UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC (UVE) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Universal's second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Arash Soleimani, Chief Strategic 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. In the quarter... We delivered a very strong 33.2% annualized adjusted return on common equity driven by solid underwriting and revenue performance. Notably, the net loss ratio improved by 7.5 points year over year driven by favorable claims and litigation trends that we expect to benefit non-catastrophe margins throughout the year. Strong retentions and New Business Generation resulted in 4.1% direct premiums written growth, including growth in Florida and across our multi-state footprint. The favorable claims and litigation trends in our results are a direct product of F...