8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 30, 2011

VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-34480	26-2994223
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

545 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ	07310
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 469-2000

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01. Other Events

On March 30, 2011, Verisk Analytics, Inc. priced the public offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.800% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Senior Notes”).

A copy of the press release announcing the pricing of the Senior Notes is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated March 30, 2011 announcing the pricing of the Senior Notes.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.
Date: March 30, 2011	By:	/s/ Kenneth E. Thompson
		Name:	Kenneth E. Thompson
		Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Contact:

Media
Rich Tauberman
MWW Group (for Verisk Analytics)
202-585-2282
rtauberman@mww.com Investor Relations
Eva Huston
Head of Investor Relations
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
201-469-2142
eva.huston@verisk.com

Verisk Analytics, Inc., Prices $450 Million of Senior Notes Due 2021

JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 30, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verisk Analytics, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading source of information about risk, today announced the pricing of an issuance of $450 million of 5.800% Senior Notes due 2021. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on April 6, 2011, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Verisk Analytics expects to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of indebtedness and/or acquisitions.

BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan acted as book-running managers for the offering. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and Wells Fargo Securities acted as co-managers.

The offering of these securities is made only by means of a prospectus. Copies may be obtained by contacting BofA Merrill Lynch, 100 West 33rd Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001 (attention Syndicate Operations), e-mail: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com, telephone: 1-800-294-1322; or by contacting J.P. Morgan, High Grade Syndicate Desk, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, telephone: 212-834-4533. The notes are being offered pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2011.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the Notes, nor will there be any sale of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful. Any offer, solicitation, or sale of the Notes will be made only by means of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.

About Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) is a leading provider of information about risk to professionals in insurance, healthcare, mortgage, government, and risk management. Using advanced technologies to collect and analyze billions of records, Verisk Analytics draws on vast industry expertise and unique proprietary data sets to provide predictive analytics and decision-support solutions in fraud prevention, actuarial science, insurance coverages, fire protection, catastrophe and weather risk, data management, and many other fields. In the United States and around the world, Verisk Analytics helps customers protect people, property, and financial assets.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Verisk Analytics, Inc., cautions that any forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) contained in this press release, incorporated by reference into this press release, or made by our company or our management involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. Accordingly, our future performance and financial results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in any such forward-looking statements. Words such as “estimate,” “project,” “plan,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “planned,” “potential,” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Risks associated with the factors described under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, among others, in some cases have affected and in the future could affect our financial performance and actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements included in this press release, incorporated by reference into this press release, or otherwise made by our company or our management.

We are not under any obligation and do not intend to make publicly available any update or other revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained in this press release to reflect circumstances existing after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of future events even if experience or future events make it clear that any expected results expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements will not be realized.

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