10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 FORM 10-K

☑ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from            to         

Commission file number 001-34480

VERISK ANALYTICS, INC. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	26-2994223
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
545 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City
NJ	07310-1686
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(201) 469-3000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock $.001 par value	VRSK	NASDAQ Global Select Market

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  ☑  Yes    ☐  No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.   ☐  Yes    ☑  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     ☑   Yes    ☐  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    ☑  Yes     ☐  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☑	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment on the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☑

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    ☐  Yes    ☑  No

As of June 30, 2023, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $31,913,567,495 based on the closing price reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on such date.

As of February 16, 2024, there were 143,389,884 shares outstanding of the registrant's Common Stock, par value $.001.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Certain information required by Part III of this annual report on Form 10-K is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 120 days after December 31, 2023.

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INDEX

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PART I
	Item 1.	Business	4
	Item 1A.	Risk Factors	15
	Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	24
	Item 1C.	Cybersecurity	24
	Item 2.	Properties	25
	Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	25
	Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	25
PART II
	Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	26
	Item 6.	[Reserved]	28
	Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	29
	Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	46
	Item 8.	Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	46
		Consolidated Balance Sheets	55
		Consolidated Statements of Operations	56
		Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	57
		Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity	58
		Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	59
		Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	61
	Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	46
	Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	47
	Item 9B.	Other Information	50
	Item 9C	Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
PART III
	Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	50
	Item 11.	Executive Compensation	50
	Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	50
	Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence	50
	Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	50
PART IV
	Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedule	51
	Item 16.	Form 10-K Summary	51
		EXHIBIT INDEX	100
		SIGNATURES	103
		Exhibit 21.1
		Exhibit 23.1
		Exhibit 31.1
		Exhibit 31.2
		Exhibit 32.1

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Unless the context otherwise indicates or requires, as used in this annual report on Form 10-K, references to “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” refer to Verisk Analytics, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

In this annual report on Form 10-K, all dollar amounts are expressed in millions, unless indicated otherwise.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Verisk Analytics, Inc. ("Verisk") has made statements under the captions “Business,” “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and in other sections of this annual report on Form 10-K that are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue,” the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us, may include projections of our future financial performance, our anticipated growth strategies, and anticipated trends in our business. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including those factors discussed under the caption entitled “Risk Factors.” You should specifically consider the numerous risks outlined under “Risk Factors.”

Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance, or achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. We are under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this annual report on Form 10-K to conform our prior statements to actual results or revised expectations.

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PART I

Item 1. Business

Our Company

Verisk is a leading data, analytics, and technology provider serving clients in the insurance ecosystem. We completed the sale of our Energy business on February 1, 2023. We also divested our specialized markets and financial services businesses in March 2022 and April 2022, respectively.

Using advanced technologies to collect and analyze billions of records, we draw on unique data assets, insurance industry knowledge, and technological expertise to provide valuable solutions that are integrated into client workflows. We offer predictive analytics and decision support solutions to clients in rating, underwriting, claims, catastrophe, weather risk, and many other fields. In the United States (“U.S.”) and around the world, we help clients protect individuals, communities, and businesses.

Our clients use our solutions to make better decisions about risk and improve operating efficiency. We refer to these products and services as solutions due to the integration among our services and the flexibility that enables our clients to purchase components or a comprehensive package. These solutions take various forms, including proprietary data assets, expert industry insight, statistical models, tailored analytic objects, and robust software platforms all designed to allow our clients to make more informed risk decisions. We believe our solutions for analyzing risk have a positive impact on our clients’ revenues and help them better manage their costs. In 2023, our clients included all of the top 100 property and casualty ("P&C") insurance providers in the U.S. for the lines of P&C services we offer. We believe that our commitment to our clients and the embedded nature of our solutions serve to strengthen and extend our relationships.

We believe that Verisk is uniquely positioned with a series of competitive advantages including:

• Proprietary Data Assets – Data is at the core of what we do. We use our proprietary and contributory data assets to develop predictive analytics and transformative models for our clients;

• Deep Insurance Industry Expertise and Focus – We have specialized and in-depth knowledge in insurance and risk management that drives our engagement with our clients;

• Long-standing Industry Relationships – Our early beginnings as an insurance rating bureau have established us as a trusted partner for the industry as well as a source of insights for our clients; and

• Scale to Drive Broad Distribution of Innovation – Our scale advantage enables us to innovate on behalf of the insurance industry and deliver solutions that strive to solve our clients’ biggest challenges.

Our Business Strategy

Our vision is to be the leading strategic data, analytics, and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through knowledge, expertise, and scale. Our business aims to build upon our competitive advantages and capitalizing on our scale and position within the industry. Our business strategy is driven by the following priorities:

• Drive Consistent & Predictable Growth. With our clear focus on insurance, integrated organization and our client-centric and results-oriented culture, we strive to deliver consistent and predictable growth. We are leveraging our strong client relationships to extend our reach within insurance. We are modernizing and advancing the capabilities of our core solutions using cloud technology and advanced analytical methods including machine learning and artificial intelligence ("AI") while also augmenting our solutions through the addition of new data assets and sources. In addition, we are working on building leadership positions in adjacent markets including life insurance, marketing, specialty business solutions, and resilience and sustainability. With the client at the center of all we do, we are driving innovation across our portfolio and partnering with our clients to help solve the insurance industries greatest challenges with a focus on rapidly changing technology, growing regulatory focus, and value creation;

• Drive Operating Efficiency and Profitability. Our subscription business model as well as our ability to build solutions that serve the insurance industry at large helps drive core operating leverage. In addition, we strive to deliver productivity enhancements and operating efficiency through the use of advanced technology and a global talent workforce. We seek to balance this with high return on capital investment into the business to continue to drive growth and profitability; and

• Ensure Disciplined Capital Allocation. We are focused on generating strong cash flow and ensuring that we are disciplined in how we allocate that capital with a focus on directing capital to the highest return investments. First, we prioritize organic reinvestment in the business, which can produce high internal returns. Second, we look for selective, strategic acquisitions that can expand our data assets, augment our capabilities, and expand our reach within the insurance industry while also creating value by leveraging our capabilities and resources. Finally, we expect to return excess capital to shareholders while also maintaining a strong balance sheet.

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Our History

We trace our history to 1971, when Insurance Services Office, Inc. ("ISO") started operations as a not-for-profit advisory and rating organization providing services to the U.S. P&C insurance industry. ISO was formed as an association of insurance companies to gather statistical data and other information from insurers and report to regulators, as required by law. ISO’s original functions also included developing programs to help insurers define and manage insurance solutions and providing information to help insurers determine their own independent premium rates. Insurers used and continue to use our offerings primarily in their product development, underwriting, and rating functions.

On May 23, 2008, in contemplation of our initial public offering ("IPO"), ISO formed Verisk Analytics, Inc. ("Verisk"), a Delaware corporation, to be the holding company for our business. Verisk was initially formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of ISO. On October 6, 2009, in connection with our IPO, we effected a reorganization whereby ISO became a wholly owned subsidiary of Verisk. Verisk common stock began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 7, 2009, under the ticker symbol “VRSK.”

Segments

Our operating segments have historically been Insurance, Energy and Specialized Markets, and Financial Services. On March 11, 2022 and April 8, 2022, we sold 3E Company Environmental, Ecological and Engineering ("3E"), our environmental health and safety business, which represented the “specialized markets” in our Energy and Specialized Markets segment, and our Financial Services segment, respectively. We assessed the sale of 3E and Financial Services segment per the guidance in ASC 205-20, Discontinued Operations ("ASC 205-20"), and determined that the transactions did not qualify as a discontinued operation because they did not, quantitatively or qualitatively, represent a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on our operations and financial results. On October 28, 2022, we also entered into an equity purchase agreement to sell Wood Mackenzie, Inc. and Verisk New UK Holdco LP (together with their respective subsidiaries, our “Energy business”). The transaction closed on February 1, 2023. The Energy business qualified as held for sale in the fourth quarter of 2022 and was classified as a discontinued operation per the guidance in ASC 205-20, as we determined that this transaction represents a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on our operations and financial results. Accordingly, all results of the Energy business have been removed from continuing operations and presented as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations and assets and liabilities held for sale for all periods presented. Results of our Energy business are reported as a discontinued operation for the year ended December 31, 2022 and for all prior periods presented. See Note 11. Dispositions and Discontinued Operation for further discussion.

Insurance Segment

We now operate in one segment, Insurance, which primarily serves our P&C insurance customers across most personal and commercial lines of business, focusing on the fundamental building blocks of insurance programs, the prediction of loss, the selection and pricing of risk, and compliance with their reporting requirements in each U.S. state in which they operate. We also develop and utilize machine-learned and artificially intelligent models to forecast scenarios and produce both standard and customized analytics that help our customers better manage their businesses, including detecting fraud before and after a loss event and quantifying losses. Our customers, acquired over more than 50 years, include most of the P&C insurance providers in the U.S. In recent years, we have expanded our offerings to serve certain non-U.S. markets and into the fields of life insurance and annuities, as well as insurance marketing. We offer our solutions and services primarily through annual subscriptions or long-term agreements, which are typically prepaid and represented approximately 80% of our revenues in 2023. We believe we are well positioned to increase our penetration of the global insurance industry because of our proprietary data assets, long-standing industry relationships, deep insurance industry expertise, and our scale to drive broad distribution of our new innovations.

Underwriting

Powered by proprietary and contributory data and advanced analytics and technologies, we offer a full suite of solutions to support our P&C clients across the insurance policy lifecycle. This support spans their product development, marketing, new and renewal underwriting, risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and straight through to policy binding and issuance. We continued to grow our presence internationally and expand our capabilities into new markets, such as life insurance and annuities, and into new workflows, such as marketing and customer acquisition.

Forms, Rules, and Loss Costs

We are the recognized leader in the U.S. for industry-standard insurance programs that help P&C insurers define coverages and issue policies. We provide policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and a variety of underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization across 31 lines of insurance. Our policy language, prospective loss cost information, and policy writing rules can serve as integrated, turnkey insurance programs for our clients.

Insurance companies need to ensure that their policy language, rules, and rates comply with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. They must also make sure their policies remain competitive by promptly changing coverages in response to changes in statutes, case law, or regulatory requirements. To meet our clients’ needs, we process approximately 2,000 regulatory filings and interface with state regulators in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands each year to ensure smooth implementation of our rules and forms. When insurers choose to develop their own alternative programs, our industry-standard insurance programs also help regulators ensure that such insurers’ policies meet basic coverage requirements.

Standardized coverage language, which has been tested in litigation and tailored to reflect judicial interpretation, helps ensure consistent treatment of claimants. As a result, our industry-standard language also simplifies claim settlements and can reduce the occurrence of costly litigation because our language causes the meaning of coverage terminology to become established and known. Our policy language includes standard coverage language, endorsements, and policy writing support language that assist our clients in understanding the risks they assume and the coverages they offer. With these policy programs, insurers also benefit from economies of scale. We have more than 240 insurance experts and specialized lawyers reviewing changes in each state’s insurance rules and regulations, including an average of approximately 14,800 legislative actions, 12,500 regulatory actions, and 2,000 court decisions per year, to make any required changes to our policy language and rating information.

To cover the wide variety of risks in the marketplace, we offer a broad range of policy programs. For example, in the homeowners line of insurance, we maintain policy language and rules for approximately seven basic coverages, 385 national endorsements, and 685 state-specific endorsements.

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The P&C insurance industry is heavily regulated in the U.S.; P&C insurers are required to collect statistical data about their premiums and losses and to report that data to regulators in every state in which they operate. Our statistical agent services have enabled P&C insurers to meet those regulatory requirements for more than 50 years.

We aggregate the data, and as a licensed or appointed “statistical agent” in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, we report those statistics to insurance regulators. We are able to capture significant economies of scale given the level of penetration of this service within the U.S. P&C insurance industry.

To provide our clients and the regulators with the information they require, we maintain one of the largest private databases in the world. Over the past five decades, we have developed core expertise in acquiring, processing, managing, protecting, and operating large and comprehensive databases that are the foundation of our insurance offerings. We use our proprietary technology to assemble, organize, and update vast amounts of detailed information submitted by our clients. We supplement this data with publicly available information.

In 2023, P&C insurers sent us approximately 2.8 billion detailed individual records of insurance transactions, such as insurance premiums collected or losses incurred. We maintain an underwriting database of more than 34.5 billion statistical records, including approximately 9.2 billion commercial lines records and approximately 25 billion personal lines records. We collect unit transaction detail of each premium and loss record, which enhances the validity, reliability, and accuracy of our data sets and our actuarial analyses. Across all of our insurance lines, our proprietary quality process includes more than 2,900 separate checks to ensure that the data meets our high standards.

Using our large database of premium and loss data, we provide actuarial services to help our clients analyze and price their risks. Our actuaries are able to perform sophisticated analyses using our predictive models and analytic methods to help our P&C insurance clients with pricing, loss reserving, and market analysis. We distribute a number of actuarial solutions and offer flexible services to meet our clients’ needs. In addition, our actuarial consultants provide customized services for our clients that include assisting them with the development of independent insurance programs, analysis of their own underwriting experience, development of classification systems and rating plans, and a wide variety of other business decisions. We also supply information to various clients in other markets, including reinsurance and government agencies.

We project clients' future losses and loss expenses using a broad set of data. Those projections tend to be more reliable than if our clients used their own data exclusively. We make a number of actuarial adjustments before the data is used to estimate future costs. Our clients can use our estimates of future costs in making independent decisions about the prices charged for their policies. For most P&C insurers in most lines of business, we believe that our estimates of future costs are an essential input to rating decisions. Our actuarial solutions and services are also used to create the analytics underlying our industry-standard insurance programs described above.

In response to the challenges faced by our clients to reduce operating complexity and improve their speed to market, we are undertaking an extensive modernization of our core lines product. This “reimagine” of our forms, rules, loss costs and related solutions is designed to deliver increased value to our customers. The Reimagine program will include significant enhancements to our existing solutions; new digital workflow tools, insights, and analytics; and an enhanced content delivery platform.

Underwriting Data and Analytics Solutions

We gather information on individual properties, vehicles and communities providing the breadth and depth of data and analytics needed to support our clients as they evaluate, segment, and price personal and commercial insurance, as well as commercial liability insurance, throughout the policy lifecycle. Our property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information allows our clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for these risks.

Our database contains data and analytics on approximately 15.9 million commercial properties in the U.S. We have a staff of approximately 500 field representatives strategically located around the U.S. who observe and report on conditions at commercial and residential properties, evaluate community fire-protection capabilities, and assess the effectiveness of municipal building-code enforcement. Each year, our field staff visits more than 300,000 commercial properties to collect information on new buildings, verify building attributes, and provide specific loss costs. Our auto solutions are powered by a mix of third-party and proprietary data ranging from 2 billion traffic court records to 500 billion miles of connected car telematics data and we have characteristics on more than 270 million insured drivers and 280 million registered vehicles with access to expansive industry databases on loss costs and claims.

We are a leading provider of innovative solutions for the personal underwriting markets, including homeowners and auto lines. Drawing on an array of resources from proprietary and third-party data to geospatial imagery, we build and maintain widely used industry-standard tools that assist insurers in underwriting and rating—that is, measuring and selecting risks and pricing coverage appropriately to help ensure fairness to the consumer and a reasonable return for the insurer. Our solutions apply advanced predictive analytics to our deep reservoir of data and information to gauge the degree and cost of risk quickly and precisely, and our workflow tools help insurers increase speed and cost-efficiency while enhancing customer experiences. These solutions span a range of applications—from using precise home reconstruction costs to help policyholders have the right amount of coverage, to providing auto insurers with the data that supports offering consumers a bindable quote in minutes through modern API’s.

