jury
attitudes, the strategies of plaintiff attorneys to broaden the scope of
defendants, the mix of asbestos-related diseases presented and the possibility
of legislative reform. Adverse developments with respect to such matters
discussed in this paragraph could have a material adverse effect on CNA's
results of operations and/or financial condition.
The results of operations and financial condition of CNA in future years may
continue to be adversely affected by environmental pollution and other mass
tort and asbestos claim and claim adjustment expenses. Management will
continue to review and monitor these liabilities and make further adjustments,
including the potential for further reserve strengthening, as warranted.
Lorillard
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Lorillard, Inc. and subsidiaries ("Lorillard"). Lorillard, Inc. is a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company.
During the first quarter of 2002, Lorillard adopted Emerging Issues Task
Force ("EITF") No. 00-25 and No. 00-14 relating to the classification of
vendor consideration and certain sales incentives. As a result, promotional
expenses historically included in other operating expenses were reclassified
to cost of manufactured products sold, or as reductions of revenues from
manufactured products. Prior period amounts were reclassified for comparative
purposes. Adoption of the EITF issues had no impact on the results of
operations and cash flows of Lorillard.
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Revenues and net income increased by $50.4 and $2.3 million, or 5.4% and
1.4%, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2002, as compared to
the corresponding period of the prior year.
Revenues increased due to higher net sales, partially offset by lower
investment income. Net sales increased by $67.8 million due to higher average
unit prices which resulted in an aggregate increase of approximately $39.2
million, or 4.3%, including $22.5 million from the increase in federal excise
taxes. Increased unit sales volume of approximately $28.6 million, or 3.2%,
for the three months ended March 31, 2002, as compared to 2001, also
contributed to the higher net sales. During 2002, Lorillard increased its net
wholesale price of cigarettes by an average of $7.13 per thousand cigarettes
($.14 per pack of 20 cigarettes), or 6.2%. Federal excise taxes are included
in the price of cigarettes and on January 1, 2002, the federal excise tax on
cigarettes increased by $2.50 per thousand cigarettes ($0.05 per pack of 20
cigarettes) to $19.50 per thousand cigarettes. All of the states also levy
excise taxes on cigarettes. Various states have proposed, and certain states
have recently passed, increases in their state tobacco excise taxes. Such
actions may adversely affect Lorillard's volume, net sales and net income.
Lorillard's overall unit sales volume increased 1.8% for the three months
ended March 31, 2002, as compared to 2001. Newport's unit sales volume
increased by 7.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2002, primarily as a
result of the introduction of additional offerings from Newport's Medium line
extension, strengthened promotional support and inventory replenishment
significantly above average purchases by some wholesale customers. Overall
unit sales volume reflects lower unit sales of its Maverick and Old Gold
brands in the discount market segment due primarily to increased competition
in the discount segment and continued limitations imposed by Philip Morris's
merchandising arrangements and general competitive conditions. Overall,
industry unit sales volume increased by 2.7% for the three months ended March
31, 2002.
Lorillard's share of wholesale cigarette shipments was 9.5% for the three
months ended March 31, 2002, as compared to 9.6% for 2001. Newport, a premium
brand, accounted for approximately 88.0% of Lorillard's unit sales for the
three months ended March 31, 2002, compared to 85.0% for the year ended
December 31, 2001. Newport's market share of the premium segment was 11.2% for
the three months ended March 31, 2002, compared to 10.9% for the year ended
December 31, 2001.
Lorillard recorded pretax charges of $295.8 and $279.2 million ($180.7 and
$170.0 million after-taxes), for the three months ended March 31, 2002 and
2001, respectively, to accrue its obligations under various settlement
agreements. Lorillard's portion of ongoing adjusted payments and legal fees is
based on its share of domestic cigarette shipments in the year preceding that
in which the payment is due. Accordingly, Lorillard records its portions of
ongoing settlement payments as part of cost of manufactured products sold as
the related sales occur. Funds required for the industry payment obligations
have been provided by Lorillard's operating activities. See Note 12 of the
Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Part I.
The State Settlement Agreements impose a stream of future payment
obligations on Lorillard and the other major U.S. cigarette manufacturers and
places significant restrictions on their ability to market and sell
cigarettes. The Company believes that the implementation of the State
Settlement Agreements will materially adversely affect its consolidated
results of operations and cash flows in future periods. The degree of the
adverse impact will depend, among other things, on the rates of decline in
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U.S. cigarette sales in the premium and discount segments, Lorillard's share
of the domestic premium and discount segments, and the effect of any resulting
cost advantage of manufacturers not subject to all of the payments of the
State Settlement Agreements.
Loews Hotels
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Loews Hotels Holding Corporation and subsidiaries ("Loews Hotels"). Loews
Hotels Holding Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
Revenues decreased by $7.6 million, or 9.0%, and net income increased by
$0.5 million, or 9.1%, for the three months ended March 31, 2002, as compared
to the corresponding period of the prior year.
Revenue per available room declined to $120.10 for the quarter ended March
31, 2002, compared to $133.70 for the same period in 2001, primarily due to
lower average room rates. Net income increased due primarily to improved
results at the Universal Orlando properties and lower interest expense,
partially offset by the reduced revenues.
Diamond Offshore
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Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. and subsidiaries ("Diamond Offshore").
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. is a 53% owned subsidiary of the Company.
Revenues and net income decreased by $20.3 and $6.0 million, or 9.0% and
40.8%, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2002, as compared to
the corresponding period of the prior year.
