---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001519449-23-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKWD"
cik: "0001519449"
company_name: "Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T19:51:08.140921+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Skyward Specialty Insurance Group board resignations and appointments effective November 30, 2023

## Summary
- Directors Cameron MacDonald and Robert Kittel resigned from the board effective November 30, 2023, not due to any dispute.
- Their resignations follow Westaim's sale of a significant portion of its holdings in Skyward Specialty.
- Andrew Robinson, CEO, was appointed Chair of the Board; Anthony J. Kuczinski was named Lead Independent Director.
- Both MacDonald and Kittel had served on the board for nearly 10 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001519449-23-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKWD
- cik: 0001519449
- company_name: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000044/0001519449-23-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000044/skwd-20231130.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001519449-23-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anthony J. Kuczinski was appointed as Lead Independent Director at Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: and Anthony J. Kuczinski to serve as our independent Lead Director of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000044/0001519449-23-000044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cameron MacDonald resigned as Director at Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 27, 2023, Cameron MacDonald notified the board of directors (“Board”) of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “we,” or “our”), of his intention to resign as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000044/0001519449-23-000044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrew Robinson was appointed as Chair of the Board at Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: the Board appointed Andrew Robinson, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, to serve as Chair of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000044/0001519449-23-000044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert Kittel resigned as Director at Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 29, 2023, Robert Kittel notified the Board of his intention to resign as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944923000044/0001519449-23-000044-index.htm

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