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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;10, 2025 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; </B></P>
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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER</I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMERISAFE, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">75-2069407</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2301 Highway 190 West </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DeRidder, Louisiana 70634 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Director Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of Plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kathryn H. Shirley </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2301 Highway 190 West </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DeRidder, Louisiana 70634 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(337) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">463-9052</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>With a copy to: </I></B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kelly C. Simoneaux </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Alexandra C. Layfield </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jones Walker LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>201 St.
  Charles Avenue, Suite 5100 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New Orleans, LA 70170-5100 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(504) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">582-8000</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act.
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">AMERISAFE, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;registrant&#148;) is filing this Registration Statement on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to register 50,000 additional shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), for issuance under the Company&#146;s <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Director Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective June&nbsp;6, 2025, which are securities of the same class and relate to the same benefit plan as those shares of Common Stock registered
  on the Company&#146;s registration statements on Forms <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on August&nbsp;3, 2018 (Registration
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-226584),</FONT> November&nbsp;5, 2010 (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-170392)</FONT> and November&nbsp;29, 2005 (Registration
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-129980),</FONT> each of which is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> except to the
  extent modified by this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Documents containing the information required by Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to participants in the Plan in
  accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;). In accordance with the Note to Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> such documents are not filed with the SEC
  either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The following documents, which are on file with the SEC, are incorporated by reference into this
  Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000095017025030059/amsf-20241231.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report[s] on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000095017025061007/amsf-20250331.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the period ended March&nbsp;31, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission
  on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312525036731/d893951d8k.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;
  26, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312525103774/d938061d8k.htm">April<U></U>&nbsp;
  29, 2025</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312525137799/d943239d8k.htm">June&nbsp;9, 2025</A> (in all cases other than information furnished rather than filed pursuant to any
  such form); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000095013405017473/d28648e8va12g.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A>, filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;9, 2005, and all amendments and reports filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof,
  and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
  and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
  Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
  superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise provided in the relevant filing with the SEC, the Company is not
  incorporating by reference any documents, portions of documents, or other information deemed to have been &#147;furnished&#148; and not &#147;filed&#148; in accordance with SEC rules. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s certificate of formation and bylaws provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Texas Business Organizations Code,
  as amended (the &#147;TBOC&#148;), and any other applicable law, no director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its shareholders for any act or omission occurring in the performance of the director&#146;s duties as a
  director of the Company. </P>
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  therein, the Company may indemnify a director or officer (a &#147;governing person&#148;) who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding because the governing person is or was a governing person of the
  Company or serving in such capacity with respect to another entity at the Company&#146;s request, against judgments, court costs, penalties, excise and similar taxes, fines, settlements, and reasonable attorneys&#146; fees actually incurred by the
  governing person in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the governing person seeking indemnification: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reasonably believed, when acting in his or her official capacity, that his or her conduct was in the best
  interests of the Company, and, when not acting in such capacity, believed that his or her conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the Company; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
  </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is required by Section&nbsp;8.051 of the TBOC to indemnify a governing person against reasonable expenses
  actually incurred by the governing person in connection with a proceeding in which the governing person is a named defendant or respondent because the governing person is or was in that position if the governing person has been wholly successful, on
  the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding. The TBOC prohibits the Company from indemnifying a governing person in respect of a proceeding in which the person is found liable to the Company or on the basis that a personal benefit was
  improperly received by the governing person, other than reasonable expenses actually incurred by the governing person in connection with the proceeding; provided, that the TBOC further prohibits the Company from indemnifying a governing person in
  respect of any such proceeding in which the person is found liable for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of the governing person&#146;s duties, breach of the governing person&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company, or an act or
  omission not committed in good faith that constitutes a breach of duty owed by the governing person to the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under
  Section&nbsp;8.052 of the TBOC, a court of competent jurisdiction may order the Company to indemnify a governing person to the extent the court determines that the governing person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all
  the relevant circumstances; however, if the governing person is found liable to the Company or is found liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received by the governing person, the indemnification will be limited to reasonable
  expenses actually incurred by the governing person in connection with the proceeding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s certificate of formation
  authorizes the Company to enter into agreements with directors and officers providing for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by Texas law. Accordingly, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements providing contracting
  directors or officers the procedural and substantive rights to indemnification currently set forth in the Company&#146;s certificate of formation and bylaws. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Texas law, certain provisions of the Company&#146;s certificate of formation and
