---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-002404"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMSF"
cik: "0001018979"
company_name: "AMERISAFE INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T19:15:21.017028+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMERISAFE founder and director Millard Morris retires; board size reduced to 8

## Summary
- Millard E. Morris retired from the Board of Directors effective December 31, 2022.
- Morris founded the company in 1985 and previously served as Chairman and CEO.
- Board size reduced from 9 to 8 members; no successor appointed.
- Morris chaired the Risk Committee at the time of his retirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-002404
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMSF
- cik: 0001018979
- company_name: AMERISAFE INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312523002404/0001193125-23-002404-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312523002404/d409422d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-002404
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-002404.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-002404.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Millard E. Morris retired as member of the Board of Directors at AMERISAFE INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On December 29, 2022, Millard E. Morris, a member of the Board of Directors of AMERISAFE, Inc. (“AMERISAFE” or the “Company”), advised the Board of Directors that he would retire as a member of the Board effective December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312523002404/0001193125-23-002404-index.htm

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