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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-10-011058
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100222
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100222

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LEACH CRAIG P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001342814

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12251
		FILM NUMBER:		10624073

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AMERISAFE INC
		STREET 2:		2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST
		CITY:			DERIDDER
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70634

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERISAFE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001018979
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				752069407
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST
		CITY:			DERIDDER
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70634
		BUSINESS PHONE:		337-463-9052

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST
		CITY:			DERIDDER
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70634
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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001018979</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AMERISAFE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AMSF</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>LEACH CRAIG P</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>AMERISAFE, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DERIDDER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>LA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>70634</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP, Sales and Marketing</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, Par Value $.01</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-02-22</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                    <value>6080</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                    <value>9.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>12078</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
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                <value>Common Stock, Par Value $.01</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-02-22</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>6080</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>18.25</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5998</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>9.00</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-02-22</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-11-17</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock, Par Value $.01</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>6080</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>183920</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Transaction executed pursuant to 10b5-1 Plan executed while officer was not in possession of material non-public information.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Of the 190,000 options to purchase common stock, par value $.01, 142,500 have vested.  The remaining 47,500 options vest November 17, 2010.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Todd Walker, attorney-in-fact for Craig P. Leach, EVP, Sales and Marketing</signatureName>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY OF CRAIG P. LEACH
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<PRE>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

	The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Todd Walker, Percy McCraney, Dayna
Edwards, Larry D. Cannon, Wendy W. Walton and James D. Litton, or any of them, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of AMERISAFE, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, or 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file any such form or
forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this power of attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
fact's sole discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact and any of them full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and deed whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper
to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any such attorney-in-fact, or any such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
none of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	The execution by the undersigned of this power of attorney hereby expressly revokes and
terminates any powers of attorney previously granted by the undersigned relating to Forms 3, 4,
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this power of attorney to be
executed as of September 1, 2006.



						/s/ Craig P. Leach________________________
						Craig P. Leach

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