---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-005415"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RLI"
cik: "0000084246"
company_name: "RLI CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T15:00:00.341144+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RLI Q1 2024 net earnings $2.77/share vs $2.15 prior year; combined ratio 78.5

## Summary
- Net earnings $127.9M ($2.77 EPS) up 29% from $98.8M ($2.15 EPS) in Q1 2023.
- Operating earnings (non-GAAP) $87.4M ($1.89 EPS) vs $75.0M ($1.63 EPS).
- Underwriting income $77.7M on combined ratio 78.5; gross premiums written up 13%.
- Net investment income +21.3% to $32.8M; book value per share $33.27 (+8% from year-end).
- Quarterly dividend $0.27 per share maintained; AM Best affirms A+ (Superior) rating.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-005415
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RLI
- cik: 0000084246
- company_name: RLI CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000155837024005415/0001558370-24-005415-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000155837024005415/rli-20240422x8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-005415
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-005415.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  RLI CORP reported first quarter of 2024 results: net income $127.9 million ($2.77 per share), EPS $2.77.
  - Period: first quarter of 2024
  - Net income: $127.9 million ($2.77 per share)
  - EPS: $2.77
  - Result: reported results
  source text: RLI Corp. reported first quarter 2024 net earnings of $127.9 million ($2.77 per share), compared to $98.8 million ($2.15 per share) for the first quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84246/000155837024005415/0001558370-24-005415-index.htm

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