{"id":22319,"date":"2024-08-16T16:28:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T16:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=788807"},"modified":"2024-08-16T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T16:28:31","slug":"people-moves-skyward-specialty-hires-four-regional-vps-and-two-underwriters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2024\/08\/16\/people-moves-skyward-specialty-hires-four-regional-vps-and-two-underwriters\/","title":{"rendered":"People Moves: Skyward Specialty Hires Four Regional VPs and Two Underwriters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/img\/social\/opengraph\/ij-social-default-1200x630.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/southcentral\/2024\/08\/16\/788807.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/southcentral\/2024\/08\/16\/788807.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p><strong>Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.<\/strong>, headquartered in Houston, named four new regional vice presidents and two new underwriters.<\/p>\n<p>Skyward Specialty named <strong>Gregg Callahan<\/strong> regional vice president in its northeast region in New England. Callahan spent the last 27 years at Liberty Mutual Insurance, specializing in contract surety.<\/p>\n<p>The company named <strong>Larry Mastalski <\/strong>as regional vice president in the Texas and Midwest territories. With over 33 years of specialized surety expertise, Mastalski joins from Markel, where he served as vice president branch manager and previously held senior positions at Chubb.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Allison<\/strong> joined Skyward Specialty as assistant regional vice president in Texas. Allison has 21 years of experience in the Texas surety market, most recently serving as regional bond manager for Main Street America Group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sean Fallows<\/strong> was hired as regional assistant vice president in the Pacific Northwest region. Fallows has over 18 years of specialized surety expertise, most recently serving as Pacific Northwest branch manager for Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Waynauskas<\/strong>, a 22-year surety veteran, joins Skyward Specialty as senior underwriter in the north-central region, and <strong>Joe Michalewsky <\/strong>joins the Northeast region as an underwriter. 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