---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-012148"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RLI"
cik: "0000084246"
company_name: "RLI CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T04:40:46.407262+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RLI Q2 net earnings $1.69/share vs -$0.05; operating EPS falls to $1.16 from $1.34

## Summary
- Net earnings $77.7M ($1.69/share) vs net loss $2.2M (-$0.05) in Q2 2022.
- Operating earnings $53.3M ($1.16/share) down from $60.7M ($1.34) a year ago.
- Underwriting income $41.2M with combined ratio 87.2 vs $56.0M and 80.2 in 2022.
- Gross premiums written up 21%; net investment income up 56% to $28.8M.
- Book value per share $29.65, up 17% from year-end; dividend raised $0.01 to $0.27.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-012148
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RLI
- cik: 0000084246
- company_name: RLI CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000155837023012148/0001558370-23-012148-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000155837023012148/rli-20230724x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-012148.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RLI CORP reported second quarter of 2023 results: net income $77.7 million, EPS $1.69 per share.
  - Period: second quarter of 2023
  - Net income: $77.7 million
  - EPS: $1.69 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: RLI Corp. reported second quarter 2023 net earnings of $77.7 million ($1.69 per share), compared to a net loss of $2.2 million ($0.05 per share) for the second quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000155837023012148/0001558370-23-012148-index.htm

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