---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-041482"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMSF"
cik: "0001018979"
company_name: "AMERISAFE INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T21:35:26.326374+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMERISAFE posts $62.1M net income in 2023, Q4 EPS down 7.4% YoY; dividend raised 8.8%

## Summary
- Full-year net income $62.1M (diluted EPS $3.23) vs $55.6M ($2.88) in 2022, up 11.7%.
- Q4 net income $19.2M ($1.00 EPS) vs $20.8M ($1.08) prior year, down 7.7% YoY.
- Full-year net combined ratio 85.9% vs 83.6% in 2022; underwriting profit down 15.8% to $37.6M.
- Dividend increased 8.8% to $0.37 per share, payable Mar 22, 2024 to holders of record Mar 8.
- Q4 share repurchases: 46,741 shares at avg $46.45, remaining authorization $10.4M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-041482
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMSF
- cik: 0001018979
- company_name: AMERISAFE INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312524041482/0001193125-24-041482-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312524041482/d650208d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-041482
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-041482.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-041482.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AMERISAFE INC reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 21, 2024, AMERISAFE, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312524041482/0001193125-24-041482-index.htm

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