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

                                     FORM 13F

     INFORMATION REQUIRED OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS PURSUANT TO
   SECTION 13(f)OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND RULES THEREUNDER

                   Report for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2001
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If amended report check here:  [  ]

                          Loews Corporation
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Name of Institutional Investment Manager

                        667 Madison Avenue    New York     New York     10021
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Business Address              (Street)        (City)        (State)     (Zip)

  Barry Hirsch, Senior Vice President          (212) 521-2920
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Name, Phone No., and Title of Person Duly Authorized to Submit This Report.

  The institutional investment manager submitting this Form and its
attachments and the person by whom it is signed represent hereby that all
information contained therein is true, correct and complete. It is understood
that all required items, statements and schedules are considered integral
parts of this Form and that the submission of any amendment represents that
all unamended items, statements and schedules remain true, correct and
complete as previously submitted.
  Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
undersigned Institutional investment manager has caused this report to be
signed on its behalf in the City of          New York          and State of
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New York  on the     11th     day of May, 2001.
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                                   Loews Corporation
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                                   (Name of Institutional Investment Manager)


                                   By:  /s/ Barry Hirsch
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                                   (Manual Signature of Person Duly Authorized
                                             to Submit This Report)

Name and 13F file number of ALL Institutional Investment Managers with respect
to which this schedule is filled (other than the one filing this report):
(List in alphabetical order).

13F File Numbers will be assigned to Institutional Investment Managers after
they file their first report.

Name:                      13F File No.:  Name:                    13F File
No.:
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                                Loews Corporation

                                    FORM 13F

                          Report for the Quarter Ended

                                 March 31, 2001




  Loews Corporation ("Loews"), by virtue of its approximately 87% ownership of
voting securities of CNA Financial Corporation whose business address is CNA
Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60685 ("CNA"), may be deemed to have investment
discretion regarding certain securities (the "CNA Securities") as to which
investment discretion is deemed to be exercised by CNA. Pursuant to General
Instruction B of Form 13F, CNA is reporting on behalf of Loews regarding the
CNA Securities.

  Mr. Laurence A. Tisch and Mr. Preston R. Tisch own in the aggregate
approximately 27% of the outstanding Common Stock of Loews. Mr. Laurence A.
Tisch and Mr. Preston R. Tisch are the Co-Chairman of the Board of Loews.
Laurence A. Tisch and Preston R. Tisch are brothers and may be deemed to be
control persons of Loews.

