Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKWD) operates as a growing specialty insurance company delivering commercial insurance products and solutions on both non-admitted (excess and surplus) and admitted bases, predominantly throughout the United States. The company's website is located at… From the company’s description.
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What Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKWD) operates as a growing specialty insurance company delivering commercial insurance products and solutions on both non-admitted (excess and surplus) and admitted bases, predominantly throughout the United States. The company's website is located at https://investors.skywardinsurance.com/.
The company focuses on underserved, dislocated, and niche markets where standard insurance coverages prove insufficient to meet customer needs. Skyward Specialty's portfolio encompasses a highly diversified array of insurance products including general liability, excess liability, professional liability with cyber and media coverage, commercial auto, group accident and health, property, agriculture, credit, surety, and workers' compensation. The business operates through nine distinct underwriting divisions: Accident & Health, Agriculture and Credit (Re)insurance, Captives, Construction & Energy Solutions, Global Property, Professional Lines, Specialty Programs, Surety, and Transactional E&S. For the year ended December 31, 2025, 41 percent of gross written premiums were written on an admitted basis with 59 percent on a non-admitted basis.
The company maintains a diversified distribution strategy utilizing retail agents, wholesale brokers, select program administrators, and captive managers to access target markets efficiently. All insurance company subsidiaries maintain financial strength ratings of "A" (Excellent) from A.M. Best with stable outlook.
A significant development occurred on January 1, 2026, when Skyward Specialty completed its acquisition of Apollo Group Holdings Limited, a leading U.S.-centric specialty underwriting platform operating at Lloyd's of London. Apollo operates through Syndicates 1969 and 1971, providing multi-class specialty insurance and innovative platform liability products for the digital and sharing economy. This acquisition brings new specialty niches, distinctive new economy offerings, and advanced technology capabilities to Skyward Specialty's portfolio.
The company's competitive positioning rests on its focus on profitable market niches requiring technical underwriting expertise, highly skilled underwriter teams, superior claims operations, advanced business intelligence platform called SkyBI, and technology-driven underwriting and claims capabilities. Skyward Specialty maintains a strong balance sheet with conservative loss reserves and strong capitalization ratios to support its growth objectives and maintain stakeholder confidence.
Company details
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Property & Casualty Insurance
- Headquarters
- HOUSTON, TX
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 1519449
- SIC
- 6331
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2022–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.’s weight in each
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Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
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Recent filings
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