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RLI Corp insider trading

Every open-market purchase and sale by RLI Corp's officers, directors and largest shareholders since November 4, 2021, and what the share price did next.

Insider purchases, 5 years $2.7M 15 trades by 6 insiders 3 months later: median +0.9% (+10.0% vs S&P 500) Insider sales, 5 years $1.5M 7 trades by 4 insiders 3 months later: median −1.3% (−4.6% vs S&P 500)
Insider purchase Insider sale Marker size reflects trade value. Weekly closes adjusted for splits; may be delayed.
DateInsiderTrade SharesPriceValue 1M after 3M after 6M after

From insiders' Form 4 filings with the SEC: open-market purchases and sales only (awards, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are excluded), combined to one line per insider per day. "Plan" marks trades the filing says were made under a pre-set Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, which are scheduled in advance. Price changes run from the close on the trade date; hover a figure for the change relative to the S&P 500. Past moves don't predict future ones.

Does following RLI Corp’s insiders pay?

From February 9, 2010 to June 1, 2026, 23 insiders reported 51 open-market purchases and 72 sales not made under a pre-set plan in RLI Corp. Twelve months after each purchase was reported, the shares were +5.3% against the S&P 500 on average (median +8.4%), over 43 purchases with a full year of prices; 61% beat the index. After sales, the shares moved +0.7% against the index over 12 months (a negative figure means selling was the right call). Buying each purchase the day after it was reported, an equal amount each, held 12 months or until that insider reported a sale, would have turned $10,000 on April 29, 2010 into $57,052 by November 2, 2026, +11.1% a year. It held shares 76% of the time; the S&P 500 on those same days, with Treasury bills otherwise, made $49,119 (+10.1% a year), and held throughout $83,733 (+13.8%).

$0$25.0k$50.0k$75.0k 201020122014201620182020202220242026 $83.7k$57.1k$49.1k
Copying RLI Corp's insidersS&P 500, same days investedS&P 500, held throughout $10,000 copying every open-market purchase by RLI Corp's insiders from April 29, 2010, before costs and taxes, marked weekly. Uninvested money earns the Treasury bill rate; the portfolio held shares 76% of the time.
InsiderRolePurchases12 months after their purchasesBeat the S&P 500Sales12 months after their salesLatest report
Stone Michael J Director 1 +8.4% (1) 100% 41 −1.1% (41) December 16, 2024
Angelina Michael E Director 10 +8.1% (10) 60% 1 −13.4% (1) January 27, 2025
Restrepo Robert P Jr Director 10 −4.0% (10) 60% 1 −37.7% (1) March 14, 2025
Stephens Gerald D Director 5 +39.8% (5) 100% 2 +1.0% (2) February 7, 2011
Viets Robert O Director 4 +1.0% (4) 75% 3 +17.0% (3) December 12, 2012
Lenrow Gerald I Director 0 — — 6 +32.3% (6) December 8, 2014
Dondanville Joseph E Senior Vice President/CFO 0 — — 5 −8.0% (5) August 25, 2011
Klobnak Jennifer L CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 5 −23.4% (2) 0% 0 — May 28, 2026
Diefenthaler Aaron Paul VP, CIO, Treasurer 3 +1.9% (3) 33% 1 +8.0% (1) January 30, 2018
Kliethermes Craig W CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 4 −33.5% (1) 0% 0 — May 28, 2026
Bryant Todd Wayne VP, Finance & Controller 0 — — 3 −15.5% (3) June 13, 2016
Graham Jordan W Director 0 — — 3 −5.0% (3) March 13, 2025
Michael Jonathan E President 0 — — 3 −14.1% (3) December 6, 2013
Ahlmann Kaj Director 0 — — 2 +18.7% (2) April 30, 2018
Duclos David B. Director 2 −31.2% (1) 0% 0 — May 29, 2026
Blum Richard H Director 0 — — 1 −0.1% (1) March 3, 2010
Brown Thomas Lynn VP, CFO/Treasurer 1 −7.5% (1) 0% 0 — May 10, 2012
Fick Jeffrey D CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER & CORP SEC 1 −33.5% (1) 0% 0 — January 27, 2025
Fleming Susan S. Director 1 +7.7% (1) 100% 0 — March 11, 2020
Kellogg Clark C Director 1 — — 0 — June 1, 2026
Kennedy Daniel O Vice President General Counsel 1 +37.4% (1) 100% 0 — February 9, 2011
Robison John E Treasurer 1 +42.4% (1) 100% 0 — January 27, 2011
Scanlan James J. Director 1 +32.9% (1) 100% 0 — February 2, 2015

Moves are the shares’ return including dividends minus the S&P 500’s, from the close on the first trading day after each report; the number of trades with a finished 12-month window is in brackets. Green means the trade went the insider’s way (a purchase ahead of the index, a sale followed by the shares trailing it). A trade reported both by a director or officer and by a fund or company they are linked to counts once here, under the person. Purchases count only where the share price actually traded was at least $5. These figures describe what the shares did, not why anyone traded. Insiders across all companies.

When several insiders traded RLI Corp

Months when 2 or more insiders became net buyers, or 3 or more net sellers, of RLI Corp in reports dated in the 91 days before the month end, and how the stock did against the S&P 500 from that month end. After the 8 buying crowds with six months of prices, it averaged −3.1% against the index. After 1 selling crowd, +13.8%. One company's history is too short to judge by; the test across every company is the better guide.

MonthCrowd3 months on, vs S&P 5006 months12 months
May 29, 20262 buying+26.6%not yetnot yet
January 30, 20262 buying−16.1%−0.3%not yet
January 31, 20255 buying+7.5%−14.1%−31.2%
March 31, 20202 buying−26.5%−33.7%−26.8%
April 30, 20183 selling+11.2%+13.8%+20.6%
August 31, 20172 buying+7.7%+10.5%+30.5%
November 30, 20162 buying−12.6%−16.0%−18.8%
February 27, 20152 buying+0.3%+14.0%+42.0%
April 30, 20122 buying−5.8%−1.2%−2.3%
January 31, 20112 buying+3.3%+16.4%+40.9%

Colours show whether the crowd was right: green when buyers were followed by a rise above the index, or sellers by a fall below it. Total returns from the month end; past patterns are not a forecast.

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