Skyward Specialty files registration statement for IPO

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (Skyward Specialty) has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering (IPO).

The specialty insurance company announced on Monday, November 14, that it will list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “SKWD”. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.

Barclays Capital and Keef, Bruyette & Woods are the joint lead book-running managers for the proposed IPO, while Piper Sandler & Co., JMP Securities LLC, Truist Securities Inc., and Raymond James & Associates Inc. are the joint book-running managers, and Academy Securities Inc. and Siebert Williams Shank & Co. LLC are the co-managers for the proposed offering.

The proposed offering will be made only through a prospectus. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus related to the proposed offering may be obtained from:

Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717. You may contact it via (888) 603-5847 or [email protected]; and
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10019. You may contact it via (800) 966-1559 or [email protected].

The registration statement related to these securities has been filed with the SEC, but it has not yet become effective. Therefore, they may not be sold, and offers to buy them may only be accepted after the registration statement becomes effective.