RLI CORP
AI summary Top executives and directors purchase company stock following a special dividend and share repurchase authorization.
- Research score
- 65
- AI adjustment
- +9
Research score, not a recommendation.
Market data
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Why this score
Research score: a weighted blend of the five factors, times the routine and offering discounts, minus the selling penalty.
Why are they buying?
AI · discretionary · catalyst credible · documentedInsiders likely timed their open-market purchases to signal confidence following the company's mid-May announcements regarding a special dividend, a regular dividend increase, and a $250 million share repurchase program.
On May 14, 2026, RLI Corp. announced a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share, a 12.5% increase in its regular quarterly dividend, and a new $250 million share repurchase program authorized by the Board because of the stock price.
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Stock Price & Insider Purchase History
Daily close price with open-market insider purchases plotted over time
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| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
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| 2026-05-21 → 2026-05-27 | Kliethermes Craig W 5 purchases with a 63-day result · median +22.6% | CEO | 12,000 | $52.00 avg | $624.0K | |
| 2026-05-21 | Kliethermes Craig W | 5,000 | $52.00 | $260.0K | SEC filing for Kliethermes Craig W (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-27 | Kliethermes Craig W | 2,000 | $52.00 | $104.0K | SEC filing for Kliethermes Craig W (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-27 | Kliethermes Craig W | 5,000 | $52.00 | $260.0K | SEC filing for Kliethermes Craig W (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-19 → 2026-05-27 | Klobnak Jennifer L 5 purchases with a 63-day result · median +6.0% | COO | 4,000 | $53.07 avg | $212.3K | |
| 2026-05-19 | Klobnak Jennifer L | 2,000 | $53.42 | $106.8K | SEC filing for Klobnak Jennifer L (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-05-27 | Klobnak Jennifer L | 2,000 | $52.72 | $105.4K | SEC filing for Klobnak Jennifer L (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-06-01 | KELLOGG CLARK C history of KELLOGG CLARK C's purchases | Director | 3,000 | $50.90 | $152.7K | SEC filing for KELLOGG CLARK C (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-05-28 | Duclos David B. history of Duclos David B.'s purchases | Director | 2,500 | $51.99 | $130.0K | SEC filing for Duclos David B. (opens in a new tab) |
| Total | $1.1M | |||||
Other buying runs at RLI
A run ends after a pause in the buying, so one company can have several. Returns are the stock's return minus its benchmark's (IWM for small companies, SPY otherwise), from the first open after the run became a cluster. Past results, not a forecast.
After this run became a cluster: 21 days +22.8%63 days +25.9%126 days –
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-24 → 2025-01-29 | 5 | $950.0K | 67 | +3.2% | +6.0% | -18.2% | closed |