secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (BOW)
CIK:        0002002473
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0002002473-25-000037
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Bowhead Q1 gross premiums up 26% to $174.8M; net income $11.4M up 60%
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- Gross written premiums $174.8M (+26.3% YoY); net income $11.4M ($0.34 diluted EPS), up 60%.
- Casualty premiums +33.7% to $122.3M; Baleen unit $2.7M (+131% sequentially).
- Loss ratio 66.9% (+1.4 pts); expense ratio improved to 30.4% (-2.2 pts).
- Net investment income $12.6M (+64%); book yield 4.7%, portfolio duration 2.8 yrs.
- CEO reaffirms ~20% annual premium growth target despite macro uncertainty.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2002473/000200247325000037/0002002473-25-000037-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2002473/000200247325000037/bow-20250501.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002002473-25-000037

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