  bylaws, and the Company&#146;s indemnification agreements, and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to (i)&nbsp;the relevant provisions of the TBOC and (ii)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s certificate of formation,
  bylaws, and form of indemnification agreement, each of which is on file with the SEC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits </B></P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312510180779/dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the quarter ended June<U></U>&nbsp;30, 2010, filed on August<U></U>&nbsp;6, 2010) </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.2</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312510181116/dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K
  </FONT> filed August<U></U>&nbsp;6, 2010) </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>5.1*</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d933387dex51.htm">Opinion of Jones Walker </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d933387dex51.htm">Consent of Jones Walker is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000095017025060574/amsf-20250429.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Director Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated
   effective June<U></U>&nbsp;6, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April<U></U>&nbsp;30, 2025) </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107*</TD>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Filed herewith. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;9. Undertakings </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
  Registration Statement: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration
  Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
  decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
  of a prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Filing Fee
  Table&#148; or &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table, as applicable, in the effective registration statement; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
  Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided, however,
  </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Company pursuant to
  section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
  remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
  Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
  officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
  is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
  settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SIGNATURES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
  the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of DeRidder, State of Louisiana, on
  this 10th day of June, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top">AMERISAFE, INC.</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ G. Janelle Frost</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">G. Janelle Frost</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Kathryn H. Shirley, G. Janelle Frost and Anastasios Omiridis, and each of them, with
  full power to act and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his or her true and lawful attorneys in fact with full power to execute in his or her name and on his or her behalf in his or her capacity as a director or officer or both, as
  the case may be, of AMERISAFE, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), for the purpose of registering shares of the Company&#146;s common
  stock, par value $0.01 per share, available for issuance under the Company&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Director Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective June&nbsp;6, 2025, and to sign any and all
  amendments to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8, including post effective amendments to such registration statement on Form S-8, and to sign any and all additional registration statements relating to the same offering of
  securities as the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 that are filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
  and Exchange Commission, and hereby ratifies and confirms that such attorneys in fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
  on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">G. Janelle Frost</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Anastasios Omiridis</P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael J. Brown</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Teri G. Fontenot</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jared A. Morris</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2025
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, DC 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  AMERISAFE, INC.
  (Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Texas
  75-2069407
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification Number)
  2301 Highway 190 West
  DeRidder, Louisiana 70634
  (Address, including zip code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
  Non-Employee
  Director Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated
  (Full title of Plan)
  Kathryn H. Shirley
  Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary
  2301 Highway 190 West
  DeRidder, Louisiana 70634
  (337)
  463-9052
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  With a copy to:
  Kelly C. Simoneaux
  Alexandra C. Layfield
  Jones Walker LLP
  201 St.
  Charles Avenue, Suite 5100
  New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
  (504)
  582-8000
  Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large Accelerated Filer
  ☒
  Accelerated Filer
  ☐
  Non-Accelerated
  Filer
  ☐
  Smaller Reporting Company
  ☐
  Emerging Growth Company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  AMERISAFE, Inc. (the "Company" or the "registrant") is filing this Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  (this "Registration Statement") to register 50,000 additional shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), for issuance under the Company's
  Non-Employee
  Director Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective June 6, 2025, which are securities of the same class and relate to the same benefit plan as those shares of Common Stock registered
  on the Company's registration statements on Forms
  S-8,
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 3, 2018 (Registration
  No. 333-226584),
  November 5, 2010 (Registration
  No. 333-170392)
  and November 29, 2005 (Registration
  No. 333-129980),
  each of which is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form
  S-8,
  except to the
  extent modified by this Registration Statement.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
  Documents containing the information required by Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to participants in the Plan in
  accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
  Securities Act
  "). In accordance with the Note to Part I of Form
  S-8,
  such documents are not filed with the SEC
  either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The Company is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The following documents, which are on file with the SEC, are incorporated by reference into this
  Registration Statement:
  •
  The Company's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2024;
  •
  The Company's Quarterly Report[s] on
  Form
  10-Q
  for the period ended March 31, 2025;
  •
  The Company's Current Reports on Form
  8-K
  filed with the Commission
  on
  February
  26, 2025
  ,
  April
  29, 2025
  and
  June 9, 2025
  (in all cases other than information furnished rather than filed pursuant to any
  such form); and
  •
  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on
  Form
  8-A
  , filed with the SEC on September 9, 2005, and all amendments and reports filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description.
  All reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof,
  and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
  and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
  Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
  superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise provided in the relevant filing with the SEC, the Company is not
  incorporating by reference any documents, portions of documents, or other information deemed to have been "furnished" and not "filed" in accordance with SEC rules.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors
  The Company's certificate of formation and bylaws provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Texas Business Organizations Code,
  as amended (the "TBOC"), and any other applicable law, no director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its shareholders for any act or omission occurring in the performance of the director's duties as a
  director of the Company.
