Skyward Group has named Taryn McHarg, currently CFO of its recently acquired Apollo business and already the Group's deputy CFO, as successor to outgoing CFO Mark Haushill, who will retire effective March 31, 2027, after more than a decade with the company.
McHarg's appointment keeps financial leadership inside the business Skyward absorbed less than eight months ago. Skyward closed its $559 million acquisition of Apollo, the Lloyd's of London specialty platform, on January 1, and has since combined both businesses under the Skyward Group holding structure.
The transition comes as the combined group works through its first full quarters of integrated reporting. Gross written premiums rose 13.3% to $740.6 million in the second quarter of 2026 on a pro forma basis, with Apollo accounting for much of the increase, while the group posted a combined ratio of 89.5%.
Before becoming Apollo's CFO more than four years ago, McHarg spent nine years at BUPA, one of the largest non-US private healthcare insurers, rising to CFO of its international markets division, and seven years at Ernst & Young.
Haushill led Skyward through its 2023 IPO, a marked improvement in the company's capital position, including its AM Best financial strength rating, and the Apollo acquisition itself. He will remain with the company as a senior advisor through the end of 2027 to support the handover.
For brokers placing E&S and specialty business with Skyward Specialty or through Apollo's Lloyd's syndicates, the succession reads as continuity rather than disruption: an internal promotion from within the newly combined group, rather than an outside hire, during a period when the two platforms are still being integrated.
Skyward CEO Andrew Robinson called McHarg "a deeply experienced and skilled executive," while McHarg said the combined group has become "a stronger, more diversified organization" following the Apollo deal.
