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Skyward Specialty Insurance

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Formerly Houston International Insurance Group A.K.A. HIIG - Senior Executive Assistant Skyward Specialty Insurance Employee Review

1.0
Jan 18, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There were only a few pros about this company. 1. Both receptionists were always sweet, polite and professional 2. The Human Resources team did their best to inform and educate new hires and employees during on boarding 3. The employees were blatantly honest from day one when asked about their time with the company

Cons

There is no mention of team work or existence of any sort of team support, you will never hear a manager make any type of reference or similarity of “ we are all in this together “ within this company. My second day working there I had people in HR tell me they never thought I would have accepted the job. When I asked why they said surely you read the reviews about the company. Sad part is, I actually hadn’t I was referred by a friend of a friend and totally disregarded to even look up any reviews. After that I went to read the reviews and let me just say 9.75 out of 10 reviews is on point accurate. Sad I know. You have people that have worked at the company for 5,10,15,20 years and have never even seen the CEO or other Executive management. Not even a glimpse to have a general idea of what the CEO looks like. People working for 5-20 years and only allowed entry access to go on their assigned floor to work. There are only a handful of people whom have access to the Executive offices because the CEO doesn’t trust people. HR nor IT has access to the Exec offices and the cleaning crew has to be accompanied by someone with proper access.

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Skyward Specialty Insurance Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. Skyward Specialty is steadfastly committed to creating a transparent and honest environment where our employees’ growth and happiness are reflected in their performance, contribution, and engagement. Under new Executive leadership, we made significant improvements across the Company in the last two years which has tremendously changed our culture and increased overall workplace satisfaction. Our recent engagement survey in 2021 reflected Skyward’s leadership as an area of strength with an 86% overall employee satisfaction rate. Other engagement scores also reflect employees feel very positively that we are all living the Company’s G.R.E.A.T. values and are building a company where people are excited to work. We are proud of the work that has been done and while changes under our new leadership have been overwhelmingly well-received by our employees, we continually seek feedback and work to improve every day. The experience you describe sounds vastly different from our current leadership and culture. I welcome the opportunity to discuss it further with you. Please reach out directly to me if you would like to share more information so that I may be of assistance. Tom Schmitt Chief People Officer

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5.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

The company and culture at Skyward Specialty Insurance is outstanding and by far my favorite over the course of my career.

Cons

My only con would be that although the benefits package overall is good, the medical coverage this year was not as favorable as in past years.

1.0
Apr 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation is fine and benefits are fine.

Cons

Management practices dictatorship. IT managers do NOT understand IT. They are technically very poor. Off shore contractors just fool them and they are willing to be ridiculed by them. They emphasize on overworking. Politics at its peak. Directors have rude behavior. They do not provide any training, just shooting in the air. Most of the calls happen after office hours. There are weekend releases so your Friday evenings and Saturday mornings are destroyed. No reward, no bonus. They have a system called Clockify where you have to justify every second of your work.

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