---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-060848"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RLI"
cik: "0000084246"
company_name: "RLI CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T14:30:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T14:31:19.584191+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RLI declares $2 special dividend, 12.5% regular dividend increase, $250M buyback

## Summary
- Special cash dividend of $2.00 per share (~$184M total); regular quarterly dividend raised 12.5% to $0.18 per share.
- Both dividends payable June 12, 2026 to shareholders of record May 29, 2026.
- 51st consecutive annual increase in regular dividend.
- Board authorized new $250M share repurchase program with no expiration date.
- Repurchases may be made in open market or private transactions; funded by available cash and operating cash flow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-060848
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RLI
- cik: 0000084246
- company_name: RLI CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T14:30:14+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000110465926060848/0001104659-26-060848-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000110465926060848/rli-20260514x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-060848.txt

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