Dividend Track Records

On November 13, 2025, RLI Corp (RLI) declared a $2.00 special dividend . Based on the current share price of $63.26 , the special payout equals a 3.2% yield . The ex-dividend date is November 28, 2025 .

RLI Corp hikes the dividend by 3.4%, marking the 50th consecutive year of increases.

P&C insurance company RLI Corp (symbol RLI) has declared a $4.00 per share special dividend for 2024. This comes with now 49 consecutive years of increased dividends. The dividend yields 2.3%. The company also announced a stock split.

P&C insurance company RLI Corp (symbol RLI) will hike its dividend by 3.8% to $0.27 quarterly per share in 2023. This marks the 48th consecutive year of increased dividends by RLI.

RLI Corp. (RLI) will pay a $2.00 per share special dividend in 2021. Earlier this year RLI already raised its quarterly dividend by 4.2 percent to 25 cents per share. The insurer has now raised its dividend 46 consecutive years. Both the regular $0.25 per share quarterly RLI dividend and the special dividend are payable on December 20, 2021, to shareholders of record as of November 30, 2021. RLI stock currently yields 0.9%. “We are pleased to be able to share the rewards of our strong performance and return excess capital to shareholders through a $2.00 per share special dividend,” said RLI Chairman & CEO Jonathan E. Michael. “Our ability to return $135 million to shareholders in 2021, despite the impact of catastrophe losses on our business, is a testament to RLI’s financial strength and sustainability. Including today’s announced dividends, RLI has returned more than $1.1 billion to shareholders over the last ten years. We remain confident in our ability to continue to grow our b...

RLI Corp. (RLI) will raise its quarterly dividend by 4.2 percent to 25 cents per share in 2021. This follows a 4.3 percent dividend hike last year, when RLI also paid a special dividend of $1.00 per share. The insurer has now raised its dividend 46 consecutive years. The next dividend is payable on June 18, 2021, to shareholders of record as of May 28, 2021. At a stock price of $113 the regular annualized dividend rate of 100 cents per share yields 0.9%. RLI Corp has increased dividends for 46 consecutive years and pays an estimated $45 million in dividends to shareholders annually. RLI Corp. is a specialty insurer serving diverse, niche property, casualty and surety markets. RLI's products are offered through its insurance subsidiaries RLI Insurance Company, Mt. Hawley Insurance Company and Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company. RLI’s history dates to the early 1960s, when Founder Gerald D. Stephens, recognized the expense of replacing contact lenses, and founded RLI — Replace...

RLI Corp. (RLI) will pay a special dividend of $1.00 per share. Earlier this year the insurer already hiked its quarterly dividend by 4.3 percent to $0.24 per share in the second quarter of 2020. Last year the company also paid a $1.00 per share special dividend in the fourth quarter of 2019 and raised its quarterly dividend by 4.5 percent to $0.23 per share. The special dividend is payable on December 18, 2020, to shareholders of record as of November 30, 2020. At a stock price of $100 the regular annualized dividend rate of 96 cents per share yields 1.0%. RLI Corp has increased dividends for 45 consecutive years and pays an estimated $43 million in dividends to shareholders annually. RLI Corp. is a specialty insurer serving diverse, niche property, casualty and surety markets. RLI's products are offered through its insurance subsidiaries RLI Insurance Company, Mt. Hawley Insurance Company and Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company. RLI’s history dates to the early 1960s, when ...

RLI Corp. (RLI) will hike its quarterly dividend by 4.3 percent to $0.24 per share in the second quarter of 2020. Last year the company paid a $1.00 per share special dividend in the fourth quarter of 2019 and also raised its quarterly dividend by 4.5 percent to $0.23 per share. The increased dividend of 24 cents is payable on June 19, 2020, to shareholders of record as of May 29, 2020. At a stock price of $74 the new annualized dividend rate of 96 cents per share yields 1.3%. RLI Corp has now increased dividends for 45 consecutive years. RLI Corp. is a specialty insurer serving diverse, niche property, casualty and surety markets. RLI's products are offered through its insurance subsidiaries RLI Insurance Company, Mt. Hawley Insurance Company and Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company. RLI’s history dates to the early 1960s, when Founder Gerald D. Stephens, recognized the expense of replacing contact lenses, and founded RLI — Replacement Lens, Inc. — a contact lens insuranc...

RLI Corp. (RLI) will pay a $1.00 per share special dividend in the fourth quarter of 2019. This matches last year's $1.00 special dividend. Earlier this year RLI raised its quarterly dividend by 4.5 percent to $0.23 per share. Both dividends, regular and special for a total amount of $1.23 per share, are payable on December 20, 2019, to shareholders of record as of November 29, 2019. The company's regular dividend rate yields 0.9% at a stock price of $97.56. “As a result of our strong underwriting and financial performance in 2019, we are pleased to share the rewards of our success through a special dividend,” said RLI Chairman & CEO Jonathan E. Michael. “Returning excess capital to our shareholders is consistent with our long-term capital management strategy and reflects our commitment to enhancing shareholder value. Including today’s announced dividends, RLI has returned more than $1.2 billion to shareholders over the last ten years.” RLI Corp. is a specialty insure...

RLI Corp. (RLI) will raise its quarterly dividend by 4.5 percent to $0.23 per share in 2019. This marks the 44th consecutive year of dividend increases for the specialty insurer. In Q4 RLI also paid a $1.00 per share special dividend. The dividend is payable on June 20, 2019, to shareholders of record as of May 31, 2019. The new annual dividend rate of 92 cents per share yields 1.1% at a stock price of $83. RLI Corp. is a specialty insurer serving diverse, niche property, casualty and surety markets. RLI's products are offered through its insurance subsidiaries RLI Insurance Company, Mt. Hawley Insurance Company and Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company.