---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001519449-25-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKWD"
cik: "0001519449"
company_name: "Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T21:07:36.075868+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Skyward Specialty elects Christopher Peirce to board; Creager not to stand for re-election

## Summary
- Christopher Peirce elected Class III director effective Feb 1, 2026; expected to become Audit Committee Chair after 2025 10-K filing.
- Robert Creager will not stand for re-election as Class I director in 2026; no dispute with Company or Board.
- Press release notes Apollo acquisition expected to close in Q1 2026, subject to regulatory approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001519449-25-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKWD
- cik: 0001519449
- company_name: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944925000063/0001519449-25-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944925000063/skwd-20251112.htm

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