Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) Proxy filing summary

Executive summary

• Amendment corrects iXBRL scaling errors in the Net Income column of the Pay Versus Performance table, with no other changes to prior disclosures.

• Pay Versus Performance section provides detailed compensation and performance data for the principal executive officer (PEO) and non-PEO named executive officers (NEOs) for fiscal years 2023–2025.

Executive compensation and say-on-pay

• Compensation actually paid (CAP) to the PEO and NEOs is reconciled from the Summary Compensation Table using SEC rules, reflecting adjustments for equity awards and vesting.

• For 2025, PEO CAP was $6.1M and average NEO CAP was $1.5M, with detailed breakdowns of adjustments for equity awards.

• CAP does not represent cash or unrestricted equity but is calculated per SEC methodology, with fair values based on ASC 718.

• Key performance measures linking pay to performance include Internal Combined Ratio, Gross Written Premiums, Book Value Per Share growth, and Absolute Stock Price.

Voting matters and shareholder proposals

• Amendment solely addresses technical corrections in data tagging and does not introduce new voting items or proposals.