Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Thank you for standing by. This is the conference operator. Welcome to the Manulife Financial Corporation second quarter 2026 results conference call. As a reminder, all participants are in listen only mode and the conference is being recorded. After the presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To join the question queue, you may press star then one on your telephone keypad. Should you need assistance during the conference call, you may reach an operator by pressing the star key followed by zero. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Hung Ko, Global Head of Treasury and Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Thank you. Welcome to Manulife's earnings conference call to discuss our second quarter 2026 financial and operating results. Our earnings materials, including the webcast slide for today's call, are available in the Investor Relations section of our website at manulife.com. Before we start, please refer to slide 2 for a caution on forward-looking statements and slide 32 for a note on the non-GAAP and other financial measures used in this presentation. Please note that certain material factors or assumptions are applied in making forward-looking statements, and actual results may differ materially from what is stated. Turning to slide 4, we'll begin today's presentation with Phil Witherington, our President and Chief Executive Officer, who will provide a highlight of our second quarter 2026 results, a strategic update, and an overview of our latest long-term care reinsurance transactions. Following Phil, Colin Simpson, our Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the company's financial and operating results in more detail. After their prepared remarks, we'll move to the live Q&A portion of the call. With that, I'd like to turn the ca...