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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares sold to satisfy income tax withholding liabilities and payment of the option exercise price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The price included in Column 4 is a weighted average price.  These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $27.84 to $28.27 per share, inclusive.  The reporting person undertakes to provide to AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. or any of its security holders, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commissions, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote 2.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Pursuant to anti-dilution provisions in AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.'s 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan, this option was previously reported as an option for 10,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $14.55 per share, but was adjusted to reflect the 10% stock dividend declared by AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. on August 6, 2012 and payable on September 20, 2012.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Pursuant to anti-dilution provisions in AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.'s 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan, this option was previously reported as an option for 20,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $12.70 per share, but was adjusted to reflect the 10% stock dividend declared by AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. on August 6, 2012 and payable on September 20, 2012.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureDate>2012-12-03</signatureDate>
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