secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERISAFE INC (AMSF)
CIK:        0001018979
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-21-309414
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AMERISAFE Q3 net premiums -9.6%, net income -18.1%; declares $4 special dividend
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- Net premiums earned $67.6M (-9.6% YoY), net income $19.1M (-18.1%), diluted EPS $0.99 vs $1.21.
- Combined ratio improved to 71.5% from 72.8%, helped by $19.0M favorable prior-year reserve development.
- Operating EPS $1.02 (-12.1%), operating net income $19.8M (-12.0%).
- Special cash dividend of $4.00 per share payable Nov 17, 2021; regular quarterly dividend $0.29.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312521309414/0001193125-21-309414-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312521309414/d242645d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-309414

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