Verisk - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Verisk M&A Summary

Verisk has acquired 38 companies, including 9 in the last 5 years. A total of 11 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 7 assets.

Verisk’s largest acquisition to date was in 2015, when it acquired Wood Mackenzie for $2.8B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2023, when it sold Verisk Analytics - 3E Business to New Mountain Capital for $950M. Verisk has acquired in 15 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information technology (35%) and software (27%).

Verisk Business Overview

Where is Verisk headquartered?

Verisk is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

What is Verisk’s revenue?

Verisk disclosed revenue of 2,681M USD for 2023 and 2,497M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Verisk have?

Verisk has 7,500 employees.

What sector is Verisk in?

Verisk is an information technology company.

When was Verisk founded?

Verisk was founded in 1971.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity45
    • M&A Buy Activity38
    • M&A Sell Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 20
  • M&A Advisors 6

Verisk

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

545 Washington Boulevard,
Jersey City, New Jersey 07310
United States,
(201) 469-3000
www.verisk.com

Verisk is a source of information about risk.offer risk assessment services and decision analytics for professionals in many fields. property/casualty insurance, financial services, healthcare, government, human resources. Verisk was based in 1971 and is based in Jersey City, New Jersey.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 32 2 2 2 - - 38
vol $5.3B $5.3B
Sell (1.0/yr) # 2 1 - 2 2 - 7
vol $975M $515M $950M $2.4B
  45

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Verisk Analytics - 3E Business 2023-10-24 950M USD Divestiture
Jersey City, New Jersey
Wood Mackenzie Ltd. 2023-02-02 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.woodmacresearch.com
3E Co. 2022-03-14 - Divestiture
Carlsbad, California · www.3eco.com
Opta Information Intelligence Corp. 2022-03-01 - Divestiture
Markham, Ontario · www.optaintel.ca
Infutor Data Solutions LLC 2022-02-24 - Add-on Acquisition
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois · www.infutor.com
Verisk Financial Services 2022-02-22 515M USD Divestiture
Jersey City, New Jersey
Data Driven Safety LLC 2021-11-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Huntersville, North Carolina · www.datadrivensafety.com
ACTINEO GmbH 2021-10-26 - Add-on Acquisition
Cologne, Germany · www.actineo.de
Lead Intelligence, Inc. 2020-12-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania · www.jornaya.com
Franco Signor LLC 2020-09-11 - Add-on Acquisition
Bradenton, Florida · www.francosignor.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Insurance Services Office Ltd. (ISO)    - eLIENS 2005-08-16 7
Fleet, United Kingdom College Station, Texas

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Technology 13 (34%) 440M (8%) 3 (43%) 1.9B (79%)
Software 10 (26%) 816M (15%) 1 (14%) -
Information Services 6 (16%) 3.6B (69%) 2 (29%) -
Business Services 4 (11%) 200M (4%) 1 (14%) 515M (21%)
Insurance 2 (5%) 90M (2%) - -
Internet Software and Services 2 (5%) 112M (2%) - -
Digital Media 1 (3%) - - -
Total 38 $5.3B 7 $2.4B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 21 1.9B 6 2.4B
  Massachusetts 4 290M - -
  California 2 151M 2 155M
  New Jersey 1 194M 3 1.5B
  North Carolina 2 - - -
  New York 2 425M - -
  Utah 1 349M 1 820M
  Washington 1 112M - -
  Vermont 1 60M - -
  South Carolina 1 - - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  Kentucky 1 364M - -
  Illinois 1 - - -
  Florida 1 - - -
  Connecticut 1 - - -
United Kingdom 11 3.4B 1 -
Germany 3 - - -
Canada 1 - - -
  Ontario 1 - - -
India 1 - - -
Ireland 1 - - -
Domestic 21 (55%) 1.9B (37%) 6 (86%) 2.4B (100%)
Cross-border 17 (45%) 3.4B (63%) 1 (14%) -
Total 38 $5.3B 7 $2.4B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
4
BofA Securities
2
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
1
Legal Deals
Davis Polk & Wardwell
4
McCarter & English
1
Osler
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $2.8B
$100M to $1B 8 $2.2B
< $100M 4 $268M
TOTAL $5.3B
Largest Wood Mackenzie Ltd.
$2.8B (2015-03-10)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 4 $2.4B
TOTAL $2.4B
Largest Verisk Analytics - 3E Business
$950M (2023-10-24)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
29%
11 (29%)
Strategic(s)
11%
4 (11%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
57%
4 (57%)
Strategic(s)
43%
3 (43%)

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