David Rosenbaum | Head of Investor Relations |
Eric Steigerwalt | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Anant Bhalla | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Ryan Krueger | Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc. |
Erik Bass | Autonomous Research LLP |
Thomas Gallagher | Evercore ISI |
Sean Dargan | Wells Fargo Securities LLC |
Suneet Kamath | Citigroup Inc. |
John Barnidge | Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P. |
Humphrey Lee | Dowling & Partners Securities, LLC |
Jimmy Bhullar | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
Randy Binner | B. Riley & Co., LLC |
Alex Scott | Goldman Sachs |
Jay Gelb | Barclays PLC |
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Brighthouse Financial's Third Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference call. My name is Nicole, and I'll be your coordinator today. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
We will facilitate a question-and-answer session towards the end of the conference call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, the conference is being recorded for replay purposes.