Revenues from high specification floaters and other semisubmersible rigs
increased by $5.1 million, or 2.3%, for the three months ended March 31, 2002
as compared to the corresponding period of the prior year. The increase
reflects higher dayrates ($5.2 million) and revenues generated by the Ocean
Baroness which completed a conversion to a high specification semisubmersible
drilling unit ($2.4 million), partially offset by lower utilization ($2.5
million) for the three months ended March 31, 2002 as compared to the
corresponding period of the prior year.
Revenues from jack-up rigs decreased by $14.0 million, or 6.2%, due
primarily to decreased dayrates ($8.4 million) and lower utilization ($5.6
million) for the three months ended March 31, 2002.
Net income decreased due primarily to the decreased revenues discussed
above, partially offset by lower interest expenses.
On April 22, 2002, the Ocean Baroness experienced a parting of its marine
riser during operations offshore Malaysia in 5,700 feet of water. No injuries
were sustained in this incident and the well was secured without incident and
successfully plugged. The drilling unit was undamaged and known damage was
limited to subsurface elements of the riser. Damage to the blow-out preventer
was not evident; however, a detailed inspection will be required following
recovery operations to determine the extent of the damage, if any, to the
blow-out preventer or any other equipment.
Diamond Offshore is in consultation with the riser manufacturer, its
customer and several contractors in order to develop a recovery and repair
plan. While recovery and remediation are ongoing, Diamond Offshore cannot
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estimate the financial impact of this event or the duration to its recovery
and remediation efforts. The drilling rig is currently idle and will not earn
dayrate revenue until recovery and remediation efforts are complete. However,
Diamond Offshore believes successful recovery and repair of the subsea
equipment can be conducted.
Bulova
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Bulova Corporation and subsidiaries ("Bulova"). Bulova Corporation is a 97%
owned subsidiary of the Company.
Revenues and net income decreased by $0.5 and $0.8 million, or 1.5% and
33.3%, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2002, as compared to
the corresponding period of the prior year. Revenues and net income decreased
due primarily to lower unit sales volume, partially offset by higher watch
unit prices.
Corporate
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Corporate operations consist primarily of investment income, including
investment gains (losses) from non-insurance subsidiaries, as well as equity
earnings from a shipping joint venture, corporate interest expenses and other
corporate administrative costs.
The components of investment gains (losses) included in Corporate operations
are as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
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2002 2001
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(In millions)
<s> <c> <c>
Revenues:
Derivative instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10.0 $ 8.2
Fixed maturities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3.9) 7.3
Equity securities, including short positions . . . 9.1 15.2
Short-term investments, primarily U.S. government
securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 6.0
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22.5 36.7
Income tax expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7.9) (12.8)
Minority interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1.0) (1.9)
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Net income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 13.6 $ 22.0
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Exclusive of investment gains (losses), revenues decreased $29.4 million and
net loss increased $20.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2002,
compared to the prior year, due primarily to lower revenues from a shipping
joint venture reflecting reduced demand and charter rates in the crude oil
tanker markets, and lower investment income.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources:
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CNA Financial
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The principal operating cash flow sources of CNA's property-casualty and
life insurance subsidiaries are premiums and investment income. The primary
operating cash flow uses are payments for claims, policy benefits and
operating expenses.
For the three months ended March 31, 2002 net cash used in operating
activities was $78.0 million as compared with $180.0 million for the same
period in 2001. The improvement related primarily to increased premium
receipts.
Cash flows from investing activities include purchases and sales of
financial instruments, as well as the purchase and sale of land, buildings,
equipment and other assets not generally held for resale.
For the three months ended March 31, 2002, net cash inflows from investing
activities was $35.0 million as compared with $331.0 million for the same
period in 2001. Cash inflows from investing activities for the three months
ended March 31, 2001 included net sale proceeds of $264.0 million related to
the sale of the 180 Maiden Lane, New York, facility.
Cash flows from financing activities include proceeds from the issuance of
debt or equity securities, outflows for dividends or repayment of debt and
outlays to reacquire equity instruments. For the three months ended March 31,
2002, net cash used in financing activities was $5.0 million as compared with
$172.0 million for the same period in 2001. Cash used in financing activities
for the three months ended March 31, 2001 included $149.0 million of principal
payments on debt.
CNA is closely managing the cash flows related to claims and reinsurance
recoverables from the WTC event. It is anticipated that significant claim
payments will be made prior to receipt of the corresponding reinsurance
recoverables. CNA does not anticipate any liquidity problems resulting from
these payments. Approximately 41.0%, 39.0% and 17.0% of the reinsurance
recoverables on the estimated losses related to the WTC event are from
companies with S&P ratings of AAA, AA or A. As of May 3, 2002, CNA has paid
$294.0 million in claims and recovered $135.0 million from reinsurers.
In April 2002, CNA exercised its option to convert a $250.0 million 364-day
revolving credit facility to a one-year term loan which matures on April 29,
2003.
The terms of CNA's credit facility requires it to maintain certain financial
ratios and combined property-casualty company statutory surplus levels. At
March 31, 2002 and 2001, CNA was in compliance with all restrictive debt
covenants.
In the normal course of business, CNA has obtained letters of credit in
favor of various unaffiliated insurance companies, regulatory authorities and
other entities. At March 31, 2002 there were approximately $270.0 million of
outstanding letters of credit.
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CNA has committed approximately $181.0 million to future capital calls from
various third-party limited partnership investments in exchange for an
ownership interest in the related partnerships.
CNA has a commitment to purchase a $100.0 million floating rate note issued
by the California Earthquake Authority in the event California earthquake-
related insurance losses exceed $4.9 billion prior to December 31, 2002.
CNA is obligated to future payments totaling $516.0 million for non-
cancelable operating leases expiring from 2002 through 2014 primarily for
office space and data processing, office and transportation equipment.
