Stock Options and Restricted Stock	9 Months Ended
Stock Options and Restricted Stock	Sep. 30, 2013
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased 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 13 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 for additional information regarding the Company’s incentive plans. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, options to purchase 173,300 shares of common stock were exercised. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, options to purchase 22,800 shares of common stock were exercised. In connection with these exercises, the Company received $1.6 million of stock option proceeds in the first nine months of 2013 and $0.2 million of stock option proceeds in the same period in 2012. The Company recognized share-based compensation expense of $0.4 million and $0.2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company recognized share-based compensation expense of $1.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared to $0.4 million for the same period in 2012.

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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