Lori Brown | Executive Vice President, General Counsel |
Doug Dirks | Chief Executive Officer |
Mike Paquette | Chief Financial Officer |
Steve Festa | Chief Operating Officer |
Mark Hughes | SunTrust |
Matthew Carletti | JMP Securities |
Amit Kumar | Buckingham Research |
Bob Farnam | Boenning and Scattergood |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Employers Holdings Second Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. [Operator instructions] As a reminder, today's conference may be recorded.
I'd now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Ms. Lori Brown, General Counsel.