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  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
  Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F 		OMB Number:   3235-0006
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FORM 13F COVER PAGE


Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:
12-31-2018
 
Check here if Amendment:      Amendment Number:
 
This Amendment (Check only one.):      is a restatement.
       adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name: Amtrust Financial Services, Inc. 
Address: 59 Maiden Lane 
  43rd Floor 
  New York  NY  10038 

Form 13F File Number:   028-17705 


The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name: Stephen Ungar 
Title: Senior Vice President 
Phone: 212-220-7120 

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/Stephen Ungar  New York,  NEW YORK 02-13-2019 
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]

Do you wish to provide information pursuant to Special Instruction 5?          Yes      X  No

Report Type (Check only one.):

X  13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)

      13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

      13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)


Form 13F Summary Page

Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers: 2 
Form 13F Information table Entry Total: 33 
Form 13F Information table Value Total: 74,223 
  (thousands)

List of Other Included Managers:

Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F number(s) of all institutional investement managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.

   No. Form 13F File Number Name CIK
1  028-17706  AII Insurance Management Ltd. (Bermuda)  0001696876 
2  028-18512  AmTrust International Bermuda, Ltd.  0001696880 
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