---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001519449-24-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKWD"
cik: "0001519449"
company_name: "Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T02:45:02.873058+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Skyward Specialty Q1 net income $36.8M ($0.90 EPS); adjusted EPS $0.75

## Summary
- Net income $36.8M ($0.90 diluted EPS) vs $15.6M ($0.42) in Q1 2023.
- Adjusted operating income $31.0M ($0.75 diluted EPS) vs $15.5M ($0.42).
- Gross written premiums up 27.2% YoY; combined ratio improved to 89.6% from 90.2%.
- Annualized ROE 21.7% vs 13.4%; annualized ROE on tangible equity 25.0%.
- Cat loss and LAE ratio improved to 0.4% from 1.8%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001519449-24-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKWD
- cik: 0001519449
- company_name: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944924000020/0001519449-24-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944924000020/skwd-20240501.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001519449-24-000020
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001519449-24-000020.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001519449-24-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. reported first quarter 2024 results: net income $36.8 million, or $0.90 per diluted share.
  - Period: first quarter 2024
  - Net income: $36.8 million, or $0.90 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: reported first quarter 2024 net income of $36.8 million, or $0.90 per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944924000020/0001519449-24-000020-index.htm

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