We also provide proprietary analytic measures of the ability of individual communities to mitigate losses from important perils. Nearly every property insurer in the U.S. uses our evaluations of community firefighting capabilities to help determine premiums for fire insurance throughout the country. We provide field-verified and validated data on fire protection services for approximately 36,000 fire response jurisdictions. We also offer services to evaluate the effectiveness of community enforcement of building codes and the efforts of communities to mitigate damage from flooding.

Further, we provide information on the insurance rating territories, premium taxes, crime risk, and hazards of windstorm, earthquake, wildfire, and other perils. To supplement our data on specific commercial properties and individual communities, we have assembled, from a variety of internal and third-party sources, information on hazards related to geographic locations representing every postal address in the U.S. Insurers use this information not only for policy quoting but also for analyzing risk concentration in geographical areas. We also make our data and analytics available to commercial real estate lenders to allow them to better understand risks associated with people to whom they lend.

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Extreme Event Solutions 

We are a leader in and pioneered the field of probabilistic catastrophe modeling used by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments to manage their risk from extreme events. Our models, which form the basis of our solutions, enable companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes. We have developed models for hurricanes, earthquakes, winter storms, tornadoes, hailstorms, wildfires, and floods in more than 120 countries, as well as for pandemics worldwide. We have developed a probabilistic terrorism model capable of quantifying the risk in the U.S. from this evolving threat, which supports pricing and underwriting decisions down to the level of an individual policy, as well as models for estimating losses to crop insurance programs in the U.S., Canada, India, and China. Our newest models offer risk quantification solutions for the casualty line of business.

We also help businesses and governments better anticipate and monitor risks in Earth’s natural environment. We prepare certain agencies and companies to anticipate, manage, react to, and profit from climate- and weather-related risk. We serve our customers by providing advanced research, development, and analysis delivered in reports, data streams, and software solutions. We are dedicated to the advancement of the atmospheric and remote sensing science disciplines and directly addressing problems regarding weather, climate, and air quality as well as oceanography and the planetary sciences. Through research conducted by our in-house scientific staff, and often in collaboration with prominent scientists at academic and other research institutions, we have developed analytical tools to help measure and observe environmental properties and translate those measurements into actionable information.

Finally, we offer global risk intelligence providing insight into sustainability, resilience, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, underpinned by geospatial data and analytics. We provide intelligence on sustainability, resilience, human rights, sovereign and political risk, and ESG—stitching together these disparate issues into an interconnected global view built upon objective insight and data.

Life Insurance Solutions 

In recent years we have expanded our offerings to also serve the life insurance and annuities markets through our 2019 acquisition of  FAST. Life Insurance Solutions enable new approaches across the policy life cycle through no-code technology, data analytics, and modeling. We have developed a suite of solutions that apply advanced analytics, automation, and machine learning to existing and emerging data sources. Our solutions are designed to help transform current workflows in life insurance underwriting, claim insights, policy administration, unclaimed property/equity, compliance and fraud detection, and actuarial and portfolio modeling. Our industry-leading FAST platform can reduce time to market, enables faster policy conversion, and can reduce information technology costs for our customers, uniquely positioning us to help support the modernization of the life insurance industry.

Specialty Business Solutions 

We are a leading software supplier to the global specialty insurance market with particular focus on the London specialty market where we have a long-standing client base. Our powerful software suite, coupled with our vast datasets, experience, and technology allows our clients to grow and better manage their business with greater efficiency, flexibility, and data governance. Our solutions serve insurers, (re)insurers, brokers, cover holders, and managing general agents (MGAs) in London and across the globe.

We help drive the success of many of the fastest growing insurance and reinsurance specialists by providing full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business. Our suite of software solutions covers a broad range of insurance processes from policy negotiation and placement, pricing and policy administration through to claims and outwards reinsurance.

Many of our solutions can be integrated with one another and with capabilities across the organization to meet evolving client needs and offer a compelling digital ecosystem for the London and global insurance market. To that end, our global marketplace solution offers seamless real-time quote-to-bind electronic placing and distribution for the specialty insurance market.

Marketing Solutions 

Through recent acquisitions, we extended our data and workflow capabilities to help the global insurance industry drive improvement in customer acquisition, growth, and retention. Marketing and advertising spend for insurers goes well beyond $10 billion and has continued to increase year over year. We possess unique and proven data sets that help the insurance industry more precisely segment, target, and optimize advertising and marketing spend. Solutions include compliant, real-time decisioning, profitability, and risk assessment (pre-quote and pre-underwriting) for inbound consumer interactions. We also power ongoing enrichment of prospective and current customer insights for the highest probability of retention and increased share of wallet (policy bundling) as well as full coverage of US households and consumers to drive prospect marketing and advertising strategies. Verisk Marketing Solutions brings a unique insurance-focused, specialized offering that covers insurance carriers’ holistic marketing data needs.

International Underwriting Solutions 

We continue to expand our footprint of data and solutions to include international markets. Our international insurance markets grew through acquisitions and today serve a large number of insurers operating in the Canadian, United Kingdom (U.K.) and Irish property and casualty markets, and travel market. Additionally, our international market provides services to much of the Lloyd's of London market, while also serving clients in Continental Europe, Singapore, China, Australia, and New Zealand. The international enhanced commercial and residential property models and enriched data sets help insurers with triage, reconstruction value, risk selection, pricing, benchmarking, and portfolio management across multiple insured segments. Insurers also use our solutions to help fine-tune the accuracy of their rating models and to enhance underwriting results through a set of analytical solutions that predict the relative risk and variation of major insurance perils, including theft, flood, storm, fire, freeze, etc. In addition to property data and solutions, clients can benefit from decision and benchmarking analytics using firmographic, technographic, and business intelligence and proprietary management competency scores, delivered digitally to enable straight through processing. Our suite of international solutions also includes rating tools that automate the assessment of pre-existing conditions, helping travel and health insurers to get a broad view of a customer's medical risk and make underwriting decisions with speed and precision.

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Claims

Our claims insurance solutions provide our customers analytics in fraud detection, compliance reporting, subrogation liability assessment, litigation, and repair cost estimation and valuation, including emerging areas of interest within these categories.

Property Estimating Solutions

We also provide data, analytics, and networking solutions for professionals involved in estimating all phases of building repair and reconstruction. We provide solutions for every phase of a building’s life, including:

• quantifying the ultimate cost of repair or reconstruction of damaged or destroyed buildings for personal and commercial properties;

• aiding in the settlement of insurance claims; and

• tracking the process of repair or reconstruction and facilitating communication among insurers, adjusters, contractors, and policyholders.

To help our customers estimate repair costs, we provide a solution that assists contractors and insurance adjusters in estimating repairs using a patented plan-sketching program that automatically calculates material and labor quantities for all desired construction or repairs to a structure based on user inputs.

We also provide our customers access to price lists, which include structural repair and restoration pricing for 468 separate economic areas in North America based on direct market surveys and analysis of actual customer claim experience. We revise this information monthly, and as often as weekly in the aftermath of major disasters, to reflect rapid price changes. Our structural repair and cleaning database contains approximately 21,000 unit-cost line items. We estimate that more than 80% of insurance repair contractors and service providers in the U.S. and Canada with computerized estimating systems use our building and repair pricing data. This large percentage leads to accurate reporting of pricing information, which we believe is unmatched in the industry.

Our virtual claims-adjusting tools help improve policyholder satisfaction, reduce human error, and save on loss adjustment expense. These tools simplify collaboration among claims professionals, contractors, and policyholders as they work together remotely and efficiently. These cloud-based and on-premise solutions include real-time video collaboration, remote measuring tools, generative AI-powered damage assessment, and image analytics fraud warnings, among other features.

Customers access our ecosystem for enhanced claims handling and analysis. For example, they can use our weather API for near-real-time updates and valuable insights for responding to weather perils that can impact their policyholders and their business. They can also use our data insights to analyze and benchmark their performance against peers in the industry and to manage claims assignments.

Anti-Fraud Solutions 

We are a leading provider of fraud-detection tools for the P&C insurance industry. Our anti-fraud solutions can improve our customers’ profitability by predicting the likelihood that fraud may be occurring and by detecting suspicious activity after it has occurred.

Our claims database lends significant support to the fight against insurance fraud. The database contains information from more than 1.7 billion claim records and is the world’s largest database of P&C claims information used for claims processing and fraud investigations. Insurers and other participants submit more than 184,000 new claims a day on average across all U.S. P&C insurance industry categories. The benefits of an industrywide claims database include improved efficiency in reporting data and searching for information, enhanced capabilities for detecting suspicious claims, and superior information for investigating fraudulent claims, suspicious individuals, and possible fraud rings. Our database also helps insurers fulfill their regulatory compliance reporting requirements at both the state and federal levels for delinquent child-support liens and other required checks.

When a claim is submitted, our system searches our claims database and returns information about other claims filed by the same individuals or businesses (either as claimants or insureds) that helps our customers determine if fraud may be occurring. The system searches for matches in identifying information fields, such as name, address, Social Security number, vehicle identification number, driver’s license number, tax identification number, or other parties to the loss. Our system also includes advanced name and address searching to perform intelligent searches and improve the overall quality of the matches.

Information from match reports speeds payment of meritorious claims while providing a defense against fraud and can lead to denial of a claim, negotiation of a reduced award, or further investigation by the insurer or law enforcement. We also have a suite of advanced fraud analytics solutions: a solution that uses predictive models to accurately score claims based on fraud indicators; an injury claims solution that uses predictive analytics to detect medical provider fraud, waste, and abuse; and a network analytics solution that helps detect patterns indicative of organized fraud. A claims adjuster or investigation professional can use our comprehensive case management system to manage claim investigations.

We continually pursue new solutions that help our customers keep abreast of changing markets and technology. For example, we developed a digital media database that allows customers to view prior-loss images on claim matches so they can detect pre-existing damage on new claims. Our advanced digital media forensics can detect suspicious claim-related photos, and our customers can flag stolen and synthetic identities in the database to help subscribers deter that type of fraud. We also provide accurate person and vehicle coverage details at first notice of loss (FNOL), including verified registered owner information through DMV data, contact information for the individual, and brief claims history.

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Casualty Solutions 

We offer a full suite of casualty/bodily injury solutions to serve the P&C industry, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers. Verisk casualty solutions focus on compliance (Medicare Secondary Payer and workers’ compensation state reporting); casualty claims decision support (severity detection and damage assessment); and workflow automation (automated medical record review and claims processing). Our compliance division offers Medicare Secondary Payer solutions and services to comply with the federal statute, including Section 111 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reporting, lien resolution/conditional payments, liabilities repayment, and ongoing protection of the Medicare Trust Fund via Medicare Set Aside (MSA) services. As the largest provider of Medicare compliance services in the industry, we play a critical role in assisting and protecting all stakeholders, including Medicare and its beneficiaries.

Our comprehensive workers’ compensation state reporting helps customers meet the very complex compliance requirements for reporting to states and other government related agencies and entities through an automated process driving efficiency and productivity for the U.S. P&C insurance industry.

Our casualty claims decision support and workflow automation offerings augment human capital in a claims organization to make accurate decisions while eliminating manual steps in the process. We have solutions that leverage AI and generative AI to automatically extract unstructured data from and summarize medical records for efficient review and analysis during claim processing and demand packages review to improve injury evaluations and settlement negotiations. We also offer tools that use predictive analytics to provide workers’ compensation severity scoring from first notice of loss through claim closure to help our customers accurately settle claims. For liability, our customers can use our solution to find comparative liability in personal auto, commercial auto, and general liability claims for injury evaluation, determining accident liability and identifying subrogation opportunities.

International Claims Solutions

We continue to expand our claim product offerings to international markets through internal innovations and acquisitions in both the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Our solutions are centered around personal injury and motor franchises covering Germany, the Nordics, and the United Kingdom with complementary offerings to the property claims sector in the United Kingdom. Our solutions aim to enable greater certainty, lower indemnity, more automation, and quicker speed to settlement for our personal lines insurance customers. Where appropriate, we look to leverage our growing data assets to introduce claim analytics and anti-fraud solutions in these markets.

Energy and Specialized Markets Segment

Up until the sale of our Energy business on February 1, 2023, we were a leading provider of data analytics across the natural resources value chain including the global energy, chemicals, metals and mining, and power and renewables sectors. We delivered analysis and advice on assets, companies, governments, and markets based on proprietary near real time data as well as historic information. This enabled us to offer a comprehensive and integrated analysis of relevant commodities to our customers. We provided research and consulting services focusing on supporting customer capital allocation decisions, asset valuation and benchmarking, commodity markets, and corporate analysis. We offered consultancy in the areas of business environment, business improvement, business strategies, commercial advisory, and transaction support.

Before the sale of our specialized markets on March 11, 2022, we offered a comprehensive suite of data and information services that enable improved compliance with global environmental health and safety ("EH&S") requirements related to the safe manufacturing, distribution, transportation, usage, and disposal of chemicals and products. From the supply chain or solutions life cycle, we delivered a program specific to the EH&S compliance information and management needs of our customers. Our full-solutions life cycle and cross-supply chain approach provided a single, integrated solution for managing customers' EH&S capabilities, which resulted in improved processes and reduced cost, risk, and liability.

Financial Services

Before the sale of Financials Services Segment on April 8, 2022, we maintained the largest bank account consortia to provide competitive benchmarking, decisioning algorithms, business intelligence, and customized analytic services to financial institutions, payment networks and processors, alternative lenders, regulators, and merchants enabling better strategy, marketing, and risk decisions. We delivered unique solutions and services to an expanding customer base that valued the comprehensiveness of our data and solutions as well as our full wallet-spend view of a consumer. Complementing this, we leveraged our partnerships with processors and credit bureaus not only to augment the richness of our data but also to provide expanded solutions across the broad span of consumer banking and retail solutions.

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Our Customers

The customers in our Insurance segment for the lines of P&C services we offer include the top 100 P&C insurance providers in the U.S., 18 of the top 25 global reinsurance companies, as well as domestic InsurTech companies and insurers in international markets. A substantial majority of P&C insurance providers in the U.S. use our statistical agent services to report to regulators, and the majority of insurers and reinsurers in the U.S. use our actuarial services and industry-standard insurance programs. In addition, certain agencies of the federal government as well as county and state governmental agencies and organizations use our solutions to help satisfy government needs for risk assessment and emergency response information. Within Extreme Events, we serve reinsurers, insurers, brokers, governments, and corporates helping them identify, quantify and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes. For life and annuity insurers, we offer digital solutions including electronic applications and policy administration systems to enable automated/accelerated triage, underwriting, fraud detection, and modeling. Our claims database serves thousands of customers, representing approximately 90% of the P&C insurance industry by premium volume, approximately 500 self-insurers, approximately 400 third party administrators, several state fraud bureaus, and many law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation and prosecution of insurance fraud. We estimate that more than 80% of insurance repair contractors and service providers in the U.S. and Canada with computerized estimating systems use our building and repair cost estimation pricing data.

Our Competitors

The breadth of markets we serve exposes us to a broad range of competitors as described below. Businesses that we acquire may introduce us to additional competitors.

