AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 1, 2024 9:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Cliff Gallant - Investor Relations

Vince Tizzio - President and Chief Executive Officer

Pete Vogt - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Joshua Shanker - Bank of America

Yaron Kinar - Jefferies

Brian Meredith - UBS

Elyse Greenspan - Wells Fargo

Meyer Shields - KBW

Operator

Hello, and welcome to the Fourth Quarter 2023 AXIS Capital Earnings Call and Webcast. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to hand the call over to Cliff Gallant, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Cliff Gallant

Thank you, Good morning, everyone and welcome to our conference call to discuss the financial results of AXIS Capital for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023. I am Cliff Gallant, Investor Relations at AXIS. Our earnings press release and financial supplement were issued last night. If you would like copies, please visit the Investor Information section of our website at axiscapital.com. We set aside an hour for today’s call which is also available as audio webcast on our website.

Before we begin, I would like to invite you all to attend our Investor Day which is being held the morning of May 30th in New York City. Joining me on today's call are Vince Tizzio, our President and CEO; and Pete Vogt, our CFO.

In addition, I’d like to remind everyone the statements made during this call including the question-and-answer section, which are not historical facts, may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions.

Actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors including the risk factors set forth in the company's most recent report on the Form 10-K or our quarterly report on the Form 10-Q and other reports the company files with the SEC. This includes the additional risks identified in the cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements in our earnings press release issued last night.

We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. In non-GAAP financial measures may be discussed during this conference call. Reconciliations are included in our earnings press release and our financial supplement.

And with that, I'll turn the call over to Vince.

Vince Tizzio

Thank you, Cliff. Good morning, and thank you for joining us. 2023 was a transformative year for our company. In recent calls, we've spoken to our aspiration to elevate AXIS as a specialty underwriting leader. And our year end results signal that we've taken important steps toward this ambition. Looking at the year as a whole, we advanced our targeted underwriting strategy further developed a diversified and resilient portfolio and strengthened our operating model to meet our financial objectives.