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Verisk Catastrophe Index Now Covers U.S. Earthquake Risk

May 17 2011 // The Verisk Catastrophe Index has been expanded beyond the hurricane peril to also cover U.S. earthquake risk, including fire following earthquake.The index provides industry-wide insured property loss estimates by county...

Verisk Appoints Stephenson As President, Promotes Others

Feb 25 2011 // Verisk Analytics has appoointed Scott G. Stephenson, chief operating officer, to the additional role of president.The company also announced the promotion of Mark V. Anquillare, chief financial officer, to executive vice...

People

Oct 19 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) has elected new leadership. Terry M. Ryan of Hanson & Ryan in Totowa will serve as the new chairman of the association. Ronald Gansfuss of Gansfuss...

Business Moves

Oct 19 2009 // Norfolk & Dedham, RockinghamTwo East Coast-based mutual insurance companies have formed a mutual alliance that they say allows them to achieve efficiencies, diversification and spread of risk without actually merging...

Successful IPO by Insurance Firm Verisk Analytics Stirs Hopes for More

Oct 8 2009 // Verisk Analytics Inc., an insurance services firm that owns ISO and is partly owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, soared in its first day of trading Wednesday, and stirred hopes that the appetite for such...

ISO Parent Verisk Analytics Raises $1.88 Billion in IPO

Oct 7 2009 // Insurance risk specialist Verisk Analytics Inc. raised $1.88 billion Tuesday in the biggest IPO by a U.S. company since March 2008 after pricing its shares at a higher-than-expected $22 each.The sale of the shares, which...