American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the American Financial Group twenty twenty six Second Quarter Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listening only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during this session, you need to press 11 on your telephone. You will hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press 11 again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Diane Wiedner, Vice President, Investor Relations. Diane, please go ahead. Good morning, and welcome to American Financial Group's Second Quarter twenty twenty six Earnings Results Conference Call. We released our results yesterday afternoon. Our press release, investor supplement and webcast presentation are posted on AFG's Web site under the Investor Relations section. These materials will be referenced during portions of today's call. Joining me this morning are Carl Lindner III and Craig Lindner, Co CEOs of American Financial Group and Brian Hertzman, AFG's CFO. Before I turn the discussion over to Carl, I would like to draw your attention to the notes on Slide two of our webcast. Some of the matters to be discussed today are forward looking. These forward looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results and or financial condition to differ materially from these statements. A detailed description of these risks and uncertainties can be found in AFG's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are also available on our website. We may include references to core net operating earnings, a non GAAP financial me...