Industry Leader Peter Hearn To Join Board Of Directors; Jim Hays To Retire After Distinguished Service

HOUSTON, April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skyward Group (Nasdaq: SKWD) (“the Group” or “the Company”), the unified specialty insurance organization whose operating businesses include Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.® (“Skyward Specialty”) and Apollo Group Holding, Ltd. (“Apollo”), is pleased to announce the nomination of Peter Hearn as new independent director to its Board of Directors. Mr. Hearn will succeed Jim Hays, who will retire from the Board later this year following nearly two decades of dedicated service.