secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     RLI CORP (RLI)
CIK:        0000084246
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-14T14:30:14+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-060848
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000110465926060848/0001104659-26-060848-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000110465926060848/rli-20260514x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-060848

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