Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (BHF) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Bright House Financial Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Victor, 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. In fairness to all participants, please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up. As a reminder, the conference is being recorded for replay purposes. I want to hand the presentation over to Dana Amonte, head of investor relations. Ms. Amonte, you may proceed. Thank you, and good morning. Welcome to Bright House Financial's second quarter 2024 earnings call. Materials for today's call were released last night and can be found on the investor relations section of our website. We encourage you to review all of these materials. Today, you will hear from Eric Stagerwald, our president and chief executive officer and Ed Spihar, our Chief Financial Officer. Following our prepared remarks, we will open the call up for a question and answer period. Also here with us today to participate in the discussions are Myles Lambert, our Chief Distribution and Marketing Officer, David Rosenbaum, Head of Product and Underwriting, and John Rosenthal, our Chief Investment Officer. Before we begin, I'd like to note that our discussion during this call may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Bright House Financial's actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Bright House Financial's filings with the SEC. Information discussed on today's call speaks only as of today, August 8, 2024. The co...