secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERISAFE INC (AMSF)
CIK:        0001018979
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-048625
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AMERISAFE Q4 net income $3.5M (EPS $0.18) down 87.6% YoY; dividend raised 6.9% to $0.31
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- Q4 diluted EPS $0.18 vs $1.47 LY; net income $3.5M, down 87.6% YoY.
- Full year diluted EPS $3.39 vs $4.47 LY; net income $65.8M, down 24.1%.
- Full year combined ratio 85.7% vs 76.3%; catastrophic claim added $24M to loss estimates.
- Quarterly dividend raised 6.9% to $0.31/share, payable March 25 to record March 11.
- Full year underwriting profit $39.4M, down 45.1% from $71.8M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312522048625/0001193125-22-048625-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312522048625/d150985d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-048625

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