---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-064543"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RLI"
cik: "0000084246"
company_name: "RLI CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:30:11+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T20:54:24.305416+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RLI Corp. annual meeting: all directors elected, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected with majority support; David B. Duclos appointed Chairman of the Board.
- Say-on-pay proposal approved: 73,994,515 for, 4,360,524 against, 1,971,629 abstentions.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for 2026 passed: 85,861,465 for, 219,582 against.
- Broker non-votes totaled 5,878,022 for director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-064543
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RLI
- cik: 0000084246
- company_name: RLI CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:30:11+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000110465926064543/0001104659-26-064543-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000110465926064543/rli-20260514x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  RLI CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  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/84246/000110465926064543/0001104659-26-064543-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RLI CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  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/84246/000110465926064543/0001104659-26-064543-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RLI CORP shareholders approved Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 was approved based upon the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000110465926064543/0001104659-26-064543-index.htm

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