Verisk Analytics Earns Great Place to Work Certification
JERSEY CITY, N.J., November 30, 2016 - Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, has received the Great Place to Work (http://reviews.greatplacetowork.com/verisk-analytics)® Certification based on its outstanding workplace culture.
Great Place to Work is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Verisk received the certification based on the results of the Great Place to Work survey, through which a random selection of employees shared their thoughts about working at Verisk.
"We're thrilled that Verisk has been recognized as a Great Place to Work," said Scott Stephenson, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Verisk Analytics. "The certification is a testament to all of our 6,000 employees worldwide who share our common values: a commitment to excellence and professional growth, personal integrity, enthusiasm for challenging work, and a desire to contribute their capabilities to a successful team."
Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, Verisk has offices and customers in nearly 80 countries around the world. In 2016, Forbes magazine named Verisk Analytics to its World's Most Innovative Companies list and to its America's Best Large Employers list. Members of its highly skilled workforce hold nearly 2,000 master's degrees, doctorates, and advanced degrees in predictive analytics, actuarial science, mathematics, computer science, chemistry, physics, economics, engineering, meteorology, and GIS mapping.
"Verisk is proud that the recognition for our great workplace culture was based on our employees' feedback," said Laurie Lovett, chief human resources officer at Verisk Analytics. "Our employees cited the vast array of wellness, recognition, and special employee programs offered to them. They also gave high marks to Verisk's on-site activities, community involvement, and philanthropy."
"Recognition as a Great Place to Work supports our organization's mission and ensures that our people-our greatest resource-realize both their potential and the vision of building an organization that positively affects the world around us," added Lovett.
About Verisk Analytics
Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, natural resources, and financial services. Using advanced technologies to collect and analyze billions of records, Verisk Analytics draws on unique data assets and deep domain expertise to provide first-to-market innovations that are integrated into customer workflows. Verisk offers predictive analytics and decision support solutions to customers in rating, underwriting, claims, catastrophe and weather risk, global risk analytics, natural resources intelligence, economic forecasting, and many other fields. Around the world, Verisk Analytics helps customers protect people, property, and financial assets.
Headquartered in Jersey City, N.J., Verisk Analytics operates in 23 countries and is a member of Standard & Poor's S&P 500® Index. In 2016, Forbes magazine named Verisk Analytics to its World's Most Innovative Companies list and to its America's Best Large Employers list. Verisk is one of only 14 companies to appear on both lists. For more information, please visit www.verisk.com (http://www.verisk.com).
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Source: Verisk Analytics Inc. via Globenewswire
