---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001519449-25-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKWD"
cik: "0001519449"
company_name: "Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T00:18:53.727518+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 $42.1M ($1.01 EPS) vs $36.8M year ago; premiums up 16.7%

## Summary
- Net income $42.1M ($1.01 diluted EPS) vs $36.8M ($0.90) in Q1 2024.
- Adjusted operating income $37.3M ($0.90 diluted EPS) vs $31.0M ($0.75).
- Gross written premiums $535.3M, up 16.7% YoY; combined ratio 90.5% (ex-cat 88.3%).
- Annualized ROE 20.5%; book value per share $21.06, up 6% from Dec 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001519449-25-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKWD
- cik: 0001519449
- company_name: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+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/1519449/000151944925000019/0001519449-25-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944925000019/skwd-20250501.htm

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