Amerisafe Inc (AMSF) Financier

AMERISAFE, Inc. engages the provision of workers' compensation insurance focused on small to mid-sized employees. The company is headquartered in Deridder, Louisiana. The company went IPO on 2005-11-18. The firm provides coverage to employers under state and federal workers' compensation laws. These laws prescribe wage replacement and medical care benefits that employers are obligated to provide to their employees who are injured in the course and scope of their employment. Its workers' compensation insurance policies provide benefits to injured employees for, among other things, temporary or permanent disability, death and medical and hospital expenses. The benefits payable and the duration of those benefits are set by state or federal law. The benefits vary by jurisdiction, the nature and severity of the injury and the wages of the employee. The employer, who is the policyholder, pays the premiums for coverage.