United Fire Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFCS) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 7, 2024 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Tim Borst – Vice President of Investor Relations
Kevin Leidwinger – President and Chief Executive Officer
Julie Stephenson – Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Eric Martin – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Paul Newsome – Piper Sandler

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the United Fire Group Insurance 2024 Second Quarter Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Tim Borst, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Tim Borst

Good morning, and thank you for joining this call.

Yesterday afternoon, we issued a press release on our results. To find a copy of this document, please visit our website at ufginsurance.com. Press releases and slides are located under the Investors tab.

Joining me today on the call are UFG President and Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Leidwinger; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Julie Stephenson; and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Eric Martin.

Before I turn the call over to Kevin, a couple of reminders. First, please note that our presentation today may include forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the company, the industry in which we operate and beliefs and assumptions made by management. The company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties and are not a guarantee of future performance. Any forward-looking statements made by us in this presentation is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations. The actual results may differ materially due to a variety of factors, which are described in our press release and SEC filings discussed specifically in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K.

Also, please note that in our discussion today, we may use some non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations of these measures to the most comparable GAAP measures are also available in our press release and SEC filings.

At this time I will turn the call over to Mr. Kevin Leidwinger, CEO of UFG Insurance.

Kevin Leidwinger

Thank you, Tim. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our second quarter conference call.