Sep 04, 2019 / 12:40PM GMT
Ryan Joel Krueger - Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc., Research Division - MD of Equity Research
All right. We are going to get started. Thank you to MetLife for being with us again this year. Up on stage with me we have John McCallion, the Chief Financial Officer, and also I want to recognize John Hall, Head of Investor Relations, and other members of the IR team in the front row.
Questions and Answers:
Ryan Joel Krueger - Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc., Research Division - MD of Equity ResearchSo to kick it off on the second quarter call, MetLife's new CEO, Michel Khalaf, stated that the company is in the midst of conducting a strategic review of the businesses. Can you talk a little bit about and provide a little more color on some of the key aspects of the review and some of the key things you're trying to accomplish with it?
John Dennis McCallion - MetLife, Inc. - Executive VP, CFO & Interim Treasurer
Yes. Sure. I think I'd probably start with and reiterate the point that Michel made on the call,