---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001519449-23-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKWD"
cik: "0001519449"
company_name: "Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T08:58:43.199464+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Skyward Specialty Q1 net income $15.6M ($0.42/sh); gross written premiums +27.5%

## Summary
- Net income $15.6M, $0.42 diluted EPS; adjusted operating income $15.5M, $0.42 diluted EPS.
- Gross written premiums increased 27.5% year-over-year.
- Underwriting income $17.8M vs $11.4M in Q1 2022; combined ratio improved to 90.2% from 91.9%.
- Current accident year non-cat loss and LAE ratio improved to 61.1% from 63.5%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001519449-23-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKWD
- cik: 0001519449
- company_name: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000019/0001519449-23-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000019/skwd-20230509.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001519449-23-000019
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001519449-23-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. reported the quarter and fiscal period ended March 31, 2023 results: net income $15.6 million, EPS $0.42 per diluted share.
  - Period: the quarter and fiscal period ended March 31, 2023
  - Net income: $15.6 million
  - EPS: $0.42 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the results of the Company’s operations for the quarter and fiscal period ended March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000019/0001519449-23-000019-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.