Estimated future minimum payments under these contracts are as follows: $81.0
million in 2002; $94.0 million in 2003; $74.0 million in 2004; $64.0 million
in 2005; and $203.0 million in 2006 and beyond. CNA has entered into a limited
number of guaranteed payment contracts, primarily relating to
telecommunication services, amounting to approximately $44.0 million.
Estimated future minimum purchases under these contracts are as follows: $16.0
million in 2002; $15.0 million in 2003; $10.0 million in 2004; and $3.0
million in 2005.
On March 26, 2002, Fitch assigned an "A" stable insurer financial strength
rating for the Continental Insurance Company ("CIC") Pool, and a "BBB" rating
for The Continental Corporation senior debt. Prior to this date both the CIC
Pool and the Continental debt were not rated by Fitch.
CCC has entered into an agreement, effective January 24, 2002, to guarantee
the policyholder obligations of CNA Insurance Company Limited, CNA Insurance
Company ("Europe") Limited ("CIE") and Maritime Insurance Company Limited
("Maritime") in order to preserve their S&P rating of "A-". This agreement
remains in force until the earlier of December 2007, or such time as the
companies are informed in writing by S&P that the guarantee is no longer
required to maintain the rating for CIE and Maritime consistent with the
rating of CCC. This agreement received the approval of the Illinois Department
of Insurance (the "Department") in April 2002. Upon receiving the Department
approval, S&P reaffirmed the above-mentioned companies' rating of "A-" and
assigned a stable outlook.
CNA's ability to pay dividends and other credit obligations is significantly
dependent on receipt of dividends from its subsidiaries. The payment of
dividends to CNA by its 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
of the respective state insurance departments.
Dividends from the CCC Pool 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 of the
Department, may be paid only from earned surplus, which is calculated by
removing unrealized gains (which under statutory accounting includes
cumulative earnings of CCC's subsidiaries) from unassigned surplus. As of
March 31, 2002, CCC is in a negative earned surplus position. In February
2002, the Department approved an extraordinary dividend in the amount of
$117.0 million to be used to fund CNA's 2002 debt service requirements. Until
CCC is in a positive earned surplus position, all dividends require prior
approval of the Department.
In addition, by agreement with the New Hampshire Insurance Department, as
well as certain other state insurance departments, dividend payments for the
CIC Pool are restricted to internal and external debt service requirements
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through September 2003 up to a maximum of $85.0 million annually, without the
prior approval of the New Hampshire Insurance Department.
Lorillard
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Lorillard and other cigarette manufacturers continue to be confronted with
substantial litigation and regulatory issues. Approximately 4,650 product
liability cases are pending against cigarette manufacturers in the United
States. Of these, approximately 1,250 cases are pending in a West Virginia
court, and approximately 2,825 cases are brought by flight attendants alleging
injury from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the cabins of aircraft.
Lorillard is a defendant in all of the flight attendant suits served to date
and is a defendant in most of the cases pending in West Virginia.
On July 14, 2000, the jury in Engle v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al.
awarded a total of $145.0 billion in punitive damages against all defendants,
including $16.3 billion against Lorillard. The judgment also provides that the
jury's awards bear interest at the rate of 10% per year. Lorillard remains of
the view that the Engle case should not have been certified as a class action.
That certification is inconsistent with the majority of federal and state
court decisions which have held that mass smoking and health claims are
inappropriate for class treatment. Lorillard has challenged class
certification, as well as other numerous legal errors that it believes
occurred during the trial. The Company and Lorillard believe that an appeal of
these issues on the merits should prevail.
The terms of the State Settlement Agreements (see Note 17 of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2001 Annual Report to Shareholders)
require significant payments to be made to the Settling States which began in
1998 and continue in perpetuity. Lorillard expects the cash payment to be made
under the State Settlement Agreements in 2002 to be approximately $1.1
billion. See Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the
2001 Annual Report to Shareholders for additional information regarding this
settlement and other litigation matters.
The principal source of liquidity for Lorillard's business and operating
needs is internally generated funds from its operations. Lorillard's operating
activities resulted in a net cash outflow of approximately $84.2 million for
the three months ended March 31, 2002, compared to net cash provided of $36.8
million for the prior year. The reduced cash flow in 2002 is primarily due to
increased cash payments for tobacco settlements. Lorillard believes that cash
flows from operating activities will be sufficient for the foreseeable future
to enable it to meet its obligations under the State Settlement Agreements and
to fund its capital expenditures. Lorillard cannot predict its cash
requirements related to any future settlements or judgments, including cash
required to bond any appeals, if necessary, and can make no assurance that it
will be able to meet all of those requirements.
Loews Hotels
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In 2002, Loews Hotels, with its partners, will open a third hotel at
Universal Orlando in Florida. Capital expenditures in relation to this hotel
project are being funded by a combination of equity from Loews Hotels and its
partners, and mortgages.
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Funds from operations continue to exceed operating requirements. Funds for
other capital expenditures and working capital requirements are expected to be
provided from existing cash balances and operations.
Diamond Offshore
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At March 31, 2002, cash and marketable securities totaled $965.6 million,
down from $1,147.4 million at December 31, 2001. Cash provided by operating
activities for the three months ended March 31, 2002 increased by $39.1
million to $117.0 million, as compared to $77.9 million in 2001. The increase
in cash flow was primarily due to the timing of rig inventory purchases and
collection of accounts receivable in 2002.
During the three months ended March 31, 2002, Diamond Offshore purchased
500,000 shares of its common stock at an aggregate cost of $20.0 million, upon
the exercise of put options sold in February 2001. Depending on market
conditions Diamond Offshore may, from time to time, purchase shares of its
common stock in the open market.
