UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC (UVE) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Universal's first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I'll now turn the conference over to Arash Soleimani, Chief Strategy Officer. Good morning. Thank you for joining us today. Welcome to our quarterly earnings call. On the call with me today are Steve Donaghy, Chief Executive Officer, and Frank Wilcox, Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, please note today's discussion may contain forward-looking statements and non-GAAP financial measures. Forward-looking statements involve assumptions, risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those statements. For more information, please see the press release on Universal's SEC filings, all of which are available on the Investor section of our website at universalinsuranceholdings.com and on the SEC's website, A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to comparable GAAP measures is included in the quarterly press release and can also be found on Universal's website at universalinsuranceholdings.com. With that, I'll turn the call over to Steve. Thanks, Arash. Good morning, everyone. We had a fantastic start to the year with a 38.5% annualized adjusted return on common equity. Our top-line results were strong with growth across our multi-state footprint including in Florida. On a separate note, I'm pleased to announce the completion of our 2026-2027 reinsurance renewal for our insurance entities, as our program is now fully supported and secured. During the renewal process in 2026, we also secured $352 million of additional multi-year coverage, taking us through the 2027-2028 treaty period. I'll turn it over to Frank to walk through our financial results. Frank. Thank you, Ste...