Aaron Jacoby | VP, Corporate Development |
Tom Brown | SVP and CFO |
Craig Kliethermes | President and COO |
Jonathan Michael | Chairman and CEO |
Randy Binner | B. Riley FBR |
Arash Soleimani | KBW |
Jeff Schmidt | William Blair |
Mark Dwelle | RBC Capital |
Good morning and welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the RLI Corp.
Second Quarter Earnings Teleconference. At this time, I would like to inform you that this conference is being recorded, and that all participants are in a listen-only mode. At the request of the company, we will open the conference up for question and answers after the presentation.
Before we get started, let me remind everyone that through the course of the teleconference, RLI management may make comments that reflect their intentions, beliefs, and expectations for the future.