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RLI CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Craig William Kliethermes is the RLI's CEO. RLI has 887 employees, of which 37 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The RLI executive team is 30% female and 70% male.
  • 65% of the management team is White.
  • 16% of RLI management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Craig William Kliethermes

President & CEO

Craig W Kliethermes is a Chief Executive Officer at RLI CORP and President/COO at RLI CORP. He has worked as Exec VP:Operations at RLI CORP, Exec VP:Ops RLI Insurance Group at RLI CORP, and Vice President at GE Insurance Solutions. Craig studied at Maryville University.

Gerald Stephens

Founder

Jennifer L. Klobnak

Sr. Vice President

Todd Wayne Bryant

Chief Financial Officer

Todd Wayne Bryant's LinkedIn

Todd Bryant is a VP/Chief Financial Officer at RLI CORP and is based in Brimfield, Illinois. He has experience at Arthur Andersen & Co GmbH and has worked as VP:Finance/Controller at RLI CORP, Statutory Accountant at RLI CORP, and VP/Controller at RLI CORP. Todd attended MacMurray College between 1986 and 1990.

Aaron Paul Diefenthaler

Chief Investment Officer & Treasurer

Jeffrey D. Fick

Secretary, Chief Legal Officer & Senior VP

Jeffrey Fick is a Senior VP/Chief Legal Ofcr/Secretary at RLI CORP and VP:Human Resources at RLI CORP. He has worked as Senior VP/Chief Legal Officer at RLI CORP and VP:Human Resources at HNI CORP. Jeffrey works or has worked as VP:Human Resources at SNAP-ON INC. He studied at University of Iowa College of Law.

Seth A. Davis

Vice President-Controller

Bryan T. Fowler

Chief Information Officer

Kathleen M. Kappes

Vice President-Human Resources

Lisa T. Gates

Vice President-Marketing & Communications

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Name & TitleBio
Gerald Stephens

Founder

RLI board members

Name & TitleBio
Craig William Kliethermes

President & CEO

Craig W Kliethermes is a Chief Executive Officer at RLI CORP and President/COO at RLI CORP. He has worked as Exec VP:Operations at RLI CORP, Exec VP:Ops RLI Insurance Group at RLI CORP, and Vice President at GE Insurance Solutions. Craig studied at Maryville University.

Jonathan E. Michael

CEO

Jonathan E. Michael's LinkedIn

Mr. Jonathan E. Michael has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of RLI Corp. since January 1, 2001. Mr. Michael serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RLI Insurance Company and its subsidiaries Mt. Hawley Insurance Company, RLI Indemnity Company and Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company (known as principal insurance subsidiaries). He joined RLI Corp. in 1982 and has held various managerial and executive officer positions, including Chief Operating ..

Kaj Ahlmann

Board Member

Robert P. Restrepo

Board Member

Calvin G. Butler

Board Member

David Brian Duclos

Board Member

Debbie S. Roberts

Board Member

John Thomas Baily

Board Member

Jordan W. Graham

Board Member

Michael E. Angelina

Board Member

RLI leadership demographics

RLI gender distribution in management team

  • The RLI executive team is 30% female and 70% male.
  • RLI is 46% female and 54% male company-wide.
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Male
70%
Company-wide: 54%
Female
Female
30%
Company-wide: 46%

RLI executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among RLI executive officers is White.
  • 65% of the management team is White.
  • 16% of RLI's management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 59% of employees are White.
  • 14% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 12% of employees are Black or African American.
  • Management team
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