HCI Group, Inc. (NYSE:HCI) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call March 7, 2024 4:45 PM ET

Company Participants

Matt Glover - Gateway Group Inc.

Karin Coleman - Chief Operating Officer

Mark Harmsworth - Chief Financial Officer

Paresh Patel - Chief Executive Officer

Conference Call Participants

Matthew Carletti - JMP Securities

Michael Phillips - Oppenheimer

Mark Hughes - Truist

Casey Alexander - Compass Point

Operator

Good afternoon and welcome to HCI Group's Fourth Quarter 2023 Earnings Call. My name is John, and I will be your conference operator. At this time, all participants will be in a listen-only mode.

Before we begin today's call, I would like to remind everyone that this conference call is being recorded and will be available for replay through April 6, 2024, starting later today. The call is also being broadcast live via webcast and available via webcast replay until March 7, 2024, on the Investor Information section of HCI Group's website at www.hcigroup.com.

I would now like to turn the call over to Matt Glover, Gateway Investor Relations. Matt, please proceed.

Matt Glover

Thank you, John, and good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to HCI Group's fourth quarter 2023 earnings call. On today's call is Karin Coleman, HCI's Chief Operating Officer; Mark Harmsworth, HCI's Chief Financial Officer; and Paresh Patel, HCI's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Following Karin's operational update, Mark will review our financial performance for the fourth quarter of 2023, and then Paresh will provide a strategic update.

To access today's webcast, please visit the Investor Information section of our corporate website at www.hcigroup.com.

Before we begin, I would like to take the opportunity to remind our listeners that today's presentation and responses to questions may contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as anticipate, estimate, expect, intend, plan and project and other similar words and expressions are intended to signify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions but rather are subject to various risks and uncertainties.

Some of these risks and uncertainties are identified in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should any risks or uncertainties develop into actual events, these developments could have material adverse effects on the company's business, financial conditions and results of operations. HCI Group disclaims all the obligations to update any forward-looking statements.

Now, with that, I would like to turn the call over to Karin Coleman, Chief Operating Officer. Karin?