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Verisk Launches New Energy Insurance Platform for Insurers
Mar 1 2018 // Verisk, a data analytics provider, has launched Energy & Power Intelligence Xchange (EPIX), a benchmarking and risk-scoring platform designed to enhance how insurers research, assess, and underwrite complex energy...
Verisk’s ISO Personal Lines Program Targets $40 Billion Private Flood Insurance Market
Jan 11 2018 // Things just got a bit easier for private personal lines insurance carriers wanting to enter the flood insurance market. Through its ISO subsidiary, data analytics firm Verisk has launched a new personal lines flood...
Catastrophe Bond Issuance Tops New Record of $10.5B in 2017: Verisk Report
Jan 5 2018 // Catastrophe bond issuance surpassed $10.5 billion in 2017 – a new record, according to the latest report from the Property Claims Services Unit of Verisk Insurance Solutions. Results from 2017 are significantly higher...
Verisk: 96% of the Area in California Fire at High or Extreme Wildfire Risk
Dec 13 2017 // Most of the area within the massive Thomas fire in Southern California is at high or extreme wildfire risk, according to a Verisk report on Wednesday. The fire encompasses more than 230,500 acres, and while containment on...
Verisk to Acquire Bankruptcy Data and Risk Management Firm LCI
Aug 24 2017 // Verisk Analytics Inc. has agreed to acquire LCI, a provider of bankruptcy risk prediction and management tools for banks and creditors. When the transaction is complete, LCI, based in Burlingame, California, will become...
Verisk to Acquire London-Based Complex Data Software Firm Sequel
Aug 21 2017 // U.S.-based data analytics firm Verisk Analytics Inc. has agreed to acquire London-based insurance and software specialist Sequel from private equity firm HgCapital and other Sequel shareholders. Sequel specializes in...
Verisk: Texas 2nd, Oklahoma 7th in Number of Households at Risk for Wildfire
Aug 7 2017 // The 2017 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis shows that Texas ranks second behind California for the number of households at high or extreme risk from wildfire. Using information from the 2010 U.S. Census, the study determined...
Verisk to Acquire Merchant Payments Risk Platform G2 Web Services
Jul 28 2017 // Data analytics firm Verisk Analytics has agreed to acquire G2 Web Services, a provider of merchant risk intelligence for acquirers, commercial banks and other payment system providers. The purchase price is $112 million,...
Verisk: Texas 2nd in Number of Households at Risk for Wildfire
Jul 20 2017 // The 2017 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis shows that Texas is ranked second behind California for the number of households at high or extreme risk from wildfire. The analysis determined the number and percentage of households...
California’s Drought Is Over, but a New Report Shows Wildfire Risk is High for Millions
Jul 18 2017 // California’s drought-ridden feet aren’t out of the proverbial fire yet. This years’ powerful winter storms ended perpetual discourse about the state’s multiyear drought, but there are still 4.5...
Verisk Analytics Buys UK-Based Emergent Network Intelligence
Feb 28 2017 // Verisk Analytics Inc., the Jersey City, N.J.-based data analytics provider, announced it has acquired Emergent Network Intelligence (ENI), an innovator in insurance claims efficiency and fraud detection solutions based in...
Verisk Buys Healix Risk Rating, UK-Based Medical Risk Assessment Firm
Feb 17 2017 // Verisk Analytics has snatched up Healix Risk Rating, a company focused on automated medical risk assessment for the travel insurance ratings.Financial terms were not disclosed, although the deal is designed to expand...
Verisk Analytics Buys UK-Based Arium, a Liability Risk Modeling Firm
Jan 23 2017 // Verisk Analytics Inc., the Jersey City, N.J.-based data analytics provider, has acquired Arium, an independent company specializing in liability risk modeling and decision support. London-based Arium will become part of...
Verisk Teams with Driveway Software on Smartphone Telematics for Autos
Dec 6 2016 // Property/casualty insurance data supplier Verisk Insurance Solutions has formed a strategic alliance with Silicon Valley’s Driveway Software to jointly develop a smartphone telematics product for automakers, insurers...
Verisk Acquires Analytics Firm MarketStance
Nov 28 2016 // Analytics firm Verisk Analytics Inc. has acquired MarketStance, a provider of market intelligence data and analytics to the property/casualty insurance market. Following the completion of the transaction, MarketStance will...
Verisk Analytics Buys UK’s The GeoInformation Group
Nov 15 2016 // Verisk Analytics Inc., the Jersey City, N.J.-based data analytics provider, announced it has acquired The GeoInformation Group, a leader in the field of geographic data solutions based in Cambridge, England. “This...
Verisk Analytics Buys Canadian Real-Time Analytics Firm Analyze Re
Oct 24 2016 // Data firm Verisk Analytics Inc. said it has acquired Halifax, Novia Scotia-based Analyze Re, a software analytics provider for the reinsurance and insurance industries founded in 2013. Terms of the deal were not...
New Verisk Unit to Serve Energy Sector Insurance, Risk Management
Sep 19 2016 // Verisk Insurance Solutions has launched a new energy insurance unit focused on risk assessment, rating, and risk modeling for the oil and gas, petrochemicals, power generation, and metals and mining industries. To develop...
Verisk Analytics Deepens Its Energy Industry Presence with Acquisition of Greentech Media
Jul 20 2016 // Data provider Verisk Analytics Inc. is continuing to grow beyond its insurance industry roots with the announcement it will acquire Greentech Media Inc., an information services provider for the solar electricity and clean...
Willis, Aon and Verisk Agree: Q1 Cat Bonds Hit Record Issuance
Apr 21 2016 // There’s more evidence that catastrophe bond issuance hit record territory again during Q1. This time, Aon Securities and a division of Willis Towers Watson are making the call, after a Verisk arm did so earlier in...
