WRB - W. R. Berkley Corporation (WRB) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
2024-01-24 23:27:06 ET
W. R. Berkley Corporation (WRB)
Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call
January 24, 2024, 05:00 PM ET
Company Participants
Rob Berkley - President and CEO
Rich Baio - EVP and CFO
Bill Berkley - Executive Chairman
Conference Call Participants
Elyse Greenspan - Wells Fargo
Mark Hughes - Truist
Mike Zaremski - BMO Capital Markets
David Motemaden - Evercore ISI
Ryan Tunis - Autonomous Research
Meyer Shields - KBW
Brian Meredith - UBS
Josh Shanker - Bank of America
Yaron Kinar - Jefferies
Alex Scott - Goldman Sachs
Scott Heleniak - RBC Capital Markets
Presentation
Operator
Good day, and welcome to the W. R. Berkley Corporation's Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Earnings Call. Today's conference call is being recorded.
The speakers' remarks may contain forward-looking statements. Some of the forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, including, without limitation, beliefs, expects or estimates. We caution you that such forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by us that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by us will, in fact, be achieved.
Please refer to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and our other filings made with the SEC for a description of the business environment in which we operate and the important factors that may materially affect our results. W. R. Berkley Corporation is not under any obligation and expressly disclaims any such obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of the new information, future events or otherwise.
I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Rob Berkley. Please go ahead, sir.
Rob Berkley
Sarah, thank you very much, and good afternoon all and welcome to our fourth quarter call, and for that matter full year '23 call. In addition to me, you also have Bill Berkley, Executive Chairman, on the call as well as Rich Baio, Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
We're going to follow our usual agenda where very shortly I'm going to hand it over to Rich. He's going to walk us through some highlights from the quarter. Once he's completed his comments, I'll offer a couple of thoughts at my own and then we'll be pleased to open it up for Q&A.
Before I hand it over to Rich, I did just want to offer a thought or two and for some participants who is probably won't be new to, I guess, a discussion that we've had in the past. For our organization, there is without a doubt amongst all of our colleagues, a shared recognition that the goal of the exercise is value-creation....
W. R. Berkley Corporation (WRB) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript