---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-091726"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKWD"
cik: "0001519449"
company_name: "Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T09:24:10.229454+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Skyward Specialty appoints Gena Ashe to Board as independent director effective Aug 14, 2023

## Summary
- Gena L. Ashe elected as Class I director; term expires at 2026 annual meeting.
- She chairs Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and serves on Compensation Committee.
- Compensation: $50,000 annual retainer plus pro-rated $100,000 restricted stock award vesting in one year.
- Ashe currently serves as General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Anterix (ATEX) and as independent director of GXO Logistics (GXO).
- Over 30 years of senior legal and corporate governance experience across multiple industries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-091726
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKWD
- cik: 0001519449
- company_name: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000110465923091726/0001104659-23-091726-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000110465923091726/tm2323726d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-091726.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gena L. Ashe was appointed as Director at Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the board of directors (“Board”) of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “we,” or “our”), appointed Gena L. Ashe to our Board, effective August 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000110465923091726/0001104659-23-091726-index.htm

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