During the three months ended March 31, 2002, Diamond Offshore's capital
expenditures amounted to $57.2 million. These expenditures were primarily for
the deepwater upgrades of the Ocean Baroness ($27.2 million) and the Ocean
Rover ($13.0 million). Diamond Offshore expects to spend approximately $275.0
million for rig upgrade capital expenditures during 2002, which are primarily
costs associated with upgrades of its Ocean Rover semisubmersible rig and six
jack-up rigs.
Diamond Offshore took delivery of the Ocean Baroness in January 2002. On
March 17, 2002 the rig began mobilizing to a location offshore Southeast Asia
to begin its current contract. The approximate cost of the upgrade was $170.0
million. In January 2002, the Ocean Rover arrived at a shipyard in Singapore
for a major upgrade to water depths and specifications similar to the enhanced
Ocean Baroness. The estimated cost of this upgrade is approximately $200.0
million with approximately $135.0 million to be spent in 2002. The upgrade is
expected to take approximately 19 months to complete with delivery estimated
to occur in the third quarter of 2003.
Diamond Offshore also plans to spend approximately $100.0 million over the
next two years to upgrade six of its jack-up rigs. Diamond Offshore expects to
finance these upgrades through the use of existing cash balances or internally
generated funds.
During the three months ended March 31, 2002, Diamond Offshore expended
$10.8 million for its continuing rig enhancement program and other corporate
requirements. Diamond Offshore has budgeted $100.0 million for 2002 capital
expenditures associated with these items.
Cash required to meet Diamond Offshore's capital commitments is determined
by evaluating rig upgrades to meet specific customer requirements and by
evaluating Diamond Offshore's continuing rig enhancement program, including
water depth and drilling capability upgrades. It is management's opinion that
operating cash flows and Diamond Offshore's cash reserves will be sufficient
to meet these capital commitments; however, periodic assessments will be made
based on industry conditions. In addition, Diamond Offshore may, from time to
time, issue debt or equity securities, or a combination thereof, to finance
capital expenditures, the acquisition of assets and businesses, or for general
corporate purposes. Diamond Offshore's ability to effect any such issuance
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will be dependent on its results of operations, its current financial and
market conditions, and other factors beyond its control.
Bulova
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For the three months ended March 31, 2002, net cash provided from operating
activities was $18.5 million as compared with net cash used of $13.2 million
in the first quarter of 2001. Bulova's cash and cash equivalents, and
investments amounted to $37.4 million at March 31, 2002, compared to $18.9
million at December 31, 2001. The increase in net cash flow is primarily the
result of a decrease in inventory purchases and a higher collection of
accounts receivables as compared to the prior year, partially offset by a
change in the timing of accounts payable and accrued expenses. Funds for
capital expenditures and working capital requirements are expected to be
provided from operations and existing cash balances.
Majestic Shipping
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As previously reported in the Company's 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K, a
subsidiary of the Company entered into agreements for newbuilding of four
supertankers, the total cost of the four ships is estimated to amount to
approximately $360.0 million. In March 2002, the contracts for the four
supertankers were sold at the Company's carrying value to Hellespont Shipping
Corporation, an affiliated entity.
Parent Company
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As of March 31, 2002, there were 189,405,800 shares of Loews Common Stock
outstanding. During the three months ended March 31, 2002, the Company
purchased 2,099,200 shares of Loews Common Stock at an aggregate cost of
$122.9 million. Depending on market conditions, the Company from time to time
purchases shares of its, and its subsidiaries', outstanding common stock in
the open market or otherwise.
On February 6, 2002, the Company sold 40,250,000 shares of a new class of
its common stock referred to as Carolina Group stock for net proceeds of $1.1
billion. Proceeds from this sale have been allocated to the Loews Group and
will be used for general corporate purposes.
The Company continues to pursue conservative financial strategies while
seeking opportunities for responsible growth. These include the expansion of
existing businesses, full or partial acquisitions and dispositions, and
opportunities for efficiencies and economies of scale.
Investments:
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Investment activities of non-insurance companies include investments in
fixed income securities, equity securities including short sales, derivative
instruments and short-term investments, and are carried at fair value. Equity
securities, which are considered part of the Company's trading portfolio,
short sales and derivative instruments are marked to market and reported as
investment gains or losses in the income statement.
The Company enters into short sales and invests in certain derivative
instruments for a number of purposes, including; (i) asset and liability
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management activities, (ii) income enhancements for its portfolio management
strategy, and (iii) 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 detailed
reports of existing positions and valuation fluctuations to ensure that open
positions are consistent with the Company's portfolio strategy.
The credit exposure associated with these instruments is generally limited
to the positive market value of the instruments and will vary based on changes
in market prices. The Company enters into these transactions with large
financial institutions and considers the risk of nonperformance to be remote.
The Company does not believe that any of the derivative instruments utilized
by it are unusually complex, nor do these instruments contain imbedded
leverage features which would expose the Company to a higher degree of risk.
See "Results of Operations" and "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
about Market Risk" for additional information with respect to derivative
instruments, including recognized gains and losses on these instruments. See
also Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2001
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Insurance
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The components of CNA's net investment income for the three months ended
March 31, 2002 and 2001 are presented in the following table.
