secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (SKWD)
CIK:        0001519449
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001519449-26-000009
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Skyward Specialty enters executive employment agreements with CEO ($1.1M base) and President ($600K base)
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- Effective April 1, 2026, CEO Andrew Robinson gets at least $1,100,000 base salary, 150% bonus target, and minimum $4,000,000 annual equity award.
- Effective January 1, 2026, President John Burkhart gets at least $600,000 base salary, 100% bonus target, and minimum $1,000,000 annual equity award.
- Severance includes 12 months base salary, pro-rata bonus, COBRA for 12 months, and accelerated vesting of equity (including PSUs at target for incomplete periods).
- Non-compete for 2 years and non-solicit for 12 months post-employment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944926000009/0001519449-26-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944926000009/skwd-20260226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001519449-26-000009

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