Our Insurance segment operates primarily in the U.S. P&C insurance industry. We have a number of competitors in specific lines or services. We encounter competition from a number of sources, including insurers that develop internal technology and actuarial methods for proprietary insurance programs. Competitors also include other statistical agents and other advisory organizations, that provide underwriting rules, prospective loss costs, and coverage language. Competitors for our property-specific rating and underwriting information are primarily regional providers of commercial property inspections and surveys as well as emerging providers in the InsurTech space. We also compete with a variety of organizations that offer consulting services, primarily specialty technology and consulting firms. In addition, a customer may use its own internal resources rather than engage an outside firm for these services. Our underwriting solutions compete with a variety of companies in the marketplace. Our competitors include information technology product and services vendors; management and strategy consulting firms; and smaller specialized information technology and analytical services firms. Finally, in the life insurance sector, our solutions compete against numerous independent vendors, as well as the in-house technology departments of Life Insurers. In the P&C insurance claims and catastrophe modeling markets, certain products are offered by a number of companies in the areas of catastrophe modeling, repair cost estimating, claims investigative reports, claims fraud analytics, and injury claims analytics. We believe that our P&C insurance industry expertise, and our ability to offer multiple applications, services, and integrated solutions to individual customers are competitive strengths.

Development of New Solutions

We take a market-focused team approach to developing our solutions. Our operating units are responsible for developing, reviewing, and enhancing our various solutions and services. Our data management and production team designs and manages our processes and systems for market data procurement, proprietary data production, and quality control. Our teams support our efforts to create new information and solutions from available data and explore new methods of collecting data. We are focused on understanding and documenting business unit and corporate data assets and data issues, sharing and combining data assets across the enterprise, creating an enterprise data strategy, facilitating research and product development, and promoting cross-enterprise communication.

Our software development teams build the technology used in many of our solutions. As part of our product development process, we continually solicit feedback from our customers on the value of our solutions and services and the market’s needs. We have established an extensive system of customer advisory panels that meet regularly throughout the year to help us respond effectively to the needs of our markets. In addition, we use frequent sales calls, executive visits, user group meetings, and other industry forums to gather information to align our product development efforts with the needs of the market. We also use a variety of market research techniques to enhance our understanding of our customers and the markets in which they operate.

We add to our offerings through an active acquisition program. Since 2021, we have acquired 13 businesses, which have allowed us to enter new markets, offer new solutions, and enhance the value of existing services with additional proprietary sources of data.

When we find it advantageous, we augment our proprietary data sources and systems by forming alliances with other leading information providers and technology companies and integrating their product offerings into our offerings. This approach gives our customers the opportunity to obtain the information they need from a single source and more easily integrate the information into their workflows.

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Sales, Marketing, and Customer Support

We sell our solutions and services primarily through direct interaction with our customers. We employ a three-tier sales structure that includes salespeople, technical consultants, and sales support. Within our Company, several areas have sales teams that specialize in specific solutions and services. Those specialized sales teams sell specific, highly technical solution sets to targeted markets in coordination with account management.

To provide account management to our largest customers, we divide our customers into three groups. Tier One (“Client Engagement Accounts") comprises our largest customers. Tier Two (“Strategic Accounts") represents both large and middle-market customer groups. Tier Three is composed of small and specialized companies that may represent one line of business, may be regionally focused, or are recent new entrants into the marketplace. In Tier One and Tier Two segments, we have sales teams organized by the following specialties: personal or commercial lines underwriting and pricing, claims, and catastrophe risk. In the Tier Three segment, we assign a sales generalist with overall account management responsibility. Our tiered approach has proven to be a successful sales model and approach to building customer relationships. Our senior executives regularly engage with the senior management of our customers to ensure customer satisfaction and strategic alignment and to support mutual partnership innovation opportunities.

Salespeople participate in both sales and customer service activities. They provide direct support, interacting frequently with assigned customers to ensure a satisfactory experience using our services. Salespeople primarily seek out new sales opportunities and work with the various product teams to coordinate sales activities and ensure our solutions fit the customer's needs. We believe our salespeople’s product knowledge, skills to develop relationships of trust, and local presence differentiate us from our competition. Subject matter experts work with salespeople on specific opportunities for their assigned solutions and segments. Salespeople manage the overall sales process and subject matter experts manage the rigorous integration and functional fit discussions to ensure mutual success and satisfaction. Both salespeople and technical consultants have responsibility for identifying new sales opportunities as well as handling renewals of existing business. A team approach and a common customer relationship management system allow for effective coordination among the groups.

Sources of Our Data

The data we use to perform our analytics and power our solutions is sourced through seven different kinds of data arrangements. First, we gather data from our customers within agreements that also permit our customers to use the solutions created from their data. Those agreements remain in effect unless the data contributor chooses to opt out. It is very rare that contributors elect not to continue providing us data. Second, we have agreements with data contributors in which we specify the particular uses of their data and provide their required levels of privacy, protection of data, and where necessary, de-identification of data. The agreements represent no cost to us, generally feature a specified period of time for the data contributions, and require renewal. Third, we “mine” data found inside the transactions supported by our solutions; as an example, we use the claims settlement data generated inside our repair cost estimating solution to improve the cost factors used in our models. Again, those arrangements represent no cost to us, and we obtain the consent of our customers to make use of their data in this way. Fourth, we source data generally at no cost from public sources, including federal, state, and local governments. Fifth, we gather data about the physical characteristics of commercial properties through the direct observation of our field staff members, who also perform property surveys at the request of, and facilitated by, property insurers. Sixth, we collect data, or license or purchase from third parties, on geographic and spatially referenced information relating to residential and commercial structures by using the latest remote sensing and machine learning technologies. Lastly, we purchase data from data aggregators under contracts that reflect prevailing market pricing for the data elements purchased, including county tax assessor records, descriptions of hazards such as flood plains, and professional licenses. We are the owners of the derivative solutions we create using the data we collect.

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Information Technology

Technology

Our information technology systems and the more recent adoption of cloud computing are fundamental to our success. They are used for the storage, processing, access, and delivery of the data that forms the foundation of our business and the development and delivery of the solutions we provide to our customers. We generally own, or have secured ongoing rights to use for the purposes of our business, all the customer-facing applications that are material to our operations. We support and implement a mix of technologies and focus on implementing the most efficient technology for any given business requirement or task.

Data Centers

In 2023, with our migration to cloud computing, we closed our Lehi, Utah Data Center. We have plans to close our Somerset, New Jersey facility in the first half of 2024.  We will continue to maintain other datacenters dedicated to other businesses we acquired recently.

Disaster Recovery

We are committed to a framework for business continuity management and carry out annual reviews of the state of preparedness of each business unit. As we migrate our application to public cloud, we also evaluate the level of redundancy required for each application. We leverage native cloud capabilities with regards to availability and use both zones and regions in public cloud based on availability requirements. Business continuity planning is in place for all of our critical business processes to provide for the prompt and effective continuation of critical services in the event of a business disruption. Our business continuity program adheres to ISO 22301:2019, which is an international standard for business continuity. All business impact analysis and business continuity plans are reviewed and updated, at a minimum, annually or when significant business changes occur.

Security

We have adopted a wide range of measures to secure our IT infrastructure and data. Security measures generally cover the following key areas: security policies and governance committees, physical security, logical security of the perimeter, network security such as firewalls, logical access to applications and operating systems, deployment of endpoint anti-malware software, email security, and appropriate procedures relating to removable media such as laptops. Laptops are encrypted, and media leaving our premises and sent to third-party storage facilities are also encrypted. Our commitment to security has earned ISO 27001:2013 Certification for our core data centers, which is an international standard for best practices associated with our Information Security Management System. See also "Item 1C. Cybersecurity."

Intellectual Property

We own a significant number of intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and patents. Specifically, our policy language, insurance manuals, software, and databases are protected by both registered and common law copyrights. and the licensing of those materials to our customers for their use represents a large portion of our revenue. We also own in excess of 600 trademarks in the U.S. and foreign countries, including the names of our solutions and services and our logos and tag lines, many of which are registered. We believe many of our trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos to be of material importance to our business, as they assist our customers in identifying our solutions and services and the quality that stands behind them. We consider our intellectual property to be proprietary, and we rely on a combination of statutory (for example, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and patent) and contractual safeguards in a comprehensive intellectual property enforcement program to protect it wherever it is used.

We also own several patents and have several pending patent applications in the U.S. that complement our solutions. We believe the protection of our proprietary technology is important to our success, and we will continue to seek to protect those intellectual property assets for which we have expended substantial research and development capital and that are material to our business.

To maintain control of our intellectual property, we enter into contractual agreements with our customers, granting each customer permission to use our solutions and services, including our software and databases. This helps maintain the integrity of our proprietary intellectual property and to protect the embedded information and technology contained in our solutions. As a general practice, employees, contractors, and other parties with access to our proprietary information sign agreements that prohibit the unauthorized use or disclosure of our proprietary rights, information, and technology.

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Human Capital

Our global workforce is united by our mission to serve, add value, and innovate for our customers. We continue to invest in our people worldwide by encouraging all employees to reach their full potential through our focus on learning, providing competitive compensation and benefits, and our culture anchored on our purpose driven values of results, learning, and caring.

As a knowledge-based business, we carefully integrate the skills and talents of approximately 7,500 employees worldwide as of December 31, 2023. Most of our highly credentialed team holds advanced degrees and professional certifications specializing in actuarial science, chemistry and physics, commercial banking and finance, commodity analytics, data science and artificial intelligence, economics, engineering, GIS mapping, meteorology, natural resources, predictive analytics, supply chain, and other fields. 

Approximately 62% of our employees are based in the United States, 12% in the United Kingdom, 8% in India, with the remainder serving in 18 other countries across the globe. 

Very few of our employees are represented by unions or subject to collective bargaining agreements, and only a small number of employees in Germany are represented by a works council. We consider our relationship with our employees to be good and have not experienced interruptions of operations due to labor disagreements. 

We support and work to inspire our people with a collaborative and engaging culture, and career development and learning opportunities at all levels, competitive compensation and benefits, an ongoing focus on well-being, and responsive leadership. Starting in 2021, we introduced a common global wellbeing day across the enterprise to recognize the importance of the total wellbeing of our workforce. In addition, in 2022, we introduced Juneteenth as a U.S. holiday to recognize this significant milestone in U.S. history. 

In 2023, career development across the Company was prioritized. We listened to employee and manager feedback and implemented an employee-centric strategy. We took the first step towards providing clearer pathways for career progression with the new Career Framework. We started this journey to create a structure that organizes jobs and supports career growth. We believe the Career Framework will put Verisk in a better position to attract, retain, and engage talent to help us meet our current and future business needs. The framework will provide clarity on what it means to be in a certain role, so employees can leverage it to set goals and find different development opportunities within the Company.

Each quarter, employees and managers were provided customized training and were prompted to review and discuss goals, progress, and ways to grow and develop. We supported managers by offering targeted training around having productive career conversations. We saw meaningful impact from this training. 63% of managers attended and 75% of managers who attended confirmed having career conversations with their direct reports. This year, we also introduced in-person, conference style career events in five major locations, globally "CareerCon". These events (attended by 755 employees globally) were structured around topics that included career pivots, career growth and career development tools. In addition, over 11,500 attendees were recorded at various targeted training sessions and "Learning Breaks" on topics that included leadership, motivation, feedback, creativity, and learning.

Our leadership development programs are targeted at rising professionals and first-time managers. Both programs were redesigned to align with our new corporate values and achieved global reach with the addition of APAC cohorts. Our rising professionals program participation increased by 20% in 2023. The 2023 Leadership Meeting brought together 107 thought leaders across our business. The event fostered understanding of business strategy, visibility, and alignment on 2023 key priorities, and created momentum and engagement for the future. New for 2023, we introduced a targeted learning program for a small group of high potential talent, giving them access to meet members of our Board of Directors and network across business lines.

Throughout this year of change and steady improvement, we continued to have an engaged employee population. We continued to curate self-paced learning resources and create real-time opportunities for employees to take charge of their development and learn from each other. All employees have access to our world-class virtual learning platform, which features thousands of courses taught by industry experts. Employees focused on building leadership, organizational, and technical skills on the platform. Course enrollments remained steady at approximately 49,000. Enrollment on our more specialized, long-form learning platform increased by 35%. Learners spent an average of 15 hours on the platform.

We offer competitive salaries, short and long-term incentives, and the opportunity for advancement. In addition, our program includes paid time off (“PTO”), flextime and telecommuting options, and a 401(k) program with a 100% company cash match (up to 6%). We also offer health insurance plans, no-cost life insurance equivalent to annual salary (with the option to purchase more), a discounted stock purchase program, a variety of physical, mental, and financial well-being offerings and resources, and more. Terms vary by business unit and country.

Employees can also take advantage of our employee networks, grassroots groups that help support diversity-related programs and events and promote an inclusive community. We currently have eight networks: the Verisk Women's Network, the Verisk Pride Network, the Verisk Veterans and Military Service Members Network, the Verisk REACH Network (dedicated to empowering Black employees), the Verisk Parents Network, the Verisk Unidos Network (promoting awareness of Hispanic and Latinx culture), the Verisk Asian Network, the Verisk Accessibility Network, and the recently added Verisk Indigenous Network, launched to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in September. In 2023, our Employee Networks (ENs) increased in membership with almost one-third of Verisk employees worldwide in at least one employee network.

A global mentoring program sponsored by our ENs is helping participants find an inclusive space in which to develop themselves, grow their careers, and build community. Over 200 mentee/mentor pairs participated in this year's cohort, spanning 14 business functions, 30 locations and 11 countries. Almost 2,000 hours of mentoring were delivered though this formal program in 2023.

We hosted our second installment of Days of Understanding in July, as part of the CEO action Pledge for Diversity & Inclusion. Sessions were held over three days that tackled courageous topics and conversations around colorism, transgender rights, women's rights, working parent challenges, and navigating a civilian world. More than 1,000 employees around the globe attended. 

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In 2023, we sought to broaden our talent pool by strengthening relationships with professional organizations and career conferences advancing the interest of underrepresented groups. We engaged with several organizations supporting Black and Latino actuaries and engineers, people of color in the insurance industry, women in insurance and technology, and LGBTQ+ professionals in IT and other sectors in India. These organizations include Association of Professional Insurance Women (APIW), Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA), Gamma Iota Sigma, International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA), National African American Insurance Association (NIAAIA), Organization Latino Actuaries (OLA), and Reimagining Inclusion for Social Equity (RISE).

In 2023, over 800 Verisk employees across 23 locations and 7 countries registered volunteer hours during Verisk Volunteer Week. Efforts included a Rise Against Hunger event with over 50,000 meals packed, donation drives, and local community cleanup activities. 

The health and safety of our people working around the globe is a top priority, and our facilities worldwide follow rigorous, internally and externally audited, occupational health and safety policies. We also recognize that protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees is crucial to our ability to continue to address the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The majority of our people worked remotely in 2021 but moved to a hybrid work policy in 2022 and 2023 with at least 2 days in the office. Senior leaders moved to 3 days in the office in 2023. We saw increased collaboration and engagement as a result of these moves.

Our employee engagement score for 2023 is at 78%, a 1%-point increase since 2022. Verisk continues to be recognized for our outstanding workplace culture by Great Place to Work® in the U.S., receiving certification for the eighth consecutive year. In 2023, Verisk was certified for the fourth time in the United Kingdom, Spain, and India, and was certified for the second time in Poland. Employees feel Verisk meets the benchmark for innovation, inclusivity, company values, and leaders' effectiveness. We are also earning recognition from seven of the Best Workplaces™ lists including UK's Best Workplaces, UK's Best Workplace for Women, Spain's Best Workplaces, and Poland's Best Workplaces.  The Great Place to Work Institute is a global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplaces. To achieve certification, Verisk employees are surveyed on the extent to which they reported a consistently great workplace experience. To create an outstanding employee experience, leaders understand and act on their results and insights, and continuously communicate with employees through town halls and local engagement events.