Three Months Ended
March 31,
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2002 2001
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(In millions)
<s> <c> <c>
Fixed maturity securities:
Bonds:
Taxable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 414.0 $ 409.0
Tax-exempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.0 34.0
Limited Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 36.0
Short-term investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.0 42.0
Other, including interest on funds withheld
and other deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (30.0) 2.0
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Gross investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.0 523.0
Investment expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (14.0) (16.0)
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Net investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 426.0 $ 507.0
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CNA experienced lower net investment income for the three months ended March
31, 2002 as compared with the same period in 2001. The decrease was due
primarily to adverse results from a limited partnership, lower portfolio
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yields and increased interest costs on funds withheld and other deposits,
which are described in the Reinsurance section under Results of Operations.
The yield on the bond segment of the investment portfolio was 6.0% in the
first three months of 2002 as compared with 6.6% during the same period in
2001.
The components of CNA's net investment gains (losses) for the three months
ended March 31, 2002 and 2001 are presented in the following table:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
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2002 2001
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(In millions)
<s> <c> <c>
Investment gains (losses):
Fixed maturity securities:
U.S. Government bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5.0 $ 128.0
Corporate and other taxable bonds . . . . . . . 9.0 (8.0)
Tax-exempt bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 53.0
Asset-backed bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 51.0
Redeemable Preferred Stock . . . . . . . . . . (14.0)
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Total fixed maturity securities . . . . . . . . . 11.0 224.0
Equity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 72.0
Derivative securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (21.0) (5.0)
Other invested assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0 80.0
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Total realized investment gains . . . . . . . . . 1.0 371.0
Income tax benefit (expense) . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 (134.0)
Minority interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (30.0)
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Net investment gains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2.0 $ 207.0
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Net realized investment gains decreased $205.0 million for the first quarter
of 2002 compared with the same period in 2001. This change is due primarily to
decreased gains on the sales of fixed maturity securities and the absence of a
$50.5 million gain on the sale of the 180 Maiden Lane, New York, facility that
occurred in the first quarter of 2001.
A primary objective in the management of the fixed maturity portfolio is to
maximize total return relative to underlying liabilities and respective
liquidity needs. In achieving this goal, assets may be sold to take advantage
of market conditions or other investment opportunities or credit
considerations. This activity will produce realized gains and losses depending
on market conditions including interest rates.
Substantially all invested assets are marketable securities classified as
available-for-sale in the accompanying financial statements. Accordingly,
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changes in fair value for these securities are reported in other comprehensive
income.
A summary of CNA's general account investments portfolios, at carrying
value, are as follows:
Change in
Unrealized
March 31, December 31, Gains
2002 2001 (Losses)
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(In millions)
<s> <c> <c> <c>
Fixed maturity securities:
U.S. Treasury securities and
obligations of government agencies . $ 5,084.0 $ 5,081.0 $ (32.0)
Asset-backed securities . . . . . . . 8,227.0 7,723.0 (124.0)
Tax exempt securities . . . . . . . . 3,088.0 2,720.0 1.0
Taxable securities . . . . . . . . . 12,555.0 13,403.0 (266.0)
Redeemable preferred stock . . . . . 52.0 48.0 (3.0)
Options embedded in convertible
debt securities . . . . . . . . . . 158.0 189.0
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Total fixed maturity securities . 29,164.0 29,164.0 (424.0)
Equity securities . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250.0 1,338.0 7.0
Short-term and other investments . . . 4,800.0 5,324.0 (29.0)
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,214.0 $35,826.0 $(446.0)
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March 31, December 31,
2002 2001
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(In millions)
<s> <c> <c>
Short-term and other investments:
Commercial paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,716.0 $ 1,194.0
Money market funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695.0 1,641.0
U.S. Treasury securities . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.0
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773.0 730.0
Other investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,616.0 1,584.0
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Total short-term and other
investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,800.0 $ 5,324.0
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CNA's general and separate account investment portfolio consists primarily
of publicly traded government bonds, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed
securities, municipal bonds and corporate bonds.
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Total net unrealized loss of the general account investments was $101.0
million at March 31, 2002 compared with a net unrealized gain of $345.0
million at December 31, 2001. The unrealized position at March 31, 2002 was
composed of a net unrealized loss of $230.0 million for fixed maturities, a
net unrealized loss of $48.0 million for short-term investments and a net
unrealized gain of $177.0 million for equity securities.
CNA's investment policies for both the general and separate accounts
emphasize high credit quality and diversification by industry, issuer and
issue. Assets supporting interest rate sensitive liabilities are segmented
within the general account to facilitate asset/liability duration management.
The general account portfolio consists primarily of high quality (rated BBB
or higher) bonds, 92.0% of which are rated as investment grade at both March
31, 2002 and December 31, 2001.
At March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, approximately 98.0% of the general
account portfolio were U.S. Government agencies or were rated by Standard &
Poor's ("S&P") or Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's"). The remaining bonds
were rated by other rating agencies, outside brokers or CNA management.
Below investment grade bonds are high yield securities rated below BBB by
bond rating agencies, as well as other unrated securities that, in the opinion
of management, are below investment-grade. High-yield securities generally
involve a greater degree of risk than investment-grade securities. However,
expected returns should compensate for the added risk. This risk is also
considered in the interest rate assumptions for the underlying insurance
products.
Included in CNA's general account fixed maturity securities at March 31,
2002 are $8,227.0 million of asset-backed securities, at fair value,
consisting of approximately 67.0% in collateralized mortgage obligations
("CMOs"), 11.0% in U.S. Government agency issued pass-through certificates,
13.0% in corporate asset-backed obligations and 9.0% in corporate mortgage-
backed pass-through certificates. The majority of CMOs held are actively
traded in liquid markets and are priced by broker-dealers.
CNA invests in certain derivative financial instruments primarily to reduce
its exposure to market risk (principally interest rate, equity price and
foreign currency risk). CNA considers the derivatives in its general account
to be held for purposes other than trading. Derivative securities are recorded
at fair value at the reporting date.
