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Amerisafe Appoints Guillermo Ramos as New Chief Financial Officer

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  • AMERISAFE appointed Guillermo A. Ramos as EVP and CFO, effective May 7, 2026, under a three-year agreement with a $500,000 base salary and $1 million in restricted stock units.
  • The company portrays Ramos’s appointment as bolstering its financial and strategic leadership, aiming to support continued growth in its high-hazard workers’ compensation insurance markets across 27 states.
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Amerisafe Appoints Guillermo Ramos as New Chief Financial Officer

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Amerisafe ( (AMSF) ) has provided an update.

On April 15, 2026, AMERISAFE’s board appointed Guillermo A. Ramos as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, with his tenure effective May 7, 2026, following a career leading finance strategy at Hiscox US and senior financial roles at Equifax. His three-year employment agreement includes a minimum $500,000 base salary, participation in incentive plans, standard severance protections, a non-compete clause and a $1 million restricted stock unit award under the company’s 2022 equity plan.

The leadership change, announced publicly on April 16, 2026, is positioned by AMERISAFE as a move to strengthen its financial and strategic capabilities as it continues to grow its workers’ compensation franchise in hazardous industries. Ramos’s background in guiding organizations through growth and change suggests potential benefits for AMERISAFE’s financial management, strategic planning and support of its ongoing expansion across its multi-state high-risk employer customer base.

The most recent analyst rating on (AMSF) stock is a Buy with a $45.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Amerisafe stock, see the AMSF Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on AMSF Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, AMSF is a Neutral.

The score is driven mainly by decent underlying financial strength (low leverage, consistent profitability) and supportive valuation (moderate P/E and high yield), but is meaningfully offset by weak technicals (price below key moving averages with negative momentum) and earnings-call headwinds around negative rate outlook and elevated claim severity that pressured year-over-year earnings.

To see Spark’s full report on AMSF stock, click here.

More about Amerisafe

AMERISAFE, Inc. is a specialty provider of workers’ compensation insurance focused on small to mid-sized employers in high-hazard sectors, including construction, trucking, logging and lumber, agriculture, services, manufacturing and maritime. The company actively markets its workers’ compensation products in 27 U.S. states, concentrating on industries where workplace risk is elevated.

Average Trading Volume: 193,021

Technical Sentiment Signal: Sell

Current Market Cap: $628.5M

See more insights into AMSF stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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