Regulation

Because our business involves the distribution of certain personal, public, and nonpublic data to businesses and governmental entities that make eligibility, service, and marketing decisions based on such data, certain of our solutions and services are subject to regulation under federal, state, and local laws in the U.S. and, to a lesser extent, in foreign countries. Examples of such regulation include the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which regulates the use of consumer credit report information; the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which regulates the use of nonpublic personal financial information held by financial institutions and applies indirectly to companies that provide services to financial institutions; the Drivers Privacy Protection Act, which prohibits the public disclosure, use, or resale by any state’s department of motor vehicles of personal information about an individual that was obtained by the department in connection with a motor vehicle record, except for a “permissible purpose”; and various other federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Those laws generally restrict the use and disclosure of personal information and provide consumers certain rights to know the manner in which their personal information is being used, to challenge the accuracy of such information, and/or to prevent the use and disclosure of such information. In certain instances, the laws also impose requirements for safeguarding personal information through the issuance of data security standards or guidelines. Certain state laws impose similar privacy obligations as well as obligations to provide notification of security breaches in certain circumstances.

We are also licensed as a rating, rate service, advisory, or statistical organization under state insurance codes in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. As such an advisory organization, we provide statistical, actuarial, policy language development, and related solutions and services to P&C insurers, including advisory prospective loss costs, other prospective cost information, manual rules, and policy language. We also serve as an officially designated statistical agent of state insurance regulators to collect policy writing and loss statistics of individual insurers and compile that information into reports used by the regulators.

Many of our solutions, services, and operations as well as insurers' use of our services are subject to state rather than federal regulation by virtue of the McCarran-Ferguson Act. As a result, many of our operations and solutions are subject to review and/or approval by state regulators. Further, our operations involving licensed advisory organization activities are subject to periodic examinations conducted by state regulators; and our operations and solutions are subject to state antitrust and trade practice statutes within or outside state insurance codes, which are typically enforced by state attorneys general and/or insurance regulators.

Available Information

We maintain an Investor Relations website on the Internet at investor.verisk.com. We make available free of charge on or through this website, our annual, quarterly, and current reports and any amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable following the time they are electronically filed with or furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). For access to the filings, click the “SEC Filings” link on the “Financials” tab on our Investor Relations homepage. The contents of our website are not incorporated into this filing. Verisk trades on the NASDAQ Global Market in the Nasdaq Global Select Market segment under the ticker symbol “VRSK.” Our stock was first publicly traded on October 7, 2009.

The public may read any materials filed by Verisk with the SEC on the SEC's Internet site (www.sec.gov), which contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. 

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the following risks and all of the other information set forth in this annual report on Form 10-K before deciding to invest in any of our securities. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely suffer. In such case, the trading price of our securities, including our common stock, could decline due to any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment. 

Strategic and Operational Risks Related to Our Business

We are subject to competition in many of the markets in which we operate and we may not be able to compete effectively.

Some markets in which we operate or which we believe may provide growth opportunities for us are highly competitive, and are expected to remain highly competitive. We compete on the basis of quality, customer service, product and service selection, and pricing. Our competitive position in various market segments depends upon the relative strength of competitors in the segment and the resources devoted to competing in that segment. Due to their size, certain competitors may be able to allocate greater resources to a particular market segment than we can. As a result, these competitors may be in a better position to anticipate and respond to changing customer preferences, emerging technologies and market trends. In addition, new competitors and alliances may emerge to take market share away, and as we enter into new lines of business, due to acquisition or otherwise, we face competition from new players with different competitive dynamics. We may be unable to maintain our competitive position in our market segments, especially against larger competitors. We may also invest further to upgrade our systems in order to compete. If we fail to successfully compete, our business, financial position and results of operations may be adversely affected. 

To the extent the availability of free or relatively inexpensive information increases, the demand for some of our solutions may decrease.

Public sources of free or relatively inexpensive information have become increasingly available recently, particularly through the Internet, and this trend is expected to continue. Governmental agencies in particular have increased the amount of information to which they provide free public access. Public sources of free or relatively inexpensive information may reduce the demand for our solutions. To the extent that customers choose not to obtain solutions from us and instead rely on information obtained at little or no cost from these public sources, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

If we are unable to develop successful new solutions or if we experience defects, failures and delays associated with the introduction of new solutions, our business could suffer serious harm.

Our growth and success depend upon our ability to develop and sell new solutions. If we are unable to develop new solutions, or if we are not successful in introducing and/or obtaining regulatory approval or acceptance for new solutions, or products we develop face sufficient pricing pressure to make them unattractive to pursue, we may not be able to grow our business, or growth may occur more slowly than we anticipate. In addition, significant undetected errors or delays in new solutions may affect market acceptance of our solutions and could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations. In the past, we have experienced delays while developing and introducing new solutions, primarily due to difficulties in developing models, acquiring data and adapting to particular operating environments. Errors or defects in our solutions that are significant, or are perceived to be significant, could result in rejection of our solutions, damage to our reputation, loss of revenues, diversion of development resources, an increase in product liability claims, and increases in service and support costs and warranty claims. 

We typically face a long selling cycle to secure new contracts that require significant resource commitments, which result in a long lead time before we receive revenues from new relationships.

We typically face a long selling cycle to secure a new contract and there is generally a long preparation period in order to commence providing the services. We typically incur significant business development expenses during the selling cycle and we may not succeed in winning a new customer’s business, in which case we receive no revenues and may receive no reimbursement for such expenses. Even if we succeed in developing a relationship with a potential new customer, we may not be successful in obtaining contractual commitments after the selling cycle or in maintaining contractual commitments after the implementation cycle, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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We could lose our access to data from external sources, which could prevent us from providing our solutions.

We depend upon data from external sources, including data received from customers and various government and public record services, for information used in our data repositories. In general, we do not own the information in these data repositories, and the participating organizations could discontinue contributing information to the data repositories. Our data sources could withdraw or increase the price for their data for a variety of reasons, and we could also become subject to legislative, judicial, or contractual restrictions on the use of such data, in particular if such data is not collected by the third parties in a way that allows us to legally use and/or process the data. We are also reliant on internal controls of third parties to ensure the accuracy of their data. If a third party suffers reputational damage from an underlying issue, we may discontinue using their services. If a substantial number of data sources, or certain key sources, were to withdraw or be unable to provide their data, or if we were to lose access to data due to government regulation, decline in reputation or if the collection of data became uneconomical, our ability to provide solutions to our customers could be impacted, which could materially adversely affect our business, reputation, financial condition, operating results, and cash flows.

Agreements with our data suppliers are short-term agreements. Some suppliers are also competitors, which may make us vulnerable to unpredictable price increases and may cause some suppliers not to renew certain agreements. Our competitors could also enter into exclusive contracts with our data sources. If our competitors enter into such exclusive contracts, we may be precluded from receiving certain data from these suppliers or restricted in our use of such data, which would give our competitors an advantage. Such a termination or exclusive contracts could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and operating results if we were unable to arrange for substitute data sources.

We derive a substantial portion of our revenues from U.S. P&C primary insurers. If there is a downturn in the U.S. insurance industry or that industry does not continue to accept our solutions, our revenues will decline.

Revenues derived from solutions we provide to U.S. P&C primary insurers account for a substantial portion of our total revenues. During the year ended December 31, 2023, approximately 69% of our revenue was derived from solutions provided to U.S. P&C primary insurers. Also, our invoices for certain of our solutions are linked in part to premiums in the U.S. P&C insurance market, which may rise or fall in any given year due to loss experience and capital capacity and other factors in the insurance industry that are beyond our control. In addition, our revenues will decline if the insurance industry does not continue to accept our solutions.

Factors that might affect the acceptance of these solutions by P&C primary insurers include the following:

• changes in the business analytics industry;

• changes in technology;

• our inability to obtain or use state fee schedule or claims data in our insurance solutions;

• saturation of market demand;

• loss of key customers;

• industry consolidation; and

• failure to execute our customer-focused selling approach.

A downturn in the insurance industry, pricing pressure or lower acceptance of our solutions by the insurance industry could result in a decline in revenues from that industry and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

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Acquisitions, other strategic relationships and dispositions of our business, and related integration and separation risks, could result in operating difficulties and other harmful consequences, and we may not be successful in achieving the anticipated benefits of such transactions.

Our long-term business strategy includes growth through acquisitions and other strategic relationships. Future acquisitions may not be completed on acceptable terms and acquired assets, data or businesses may not be successfully integrated into our operations, and we may ultimately divest unsuccessful acquisitions or investments. Moreover, from time to time we may also undertake dispositions of certain businesses or assets. Any acquisitions, investments and dispositions will be accompanied by the risks commonly encountered in such transactions. Such risks include, among other things:

• failing to implement or remediate controls, procedures and policies appropriate for a larger public company at acquired companies that prior to the acquisition lacked such controls, procedures and policies;

• paying more than fair market value for an acquired company or assets, or receiving less than fair market value for disposed businesses or assets;

• failing to integrate or separate the operations and personnel of the acquired or disposed businesses in an efficient, timely manner;

• assuming potential liabilities of an acquired company;

• managing the potential disruption to our ongoing business;

• distracting management focus from our core businesses;

• failing to retain management at the acquired company;

• difficulty in acquiring suitable businesses, including challenges in predicting the value an acquisition will ultimately contribute to our business;

• possibility of overpaying for acquisitions, particularly those with significant intangible assets that derive value using novel tools and/or are involved in niche markets;

• impairing relationships with employees, customers, and strategic partners;

• incurring expenses associated with the amortization of intangible assets particularly for intellectual property and other intangible assets;

• incurring expenses associated with an impairment of all or a portion of goodwill and other intangible assets due to changes in market conditions, weak economies in certain competitive markets, or the failure of certain acquisitions to realize expected benefits; and

• diluting the share value and voting power of existing stockholders.

The anticipated benefits of many of our acquisitions may not materialize. Future acquisitions or dispositions could result in the incurrence of debt, contingent liabilities or amortization expenses, or write-offs of goodwill and other intangible assets, any of which could harm our financial condition.

We may incur substantial additional indebtedness in connection with future acquisitions.

In order to finance acquisitions, which are an important part of our long-term growth strategy, we may incur substantial additional indebtedness and such increased leverage could adversely affect our business. In particular, the increased leverage could increase our vulnerability to sustained, adverse macroeconomic weakness, limit our ability to obtain further financing and limit our ability to pursue other operational and strategic opportunities. Further, the Federal Reserve has increased its benchmark interest rate multiple times in 2023 in a bid to reduce rising inflation rates in the United States. These interest rate increases have resulted in higher short-term and long-term borrowing costs. The increased leverage, potential lack of access to financing and increased expenses could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

There may be consolidation in our end customer market, which could reduce the use of our services.

Mergers or consolidations among our customers could reduce the number of our customers and potential customers. This could adversely affect our revenues even if these events do not reduce the aggregate number of customers or the activities of the consolidated entities. If our customers merge with or are acquired by other entities that are not our customers, or that use fewer of our services, they may discontinue or reduce their use of our services. The adverse effects of consolidation will be greater in sectors that we are particularly dependent upon, for example, in the P&C insurance sector. Any of these developments could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results, and cash flows. 

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Financial and Economic Risks Related to Our Business

General economic, political and market forces and dislocations beyond our control could reduce demand for our solutions and harm our business.

The demand for our solutions may be impacted by domestic and international factors that are beyond our control, including macroeconomic, political and market conditions, the energy transition driven by climate change and decarbonization, the availability of short-term and long-term funding and capital, the level and volatility of interest rates, currency exchange rates, and inflation. Any one or more of these factors may contribute to reduced activity and prices in the securities markets generally and could result in a reduction in demand for our solutions, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. A significant additional decline in the value of assets for which risk is transferred in market transactions could have an adverse impact on the demand for our solutions.

Our financial position may be impacted by audit examinations or changes in tax laws or tax rulings.

Our existing corporate structure and tax positions have been implemented in a manner which we believe is compliant with current prevailing tax laws. However, changes in existing tax laws or rulings, including Federal, State and International, could have a significant impact on our effective tax rate, cash tax positions and deferred tax assets and liabilities. Tax audit examinations with an adverse outcome could have a negative effect in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Furthermore, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued Pillar Two model rules for a global minimum tax of 15% that has been agreed upon in principle by over 140 countries. Although we do not expect Pillar Two to materially increase our tax expense, the ultimate impact will depend on the implementation of specific rules in each jurisdiction. Accordingly, we will continue to monitor global legislative action for potential impacts. In addition, our tax positions are impacted by fluctuations in our earnings and financial results in the various countries in which we do business. 

Cybersecurity and Product/Technology Risks Related to Our Business

Fraudulent or unpermitted data access and other cyber-security or privacy breaches may negatively impact our business and harm our reputation.

Security breaches in our facilities, computer networks, and data repositories may cause harm to our business and reputation and result in a loss of customers. Many of our solutions involve the storage and transmission of proprietary information and sensitive or confidential data, which are significantly complex with various uses across businesses and locations. With a large number of inter-related systems, keeping the technology current and managing vulnerabilities is challenging. As with other global companies, our systems are regularly subject to cyber-attacks, cyber-threats, attempts at fraudulent access, physical break-ins, computer viruses, attacks by hackers and similar disruptive problems. As cyber-threats continue to evolve, we are required to expend significant additional resources to continue to modify and enhance our protective measures and to investigate and remediate any information security vulnerabilities and incidents. Despite efforts to ensure the integrity of our systems and implement controls, processes, policies and other protective measures, we may not be able to anticipate or detect all security breaches or fraudulent access attempts, nor may we be able to implement guaranteed preventive measures against such security breaches or fraudulent access attempts. Cyber-threats are rapidly evolving and we may not be able to anticipate, prevent or detect all such attacks and could be held liable for any security breach or loss.

Third-party contractors, including cloud-based service providers, also may experience security breaches involving the storage and transmission of proprietary information. If users gain improper access to our data repositories, they may be able to steal, publish, delete or modify confidential third-party information that is stored or transmitted on our networks. Our business relies on the secure processing, transmission, storage and retrieval of confidential, proprietary and other information in our computer and data management systems and networks, and in the computer and data management systems and networks of third parties. In addition, to access our network, products and services, our customers and other third parties may use personal mobile devices or computing devices that are outside of our network environment and are subject to their own cybersecurity risks.

In addition, customers’, employees’ or other’s misuse of and/or gaining fraudulent or unpermitted access to or failure to properly secure our information or services could cause harm to our business and reputation and result in loss of customers. Any such misappropriation and/or misuse of or failure to properly secure our information could result in us, among other things, being in breach of certain data protection and related legislation.

A security or privacy breach may affect us in the following ways:

• deterring customers from using our solutions;

• deterring data suppliers from supplying data to us;

• harming our reputation;

• exposing us to liability;

• increasing operating expenses to correct problems caused by the breach;

• affecting our ability to meet customers’ expectations; and/or

• causing inquiry from governmental authorities.

Incidents in which consumer data has been fraudulently or improperly acquired or viewed, or any other security or privacy breaches, have in the past occurred, and may in the future occur and could go undetected. The number of potentially affected consumers identified by any future incidents is inherently uncertain. Any such incident could materially adversely affect our business, reputation, financial condition, operating results and cash flows. In addition, media or other reports of perceived security vulnerabilities to our systems or those of our third-party suppliers, even if no breach has been attempted or occurred, could also adversely impact our reputation and materially impact our business.

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We may lose key business assets, through the loss of data center capacity or the interruption of telecommunications links, the internet, or power sources, which could significantly impede our ability to do business. 

