Pig in a python [exp.]

A businessman in a pig costume being bitten by a giant snake.

Slow moving.

I think on the commercial side, we’ve got hit with two one-offs this quarter. And there is—the pig is going through the python.

Bruce Van Saun, CEO
Citizens Financial Group Inc.
Q3 2020 earnings call

…the pig has been pushed through the python, if you will, and we’re kind of over the hump. And also, we’re doing things a lot more efficiently now.

Mark E. Seaton, Executive VP & CFO
First American Financial Corp.
Q1 2024 earnings call

Just calling out a few pieces of that puzzle. Clearly, some of the things that we had talked about as far as portfolios that we were separating from, much of that pig is through the python.

W. Robert Berkley, Jr., President & CEO
W R Berkley Corp.
Q4 2023 earnings call

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