Stewart Information Services Corporation (NYSE:STC) Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call July 28, 2022 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Brian Glaze - CAO

Fred Eppinger - CEO

David Hisey - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Bose George - KBW

John Campbell - Stephens Inc.

Geoffrey Dunn - Dowling & Partners

Ryan Gilbert - BTIG

Operator

Hello and thank you for joining the Stewart Information Services Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later you will have an opportunity to ask a question during the question-and-answer session. Instructions will be given at that time. Please note today's call is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]

And it is now my pleasure to turn today's conference over to Brian Glaze, Chief Accounting Officer. Please go ahead.

Brian Glaze

Thank you, Shelby. Thank you for joining us today for Stewart's second quarter 2022 earnings conference call. We will be discussing results that were released yesterday evening. Joining me today our CEO, Fred Eppinger and CFO, David Hisey.

To listen online, please go to the stewart.com website to access the link for this conference call. I will remind participants that this conference call may contain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Because such statements are based on an expectation of future financial operating results and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ materially from those projected.

The risks and uncertainties forward-looking statements are subject to include but are not limited to the risks and other factors detailed in our press release published yesterday evening and in the statements regarding forward-looking information, risk factors and other sections of the company's Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC.

Let me now turn the call over to Fred.

Fred Eppinger

Thank you for joining us today for Stewart's second quarter 2022 earnings conference call.

David will go over the quarterly financial results in a minute, but before that, I'd like to cover our overall view of Stewart and our position in the current market. Excuse me. As I have discussed before, much of the work here at Stewart over the last two years is focused on restructuring, refocus and rebuilding the Company's operations to better position ourselves to be a more successful resilient company that ultimately can become to what we refer to as the premier title services company.

The goal is to create sustainable business that performs through all types of real estate cycles and economic conditions. We are focused on improving margins, generating growth and creating a stronger competitive position by improving our scale, improving our operational capabilities and our financial discipline. As part of our journey, we are focused on enhancing the customer experience through technology, investments with a meaningfully changed our ease of use and expanded our product offerings in our agency, lender and direct business.