RLI CORP

To ensure that thorough attention is given to individual and collective Directors’ performance and optimizing the composition of our Board, the Board and Committees utilize an annual evaluation process. Each Director completes an evaluation that assesses the performance of the Committees on which the Director serves and the Board as a whole. In addition, Directors are annually asked to complete a self-evaluation on individual performance, and members of senior management evaluate the Board. Finally, periodically Directors are asked to complete a peer-evaluation on the contributions and performance of each other Director. A peer evaluation was conducted in 2023. The Annual Board Evaluation focuses on board processes, policies, effectiveness, strategy, and individual Director performance. Each Directors’ individual performance and each Committee’s performance in relationship to its respective Charter, effectiveness, functionality, areas of improvement and overall performance are also considered. This process is handled by the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.

Further, annually the Chairman of the Board and the Lead Independent Director meet or confer separately with each Director to discuss, among other matters, (1) Director and Board performance; (2) recommendations to improve meetings; (3) Committees’ structure and leadership; (4) the effectiveness of the Lead Independent Director; (5) whether key topics are sufficiently considered by the Board; (6) support from management; (7) succession planning; and (8) compensation. The

Chairman of the Board and Lead Independent Director summarize their discussions with the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.

Based on the cumulative results of each Director’s overall performance, the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee reviews and evaluates the Board candidates and their respective qualifications in detail to determine if it is in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders to nominate each Director to stand for election.