M&A Deal Summary

Verisk Acquires Argus Information & Advisory Services

On August 7, 2012, Verisk acquired information services company Argus Information & Advisory Services for 425M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Verisk’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Verisk’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Verisk’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Verisk’s 2nd transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-08-07
Target Argus Information & Advisory Services
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Verisk
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 425M USD

Target

Argus Information & Advisory Services

White Plains, New York, United States
Argus Information & Advisory Services, LLC, is a provider of competitive benchmarking, scoring solutions, analytics, and customized services to financial services institutions and regulators in North America, Latin America, and Europe.

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Buyer

Verisk

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Category Company
Founded 1971
Sector Information Technology
Employees7,500
Revenue 2.7B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

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.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 38
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 34
State (New York) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 8 of 21
Year (2012) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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MediConnect Global provides medical record retrieval services for law firms and insurance companies. The company’s integrated online technology allows them to streamline the request, retrieval and transmission of medical records for mass tort cases, medical malpractice, personal injury cases, insurance claims and insurance underwriting.

Buy $349M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-06 Interthinx

Agoura Hills, California, United States

Interthinx, Inc. is a provider of essential solutions to mitigate risk in the mortgage lending marketplace. Interthinx offers capabilities in mortgage fraud and verification, property valuation, compliance, quality control and loss mitigation that are used by the nation’s top financial institutions. Interthinx helps its clients minimize risk, increase operational efficiencies, satisfy regulator demands, manage data verification, and remain compliant.

Sell $155M
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