Kai Risdell

I look back in our files.

Looks like it's about a year since we talked to you last.

If that schedule holds, it's not that we've been ignoring you, but there's been a lot of news.

If that schedule holds, we're going to talk to you in March or April of 2027.

What's the next year looking like for you and for your slice of this economy?

Well, again, if you'd asked me that question in February compared to April, I would have had a much different answer.

You know, the year got off to a nice start, but with the conditions we're seeing and the hesitation on the parts of businesses and consumers, I don't think it'll be a bumpy year, but there won't be as much growth as we anticipated.

Then again, this too may pass and I might be saying something different.

You're the expert.

You're the expert.

We're going to go with what you say.

Laurie Stewart, she's the CEO, also the president of Sound Community Bank up in Seattle.

Laurie, thanks a lot.

Always good to talk to you.

Thanks, Guy.

There are, depending on the sources you use, something like 2,000 ships and as many as 20,000 civilian mariners on those ships stuck in the Persian Gulf.

They need, in no particular order if they are going to keep being stuck, food, fuel, and water.

If they're eventually going to get through the Strait of Hormuz, they are going to need it to open, yes, first of all.

But they're also going to need insurance in the middle of a war.

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