John Griek | The Allstate Corp. |
Thomas Joseph Wilson | The Allstate Corp. |
Mario Rizzo | The Allstate Corp. |
Glenn T. Shapiro | Allstate Insurance Co. |
Don Civgin | The Allstate Corp. |
Steven E. Shebik | The Allstate Corp. |
Sarah E. DeWitt | JPMorgan Securities LLC |
Gary Kent Ransom | Dowling & Partners Securities LLC |
Marcos Holanda | Raymond James & Associates, Inc. |
Jay Gelb | Barclays Capital, Inc. |
Michael Zaremski | Credit Suisse |
Christopher Campbell | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. |
Josh D. Shanker | Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. |
Michael W. Phillips | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
Robert Glasspiegel | Janney Montgomery Scott LLC |
Brian Meredith | UBS Securities LLC |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to The Allstate Second Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a Q&A session and instructions will follow at that time.
As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Mr.