Verisk Analytics Named a Best Employer by Forbes Magazine for 2016

JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 28, 2016 - Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, announced today its inclusion on the Forbes America's Best Employers 2016 list.

In 2015, Verisk was included on the Forbes World's Most Innovative Companies list. Verisk is one of only 15 out of 500 companies to appear on both lists.

Forbes chose the top 500 employers based on the results of an independent survey conducted among 30,000 American employees working at large companies and institutions (headcount of 5,000 or more). Employees were contacted anonymously online without the involvement of their employer. Respondents represented the U.S. workforce by gender, age, region, education, and ethnicity.

"Employees are in the best position to say which companies and organizations are offering the strongest opportunities," according to Forbes. "Working with online statistics provider Statista, we asked more than 30,000 U.S. workers employed by companies with more than 5,000 staff members to determine, on a scale of zero to 10, how likely they were to recommend their employer to someone else."

"We're honored to be recognized by Forbes for our commitment to our employees," said Scott Stephenson, president and chief executive officer of Verisk Analytics. "Acknowledgment as a 'best employer' is a testament to the Verisk team around the world. We remain focused on fulfilling 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, healthcare, financial services, government, and risk management. 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 7,700 people worldwide, and members of its highly skilled workforce hold more than 630 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, healthcare, financial services, government, and risk management. 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. In the United States and around the world, Verisk Analytics helps customers protect people, property, and financial assets.

Headquartered in Jersey City, N.J., Verisk Analytics operates in 22 countries and is a member of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500^® Index. Verisk Analytics is also part of the NASDAQ-100 Index, which includes the 100 largest nonfinancial securities listed on the Nasdaq stock market. Its common stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol VRSK. In 2015, Verisk was ranked 18th on the Forbes World's Most Innovative Companies list. For more information, please visit www.verisk.com.

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