AMERISAFE Announces Appointment of Ray Wise as Executive Vice President - Chief Sales Officer

DERIDDER, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMERISAFE, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMSF), a specialty provider of workers’ compensation insurance focused on high hazard industries, today announced that Ray Wise will be joining the company as Executive Vice President - Chief Sales Officer.

Ray comes to AMERISAFE with more than 30 years of insurance and leadership experience, most recently serving as Senior Vice President – Chief Sales Officer for Employers Insurance. In addition, Mr. Wise has had leadership roles with Vanliner Insurance Company, CNA Financial and The Hartford.

G. Janelle Frost, AMERISAFE's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Ray’s background in driving results through customer experience will play an integral role in our sales strategy and responsiveness to an extremely competitive worker’s compensation market. We are excited to welcome Ray to the leadership team.”

About AMERISAFE

AMERISAFE, Inc. is a specialty provider of workers’ compensation insurance focused on small to mid-sized employers engaged in hazardous industries, principally construction, trucking, logging and lumber, manufacturing, and agriculture. AMERISAFE actively markets workers’ compensation insurance in 27 states.