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Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to the Loews Corporation Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now turn the call over to Mary Skafidas. Please go ahead.
Mary Skafidas
Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Thank you, Crystal, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Loews Corporation s second quarter earnings conference call. A copy of our earnings release, earnings supplement and company overview may be found on our website, loews.com. On the call this morning, we have our Chief Executive Officer, Jim Tisch; and our Chief Financial Officer, David Edelson. Following our prepared remarks this morning, we will have a question-and-answer session with questions from shareholders. Before we begin, however, I will remind you that this conference call might include statements that are forward-looking in nature.
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