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Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: Investment Discretion ----------------------- Title Fair Market Shares or (b) Shared- Managers Voting Authority (Shares) of CUSIP Value (In Principal As Defined (c)Shared- See ------------------------- Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount (a)Sole In Instr. v Other Instr. v (a)Sole (b)Shared (c)None AES Corp. Common 00130H105 $ 225 4,500 X 4,500 Agnico Eagle Common 008474108 6,046 980,000 X 980,000 Mines Ltd. Allamerica Finl Common 019754100 285 5,500 X 5,500 Corp American Natl Common 028591105 1,411 20,500 X 20,500 Ins Co. Apex Silver Common G04074103 1,592 200,000 X 200,000 Mines Ltd. Apex Silver WTS G04074111 50 167,000 X 167,000 Mines Ltd. 110402 Applica Inc. Common 03815A106 1,240 200,000 X 200,000 AT&T Corp Common 001957208 560 40,000 X 40,000 Liberty Media-A Ballard Pwr Common 05858H104 212 5,300 X 5,300 Sys Inc. Barrick Gold Common 067901108 23,078 1,615,000 X 1,615,000 Corp. Bear Stearns Common 073902108 1,144 25,000 X 25,000 Cos. Inc. Belo Corp Common 080555105 1,235 75,000 X 75,000 Black & Decker Common 091797100 202 5,500 X 5,500 Corp BMC Software Common 055921100 430 20,000 X 20,000 Bristol Myers Common 110122108 594 10,000 X 10,000 Squibb Co. ----------- TOTAL $ 38,304 -----------
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Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: Investment Discretion ----------------------- Title Fair Market Shares or (b) Shared- Managers Voting Authority (Shares) of CUSIP Value (In Principal As Defined (c)Shared- See ------------------------- Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount (a)Sole In Instr. v Other Instr. v (a)Sole (b)Shared (c)None Cabelvision Common 12686C109 260 3,700 X 3,700 Sys Corp Cadiz Inc. Common 127537108 1,490 150,000 X 150,000 Cambior Inc. Common 13201L103 93 300,000 X 300,000 Carnival Corp Common 143658102 210 7,600 X 7,600 Caterpillar Inc. Common 149123101 4,881 110,000 X 110,000 Chubb Corp. Common 171232101 1,811 25,000 X 25,000 Cleveland Cliffs Common 185896107 4,142 230,100 X 230,100 Inc. CMS Energy Corp Common 125896100 317 10,700 X 10,700 CNA Financial Common 126117100 5,585,923 159,457,480 X 159,457,480 Corp. Comcast Corp Common 200300200 285 6,800 X 6,800 Compaq Computer Common 204493100 1,463 80,400 X 80,400 Corp. Conexant Systems Common 207142100 137 15,300 X 15,300 Consolidated Common 209232107 460 68,200 X 68,200 Frtwys Corp. Countrywide Cr Common 222372104 212 4,300 X 4,300 Inds CTS Corp Common 126501105 415 20,000 X 20,000 Deere & Co. Common 244199105 1,817 50,000 X 50,000 Delphi Finl Group Common 247131105 1,480 50,000 X 50,000 Inc Delta Airlines Common 247361108 2,568 65,000 X 65,000 Inc Del ----------- TOTAL $ 5,607,964 -----------
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Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: Investment Discretion ----------------------- Title Fair Market Shares or (b) Shared- Managers Voting Authority (Shares) of CUSIP Value (In Principal As Defined (c)Shared- See ------------------------- Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount (a)Sole In Instr. v Other Instr. v (a)Sole (b)Shared (c)None Dollar Thrifty Common 256743105 1,236 60,000 X 60,000 Automotive GP Dow Chemical Co. Common 260543103 4,261 135,000 X 135,000 Dow Jones & Co Common 260561105 235 4,500 X 4,500 Inc. DuPont E.I. De Common 263534109 2,035 50,000 X 50,000 Nemours & Co. Eaton Corp. Common 278058102 356 5,200 X 5,200 Echelon Corp Common 27874N105 249 16,800 X 16,800 Equity Common 29476L107 302 5,800 X 5,800 Residential Pptys Tr Fairchild Common 303726103 162 12,200 X 12,200 Semiconductor Intl Frontline Ltd Common 35906P105 1,742 100,000 X 100,000 Furniture Brands Common 360921100 1,689 71,250 X 71,250 International Goodyear Tire & Common 382550101 1,145 48,000 X 48,000 Rubber Co General Elec Co Common 369604103 306 7,300 X 7,300 General Motors Common 370442105 2,074 40,000 X 40,000 Corp Glamis Gold Ltd Common 376775102 1,832 930,000 X 930,000 GPU Inc Common 36225X100 260 8,000 X 8,000 ----------- TOTAL $ 17,884 -----------