Our operations depend on our ability, as well as that of third-party service providers to whom we have outsourced several critical functions, to protect data centers, whether in cloud or dedicated environments, and related technology against damage from hardware failure, fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure, impacts of terrorism, breaches in security (such as the actions of computer hackers), natural disasters, or other disasters. Certain of our facilities are located in areas that could be impacted by coastal flooding, earthquakes or other disasters. The online services we provide are dependent on links to telecommunications providers. In addition, we generate a significant amount of our revenues through telesales centers and websites that we utilize in the acquisition of new customers, fulfillment of solutions and services and responding to customer inquiries. We may not have sufficient redundant operations to cover a loss or failure in all of these areas in a timely manner. Certain of our customer contracts provide that our online servers may not be unavailable for specified periods of time. Any damage to our or our third-party service provider’s data centers, failure of our telecommunications links or inability to access these telesales centers or websites could cause interruptions in operations that materially adversely affect our ability to meet customers’ requirements, resulting in decreased revenue, operating income and earnings per share.

A technology vendor that provides critical services, such as cloud-based infrastructure, creates a single point of failure resulting in pricing or contract lock-in risk.

As our operations migrate to a cloud-based information technology infrastructure and delivery model (distributed computing infrastructure platform for business), systems are consolidated into a smaller number of large infrastructure suppliers. We cannot easily switch cloud providers, meaning that any disruption of or interference with our use of a particular supplier, would impact our operations and our business would be adversely impacted. Any of the few of these suppliers could suffer an outage which would in turn result in an outage for one or more of our products. These suppliers could also be subject to regulatory actions, or conflicts of interest which could force us to seek alternative suppliers in a short time period, at an economic disadvantage. 

Generative AI use by our customers or other third parties could result in the replacement of our existing products and/or solutions or the reduction of their relevance.

For a subset of our products we rely on proprietary or copyrighted material which could be fed into generative AI large language models without our knowledge. This could result in duplication of our products or solutions by generative AI tools and reduce the relevance or value proposition of such products or solutions. 

Our own use of AI, including but not limited to generative AI, to enhance our products could lead to unanticipated consequences such as ethical, compliance, privacy-observing, bias-reducing, and/or intellectual property issues. 

Increasing use of AI, including but not limited to generative AI models, in our internal systems may create new attack methods for adversaries and raise ethical, technological, legal, regulatory, and other challenges, which may negatively impact our brands and demand for our products and services. Our business policies and internal security controls may not keep pace with these changes as new threats emerge, or the emerging cybersecurity regulations in jurisdictions worldwide.  Additionally, we are actively adding new generative AI features to our services. Because the generative AI landscape is developing and inherently risky, no assurance can be given that such strategies and offerings will be successful or will not harm our reputation, financial condition, and operating results. Product features that rely on generative AI may be susceptible to unanticipated security threats from sophisticated adversaries. 

We use analytical models to assist our customers in key areas, such as underwriting, claims, reserving, and catastrophe risks, but actual results could differ materially from the model outputs and related analyses.

We use various modeling techniques (e.g., scenarios, predictive, stochastic and/or forecasting) and data analytics to analyze and estimate exposures, loss trends and other risks associated with our products. We use the modeled outputs and related analyses to assist customers with decision-making (e.g., underwriting, pricing, claims, reserving, reinsurance, and catastrophe risk). The modeled outputs and related analyses are subject to various assumptions, uncertainties, model errors and the inherent limitations of any statistical analysis, including the use of historical internal and industry data. In addition, the modeled outputs and related analyses may occasionally contain inaccuracies, perhaps in material respects, including as a result of inaccurate inputs or applications thereof. Climate change and other variables may make modeled outcomes less certain or produce new, non-modeled risks. Consequently, actual results may differ materially from our modeled results. If, based upon these models or other factors, we provide inaccurate information to customers, or overestimate the risks we are exposed to, new business growth and retention of our existing business may be adversely affected which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

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Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Risks Related to Our Business

We will continue to rely upon proprietary technology rights, and if we are unable to protect them, our business could be harmed.

Our success depends, in part, upon our intellectual property rights. To date, we have relied primarily on a combination of copyright, patent, trade secret, and trademark laws and nondisclosure and other contractual restrictions on copying and distribution to protect our proprietary technology. This protection of our proprietary technology is limited, and our proprietary technology could be used by others without our consent. In addition, patents may not be issued with respect to our pending or future patent applications, and our patents may not be upheld as valid or may not prevent the development of competitive products. Businesses we acquire also often involve intellectual property portfolios, which increase the challenges we face in protecting our strategic advantage. Any disclosure, loss, invalidity of, or failure to protect our intellectual property could negatively impact our competitive position, and ultimately, our business. Our protection of our intellectual property rights in the U.S. or abroad may not be adequate and others, including our competitors, may use our proprietary technology without our consent. Furthermore, litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

Regulatory developments could negatively impact our business.

Because personal, public and non-public information is stored in some of our data repositories, we are vulnerable to government regulation and adverse publicity concerning the use of our data. We provide many types of data and services that already are subject to regulation under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and to a lesser extent, various other federal, state, and local laws and regulations. These laws and regulations are designed to protect the privacy of the public and to prevent the misuse of personal information in the marketplace. However, many consumer advocates, privacy advocates, and government regulators believe that the existing laws and regulations do not adequately protect privacy. They have become increasingly concerned with the use of personal information, particularly social security numbers, department of motor vehicle data and dates of birth. As a result, they are lobbying for further restrictions on the dissemination or commercial use of personal information to the public and private sectors. Similar initiatives are under way in other countries in which we do business or from which we source data. We have implemented various measures to comply with the data privacy and protection principles of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, however, there can be no assurances that such methods will be deemed fully compliant. If we are unable to comply with the data privacy and protection principles adopted pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation, it will impede our ability to conduct business between the U.S. and the E.U. which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The following legal and regulatory developments also could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows:

• amendment, enactment, or interpretation of laws and regulations which restrict the access and use of personal information and reduce the supply of data available to customers;

• changes in cultural and consumer attitudes to favor further restrictions on information collection and sharing, which may lead to regulations that prevent full utilization of our solutions;

• failure of our solutions to comply with current and future laws and regulations; and

• failure of our solutions to adapt to changes in the regulatory environment in an efficient, cost-effective manner.

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We are subject to antitrust, consumer protection, intellectual property and other litigation, as well as governmental investigations, and may in the future become further subject to such litigation and investigations; an adverse outcome in such litigation or investigations could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, revenues and profitability.

We participate in businesses (particularly insurance-related businesses and services) that are subject to substantial litigation, including antitrust, consumer protection and intellectual property litigation. In addition, our insurance specialists are in the business of providing advice on standard contract terms, which if challenged could expose us to substantial reputational harm and possible liability. We are subject to the provisions of a 1995 settlement agreement in an antitrust lawsuit brought by various state Attorneys General and private plaintiffs, which imposes certain constraints with respect to insurer involvement in our governance and business.

Our failure to successfully defend or settle any litigation or resolve any governmental investigation could result in liability that, to the extent not covered by our insurance, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, revenues and profitability. Given the nature of our business, we may be subject to litigation or investigation in the future. Even if the direct financial impact of such litigation or investigations is not material, settlements or judgments arising out of such litigation or investigations could include further restrictions on our ability to conduct business, including potentially the elimination of entire lines of business, which could increase our cost of doing business and limit our prospects for future growth. 

We could face claims for intellectual property infringement, which if successful could restrict us from using and providing our technologies and solutions to our customers.

There has been substantial litigation and other proceedings, particularly in the U.S., regarding patent and other intellectual property rights in the information technology industry. There is a risk that we are infringing, or may in the future infringe, the intellectual property rights of third parties. We have, from time-to-time, been subject to litigation alleging intellectual property infringement. We monitor third-party patents and patent applications that may be relevant to our technologies and solutions and we carry out freedom to operate analysis where we deem appropriate. However, such monitoring and analysis has not been, and is unlikely in the future to be, comprehensive, and it may not be possible to detect all potentially relevant patents and patent applications. Since the patent application process can take several years to complete, there may be currently pending applications, unknown to us, that may later result in issued patents that cover our products and technologies. As a result, we may infringe existing and future third-party patents of which we are not aware. As we expand our operations there is a higher risk that such activity could infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties.

Third-party intellectual property infringement claims and any resultant litigation against us or our technology partners or providers, could subject us to liability for damages, restrict us from using and providing our technologies and solutions or operating our business generally, or require changes to be made to our technologies and solutions. Even if we prevail, litigation is time consuming and expensive to defend and would result in the diversion of management’s time and attention.

If a successful claim of infringement is brought against us and we fail to develop non-infringing technologies and solutions or to obtain licenses on a timely and cost-effective basis, this could materially adversely affect our business, reputation, financial condition, operating results, and cash flows.

We are subject to extensive procurement laws and regulations, including those that enable the U.S. government to terminate contracts for convenience. Our business and reputation could be adversely affected if we or those we do business with fail to comply with or adapt to existing or new procurement laws and regulations which are constantly evolving. 

We and others with which we do business must comply with laws and regulations relating to the award, administration and performance of U.S. government contracts. Government contract laws and regulations affect how we do business with our customers and impose certain risks and costs on our business. A violation of these laws and regulations by us, our employees, or others working on our behalf, such as a supplier or a joint venture partner, could harm our reputation and result in the imposition of fines and penalties, the termination of our contracts, suspension or debarment from bidding on or being awarded contracts, loss of our ability to perform services and civil or criminal investigations or proceedings. In addition, costs to comply with new government regulations can increase our costs, reduce our margins, and adversely affect our competitiveness.

Government contract laws and regulations can impose terms, obligations or penalties that are different than those typically found in commercial transactions. One of the significant differences is that the U.S. government may terminate any of our government contracts, not only for default based on our performance, but also at its convenience. Generally, prime contractors have a similar right under subcontracts related to government contracts. If a contract is terminated for convenience, we typically would be entitled to receive payments for our allowable costs incurred and the proportionate share of fees or earnings for the work performed. However, to the extent insufficient funds have been appropriated by the U.S. government to a particular program to cover our costs upon a termination for convenience, the U.S. government may assert that it is not required to appropriate additional funding. If a contract is terminated for default, the U.S. government could make claims to reduce the contract value or recover its procurement costs and could assess other special penalties, in some cases in excess of the contract value, exposing us to liability and adversely affecting our ability to compete for future contracts and orders. In addition, the U.S. government could terminate a prime contract under which we are a subcontractor, notwithstanding the fact that our performance and the quality of the products or services we delivered were consistent with our contractual obligations as a subcontractor. Similarly, the U.S. government could indirectly terminate a program or contract by not appropriating funding. The decision to terminate programs or contracts for convenience or default could adversely affect our business and future financial performance.

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General Risk Factors related to our Business

Our operations are subject to additional risks inherent in international operations.

With operations in 19 countries, we provide services to the insurance industry worldwide, including operations in various developing nations. Both current and future foreign operations could be adversely affected by unfavorable geopolitical developments, including legal and regulatory changes; tax changes; changes in trade policies; changes to visa or immigration policies; regulatory restrictions; government leadership changes; political events and upheaval; sociopolitical instability; social, political or economic instability resulting from climate change; and nationalization of our operations without compensation. Adverse activity in any one country could negatively impact operations, increase our loss exposure under certain of our insurance products, and could, otherwise, have an adverse effect on our business, liquidity, results of operations, and financial condition depending on the magnitude of the events and our net financial exposure at that time in that country.

Conducting extensive international operations subjects us to risks that are inherent in international operations, including challenges posed by different pricing environments and different forms of competition; lack of familiarity and burdens of complying with foreign laws, legal standards, regulatory requirements, tariffs and other barriers; unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, taxes, trade laws, tariffs, export quotas, custom duties, or other trade restrictions; differing technology standards; difficulties in collecting accounts receivable; difficulties in managing and staffing international operations; varying expectations as to employee standards; potentially adverse tax consequences, including possible restrictions on the repatriation of earnings; and reduced or varied protection for intellectual property rights in some countries. In addition, our international operations subject us to obligations associated with anti-corruption laws and regulations, such as the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and regulations established by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control. Government agencies and authorities have a broad range of civil and criminal penalties they may seek to impose against companies for violations of export controls, anti-corruption laws or regulations, and other laws, rules, sanctions, embargoes, and regulations. 

Moreover, international operations could be interrupted and negatively affected by economic changes, geopolitical regional conflicts, terrorist activity, political unrest, civil strife, acts of war, and other economic or political uncertainties. All of these risks could result in increased costs or decreased revenues, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We may fail to attract and retain enough qualified employees to support our operations, which could have an adverse effect on our ability to expand our business and service our customers.

Our business relies on large numbers of skilled employees and our success depends on our ability to attract, train and retain a sufficient number of qualified employees. If our attrition rate increases, our operating efficiency and productivity may decrease. We compete for employees not only with other companies in our industry, but also with companies in other industries, such as software services, engineering services and financial services companies, and there is a limited pool of employees who have the skills and training needed to do our work.

If our business continues to grow, the number of people we will need to hire will increase. We will also need to increase our hiring if we are not able to maintain our attrition rate through our current recruiting and retention policies. Increased competition for employees could have an adverse effect on our ability to expand our business and service our customers, as well as cause us to incur greater personnel expenses and training costs.

Physical and transition risks associated with climate change and its consequences could disrupt operations, threaten the safety of employees, or negatively impact our financial performance.

While we seek to be a strategic partner to the global insurance industry in analyzing risks related to climate change and building resilience, we recognize that there are inherent risks wherever business is conducted.  Climate-related events and its associated risks including acute physical risk such as heatwave, hurricane/cyclone, inland flooding, and wildfire, and chronic physical risk such as sea level rise and water stress could disrupt our operations and threaten the safety of our employees. Transition risks associated with achieving a lower-carbon global economy encompassing policy and legal risk such as potential costs associated with the introduction of mandatory global carbon pricing and potential regulatory mandates involving climate-related reporting obligations, technology risk such as the potential increase in costs associated with a mandated transition to low-emissions technologies, market risk such as the potential impacts of a market shift in customer demand toward low-carbon solutions, and reputation risk such as potential impacts on our business from increasing stakeholder expectations related to real or perceived deficiencies associated with our climate leadership, strategy, performance, or disclosures could negatively impact our financial performance.

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We are transitioning to a new Enterprise Resource Planning system and our ability to manage our business and monitor results is highly dependent upon information and communication systems. A failure of these systems or the ERP implementation could disrupt our business and results of operations.

We are highly dependent upon a variety of internal computer and telecommunication systems to operate our business, including our enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) systems.

In order to continue support of our growth, we are making significant technological upgrades to our information systems. We are in the process of implementing a company-wide, single ERP software system and related processes to perform various functions and improve on the efficiency of our global business. This is a lengthy and expensive process that will result in a diversion of resources from other operations. Continued execution of the project plan, or a divergence from it, may result in cost overruns, project delays or business interruptions. In addition, divergence from our project plan could impact the timing and/or extent of benefits we expect to achieve from the system and process efficiencies.

Any disruptions, delays or deficiencies in the design and/or implementation of the new ERP system, or in the performance of our legacy systems, particularly any disruptions, delays or deficiencies that impact our operations, could adversely affect our ability to effectively run and manage our business and adversely affect our reputation, competitive position, business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

If there are substantial sales of our common stock, our stock price could decline.

