secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERISAFE INC (AMSF)
CIK:        0001018979
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-241853
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AMERISAFE Q3 net income up 43.8% to $14.3M; declares special dividend of $3.00/share
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- Diluted EPS $0.75 (up 44.2% YoY); operating EPS $0.58 (down 4.9% YoY).
- Net combined ratio 90.9% vs 90.6% in Q3 2023; gross premiums written up 5.8% to $74.9M.
- Net investment income fell 7.6% to $7.5M; book value per share $16.50 (up 8.0% YTD).
- Special cash dividend of $3.00/share plus regular quarterly dividend of $0.37/share; payable Dec 13, record Dec 6.
- Repurchased 21,586 shares at avg $46.79 in Q3; $5.3M remaining buyback authority.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312524241853/0001193125-24-241853-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312524241853/d859152d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-241853

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