Forbes Names Verisk Analytics One of the Most Innovative Companies for Second Consecutive Year
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Forbes Names Verisk Analytics One of the Most Innovative Companies for Second
Consecutive Year
JERSEY CITY, N.J., August 24, 2016 - Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading
data analytics provider, announced today that it has been ranked in the top 20
on Forbes magazine's 2016 list of the World's Most Innovative Companies. It is
Verisk's second consecutive appearance on the Forbes Most Innovative list.
Verisk was also named to Forbes' America's Best Large Employers list in 2016.
"Most innovation rankings are popularity contests based on past performance or
editorial whims," according to Forbes. "We set out to create something very
different with the World's Most Innovative Companies list, using the wisdom of
the crowd. Our method relies on investors' ability to identify firms they expect
to be innovative now and in the future."
"We're honored to be recognized yet again by Forbes for our commitment to
innovation," said Scott Stephenson, chairman, president, and chief executive
officer of Verisk Analytics. "Acknowledgment as one of the World's Most
Innovative Companies is a testament to the Verisk team around the world. We
remain focused on ensuring that Verisk continues to be an innovative data
analytics provider as we pursue our vision to be the world's most effective and
responsible data analytics company in pursuit of our customers' most strategic
opportunities."
Verisk Analytics is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in
insurance, natural resources, and financial services. Using advanced
technologies to collect and analyze billions of records, Verisk Analytics draws
on unique data assets and deep domain expertise to provide first-to-market
innovations that are integrated into customer workflows. Verisk offers
predictive analytics and decision support solutions to customers in rating,
underwriting, claims, catastrophe and weather risk, global risk analytics,
natural resources intelligence, economic forecasting, and many other fields.
The company employs more than 6,000 people worldwide, and members of its highly
skilled workforce hold more than 600 advanced master's degrees and doctorates in
subjects ranging from actuarial science, mathematics, and computer science to
physics, engineering, meteorology, and medicine. Verisk employees have also
earned hundreds of certifications and professional designations in fields
related to their work.
About Verisk Analytics
Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) is a leading data analytics provider serving
customers in insurance, natural resources, and financial services. Using
advanced technologies to collect and analyze billions of records, Verisk
Analytics draws on unique data assets and deep domain expertise to provide
first-to-market innovations that are integrated into customer workflows. Verisk
offers predictive analytics and decision support solutions to customers in
rating, underwriting, claims, catastrophe and weather risk, global risk
analytics, natural resources intelligence, economic forecasting, and many other
fields. Around the world, Verisk Analytics helps customers protect people,
property, and financial assets.
Headquartered in Jersey City, N.J., Verisk Analytics operates in 23 countries
and is a member of Standard & Poor's S&P 500(®) Index. In 2016, Forbes magazine
named Verisk Analytics to its World's Most Innovative Companies list and to its
America's Best Large Employers list. For more information, please visit
www.verisk.com.
Contact:
Giuseppe Barone/Colleen Finley
MWW Group (for Verisk Analytics)
201-507-9500
gbarone(at)mww.com
cfinley(at)mww.com
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Source: Verisk Analytics Inc. via GlobeNewswire
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