---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000084246-24-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RLI"
cik: "0000084246"
company_name: "RLI CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T14:51:44.017325+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RLI Corp. shareholders elect directors, approve executive compensation, ratify auditor at May 2 meeting

## Summary
- Elected 10 directors to one-year terms; David B. Duclos appointed Chairman of the Board.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 38,259,260 for, 838,582 against.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor for 2024 approved: 42,047,107 for, 30,040 against.
- Broker non-votes: 2,954,463 on director elections and compensation vote; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000084246-24-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RLI
- cik: 0000084246
- company_name: RLI CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000008424624000012/0000084246-24-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000008424624000012/tmb-20240502x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084246-24-000012.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  RLI CORP shareholders approved Proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 was approved based upon the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000008424624000012/0000084246-24-000012-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RLI CORP shareholders approved Proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as described in the proxy materials, was approved based upon the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000008424624000012/0000084246-24-000012-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RLI CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The nominees for election to the Board of Directors were elected at the Annual Meeting, each to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the next annual meeting, based upon the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000008424624000012/0000084246-24-000012-index.htm

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