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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · RLI (RLI)

RLI Corp. Q1 net earnings fall 13% to $54.9 million, $0.60 a share

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

RLI Corp. reported first quarter 2026 net earnings of $54.9 million ($0.60 per diluted share), down from $63.2 million ($0.68) a year earlier, and operating earnings of $76.8 million ($0.83 per share), down from $82.5 million ($0.89). Consolidated revenue rose 4.0%, but underwriting income fell to $57.8 million on an 86.0 combined ratio from $70.5 million on an 82.3 ratio.

Key points

  • Net earnings $54.9 million ($0.60 per share) vs. $63.2 million ($0.68) in Q1 2025, down 13.2%
  • Operating earnings $76.8 million ($0.83 per share) vs. $82.5 million ($0.89) in Q1 2025
  • Underwriting income $57.8 million on an 86.0 combined ratio vs. $70.5 million on an 82.3 ratio
  • Net investment income rose 15% to $42.3 million; gross premiums written rose 3%

The filing

CompanyRLI (RLI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 22, 2026, 4:10 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-046821

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:59 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 22, 2026.

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