Verisk Analytics, Inc., Announces Additional $500 Million Share Repurchase Authorization

Verisk Analytics, Inc., Announces Additional $500 Million Share Repurchase Authorization

JERSEY CITY, N.J., December 8, 2016 - Verisk Analytics, Inc. VRSK, a leading data analytics provider, today announced its board of directors approved an incremental $500 million of authorization under its share repurchase program.

Scott Stephenson, chairman, president, and chief executive officer, commented, "Verisk's strong financial position and free cash flow generation enable us to drive growth from internal investments in innovation and acquisitions while also returning capital to shareholders through our share repurchase program." 

"Our strategy remains to use our capital allocation decisions to drive shareholder value over time, as we have done historically," concluded Stephenson.

Under the repurchase program, Verisk may repurchase shares in the open market or as otherwise may be determined by the company, subject to market conditions, business opportunities, and other factors. The company has no obligation to repurchase shares under the program.

The authorization has no expiration date and may be suspended or terminated at any time. Repurchased shares will be recorded as treasury stock but will be available for future reissuance.

About Verisk Analytics
Verisk Analytics 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. Verisk is one of only 14 companies to appear on both lists. For more information, please visit www.verisk.com.

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David Cohen
Director, Investor Relations and Strategic Finance
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
201-469-2174
david.e.cohen@verisk.com

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MWW Group (for Verisk Analytics)
202-600-4546
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