Most derivatives in separate accounts are held for trading purposes. CNA
uses these derivatives to mitigate market risk by purchasing S&P 500 index
futures in a notional amount equal to the contract liability relating to Life
Operations' Index 500 guaranteed investment contract product.
Accounting Standards
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In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement
Obligations." SFAS No. 143 applies to the accounting and reporting obligations
associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the
associated asset retirement costs. This Statement applies to legal obligations
associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the
acquisition, construction, development and/or the normal operation of a long-
lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees. Adoption of this
Statement is required for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002. Adoption
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of these provisions will not have a material impact on the financial position
or results of operations of the Company.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Certain statements made or incorporated by reference by the Company in this
Report are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the federal
securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any
statement that may project, indicate or imply future results, events,
performance or achievements, and may contain the words "expect", "intend",
"plan", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe", "will be", "will continue", "will
likely result", and similar expressions. Statements in this report that
contain forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements
regarding CNA's insurance business relating to asbestos, pollution and mass
tort claims, expected cost savings and other results from restructuring
activities; statements regarding insurance reserves and statements regarding
planned disposition of certain businesses; statements regarding litigation and
developments affecting Lorillard's tobacco business including, among other
things statements regarding claims, litigation and settlement, and statements
regarding regulation of the industry; statements regarding Diamond Offshore's
business including, without limitation, statements with respect to
expenditures for rig conversion and upgrade, oil and gas price levels,
exploration and production activity, and statements concerning actual or
potential damage, periods of inactivity and recovery and remediation efforts
with respect to the Ocean Baroness.
Such statements inherently are subject to a variety of risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
anticipated or projected. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others,
the impact of competitive products, policies and pricing; product and policy
availability and demand and market responses, including the effect of the
absence of applicable terrorism legislation on coverages; development of
claims and the effect on loss reserves; exposure to liabilities due to claims
made by insured and others relating to asbestos remediation and health-based
asbestos impairments, and exposure to liabilities for environmental pollution
and other mass tort claims; the sufficiency of CNA's loss reserves and the
possibility of future increases in reserves; the performance of reinsurance
companies under reinsurance contracts; the effects of the Enron bankruptcy on
energy and capital markets, and on the markets for directors & officers and
errors & omissions coverages; limitations upon CNA's ability to receive
dividends from its insurance subsidiaries imposed by state regulatory
agencies; regulatory limitations and restrictions upon CNA and its insurance
subsidiaries generally; judicial decisions and rulings; the possibility of
downgrades in CNA's ratings by ratings agencies and changes in rating agency
policies and practices, and the results of financing efforts.
The tobacco industry continues to be subject to health concerns relating to
the use of tobacco products and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke,
legislation, including actual and potential excise tax increases, increasing
marketing and regulatory restrictions, governmental regulation, privately
imposed smoking restrictions, litigation, including risks associated with
adverse jury and judicial determinations, courts reaching conclusions at
variance with the general understandings of applicable law, bonding
requirements and the absence of adequate appellate remedies to get timely
relief from any of the foregoing, and the effects of price increases related
to concluded tobacco litigation settlements and excise tax increases on
consumption rates.
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In addition to the factors noted above, all aspects of the operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries are affected by the impact of general economic
and business conditions, changes in financial markets (interest rate, credit,
currency, commodities and equities) or in the value of specific investments;
changes in domestic and foreign political, social and economic conditions, the
economic effects of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the impact of
judicial rulings and jury verdicts, regulatory initiatives and compliance with
governmental regulations and various other matters, many of which are beyond
the control of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Developments in any of these areas, which are more fully described elsewhere
in this Report could cause the Company's results to differ materially from
results that have been or may be anticipated or projected by or on behalf of
the Company and its subsidiaries. These forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date of this Report. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation
or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-
looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in the Company's
expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or
circumstances on which any statement is based.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
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The Company is a large diversified financial services company. As such, it
and its subsidiaries have significant amounts of financial instruments that
involve market risk. The Company's measure of market risk exposure represents
an estimate of the change in fair value of its financial instruments. Changes
in the trading portfolio would be recognized as investment gains (losses) in
the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income. Market risk exposure is
presented for each class of financial instrument held by the Company at March
31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, assuming immediate adverse market movements of
the magnitude described below. The Company believes that the various rates of
adverse market movements represent a measure of exposure to loss under
hypothetically assumed adverse conditions. The estimated market risk exposure
represents the hypothetical loss to future earnings and does not represent the
maximum possible loss nor any expected actual loss, even under adverse
conditions, because actual adverse fluctuations would likely differ. In
addition, since the Company's investment portfolio is subject to change based
on its portfolio management strategy as well as in response to changes in the
market, these estimates are not necessarily indicative of the actual results
which may occur.
Equity Price Risk - The Company has exposure to equity price risk as a
result of its investment in equity securities and equity derivatives. Equity
price risk results from changes in the level or volatility of equity prices
which affect the value of equity securities or instruments that derive their
value from such securities or indexes. Equity price risk was measured assuming
an instantaneous 25% change in the underlying reference price or index from
its level at March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, with all other variables
held constant.
Interest Rate Risk - The Company has exposure to interest rate risk, arising
from changes in the level or volatility of interest rates. The Company
attempts to mitigate its exposure to interest rate risk by utilizing
instruments such as interest rate swaps, interest rate caps, commitments to
purchase securities, options, futures and forwards. The Company monitors its
sensitivity to interest rate risk by evaluating the change in the value of its
financial assets and liabilities due to fluctuations in interest rates. The
evaluation is performed by applying an instantaneous change in interest rates
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of varying magnitudes on a static balance sheet to determine the effect such a
change in rates would have on the recorded market value of the Company's
investments and the resulting effect on shareholders' equity. The analysis
presents the sensitivity of the market value of the Company's financial
instruments to selected changes in market rates and prices which the Company
believes are reasonably possible over a one-year period.