The market price of our common stock could decline as a result of sales of a large number of shares of our common stock in the market, or the perception that these sales could occur. These sales, or the possibility that these sales may occur, also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem attractive. As of December 31, 2023, our ten largest shareholders owned 40.3% of our common stock, including 2.5% of our common stock owned by our Employee Stock Ownership Plan or ESOP. Such stockholders are able to sell their common stock in the public market from time to time without registration, and subject to limitations on the timing, amount and method of those sales imposed by securities laws. If any of these stockholders were to sell a large number of their common stock, the market price of our common stock could decline significantly. In addition, the perception in the public markets that sales by them might occur could also adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Pursuant to our equity incentive plans, options to purchase approximately 2,732,670 shares of common stock were outstanding as of February 16, 2024. We filed a registration statement under the Securities Act, which covers the shares available for issuance under our equity incentive plans (including for such outstanding options) as well as shares held for resale by our existing stockholders that were previously issued under our equity incentive plans. Such further issuance and resale of our common stock could cause the price of our common stock to decline.

Also, in the future, we may issue our securities in connection with investments and acquisitions. The amount of our common stock issued in connection with an investment or acquisition could constitute a material portion of our then outstanding common stock.

Our capital structure, level of indebtedness and the terms of anti-takeover provisions under Delaware law and in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws could diminish the value of our common stock and could make a merger, tender offer or proxy contest difficult or could impede an attempt to replace or remove our directors.

We are a Delaware corporation and the anti-takeover provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control by prohibiting us from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years after the person becomes an interested stockholder, even if a change of control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a change in our management or control over us that stockholders may consider favorable or make it more difficult for stockholders to replace directors even if stockholders consider it beneficial to do so. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws:

• authorize the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock that could be issued by our Board of Directors to increase the number of outstanding shares to thwart a takeover attempt;

• prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors, which would otherwise allow holders of less than a majority of the stock to elect some directors;

• require that vacancies on the Board of Directors, including newly created directorships, be filled only by a majority vote of directors then in office;

• limit who may call special meetings of stockholders;

• prohibit stockholder action by written consent, requiring all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders; and

• establish advance notice requirements for nominating candidates for election to the Board of Directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at stockholder meetings.

In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law may inhibit potential acquisition bids for us. As a public company, we are subject to Section 203, which regulates corporate acquisitions and limits the ability of a holder of 15% or more of our stock from acquiring the rest of our stock. Under Delaware law, a corporation may opt out of the anti-takeover provisions, but we do not intend to do so.

These provisions may prevent a stockholder from receiving the benefit from any premium over the market price of our common stock offered by a bidder in a potential takeover. Even in the absence of an attempt to effect a change in management or a takeover attempt, these provisions may adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock if they are viewed as discouraging takeover attempts in the future. 

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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

Not Applicable.

Item 1C. Cybersecurity 

We remain steadfast in our commitment to safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and responsible use of data. Our rigorous approach to cybersecurity is a comprehensive framework comprising cyber risk governance, risk identification and management, risk prevention and protection, monitoring and detection, and response and recovery planning, which is an integral part of our overall enterprise risk management ("Framework").

Cyber risk governance is founded on direction and priorities established by our leadership, supported and overseen by the Board of Directors (Board), and deployed through our Framework. The Framework leverages proven standards such as those embedded in the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST") Cybersecurity Framework ("CSF"), which are generally accepted by cybersecurity leaders across industries.

The Board oversees our management of cybersecurity, including oversight of appropriate risk mitigation strategies. The Board receives regular reports from executives about our cybersecurity risks, management review processes, overall health and readiness to respond to an incident. As of February 2024, the Board established and convened the first meeting of the Risk Committee of the Board, which in coordination with other relevant Board Committees as appropriate, oversees risk assessment and risk management, including but not limited to the policies, procedures and strategic approach to cyber, technology and information security risks. The Risk Committee of the Board also reports material cybersecurity risks to our full Board.

The Executive Risk Management Committee ("ERMC"), which includes the top corporate executives, is responsible for providing guidance and enforcing our Framework, including the strategies, policies, procedures, processes, and systems, established by management to identify, assess, measure, monitor, and manage risks. The ERMC also reinforces the corporate risk appetite, determines whether residual risk is acceptable, and confirms materiality of security incidents.

The Enterprise Risk Management ("ERM") division oversees and advises on implementation of the Framework throughout our business units. In doing so, the ERM division aggregates and assesses risk across the enterprise. Within the ERM division is the Chief Information Security Officer ("CISO"), who leads our Cybersecurity and Information Risk Management functions. The CISO’s functions partner with the business units to help ensure that cybersecurity risk management strategies are implemented and dedicated liaisons from the business units report to the CISO with meaningful cybersecurity risks, threats, incidents and vulnerabilities in accordance with the CISO’s reporting framework. The ERM division hosts training and awareness sessions, sponsors working groups across the enterprise on critical security topics and provides centralized cybersecurity incident response. Also within the ERM division is our third-party risk program, which implements processes to identify cybersecurity risk associated with our third-party providers. Management, including the CISO and our cybersecurity team, regularly update the Risk committee on our cybersecurity programs, material cybersecurity risks and mitigation strategies and provide cybersecurity reports quarterly that cover, among other topics, third-party assessments of the company's cybersecurity programs, developments in cybersecurity and updates to the company's cybersecurity programs and mitigation strategies.

Our business units have dedicated liaisons for risk management activities, who participate in a global security council designed to facilitate implementation of the Framework and associated policies. As custodians and/or processors of our stakeholders’ data, our business units also accept certain compliance responsibilities, including but not limited to, aspects of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act ("GLBA"), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA"), the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"), and the Payment Card Industry ("PCI") standard, all to the extent applicable. For each of its business units, we seek to actively confirm that its risk management practices fulfill applicable compliance requirements.

We have adopted a defense-in-depth strategy with a wide range of measures to secure our technology infrastructure and data as per our Framework. Security measures cover the following key areas as aligned with NIST CSF: risk identification and management, risk prevention and protection, monitoring and detection, and response and recovery planning. Key control functions that comprise the security measures include but are not limited to: risk assessment, asset management, supply chain risk management, identity and access management, customer credentialing, physical security, application and infrastructure security, perimeter and network security, secure development and change management, configuration management, endpoint security, security audit logging and monitoring, security operations center, incident response, business continuity and disaster recovery.

Our cybersecurity strategy includes the engagement of strategic providers, consultants and independent assessors to inform us of cyber threats and assess the effectiveness of control design and implementation. Strategic providers include, but are not limited to, a Managed Security Service Provider for our security operations center, as well as service providers that supplement incident response processes related to threat intelligence and dark web monitoring. Independent assessors include, but are not limited to, our Internal Audit Department which provides reports to the Audit Committee, as well as assessors that are engaged directly to perform external audits and penetration tests. Through independent assessors, our commitment to security has earned ISO 27001:2013 Certification for our core ERM centrally provided cybersecurity services, which is an international standard for best practices associated with our Information Security Management System.

To date, risks from cybersecurity threats have not materially affected, and we currently do not expect that such risks are reasonably likely to materially affect, our business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition. As discussed more fully under “Item 1A – Risk Factors,” although our processes are designed to help identify, protect, detect, respond to and mitigate potential cybersecurity incidents, cybersecurity threats are rapidly evolving and we may not be able to anticipate, prevent or detect all such attacks and there is no guarantee that a future cybersecurity incident would not materially affect our business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition.

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Item 2. Properties

Our headquarters are in Jersey City, New Jersey. As of December 31, 2023, our principal offices consisted of the following properties:

Location	Square Feet	Lease Expiration Date
Jersey City, New Jersey	352,765	December 31, 2033
Lehi, Utah	124,986	April 30, 2031
Boston, Massachusetts	115,271	November 30, 2030
Hyderabad, India	92,442	September 30, 2028
London, United Kingdom	50,677	November 29, 2030
Krakow, Poland	21,519	June 30, 2028

We also lease offices in 16 states in the U.S., and 18 offices outside the U.S. to support our international operations in Australia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Nepal, Poland, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Spain, Singapore, Sweden, and UK.

We believe that our properties are in good operating condition and adequately serve our current business operations. We also anticipate that suitable additional or alternative space, including those under lease options, will be available at commercially reasonable terms for future expansion.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

See Note 21, Commitments and Contingencies, to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 Part II of this 10-K for information regarding certain legal proceedings in which we are involved.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Verisk trades under the ticker symbol “VRSK” on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. As of February 16, 2024, there were approximately 74 stockholders of record. We believe the number of beneficial owners is substantially greater than the number of record holders because a large portion of common stock is held in “street name” by brokers.

On February 14, 2023, April 25, 2023, July 26, 2023, and October 25, 2023, our Board approved a cash dividend of $0.34 per share of common stock issued and outstanding to the holders of record as of March 15, 2023, June 15, 2023, September 15, 2023, and December 15, 2023, respectively. Cash dividends of $196.8 million and $195.2 million were paid during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and recorded as a reduction to retained earnings, respectively. We have a publicly announced share repurchase plan and repurchased a total of 86,204,465 shares since our IPO through December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, we had 400,694,309 shares of treasury stock. 

Performance Graph

The graph below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on $100 invested in our common stock, with the cumulative total return on $100 invested in the S&P 500 index, an aggregate index of our proxy peers used in our Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2023 and an aggregate index of our proxy peer used in our Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement to be filed within 120 days of December 31, 2023 (the "Proxy Statement"). In the transition year, the table and the graph below include both the prior and the new indices of peer companies. The new peer issuers used for this graph are Black Knight, Inc., Nasdaq Inc., CoStar Group Inc., Equifax Inc., Fair Isaac Corp., Gartner, Inc., Global Payments, Inc., Clarivate PLC, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., Jack Henry & Associates Inc., Moody’s Corporation, MSCI Inc., S&P Global, and TransUnion. The old peer issuers used for this graph are Black Knight, Inc., CoreLogic Inc. (as of June 3, 2021, CoreLogic was no longer a publicly-traded company), CoStar Group Inc., Equifax Inc., Fair Isaac Corp., Gartner, Inc., Global Payments, Inc., IHS Markit (as of February 26, 2022, IHS Markit was no longer a publicly-traded company), Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., Jack Henry & Associates Inc., Moody’s Corporation, MSCI Inc., S&P Global, and TransUnion. The graph assumes that the value of investment in our common stock and each index was $100 at December 31, 2018 and that all cash dividends were reinvested. 

COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN

Assumes $100 Invested on December 31, 2018

Assumes Dividend Reinvested

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

We had no unregistered sales of equity securities during 2023.

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Under the Repurchase Program, we may repurchase stock in the market or as otherwise determined by us. These authorizations have no expiration dates and may be suspended or terminated at any time. As of December 31, 2023, we had $641.5 million available to repurchase shares, being the remaining unused portion of a $3.0 billion authorization, which became effective on February 1, 2023. Our share repurchases for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 are set forth below:

Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased			Average Price Paid per Share			Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
									(in millions)
October 1, 2023 through October 31, 2023		—			—			—	$	891.5
November 1, 2023 through November 30, 2023		—			—			—	$	891.5
December 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023		1,738,711	(1,2)	$	225.76	(1,2)		1,738,711	$	641.5
		1,738,711	(1,2)	$	225.76	(1,2)		1,738,711

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⁽¹⁾ In March 2023, we entered into Accelerated Share Repurchase ("ASR") agreements to repurchase shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $2.5 billion with Citibank, N.A. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, respectfully. The ASR agreements are accounted for as treasury stock transactions and forward stock purchase agreements indexed to our common stock. Upon payment of the aggregate purchase price on March 7, 2023, we received an initial delivery of an aggregate of 10,655,301 shares of our common stock at an initial price of $187.70 per share, representing approximately 80 percent of the aggregate purchase price. Upon the final settlement of this ASR agreement in December of 2023, we received 865,232 additional shares, as determined by the daily volume weighted average share price of our common stock of $217.00 during the term of these ASR agreements.

⁽²⁾ In December 2023, we entered into an additional ASR agreement to repurchase shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $250.0 million with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. The ASR agreement is accounted for as a treasury stock transactions and a forward stock purchase agreement indexed to our common stock. Upon payment of the aggregate purchase price on December 14, 2023, we received an initial delivery of 873,479 shares of our common stock at an initial price of $243.28 per share, representing approximately 85 percent of the aggregate purchase price. Upon the final settlement of this ASR agreement in February 2024, we received 178,227 additional shares as determined by the daily volume weighted average share price of our common stock of $237.71 during the term of this ASR agreement.

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our historical financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those discussed in or implied by any of the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including but not limited to those listed under “Risk Factors” and “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” New risks and uncertainties come up from time to time, and it is impossible to predict these events or how they may affect us. We have no obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date hereof, except as required by applicable federal securities law. This discussion includes a comparison of our results of operations, liquidity and capital resources, financing and financing capacity and cash flow for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

We are a leading data analytics provider serving clients in the insurance markets. Using advanced technologies to collect and analyze billions of records, we draw on unique data assets and deep domain expertise to provide innovations that may be integrated into client workflows. We offer predictive analytics and decision support solutions to clients in rating, underwriting, claims, catastrophe and weather risk, global risk analytics, and many other fields. In the U.S., and around the world, we help clients protect people, property, and financial assets. Refer to Item 1. Business for further discussion.

Our clients use our solutions to make better decisions about risk and opportunities with greater efficiency and discipline. We refer to these products and services as “solutions” due to the integration among our services and the flexibility that enables our clients to purchase components or the comprehensive package. These solutions take various forms, including data, statistical models, or tailored analytics, all designed to allow our clients to make more logical decisions. We believe our solutions for analyzing risk positively impact our clients’ revenues and help them better manage their costs.

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Executive Summary

Key Performance Metrics

Revenue growth. We use year-over-year revenue growth as a key performance metric. We assess revenue growth based on our ability to generate increased revenue through increased sales to existing customers, sales to new customers, sales of new or expanded solutions to existing and new customers, and strategic acquisitions of new businesses.

We use year-over-year EBITDA growth as metrics to measure our performance. EBITDA and EBITDA margin are non-GAAP financial measures. EBITDA is defined as net income before interest expense, provision for income taxes, and depreciation and amortization of fixed and intangible assets. We calculate EBITDA margin as EBITDA divided by revenues. The respective nearest applicable GAAP financial measures are net income and net income margin. Although EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure, EBITDA is frequently used by securities analysts, lenders, and others in their evaluation of companies; EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for an analysis of our operating income, net income, or cash flow from operating activities reported under GAAP. Management uses EBITDA and EBITDA margin in conjunction with traditional GAAP operating performance measures as part of its overall assessment company performance. We believe these measures are useful and meaningful because they help us allocate resources, make business decisions, allow for greater transparency regarding our operating performance, and facilitate period-to-period comparisons. Some of these limitations involved in the use of EBITDA are: 

• EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures, or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments.

• EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs.

• Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized often will have to be replaced in the future and EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements.

• Other companies in our industry may calculate EBITDA differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.

EBITDA growth. We use EBITDA growth as a measure of our ability to balance the size of revenue growth with cost management and investing for future growth. EBITDA growth allows for greater transparency regarding our operating performance and facilitate period-to-period comparison.

EBITDA margin. We use EBITDA margin as a performance measure to assess segment performance and scalability of our business. We assess EBITDA margin based on our ability to increase revenues while controlling expense growth.

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Revenues

We earn revenues through agreements for hosted subscriptions, advisory/consulting services, and for transactional solutions, recurring and non-recurring. Subscriptions for our solutions are generally paid in advance of rendering services either quarterly or in full upon commencement of the subscription period, which is usually for one year and automatically renewed each year. As a result, the timing of our cash flows generally precedes our recognition of revenues and income and our cash flow from operations tends to be higher in the first quarter as we receive subscription payments. Examples of these arrangements include subscriptions that allow our customers to access our standardized coverage language, our claims fraud database, or our actuarial services throughout the subscription period. In general, we experience minimal revenue seasonality within the business. Approximately 80% and 81% of the revenues in our Insurance segment for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were derived from hosted subscriptions through agreements (generally one to five years) for our solutions, respectively.