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Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: Investment Discretion ----------------------- Title Fair Market Shares or (b) Shared- Managers Voting Authority (Shares) of CUSIP Value (In Principal As Defined (c)Shared- See ------------------------- Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount (a)Sole In Instr. v Other Instr. v (a)Sole (b)Shared (c)None Gulf CDA Res Ltd Common 40218L305 1,096 200,000 X 200,000 Hearst-Argyle Common 422317107 1,030 50,000 X 50,000 Television Inc. Hershey Foods Common 427866108 229 3,300 X 3,300 Corp Hewlett Packard Common 428236103 625 20,000 X 20,000 Co Hilton Hotels Common 432848109 943 90,200 X 90,200 Corp Homestake Mining Common 437614100 35,142 6,681,000 X 6,681,000 Household Intl Common 441815107 255 4,300 X 4,300 Inc Intl. Paper Inc. Common 460146103 6,134 170,000 X 170,000 IBM Common 459200101 4,809 50,000 X 50,000 Inktomi Corp Common 457277101 665 100,000 X 100,000 Interstate Common 46072H108 306 20,000 X 20,000 Bakeries Jabil Circuit Common 466313103 225 10,400 X 10,400 Inc Jefferson Pilot Common 475070108 360 5,300 X 5,300 Corp Johnson & Johnson Common 478160104 306 3,500 X 3,500 Jones Apparel Common 480074103 333 8,800 X 8,800 Grp Inc Keithley Instrs Common 487584104 165 10,200 X 10,200 Inc ----------- TOTAL $ 52,623 -----------
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Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: Investment Discretion ----------------------- Title Fair Market Shares or (b) Shared- Managers Voting Authority (Shares) of CUSIP Value (In Principal As Defined (c)Shared- See ------------------------- Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount (a)Sole In Instr. v Other Instr. v (a)Sole (b)Shared (c)None Kinross Gold Common 496902107 457 915,000 X 915,000 Corp. Kroger Co Common 501044101 281 10,900 X 10,900 Lincoln Natl Common 534187109 1,274 30,000 X 30,000 Corp Ind Loews Cos. Inc Common 548661107 257 4,400 X 4,400 Lucent Tech Common 549463107 167 16,800 X 16,800 Marriott Intl Common 571903202 222 5,400 X 5,400 Inc. New Marsh & McLennan Common 571748102 256 2,700 X 2,700 Cos. Cin Maytag Corp. Common 578592107 3,225 100,000 X 100,000 MBIA Inc Common 55262C100 1,589 19,700 X 19,700 McGraw Hill Common 580645109 286 4,800 X 4,800 Cos Inc Med-Design Corp. Common 583926100 270 20,000 X 20,000 Metromedia Int'l. Common 591695101 157 50,213 X 50,213 Group Inc. MGIC Invt Corp Common 552848103 349 5,100 X 5,100 WIS Millipore Corp Common 601073109 347 7,500 X 7,500 Mine Safety Common 602720104 766 30,000 X 30,000 Appliances Co. Miramar Mining Common 60466E100 345 460,000 X 460,000 Corp. ----------- TOTAL $ 10,248 -----------
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Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: Investment Discretion ----------------------- Title Fair Market Shares or (b) Shared- Managers Voting Authority (Shares) of CUSIP Value (In Principal As Defined (c)Shared- See ------------------------- Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount (a)Sole In Instr. v Other Instr. v (a)Sole (b)Shared (c)None Montana Power Co Common 612085100 217 15,400 X 15,400 Money Group Inc Common 615337102 332 10,000 X 10,000 Motorola Inc. Common 620076109 1,183 83,000 X 83,000 National City Common 635405103 201 7,500 X 7,500 Corp Navistar Int'l. Common 63934E108 3,192 140,000 X 140,000 Corp. New York Times Common 650111107 221 5,400 X 5,400 Co News Corp LTD- Common 652487802 821 30,000 X 30,000 Spons Adr Prf Nortek Inc Common 656559101 1,094 40,000 X 40,000 Nortel Networks Common 656568102 1,405 100,000 X 100,000 Corp New Omnicom Group Inc Common 681919106 829 10,000 X 10,000 On Command Corp. Common 682160106 537 85,876 X 85,876 On Command Corp. WTS B 682160122 26 27,920 X 27,920 100703 Overseas Ship- Common 690368105 3,711 135,000 X 135,000 holding Group Inc Perrigo Co. Common 714290103 494 50,000 X 50,000 Pitney Bowes Inc Common 724479100 202 5,800 X 5,800 Placer Dome Inc. Common 725906101 24,462 2,828,000 X 2,828,000 ----------- TOTAL $ 38,927 -----------
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Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: Investment Discretion ----------------------- Title Fair Market Shares or (b) Shared- Managers Voting Authority (Shares) of CUSIP Value (In Principal As Defined (c)Shared- See ------------------------- Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount (a)Sole In Instr. v Other Instr. v (a)Sole (b)Shared (c)None Potash Corp. Common 73755L107 4,061 70,000 X 70,000 Sask Inc. Praxair Inc Common 74005P104 254 5,700 X 5,700 Robert Half Intl Common 770323103 255 11,400 X 11,400 Inc Ryerson Tull Inc Common 78375P107 7,246 72,100 X 72,100 New Sapient Corp Common 803062108 111 15,400 X 15,400 Snap-On Inc. Common 833034101 1,165 40,000 X 40,000 Sonic Automotive Common 83545G102 468 60,000 X 60,000 Inc Southtrust Corp Common 844730101 380 8,300 X 8,300 Sovereign Bancorp Common 845905108 1,482 175,000 X 175,000 Inc Starwood Hotels & Common 85590A203 289 8,500 X 8,500 Resorts wrldwd Stillwater Mining Co. Common 86074Q102 226 8,350 X 8,350 Steward WP & Co Common None 760 35,000 X 35,000 Ltd St Jude Med Inc Common 790849103 269 5,000 X 5,000 Symantec Corp Common 871503108 272 6,500 X 6,500 Teekay Shipping Common None 2,769 65,000 X 65,000 Marshall Islnd ----------- TOTAL $ 20,007 -----------
