secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERISAFE INC (AMSF)
CIK:        0001018979
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-043195
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AMERISAFE reports FY2022 net income $55.6M, combined ratio 83.6%; raises dividend 9.7%
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- Full-year 2022 net income $55.6M ($2.88 diluted EPS); operating EPS $3.07.
- Net combined ratio improved to 83.6% from 85.7% in 2021; underwriting profit $44.7M.
- Quarterly dividend raised 9.7% to $0.34/share, payable March 24, 2023 to holders of record March 10.
- Net premiums earned $271.7M, down 1.6% YoY; net investment income up 7% to $27.2M.
- Favorable prior-year reserve development of $40.6M reduced loss ratio.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312523043195/0001193125-23-043195-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312523043195/d377200d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-043195

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