We also provide advisory/consulting services, which help our customers get more value out of our analytics and their subscriptions. In addition, certain of our solutions are paid for by our customers on a transactional basis, recurring and non-recurring. For example, we have solutions that allow our customers to access property-specific rating and underwriting information to price a policy on a commercial building, or compare a P&C insurance or a workers' compensation claim with information in our databases, or use our repair cost estimation solutions on a case-by-case basis. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, approximately 20% and 19% of our consolidated revenues were derived from providing transactional and advisory/consulting solutions, respectively.

Principal Operating Costs and Expenses

Personnel expenses are a major component of both our cost of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses. Personnel expenses, which represented approximately 57% and 59% of ourtotal operating expenses (excluding gains/losses related to dispositions) for each of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, include salaries, benefits, incentive compensation, equity compensation costs, sales commissions, employment taxes, recruiting costs, and outsourced temporary agency costs.

We assign personnel expenses between two categories, cost of revenues and selling, general and administrative costs, based on the actual costs associated with each employee. We categorize employees who maintain our solutions as cost of revenues, and all other personnel, including executive managers, salespeople, marketing, business development, finance, legal, human resources, and administrative services, as selling, general and administrative expenses. A significant portion of our other operating costs, such as facilities and communications, are either captured within cost of revenues or selling, general and administrative expense based on the nature of the work being performed.

While we expect to grow our headcount over time to take advantage of our market opportunities, we believe that the economies of scale in our operating model will allow us to grow our personnel expenses at a lower rate than revenues. Historically, our EBITDA margin has improved because we have been able to increase revenues without a proportionate corresponding increase in expenses. However, part of our corporate strategy is to invest in new solutions and new businesses, which may offset margin expansion.

Cost of Revenues. Our cost of revenues consists primarily of personnel expenses. Cost of revenues also includes the expenses associated with the acquisition and verification of data, the maintenance of our existing solutions, and the development and enhancement of our next-generation solutions. Our cost of revenues excludes depreciation and amortization.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense. Our selling, general and administrative expense also consists primarily of personnel costs. A portion of the other operating costs such as facilities, insurance, and communications are allocated to selling, general and administrative costs based on the nature of the work being performed by the employee. Our selling, general and administrative expenses exclude depreciation and amortization.

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Trends Affecting Our Business

A significant change in P&C insurers’ profitability could affect the demand for our solutions. For insurers, the keys to profitability include increasing investment income, premium growth and disciplined and accurate underwriting of risks. Growth in P&C insurers’ direct written premiums has been cyclical, with total industry premium growth receding from a peak of 14.8% in 2002 to a trough of negative 3.1% in 2009 and subsequently recovering to 5.1% in 2019. In 2020, industry premium growth declined to 2.3% due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Direct premium growth accelerated to 9.5% in 2021 and 9.7% in 2022 indicating a recovery from the pandemic. Based on the most recent results available, direct written premiums continued to grow in 2023 on comparable level. In 2023, the main economic indicators stabilized, inflation began to fall, and the federal interest rate increases stopped mid-year. Despite high interest rates in 2023, the annualized yield on investments (not attributable to cash transfers from outside the P/C industry) was 3.0% as of nine-months 2023, down from the 3.3% yield for year-end 2022. Both recent results are lower than the historical 15-year average of 3.4%, showing that yields have yet to follow the trend in interest rates. 

The trend of high catastrophic losses incurred by insurers that began in 2020, continued into 2023 – a time during which  the estimated sum of losses from events that ISO's Property Claims Service had classified as catastrophes remains above the 10- and 20-year averages. The catastrophes of 2020 included Hurricane Laura and the Midwest derecho, as well as multiple wildfires in the Western states.  The most notable events of 2021 included the winter storm in February that left much of Texas without power and Hurricane Ida in August. Calendar year 2022 was marked by Hurricane Ian in September, the deadliest hurricane to strike Florida since 1935. All three of these hurricanes - Laura, Ida, and Ian - are among the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall in the United States. While 2023 did not bring any high-loss large catastrophes, it is worth noting that the losses incurred by insurers during the tornado season from March to June were record-breaking in the history of ISO's Property Claims Service measurements. The upward trend in the number of disasters recorded by ISO's Property Claims Service continues in 2023 - the average increase in the number of disasters was 14% over the last 5 years. In Florida specifically, the high overall claim risk, as evidenced by Ian, combined with the litigious environment in the state poses an even greater risk to insurers who have faced two consecutive years with significant net underwriting losses. In California, the Department of Insurance enacted regulations for wildfire mitigation discounts in rating plans and wildfire risk models in response to an insurance affordability crisis in wildfire prone areas. We continue to provide the necessary coverages and data and analytics to meet the changing needs of communities, regulators and insurers as illustrated by these events.

In response to rising inflation, carriers are working to reset pricing to fix loss ratios and improve profitability. This has slowed their marketing spend for customer acquisition. Until premium pricing adjustments take effect and profitability improves, carriers are refraining from spending to drive new policy volume, creating short term impacts on demand and volume for our Marketing Solutions offerings and auto underwriting solutions. 

Trends in catastrophe and non-catastrophe losses (such as from weather, climate, casualty, terrorism, pandemics, and tsunamis) can have an effect on our customers’ profitability, and therefore on their appetite for buying analytics to help them manage their risks. Any increase or decrease in frequency or severity of these events over time could lead to an increased or decreased demand for our catastrophe modeling, catastrophe loss information, and repair cost solutions. Likewise, any structural changes in the reinsurance and related brokerage industry from alternative capital or newer technologies could affect demand for our products. We also have a portion of our revenue related to the number of claims processed due to losses, which can be impacted by seasonal storm activity. The need by our customers to fight insurance fraud - both in claims and at policy inception - could lead to increased demand for our underwriting and claims solutions. 

In the life insurance market, carriers are looking to modernize and digitize their core platforms, as well as offer streamlined underwriting decision-making process to expand the number of policies, which can be offered more rapidly, and without cumbersome medical tests. Our no-code modular technology stack and advanced analytics (such as using electronic health records to model mortality and detecting of tobacco use through voice analysis) enable the digital transformation of our customers' core infrastructure and automate their decision-making processes across the policy lifecycle.

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Description of Acquisitions

We acquired 13 businesses since January 1, 2021. These acquisitions affect the comparability of our consolidated results of operations between periods. See a description of our 2023 acquisitions below and Note 10. Acquisitions to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K for further discussions.

On April 20, 2023, we acquired Krug Sachverständigen GmbH ("Krug") for a net cash purchase price of approximately $43.3 million including working capital adjustments, of which $3.8 million represents indemnity escrows. Krug is a Germany-based motor claims solutions provider and has established an industry-leading position in the German insurance market through highly digitalized solutions that help insurers and car manufacturers achieve better and faster customer service, leading to sustainable reductions in costs. The acquisition expands our claims and casualty offerings across Europe. Krug has become a part of our claims category within our Insurance segment.

On February 1, 2023, we acquired 100 percent of the stock of Mavera Holding AB ("Mavera") for a net cash purchase price of $28.3 million, of which $4.2 million represents indemnity escrows. Mavera, a Sweden-based InsurTech firm with a regional presence and established customer base for its personal injury claims management platform, has become a part of the claims category within our Insurance segment. We expect that Mavera will support our expansion in continental Europe and our continued growth as a technology and analytics partner to the global insurance industry.

Description of Discontinued Operations

See a description of our 2023 disposition below and within Note 11. Dispositions and Discontinued Operations to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K for further discussions.

On February 1, 2023, we completed the sale of our Energy business to Planet Jersey Buyer Ltd, an entity that was formed on behalf of, and is controlled by, The Veritas Capital Fund VIII, L.P. and its affiliated funds and entities (“Veritas Capital”), for a net cash sale price of $3,066.4 million paid at closing (reflecting a base purchase price of $3,100.0 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments for, among other things, the cash, working capital, and indebtedness of the companies as of the closing) and up to $200.0 million of additional contingent cash consideration based on Veritas Capital’s future return on its investment paid through a Class C Partnership interest.

The Energy business, which was part of our Energy and Specialized Markets segment, was classified as discontinued operations per ASC 205-20 as we determined, qualitatively and quantitatively, that this transaction represented a strategic shift that had a major effect on our operations and financial results. Accordingly, all results of the Energy business have been removed from continuing operations and presented as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. Additionally, all assets and liabilities of the Energy business were classified as assets and liabilities held for sale within our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022. In connection with the held for sale classification, we recognized an impairment of $303.7 million on the remeasurement of the disposal group held for sale, which has been included in discontinued operations in our consolidated statement of operations. Upon classification of the Energy business as held for sale, its cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment within shareholders’ equity was included with its carrying value, which primarily resulted in the impairment. When we closed on and completed the sale of our Energy business on February 1, 2023, we recognized a loss of $128.4 million. As a result of closing adjustments in the second and fourth quarter of 2023, we incurred an additional net loss of $2.7 million.

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Year Ended December 31, 2023 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2022

Consolidated Results of Continuing Operations

Revenues

Revenues were $2,681.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $2,497.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $184.4 million or 7.4%. The growth in our revenues was partially offset by the sale of 3E and our Financial Services segment, both of which did not qualify as discontinued operations and as a result, their prior year revenues of $60.0 million were included in our results. Our recent acquisitions (Morning Data within the underwriting category of our Insurance segment; and Mavera and Krug within the claims category of the Insurance segment increased net revenues by $32.4 million. The remaining growth in revenues of $212.0 million or 8.7% is related to increased revenues within our Insurance segment. Refer to the Results of Operations by Segment within this section for more information regarding our revenues. Our Specialized Market business was sold in March 2022; and our Energy business, which qualified for discontinued operations in the fourth quarter of 2022, was subsequently sold in February 2023. Our Financial Services segment was sold in April 2022. Our Energy and Specialized Markets and Financial Services segments did not have revenues from continuing operations in 2023.

	2023		2022		Percentage change			Percentage change excluding recent acquisitions, businesses held for sale and disposition
	(in millions)
Insurance	$	2,681.4	$	2,437.0		10.0	%		8.7	%
Specialized Markets		—		22.4		N/A			N/A
Financial Services		—		37.6		N/A			N/A
Total revenues	$	2,681.4	$	2,497.0		7.4	%		8.7	%

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues was $876.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $824.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $51.9 million or 6.3%. Our recent acquisitions and dispositions accounted for a net decrease of $16.5 million in cost of revenues, which was primarily related to salaries and employee benefits. The cost of revenues increase of $68.4 million or 8.7% was primarily due to increases in salaries and employee benefits of $51.0 million, rent expense of $6.6 million, bad debt expense of $3.8 million, travel expenses of $3.6 million, data costs of $1.8 million, and other operating costs of $3.9 million. These increases were partially offset by decreases in information technology expenses of $2.1 million and professional consulting fees $0.2 million.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses ("SGA") were $391.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $381.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $10.3 million or 2.7%. Our recent acquisitions, primarily related to salaries and benefits of $24.5 million, contributed to the increase, offset by our recent dispositions and acquisition-related earn out costs, which accounted for decreases of $34.1 million and $16.5 million, respectively. The remaining SGA increase of $36.4 million or 10.0% was primarily due to a litigation reserve expense of $38.2 million associated with an indemnification of an ongoing inquiry related to our former Financial Services segment, increases in travel expenses of $3.9 million, professional consulting fees (mostly related to ERP costs) of $3.4 million, information technology expenses of $0.6 million, and other operating costs of $0.9 million, partially offset by a decrease in salaries and employee benefits of $10.6 million. 

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Depreciation and Amortization of Fixed Assets

Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets was $206.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $164.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $42.6 million or 25.9%. The increase was primarily driven by $44.6 million of depreciation and amortization expense attributed to an increase in assets placed into service to support revenue growth and recent acquisitions of $0.2 million, partially offset by $2.2 million related to recent dispositions. The increase in assets placed into service in 2023 primarily resulted from the timing of certain large internally developed software projects that were completed and placed into service during the year.

Amortization of Intangible Assets

Amortization of intangible assets was $74.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $74.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $0.2 million or 0.3%. The increase was primarily driven by recent acquisitions of $3.7 million, partially offset by our recent dispositions of $3.5 million.

  Other Operating Income

Other operating income was $0.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $354.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The gain in the prior year was primarily driven by the sale of 3E and Financial Services segment recognized in the prior year. 

Investment Income (Loss) and Others, Net

Investment income (loss) and others, net was a gain of $11.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to a loss of $5.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to impact of foreign currencies.

Interest Expense, net

Interest expense was $115.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $138.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, a decrease of $23.3 million or 16.8%. The decrease in interest expense was primarily due to the paydown in the current year of our outstanding borrowings on our Syndicated Revolving and Bilateral credit facilities, and an increase in interest income of $15.8 million, partially offset by interest expense related to the issuance of our 2033 Senior Notes.

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was $258.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $220.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The effective tax rate was 25.2% for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to 17.5% for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase in the effective tax rate in 2023 compared to 2022 was primarily due to tax rate benefits in 2022 related to the sale of 3E and a release of a United Kingdom valuation allowance associated with interest expense utilization. In addition, the tax rate for 2023 was higher than the prior year due to tax charges incurred in structuring the Energy sale in the first quarter and the unfavorable impact of the litigation reserve expense, described above, that is anticipated to be mostly non-deductible.

Net Income Margin

The net income margin for our consolidated results was 22.9% for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to 38.2% for the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease in net income margin was primarily driven by the net gain from dispositions in the prior year, as well as the current year litigation reserve expense described above.

EBITDA Margin [1]

The EBITDA margin for our consolidated results was 53.1% for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to 65.7% for the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease in EBITDA margin was primarily related to dispositions in the prior year, as well as the current year litigation reserve expense described above.

[1] Note: Consolidated EBITDA margin, a non-GAAP measure, is calculated as a percentage of consolidated revenue. A reconciliation from net income to EBITDA is in the table below:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022
Net Income	$	614.4		$	954.3
Less: Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (benefit) expense of $(12.6) and $131.5, respectively		(154.0	)		(87.8	)
Income from continuing operations		768.4			1,042.1
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets		206.8			164.2
Amortization of intangible assets		74.6			74.4
Interest expense		115.5			138.8
Provision for income taxes		258.8			220.3
EBITDA	$	1,424.1		$	1,639.8
Revenue	$	2,681.4		$	2,497.0
EBITDA Margin		53.1	%		65.7	%

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Results of Continuing Operations by Segment

Insurance

Revenues

Revenues were $2,681.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $2,437.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $244.4 million or 10.0%. Our underwriting revenues increased $158.2 million or 9.1%. Our claims revenues increased $86.2 million or 12.3%.

