HIG - The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
2024-04-26 11:06:08 ET
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (HIG)
Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call
April 26, 2024 09:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Susan Spivak - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
Chris Swift - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Beth Costello - Chief Financial Officer
Morris Tooker - Head, Enterprise Sales & Distribution, Global Specialty & Middle & Large Commercial
Jonathan Bennett - Head, Group Benefits
Conference Call Participants
Andrew Kligerman - TD Securities
Elyse Greenspan - Wells Fargo
Gregory Peters - Raymond James
Josh Shanker - Bank of America
Mike Ward - Citi
Brian Meredith - UBS
Mike Zaremski - BMO
Yaron Kinar - Jefferies
Meyer Shields - KBW
David Motemaden - Evercore ISI
Bob Huang - Morgan Stanley
Presentation
Operator
Good morning. My name is Audra, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Hartford Financial First Quarter 2024 Results Webcast. Today's conference is being recorded. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers’ remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session [Operator Instructions]
At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Susan Spivak, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Susan Spivak
Good morning, and thank you for joining us today for our call and webcast on first quarter 2024 earnings. Yesterday, we reported results and posted all the earnings-related materials on our website. Now I'd like to introduce our speakers. To start, we have Chris Swift, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; followed by Beth Costello, our Chief Financial Officer. After their prepared remarks, we will begin taking your questions. Also with us to assist with your questions are several members of our management team.
Just a few comments before Chris begins. Today's call includes forward-looking statements as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results could be materially different. We do not assume any obligation to update information or forward-looking statements provided on this call. Investors should also consider the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from these statements. A detailed description of those risks and uncertainties can be found in our SEC filings.
Our commentary today includes non-GAAP financial measures. Explanations and reconciliations of these measures to the comparable GAAP measures are included in our SEC filings as well as in the news release and financial supplement. Finally, please note that no portion of this conference call may be reproduced or rebroadcast in any form without the Hartford's prior written consent. Replays of this webcast and an official transcript will be available on The Hartford website for one year.
I'll now turn the call over to Chris.
Chris Swift
Good morning, and thank you for joining us today. The Hartford had a strong start to the year, outstanding financial results through the first quarter. Our strategy and ongoing investments, combined with disciplined underwriting and pricing execution, exceptional talent and innovative customer-centric technology continue to drive outperformance....
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (HIG) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript