RLI Corp. (RLI)
Financials · Specialty property and casualty insurance
Specialty insurer focused on hard-to-place property, casualty, and surety risks through both admitted and excess & surplus markets.
What RLI Corp. does
RLI Corp. is a specialty insurance company founded in 1965 that underwrites select property, casualty, and surety products through three subsidiaries: RLI Insurance Company (specialty admitted and reinsurance), Mt. Hawley Insurance Company (excess and surplus lines), and Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company (specialty admitted and surety). The company operates in the specialty admitted insurance market, excess and surplus insurance market, and specialty reinsurance markets, focusing on hard-to-place risks that do not fit standard market underwriting criteria.
Themes: ["specialty insurance","property & casualty insurance","excess and surplus (E&S) lines","underwriting expertise","risk-based pricing"]
Fundamentals
- Price$60.14 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$5.6B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-15.6% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E14.14 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+20.8% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+22.0% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.19 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+9.5% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+3.5% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.33 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +1.2%; 3-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Regulatory restrictions on specialty admitted market operations including rate/form filing requirements and state guaranty fund memberships","Volatility from specialty reinsurance market exposures with higher-than-standard risk profiles","Underwriting and claims experience volatility as individual risks are tailored for unique characteristics"]
Competitors & peers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.