The sensitivity analysis estimates the change in the market value of the
Company's interest sensitive assets and liabilities that were held on March
31, 2002 and December 31, 2001 due to instantaneous parallel shifts in the
yield curve of 100 basis points, with all other variables held constant.
The interest rates on certain types of assets and liabilities may fluctuate
in advance of changes in market interest rates, while interest rates on other
types may lag behind changes in market rates. Accordingly the analysis may not
be indicative of, is not intended to provide, and does not provide a precise
forecast of the effect of changes of market interest rates on the Company's
earnings or shareholders' equity. Further, the computations do not contemplate
any actions the Company could undertake in response to changes in interest
rates.
The Company's long-term debt, including interest rates swap agreements, as
of March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001 is denominated in U.S. Dollars. The
Company's debt has been primarily issued at fixed rates, and as such, interest
expense would not be impacted by interest rate shifts. The impact of a 100
basis point increase in interest rates on fixed rate debt would result in a
decrease in market value of $384.0 and $395.0 million at March 31, 2002 and
December 31, 2001, respectively. A 100 basis point decrease would result in an
increase in market value of $452.3 and $464.6 million at March 31, 2002 and
December 31, 2001, respectively.
Foreign Exchange Rate Risk - Foreign exchange rate risk arises from the
possibility that changes in foreign currency exchange rates will impact the
value of financial instruments. The Company has foreign exchange rate exposure
when it buys or sells foreign currencies or financial instruments denominated
in a foreign currency. This exposure is mitigated by the Company's
asset/liability matching strategy and through the use of futures for those
instruments which are not matched. The Company's foreign transactions are
primarily denominated in Canadian Dollars, British Pounds, and the European
Monetary Unit. The sensitivity analysis also assumes an instantaneous 20%
change in the foreign currency exchange rates versus the U.S. Dollar from
their levels at March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, with all other variables
held constant.
Commodity Price Risk - The Company has exposure to commodity price risk as a
result of its investments in gold options. Commodity price risk results from
changes in the level or volatility of commodity prices that impact instruments
which derive their value from such commodities. Commodity price risk was
measured assuming an instantaneous change of 20% from their levels at March
31, 2002 and December 31, 2001.
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The following tables present the Company's market risk by category (equity
markets, interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices)
on the basis of those entered into for trading purposes and other than trading
purposes.
Trading portfolio:
Category of risk exposure: Fair Value Asset (Liability) Market Risk
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March 31, December 31, March 31, December 31,
2002 2001 2002 2001
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(Amounts in millions)
<s> <c> <c> <c> <c>
Equity markets (1):
Equity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 364.8 $ 290.1 $(91.0) $(73.0)
Options - purchased . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 17.5 (3.0) 6.0
- written . . . . . . . . . . . (8.7) (7.8) 5.0 (3.0)
Index futures - long (2.0) (2.0)
Short sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (196.1) (193.4) 49.0 48.0
Separate Accounts - Equity securities (a) 19.3 11.7 (5.0) (2.0)
- Other invested assets 351.6 342.1 (6.0) (6.0)
Interest rate (2):
Options on government securities - short (2.6) (2.5) 3.0 (2.0)
Separate Accounts - Fixed maturity
securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.1 308.4 (3.0) (5.0)
Commodities:
Gold (3):
Options - purchased . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 2.6 (3.0)
- written . . . . . . . . . . . (.3) (.4)
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Note: The calculation of estimated market risk exposure is based on assumed adverse changes
in the underlying reference price or index of (1) a decrease in equity prices of 25%
at March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, (2) an increase in interest rates of 100 basis
points at March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001 and (3) an increase in gold prices of 20%.
Adverse changes on options which differ from those presented above would not necessarily
result in a proportionate change to the estimated market risk exposure.
(a) In addition, the Separate Accounts carry positions in equity index futures. A decrease
in equity prices of 25% would result in market risk amounting to $(218.0) and $(217.0)
at March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively. This market risk would be offset
by decreases in liabilities to customers under variable insurance contracts.
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Exposure to market risk is managed and monitored by senior management.
Senior management approves the overall investment strategy employed by the
Company and has responsibility to ensure that the investment positions are
consistent with that strategy and the level of risk acceptable to it. The
Company may manage risk by buying or selling instruments or entering into
offsetting positions.
Other than trading portfolio:
Other than trading portfolio:
Category of risk exposure: Fair Value Asset (Liability) Market Risk
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March 31, December 31, March 31, December 31,
2002 2001 2002 2001
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(Amounts in millions)
<s> <c> <c> <c> <c>
Equity markets (1):
Equity securities:
General accounts (a) . . . . . . . . . $ 1,349.8 $ 1,338.4 $ (331.0) $ (322.0)
Separate accounts . . . . . . . . . . 146.0 148.6 (37.0) (37.0)
Other invested assets . . . . . . . . . 1,367.1 1,306.9 (140.0) (134.0)
Separate accounts - Other invested assets 538.0 533.0 (134.0) (133.0)
Interest rate (2):
Fixed maturities (a) (b) . . . . . . . . 31,137.3 31,191.0 (1,683.0) (1,560.0)
Short-term investments (a) . . . . . . . 6,767.6 6,734.8 (2.0) (1.0)
Other derivative securities . . . . . . 0.8 16.3 (4.0) (19.0)
Separate accounts (a):
Fixed maturities . . . . . . . . . . 1,939.7 2,038.8 (113.0) (120.0)
Short-term investments . . . . . . . . 105.2 98.0
Long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5,521.0) (5,399.0)
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Note: The calculation of estimated market risk exposure is based on assumed adverse changes in
the underlying reference price or index of (1) a decrease in equity prices of 25% and (2)
an increase in interest rates of 100 basis points.
