Patrick Gallagher | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Douglas Howell | Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Elyse Greenspan | Wells Fargo Securities |
Mike Zaremski | Credit Suisse |
Phil Stefano | Deutsche Bank |
Ryan Tunis | Autonomous Research |
Yaron Kinar | Goldman Sachs |
Mark Hughes | SunTrust |
Meyer Shields | KBW |
Good afternoon, and welcome to Arthur J. Gallagher and Company's Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Today's call is being recorded.
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