Verisk Analytics, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSK) to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell


ADVISORY, Oct. 6, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

To celebrate its fifth anniversary as a publicly traded company, Verisk Analytics, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSK), will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. Verisk is a leading provider of information about risk to professionals in insurance, healthcare, financial services, government, and risk management.

In honor of the occasion, Scott Stephenson, Chief Executive Officer, will ring the Closing Bell. Verisk is also participating in its first-ever Verisk Community Service Week October 6 to 10, during which Verisk employees throughout the world are volunteering at a variety of local and national charities.

Where:

Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

Verisk Analytics, Inc. Media Contact:
Rich Tauberman
MWW Group (for Verisk Analytics)
(202) 600-4546
rtauberman@mww.com

Nasdaq MarketSite:
Christine Barna
(646) 441-5310
Christine.Barna@nasdaq.com

Feed Information:

Fiber Line (Encompass Waterfront): 4463

Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West
18 mhz Lower
DL 3811 Vertical
FEC 3/4
SR 13.235
DR 18.295411
MOD 4:2:0
DVBS QPSK

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Webcast:

A webcast of the Nasdaq Closing Bell will be available at: https://new.livestream.com/nasdaq/live or http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx.

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Close, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market close of your choice.

About Verisk Analytics, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSK):

Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) is a leading provider of information about risk to professionals in insurance, healthcare, financial services, 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. For more information, visit www.verisk.com.

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