(a) Certain securities are denominated in foreign currencies. An assumed 20% decline in the
underlying exchange rates would result in an aggregate foreign currency exchange rate
risk of $(126.0) and $(114.0) at March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively.
(b) Certain fixed maturities positions include options embedded in convertible debt
securities. A decrease in underlying equity prices of 25% would result in market risk
amounting to $(117.0) and $(50.0) at March 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
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1. CNA is involved in various lawsuits including environmental pollution
claims. Information involving such lawsuits is incorporated by reference to
Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements in Part I.
2. As noted in Item 3 Legal Proceedings of the Company's Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001, Lorillard is defendant in various
lawsuits seeking damages for cancer and health effects claimed to have
resulted from the use of cigarettes or from exposure to tobacco smoke.
Information involving such lawsuits is incorporated by reference to such Item
3 Legal Proceedings. The Company is a defendant in some of these cases.
Material developments in relation to the foregoing are described below and
incorporated by reference to Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Condensed
Financial Statements in Part I.
CLASS ACTIONS -
In the case of Badillo v. American Tobacco Company, et al. (U.S. District
Court, Nevada, filed October 8, 1997), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit has denied plaintiffs' motion for leave to appeal the 2001 ruling by
the trial court that denied plaintiffs' motion for class certification.
In the case of Christensen v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., et al. (U.S.
District Court, Nevada, filed April 3, 1998), the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit has denied plaintiffs' motion for leave to appeal the 2001
ruling by the trial court that denied plaintiffs' motion for class
certification.
In the case of Cole v. The Tobacco Institute, et al. (U.S. District Court,
Eastern District, Texas, Texarkana Division, filed May 5, 1997), plaintiffs
did not file a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court and
no further appellate options are available to the plaintiffs.
In the case of Connor v. The American Tobacco Company, et al. (Second
Judicial District Court, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, filed October 10,
1996), the court has entered the parties' stipulation of dismissal with
prejudice, concluding the case.
In the case of Johnson v. Newport Lorillard, et al. (U.S. District Court,
Southern District, New York, filed October 31, 2001), the court has entered an
order to show cause why the case should not be dismissed.
In the case of Scott v. The American Tobacco Company, et al. (District
Court, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, filed May 24, 1996), jury selection is
proceeding. These matters are discussed under "Legal Proceedings and
Contingent Liabilities - Non-Insurance, Tobacco Related - Class Actions."
REIMBURSEMENT CASES -
U.S. Local Governmental Reimbursement Cases -
In the case of County of Wayne v. Philip Morris Incorporated, et al. (U.S.
District Court, Eastern District, Michigan, filed December 6, 1999), the court
has entered the parties' stipulation of dismissal with prejudice.
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Reimbursement Cases Filed by Labor Unions -
In the case of Central Laborers Welfare Fund, et al. v. Philip Morris, Inc.,
et al. (Circuit Court, Madison County, Illinois, filed on June 9, 1997),
plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the case during April of 2002.
In the case of Service Employees International Union Health & Welfare Fund,
et al. v. Philip Morris, Inc., et al. (U.S. District Court, District of
Columbia, filed March 19, 1998), an order dismissing the case has been
entered.
In the case of S.E.I.U. v. Philip Morris, Inc., et al. (U.S. District Court,
District of Columbia, filed June 22, 1998), an order dismissing the case has
been entered.
In the case of Holland, et al., Trustees of United Mine Workers v. Philip
Morris Incorporated, et al. (U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, filed
July 9, 1998), an order dismissing the case has been entered.
In the case of Sheet Metal Workers Trust Fund, et al. v. Philip Morris,
Inc., et al. (U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, filed August 31,
1999), an order dismissing the case has been entered.
CONTRIBUTION CASES -
In the case of Gasket Holdings, Inc., et al. v. RJR Nabisco, Inc., et al.
(Chancery Court, Claiborne County, Mississippi, filed April 18, 2001),
plaintiffs have voluntarily dismissed the case without prejudice.
INDIRECT PURCHASER SUITS -
In the case of Gray v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., et al. (Superior
Court, Pima County, Arizona, filed February 11, 2000), the court dismissed the
case in its entirety as to all defendants. On appeal, the appellate court
reversed the dismissal and reinstated the case.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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Information relating to the 2002 Special Meeting of Shareholders of the
Company, held on January 4, 2002, is contained in Item 4 of Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and such
information is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.
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(a) Exhibits--
(3) Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, dated April
16, 2002.
(10) First Amendment to Supplemental Retirement Agreement dated June 30,
2001 between Registrant and Peter Keegan.
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(b) Current reports on Form 8-K --
On January 4, 2002, Registrant filed a report on Form 8-K regarding the
approval by its shareholders to create a tracking stock and an employee stock
option plan based on the tracking stock.
On January 25, 2002, Registrant filed a report on Form 8-K regarding its 89%
owned subsidiary, CNA Financial Corporation, announcing its preliminary 2001
fourth quarter and year end results.
On February 19, 2002, Registrant filed a report on Form 8-K regarding
calculation of the Company's book value per share.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
LOEWS CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
Dated: May 10, 2002 By /s/ Peter W. Keegan
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PETER W. KEEGAN
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Duly authorized officer
and principal financial
officer)
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