American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:AFG) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call May 2, 2024 11:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Diane Weidner - Vice President, Investor Relations
Carl Lindner - Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director
Craig Lindner - Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director
Brian Hertzman - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Charles Lederer - Citigroup
Michael Zaremski - BMO Capital Markets
Andrew Andersen - Jefferies
Meyer Shields - KBW

Operator

Thank you for standing by, and welcome to American Financial Group's First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions].

I would now like to hand the call over to Diane Weidner, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Diane Weidner

Thank you. Good morning, and welcome to American Financial Group's first quarter 2024 earnings results conference call. We released our 2024 first quarter results yesterday afternoon. Our press release, investor supplement and webcast presentation are posted on AFG's website under the Investor Relations section. These materials will be referenced during portions of today's call.

I'm joined this morning by Carl Lindner III and Craig Lindner, Co-CEOs of American Financial Group; and Brian Hertzman, AFG's CFO. Before I turn the discussion over to Carl, I would like to draw your attention to the notes on Slide 2 of our webcast. Some of the matters to be discussed today are forward-looking. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results and/or financial condition to differ materially from these statements. A detailed description of these risks and uncertainties can be found in AFG's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are also available on our website.

We may include references to core net operating earnings, a non-GAAP financial measure, in our remarks or responses to questions. A reconciliation of net earnings to core net operating earnings is included in our earnings release. And finally, if you're reading a transcript of this call, please note that it may not be authorized or reviewed for accuracy. And as a result, it may contain factual or transcription errors that could materially alter the intent or meaning of our statements.

Now I'm pleased to turn the call over to Carl Lindner III to discuss our results.

Carl Lindner

Good morning. I'll begin my remarks by sharing a few highlights of AFG's 2024 first quarter, after which Craig and I will walk through more details. I will then open it up for Q&A, where Carl, Brian and I will respond to your questions.