  Under Section 8.101 of the TBOC, subject to the procedures and limitations stated
  therein, the Company may indemnify a director or officer (a "governing person") who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding because the governing person is or was a governing person of the
  Company or serving in such capacity with respect to another entity at the Company's request, against judgments, court costs, penalties, excise and similar taxes, fines, settlements, and reasonable attorneys' fees actually incurred by the
  governing person in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the governing person seeking indemnification:
  •
  acted in good faith;
  •
  reasonably believed, when acting in his or her official capacity, that his or her conduct was in the best
  interests of the Company, and, when not acting in such capacity, believed that his or her conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the Company; and
  •
  in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
  The Company is required by Section 8.051 of the TBOC to indemnify a governing person against reasonable expenses
  actually incurred by the governing person in connection with a proceeding in which the governing person is a named defendant or respondent because the governing person is or was in that position if the governing person has been wholly successful, on
  the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding. The TBOC prohibits the Company from indemnifying a governing person in respect of a proceeding in which the person is found liable to the Company or on the basis that a personal benefit was
  improperly received by the governing person, other than reasonable expenses actually incurred by the governing person in connection with the proceeding; provided, that the TBOC further prohibits the Company from indemnifying a governing person in
  respect of any such proceeding in which the person is found liable for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of the governing person's duties, breach of the governing person's duty of loyalty to the Company, or an act or
  omission not committed in good faith that constitutes a breach of duty owed by the governing person to the Company.
  Under
  Section 8.052 of the TBOC, a court of competent jurisdiction may order the Company to indemnify a governing person to the extent the court determines that the governing person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all
  the relevant circumstances; however, if the governing person is found liable to the Company or is found liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received by the governing person, the indemnification will be limited to reasonable
  expenses actually incurred by the governing person in connection with the proceeding.
  The Company's certificate of formation
  authorizes the Company to enter into agreements with directors and officers providing for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by Texas law. Accordingly, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements providing contracting
  directors or officers the procedural and substantive rights to indemnification currently set forth in the Company's certificate of formation and bylaws.
  The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Texas law, certain provisions of the Company's certificate of formation and
  bylaws, and the Company's indemnification agreements, and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to (i) the relevant provisions of the TBOC and (ii) the Company's certificate of formation,
  bylaws, and form of indemnification agreement, each of which is on file with the SEC.
  Item 8. Exhibits
  Exhibit
  Number
  4.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
  10-Q
  for the quarter ended June
  30, 2010, filed on August
  6, 2010)
  4.2
  Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed August
  6, 2010)
  5.1*
  Opinion of Jones Walker
  23.1*
  Consent of Jones Walker is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement
  23.2*
  Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  24.1*
  Power of Attorney is contained on the signature page of this Registration Statement
  99.1
  Non-Employee
  Director Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated
   effective June
  6, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed April
  30, 2025)
  107*
  Filing Fee Table
  *
  Filed herewith.
  Item 9. Undertakings
  (a)
  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
  Registration Statement:
  (i)
  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii)
  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration
  Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
  decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
  of a prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Filing Fee
  Table" or "Calculation of Registration Fee" table, as applicable, in the effective registration statement; and
  (iii)
  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
  Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
  Provided, however,
  that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Company pursuant to
  section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
  (2)
  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3)
  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
  remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b)
  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
  Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (c)
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
  officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
  is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
  settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
  the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of DeRidder, State of Louisiana, on
  this 10th day of June, 2025.
  AMERISAFE, INC.
  By:
  /s/ G. Janelle Frost
  G. Janelle Frost
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Kathryn H. Shirley, G. Janelle Frost and Anastasios Omiridis, and each of them, with
  full power to act and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his or her true and lawful attorneys in fact with full power to execute in his or her name and on his or her behalf in his or her capacity as a director or officer or both, as
  the case may be, of AMERISAFE, Inc. (the "Company"), a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), for the purpose of registering shares of the Company's common
  stock, par value $0.01 per share, available for issuance under the Company's
  Non-Employee
  Director Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective June 6, 2025, and to sign any and all
  amendments to the Company's registration statement on Form S-8, including post effective amendments to such registration statement on Form S-8, and to sign any and all additional registration statements relating to the same offering of
  securities as the Company's registration statement on Form S-8 that are filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
  and Exchange Commission, and hereby ratifies and confirms that such attorneys in fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
  on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ G. Janelle Frost
  G. Janelle Frost
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  June 10, 2025
  /s/ Anastasios Omiridis
  Anastasios Omiridis
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  June 10, 2025
  /s/ Michael J. Brown
  Michael J. Brown
  Director
  June 10, 2025
  /s/ Teri G. Fontenot
  Teri G. Fontenot
  Director
  June 10, 2025
  /s/ Philip A. Garcia
  Philip A. Garcia
  Director
  June 10, 2025
  /s/ Billy B. Greer
  Billy B. Greer
  Director
  June 10, 2025
  /s/ Jared A. Morris
  Jared A. Morris
  Director
  June 10, 2025
  /s/ Randall E. Roach
  Randall E. Roach
  Director
  June 10, 2025
  /s/ Sean M. Traynor
  Sean M. Traynor
  Director
  June 10, 2025