---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001519449-23-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKWD"
cik: "0001519449"
company_name: "Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T01:43:22.704076+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Skyward Specialty Q2 net income triples to $19.5M; gross written premiums up 29.4%

## Summary
- Net income $19.5M ($0.51/sh) vs $5.1M ($0.16) in Q2 2022; adjusted operating income $16.0M ($0.42) vs $16.4M ($0.50).
- Gross written premiums up 29.4%; underwriting income $15.5M vs $12.0M in Q2 2022.
- Combined ratio 92.0% (vs 91.8%); non-cat loss ratio improved to 60.7% from 62.8%; cat loss ratio 3.5% vs 0%.
- Annualized return on tangible equity 18.3% vs 6.1% in prior-year quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001519449-23-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKWD
- cik: 0001519449
- company_name: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-08T23:59:59+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/1519449/000151944923000028/0001519449-23-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000028/skwd-20230808.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. reported second quarter 2023 results: net income $19.5 million, EPS $0.51 per diluted share.
  - Period: second quarter 2023
  - Net income: $19.5 million
  - EPS: $0.51 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: today reported second quarter 2023 net income of $19.5 million, or $0.51 per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000028/0001519449-23-000028-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. reported first half of 2023 results: net income $35.0 million, EPS $0.93 per diluted share.
  - Period: first half of 2023
  - Net income: $35.0 million
  - EPS: $0.93 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net income for the first half of 2023 was $35.0 million, or $0.93 per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000028/0001519449-23-000028-index.htm

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