secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERISAFE INC (AMSF)
CIK:        0001018979
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-071529
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AMERISAFE Q4 net income down 21% to $10.4M; dividend raised 5.1% to $0.41
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- Q4 2025 diluted EPS $0.55 (down 20.3% YoY); full-year EPS $2.47 (down 14.5%).
- Full-year voluntary premiums on policies written up 10.2%; net combined ratio worsened to 91.3% from 88.7%.
- Current accident year loss ratio increased from 71% to 72%, reflecting higher severity in Q4.
- Board increased quarterly dividend 5.1% to $0.41/share, payable March 20, 2026 to holders of record March 13.
- Company repurchased 197,672 shares in Q4 at avg $40.27; remaining authorization $16.9M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312526071529/0001193125-26-071529-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312526071529/d63427d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-071529

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