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Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: Investment Discretion ----------------------- Title Fair Market Shares or (b) Shared- Managers Voting Authority (Shares) of CUSIP Value (In Principal As Defined (c)Shared- See ------------------------- Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount (a)Sole In Instr. v Other Instr. v (a)Sole (b)Shared (c)None Tele Norte Leste Common 879246106 163 10,000 X 10,000 Part SA Telephone and Common 879433100 281 3,000 X 3,000 Data Sys Inc Teva Pharm- Common 881624209 229 4,200 X 4,200 aceutical Inds Textron Inc Common 883203101 2,842 50,000 X 50,000 Torchmark Corp Common 891027104 1,553 40,000 X 40,000 United Parcel Common 911312106 319 5,600 X 5,600 Service Inc USX Marathon Common 902905827 1,347 50,000 X 50,000 Group Vivendi Universal Common 92851S204 315 5,200 X 5,200 Wackenhut Corp Common 929794303 156 15,000 X 15,000 Wellpoint Health Common 94973H108 210 2,200 X 2,200 Network Wells Fargo & Common 949746101 227 4,600 X 4,600 Co. New Thoratec Corp Common 885175307 $ 2,839 334,000 X 334,000 TIBCO Software Common 88632Q103 850 100,000 X 100,000 Inc TVX Gold Inc. Common 87308K101 396 430,000 X 430,000 Viacom Inc. Common 925524100 254 5,700 X 5,700 CL A Visteon Corp. Common 92839U107 1,504 100,000 X 100,000 ----------- TOTAL $ 13,485 -----------
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Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: Investment Discretion ----------------------- Title Fair Market Shares or (b) Shared- Managers Voting Authority (Shares) of CUSIP Value (In Principal As Defined (c)Shared- See ------------------------- Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount (a)Sole In Instr. v Other Instr. v (a)Sole (b)Shared (c)None Barrick Gold Common 067901908 572 40,000(c) X 40,000(c) Corp. Barrick Gold Common 067901958 7,860 550,000(p) X 550,000(p) Corp. BMC Software Common 055921900 2,150 100,000(p) X 100,000(p) Boeing Common 097023955 6,964 125,000(p) X 125,000(p) Bristol Meyers Common 110122958 2,376 400,000(p) X 400,000(p) Squibb Co. Caterpillar Inc. Common 149123951 6,657 150,000(p) X 150,000(p) Caterpillar Inc. Common 149123901 4,438 100,000(c) X 100,000(c) Chubb Corp. Common 191232951 5,070 70,000(p) X 70,000(p) Compaq Common 204493950 1,820 100,000(p) X 100,000(p) Deere & Co. Common 244199955 7,268 200,000(p) X 200,000(p) Dow Chemical Co. Common 260543953 5,683 180,000(p) X 180,000(p) DuPont E I de Common 263534959 2,035 50,000(p) X 50,000(p) Nemours & Co. Ford Motor Co. Common 345370950 2,868 100,000(p) X 100,000(p) GoodYear Tire & Common 382550951 3,101 130,000(p) X 130,000(p) Rubber Co. Homestake Mining Common 437614950 6,154 1,170,000(p) X 1,170,000(p) Intl Paper Co. Common 460146903 305 20,000(c) X 20,000(c) Intl Paper Co. Common 460146953 7,216 200,000(p) X 200,000(p) ----------- TOTAL $ 72,537 -----------
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Item 1: Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Item 6: Item 7: Item 8: Investment Discretion ----------------------- Title Fair Market Shares or (b) Shared- Managers Voting Authority (Shares) of CUSIP Value (In Principal As Defined (c)Shared- See ------------------------- Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount (a)Sole In Instr. v Other Instr. v (a)Sole (b)Shared (c)None JP Morgan Common 46625H950 1,796 40,000(p) X 40,000(p) Maytag Corp. Common 578592907 1,616 50,000(c) X 50,000(c) Maytag Corp. Common 578592957 6,450 200,000(p) X 200,000(p) Motorola Common 620076959 1,426 100,000(p) X 100,000(p) Navistar Int'l. Common 63934E958 2,280 100,000(p) X 100,000(p) Corp. Navistar Common 63934E908 912 40,000(c) X 40,000(c) Omnicom Group Common 681919956 2,486 30,000(p) X 30,000(p) Inc. Placer Dome Common 725906901 2,595 300,000(c) X 300,000(c) Placer Dome Common 725906951 3,244 375,000(p) X 375,000(p) Potash Corp. Common 73755L957 5,801 100,000(p) X 100,000(p) Sask Inc. Salton Inc. Common 795757953 395 26,000(p) X 26,000(p) Visteon Corp. Common 92839U957 1,504 100,000(p) X 100,000(p) ----------- TOTAL $ 30,505 ----------- AGGREGATE TOTAL $ 5,902,484 ===========
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