Stock Options and Restricted Stock	3 Months Ended
Stock Options and Restricted Stock	Mar. 31, 2015
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Stock Options and Restricted Stock	Note 2. Stock Options and Restricted Stock The Company has three equity incentive plans: the AMERISAFE 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2005 Incentive Plan”), the AMERISAFE 2010 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan (the “2010 Restricted Stock Plan”) and the AMERISAFE 2012 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2012 Incentive Plan”). See Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 for additional information regarding the Company’s incentive plans. In March 2015, the Company granted 6,757 shares of restricted common stock to executive officers. The market value of the restricted shares granted totaled $0.3 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, options to purchase 74,250 shares of common stock were exercised. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, options to purchase 61,167 shares of common stock were exercised. In connection with these exercises, the Company received $0.6 million of stock option proceeds in both 2015 and 2014. The Company recognized share-based compensation expense of $0.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 and $0.6 million for the same period of 2014.

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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