W.R. Berkley Corporation (WRB) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us and welcome to the W.R. Berkeley Corporation First Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. This conference call is being recorded. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, please press star 1 again. The speaker's remarks may contain forward-looking statements. Some of the forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, including, without limitation, beliefs, expects, or estimates. We caution you that such forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by us that the future plans, estimates, or expectations contemplated by us will in fact be achieved. Please refer to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and our other filings made with the SEC for a description of the business environment in which we operate and the important factors that may materially affect our results. WR Berkeley Corporation is not under any obligation and expressly disclaims any such obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Rob Berkeley. Please go ahead, sir. Alexander, thank you very much, and good afternoon to all. Thank you for finding time in your calendars to join us. My colleagues and I, we appreciate your interest in the company. So speaking of colleagues, joining me on this end of the phone, we also have Executive Chairman Bill Berkley, as well as Group Chief Financial Officer Rich Bale. We're going to follow a similar path to what we have used in the past, where I'm going to offer a few more quic...