Protective Life's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Protective Life Corporation (PL)

Q4 2011 Earnings Call

February 10, 2012 10:00 am ET

Executives

John D. Johns – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Richard J. Bielen – Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer

Edward M. Berko – Executive Vice President Chief Risk Officer

Eva Robertson – Vice President, Investor Relations

Carolyn Johnson – Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Carl Thigpen – Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Steven Walker – Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Analysts

Edward A. Spehar – Bank of America/Merrill Lynch

Mark Finklestein – Evercore Partners

Jimmy S. Bhullar – J.P. Morgan

Steven Schwartz – Raymond James

John Nadel – Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.

Christopher Giovanni – Goldman Sachs

[Alec] – Citadel

Presentation

Operator

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Good day, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Fourth Quarter 2011 Protective Life Corporation Earnings Conference Call. My name is Lisa and I’ll be your operator for today. (Operator instructions) Later, we will conduct as question and answer session. I would now like to turn the conference over to your host for today, Ms. Eva Roberson, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please proceed.

Eva Robertson

Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Protective Life Corporation’s 2011 fourth quarter earnings call. Our call today is hosted by John Johns, Protective’s Chairman, President and CEO; as well as Rich Bielen, our Vice Chairman and CFO. Here in the room with us to help answer questions for you is Carl Thigpen, our Chief Investment Officer; Carolyn Johnson, our Chief Operations Officer; Steve Walker, our Chief Accounting Officer; and Ed Berko, our Chief Risk Officer.