	2023		2022		Percentage change			Percentage change excluding recent acquisitions, businesses held for sale and disposition
	(in millions)
Underwriting	$	1,892.7	$	1,734.5		9.1	%		8.5	%
Claims		788.7		702.5		12.3	%		9.3	%
Total Insurance	$	2,681.4	$	2,437.0		10.0	%		8.7	%

Our recent acquisitions (Morning Data within the underwriting category of our Insurance segment; and Mavera and Krug within the claims category of the Insurance segment) contributed net revenues of $32.4 million, while the remaining Insurance revenues increased $212.0 million or 8.7%. Our underwriting revenues increased $146.6 million or 8.5% primarily due to an annual increase in prices derived from continued enhancements to the content of the solutions within our forms, rules and loss cost services as well as selling expanded solutions to new and existing customers within underwriting solutions. In addition, extreme events, life insurance, and specialty business solutions contributed to the growth. Our claims revenues increased $65.4 million or 9.3%, primarily due to growth in property estimating solutions and anti-fraud solutions.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues for our Insurance segment was $876.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $781.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $94.6 million or 12.1%. Our recent acquisitions and dispositions represented a net increase of $26.2 million in cost of revenues, which was primarily related to salaries and employee benefits. The remaining increase in cost of revenues of $68.4 million or 8.7% was primarily due to increases in salaries and employee benefits of $51.0 million, which was primarily driven by increase in rent expenses of $6.6 million, bad debt expenses of $3.8 million, travel expenses of $3.6 million, data costs of $1.8 million, and other operating costs of $3.9. These increases were partially offset by decreases in information technology expenses of $2.1 million and professional consulting fees of $0.2 million. 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

SGA expenses for our Insurance segment were $391.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $347.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $44.4 million or 12.8%. Our recent acquisitions and dispositions accounted for an increase of $24.5 million primarily related to salaries and employee benefits, partially offset by acquisition-related earn-out costs of $16.5 million. The remaining increase in SGA of $36.4 million or 10.0% was primarily due to a litigation reserve expense of $38.2 million associated with an indemnification of an ongoing inquiry related to our former Financial Services segment, increases in travel expenses of $3.9 million, professional consulting fees (mostly related to ERP costs) of $3.4 million, information technology expenses of $0.6 million, and other operating costs of $0.9 million, partially offset by a decrease in salaries and employee benefits of $10.6 million.

Investment Income (Loss) and Others, Net

Investment income (loss) and others, net was a gain of $11.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to a loss of $4.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to impact of foreign currencies.

EBITDA 

EBITDA for our Insurance segment was $1,424.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $1,303.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The EBITDA margin for our Insurance segment was 53.1% for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to 53.5% for the year ended December 31, 2022. 

Energy and Specializes Markets and Financial Segments

On March 11, 2022, we completed the sale of 3E, which made up the Specialized Markets within this segment. On February 1, 2023, we completed the sale of our Energy business.

On April 8, 2022, we completed the sale of our Financial Services segment.

As a result of these sale transactions, we have excluded the Energy and Specialized Markets and Financial Services segments from our management's discussion and analysis of the results of operations by segment.

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Year Ended December 31, 2022 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2021

Consolidated Results of Continuing Operations

Revenues

Revenues were $2,497.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $2,462.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $34.5 million or 1.4%. Our recent acquisitions (Data Driven Safety, LLC, Infutor Data Solutions, LLC, and Opta Information Intelligence Corp. within the underwriting category of the Insurance segment, ACTINEO GmbH, Automated Insurance Solutions Ltd. and Pruvan Inc., within the claims category of the Insurance segment) and dispositions (the Specialized Markets segment and the Financial Services segment) reduced net revenues by $93.8 million. The remaining growth in consolidated revenues of $128.3 million or 5.8% is related to increased revenues within our Insurance segment. Refer to the Results of Operations by Segment within this section for more information regarding our revenues.

	2022		2021		Percentage change			Percentage change excluding recent acquisitions, businesses held for sale and disposition
	(in millions)
Insurance	$	2,437.0	$	2,206.9		10.4	%		5.8	%
Specialized Markets		22.4		112.8		(80.1	)%		—	%
Financial Services		37.6		142.8		(73.7	)%		—	%
Total revenues	$	2,497.0	$	2,462.5		1.4	%		5.8	%

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenues was $824.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $853.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $29.1 million or 3.4%. Our recent acquisitions and dispositions accounted for a net decrease of $54.9 million in cost of revenues, which was primarily related to salaries and employee benefits. The remaining cost of revenues of $25.8 million or 3.6% was primarily due to increases in salaries and employee benefits of $15.0 million, information technology expenses of $13.6 million and travel expenses of $3.5 million. These increases were partially offset by decreases in data costs of $4.7 million, professional consulting fees of $0.9 million and other operating cost of $0.7 million.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

SGA were $381.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $313.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $68.3 million or 21.8%. Our recent acquisitions and dispositions accounted for an increase of $13.7 million in SGA primarily related to salaries and employee benefits. Our acquisition-related costs (earn-outs) accounted for a decrease of $3.6 million (See Note 10. Acquisitions to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K). The remaining SGA increase of $58.2 million or 21.3% was primarily due to increases in professional consulting costs of $49.2 million, travel expenses of $4.6 million, salaries and employee benefits of $4.2 million and information technology expenses of $0.4 million. The increase in professional consulting costs is primarily due to the release of the previously established Xactware Solutions Patent Litigation's ("EVT Litigation Reserve") reserve once the final payment was made in the fourth quarter of 2021 (the original accrual for this matter was recorded as part of SGA). These increases were partially offset by decreases of other operating costs of $0.2 million. 

Depreciation and Amortization of Fixed Assets

Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets was $164.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $170.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $6.1 million or 3.6%. The decrease was primarily driven by recent dispositions of $20.5 million, partially offset by $13.1 million attributed to assets placed into service to support data capacity expansion and revenue growth and $1.3 million related to recent acquisitions.

Amortization of Intangible Assets

Amortization of intangible assets was $74.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $79.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $5.5 million or 6.9%. The decrease was primarily driven by recent dispositions of $20.1 million, and intangible assets that were fully amortized of $8.6 million, partially offset by additional amortization of intangible assets incurred in connection with our recent acquisitions of $23.2 million.

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Other Operating (Income) Loss

Other operating (income) loss was a gain of $354.2 million for the year ended  December 31, 2022 compared to a loss of $134.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This increase of $488.2 million was primarily related to the net gain from our dispositions within our former Energy and Specialized Markets and Verisk Financial Services segments.

Investment (Loss) Income and Others, Net

Investment (loss) income and others, net was a loss of $5.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to a gain of $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The decrease was primarily due to impact of foreign currencies.

Interest Expense, net

Interest expense was $138.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $127.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $11.8 million or 9.3%. The increase in interest expense was primarily due to increased borrowings and higher interest rates on our Syndicated Credit Facility, and the addition of a Bilateral Term Loan Credit Facility during the first quarter of 2022, partially offset by the maturity of our 4.125% senior notes.

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was $220.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $179.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $40.9 million or 22.8%. The effective tax rate was 17.5% for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to 22.8% for the year ended December 31, 2021. The decrease in the effective tax rate in 2022 compared to 2021 was primarily due to a tax rate benefit in connection with the sale of 3E for which a benefit was recognized for the difference between book and tax basis of our investment. The 2022 rate was also lower than 2021 due to a $30.3 million release of a United Kingdom valuation allowance related to interest expense utilization and a reduced Global Intangible Low Taxed Income ("GILTI") inclusion in the current period versus the prior period, partially offset by reduced stock option exercises resulting in lower tax benefits from equity compensation in the current period versus the prior period.

Net Income Margin

The net income margin for our consolidated results was 41.7% for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to 24.7% for the year ended December 31, 2021. The increase in net income margin was primarily related to the net gain from the sale of 3E and the Financial Services segment in addition to an impairment of our Financial Services segment in 2021.

EBITDA Margin [1]

The EBITDA margin for our consolidated results was 65.7% for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to 47.3% for the year ended December 31, 2021. The increase in EBITDA margin was primarily related to the net gain from our dispositions within our former Energy and Specialized Markets and Verisk Financial Services segments. The net gain from the sale of 3E and the Financial Services segment, which positively impacted our margin by 14.2%.

[1] Note: Consolidated EBITDA margin, a non-GAAP measure, is calculated as a percentage of consolidated revenue. A reconciliation from net income to EBITDA is in the table below:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Net Income	$	954.3		$	666.3
Less: (Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of $131.5 and $(29.7), respectively		(87.8	)		59.2
Income from continuing operations		1,042.1			607.1
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets		164.2			170.3
Amortization of intangible assets		74.4			79.9
Interest expense		138.8			127.0
Provision for income taxes		220.3			179.4
EBITDA	$	1,639.8		$	1,163.7
Revenue	$	2,497.0		$	2,462.5
EBITDA Margin		65.7	%		47.3	%

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Results of Continuing Operations by Segment

As previously described in our “Results of Continuing Operations by Segment, for year ended December 31, 2023 compared to year ended December 31, 2022, we have excluded Energy and Specialized Markets segment and Financial Services segment from the results of operations by segment due to the sale of these two segments. See a description of our 2023 dispositions and businesses held for sale below and Note 11. Dispositions and Discontinued Operations to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K for further discussions.

Insurance

Revenues

Revenues were $2,437.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $2,206.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $230.1 million or 10.4%. Our underwriting revenues increased $179.4 million or 11.5%. Our claims revenues increased $50.7 million or 7.8%.

	2022		2021		Percentage change			Percentage change excluding recent acquisitions, businesses held for sale and disposition
	(in millions)
Underwriting	$	1,734.5	$	1,555.1		11.5	%		5.9	%
Claims		702.5		651.8		7.8	%		5.6	%
Total Insurance	$	2,437.0	$	2,206.9		10.4	%		5.8	%

Our recent acquisitions (Data Driven Safety, LLC, Infutor Data Solutions, LLC, and Opta Information Intelligence Corp. within the underwriting category of the Insurance segment, ACTINEO GmbH, Automated Insurance Solutions Ltd. and Pruvan Inc., within the claims category of the Insurance Segment) contributed net revenues of $101.8 million, while the remaining Insurance revenues increased $128.3 million or 5.8%. Our underwriting revenues increased $91.8 million or 5.9% primarily due to an annual increase in prices derived from continued enhancements to the content of the solutions within our industry-standard insurance programs as well as selling expanded solutions to existing customers within commercial and personal lines. In addition, catastrophe modeling services contributed to the growth. Our claims revenues increased $36.5 million or 5.6%, primarily due to growth in our repair cost estimating solutions revenue and claims analytics revenue related to annual price as well as volume increases. 

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues for our Insurance segment was $781.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $704.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $77.5 million or 11.0%. Our recent acquisitions and dispositions represented a net increase of $51.7 million in cost of revenues, which was primarily related to salaries and employee benefits. The remaining increase in cost of revenues of $25.8 million or 3.6% was primarily due to increases in salaries and employee benefits of $15.0 million, information technology expenses of $13.6 million, and travel expenses of $3.5 million. These increases were partially offset by decreases in data costs of $4.7 million, professional consulting fees of $0.9 million, and other operating cost of $0.7 million.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

SGA expenses for our Insurance segment were $347.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $239.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $108.3 million or 45.3%. Our recent acquisitions and dispositions accounted for an increase of $53.7 million primarily related to salaries and employee benefits. Our acquisition-related costs (earn-outs) accounted for a decrease of $3.6 million. The remaining increase in SGA of $58.2 million or 21.3% was primarily due to increases in professional consulting costs of $49.2 million, travel expenses of $4.6 million, salaries and employee benefits of $4.2 million and information technology expenses of $0.4 million. This increase in professional consulting costs is primarily due to the release of the previously established EVT Litigation Reserve once the final payment was made in the fourth quarter of 2021 (the original accrual for this matter was recorded as part of SGA). These increases were partially offset by decreases of other operating costs of $0.2 million.

Investment (Loss) Income and Others, Net

Investment (loss) income and others, net was a loss of $4.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to a gain of $1.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The decrease was primarily due to impact of foreign currencies.

EBITDA

EBITDA for our Insurance segment was $1,303.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $1,265.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The EBITDA margin for our Insurance segment was 53.5% for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to 57.3% for the year ended December 31, 2021. The decrease in EBITDA was primarily due to the release of the previously established EVT Litigation Reserve once the final payment was made in the fourth quarter of 2021.

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Energy and Specialized Markets and Financial Segments

On March 11, 2022, we completed the sale of 3E, which made up the Specialized Markets within this segment. This transaction did not qualify as discontinued operations per the guidance in ASC 205-20. The Energy business within the "Energy and Specialized Markets" segment was classified as discontinued operations per the guidance in ASC 205-20. Accordingly, all results of the Energy business have been removed from continuing operations and presented as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. On February 1, 2023, we completed the sale of our Energy business.

On April 8, 2022, we completed the sale of Verisk Financial Services, our Financial Services segment, to TransUnion. We did not classify this transaction as a discontinued operation.

As a result of these sale transactions, we have excluded the Energy and Specialized Markets and Financial Services segments from our management's discussion and analysis of the results of operations by segment. 

Quarterly Results of Operations

The following table set forth our quarterly unaudited consolidated statement of operations data for each of the eight quarters in the period ended December 31, 2023. In management's opinion, the quarterly data has been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and includes all adjustments necessary to state fairly the information for the periods presented. Our Energy business is classified as discontinued operations.

	March 31,		June 30,		September 30,		December 31,
	2023
	(in millions, except for per share data)
Statement of operations data:
Revenues	$	651.6	$	675.0	$	677.6	$	677.2
Cost of revenue		216.2		216.9		217.2		226.2
Operating income		294.1		306.0		281.1		250.5
Income from continuing operations		194.4		204.3		187.4		182.3
Net Income attributable to Verisk		56.3		196.9		187.4		174.0
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	1.28	$	1.41	$	1.29	$	1.26
Net income attributable to Verisk	$	0.37	$	1.36	$	1.29	$	1.20
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	1.27	$	1.41	$	1.29	$	1.25
Net income attributable to Verisk	$	0.37	$	1.35	$	1.29	$	1.20

	March 31,		June 30,		September 30,		December 31,
	2022
	(in millions, except for per share data)
Statement of operations data:
Revenues	$	643.6	$	612.9	$	610.1	$	630.4
Cost of revenue		228.7		195.5		195.2		205.2
Operating income		622.8		247.6		253.6		282.5
Income from continuing operations		487.0		173.5		165.8		215.8
Net income attributable to Verisk		505.7		197.6		189.4		61.2
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	3.03	$	1.10	$	1.06	$	1.38
Net income attributable to Verisk	$	3.15	$	1.25	$	1.21	$	0.39
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	3.01	$	1.09	$	1.05	$	1.37
Net income attributable to Verisk	$	3.13	$	1.24	$	1.20	$	0.39

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities totaling $303.9 million and $296.7 million, respectively, inclusive of cash included within assets held for sale. Subscriptions for our solutions are billed and generally paid in advance of rendering services either quarterly or in full upon commencement of the subscription period, which is usually for one year. Subscriptions are automatically renewed at the beginning of each calendar year. We have historically generated significant cash flows from operations. As a result of this factor, as well as the availability of funds under our Syndicated Credit Facility (as defined below), we believe we will have sufficient cash to meet our working capital, human capital and capital expenditure needs, and to fuel our future growth plans.

We have historically managed the business with a working capital deficit due to the fact that, as described above, we offer our solutions and services primarily through annual subscriptions or long-term contracts, which are generally prepaid quarterly or annually in advance of the services being rendered. When cash is received for prepayment of invoices, we record an asset (cash and cash equivalents) on our balance sheet with the offset recorded as a current liability (deferred revenues). This current liability is deferred revenue that does not require a direct cash outflow since our customers have prepaid and are obligated to purchase the services. In most businesses, growth in revenue typically leads to an increase in the accounts receivable balance causing a use of cash as a company grows. Unlike these businesses, our cash position is favorably affected by revenue growth, which results in a source of cash due to our customers prepaying for most of our services.

Our capital expenditures for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were $230.0 million and $274.7 million, respectively. Expenditures related to developing and enhancing our solutions are predominately related to internal-use software and are capitalized in accordance with ASC 350-40, Accounting for Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. We also capitalize amounts in accordance with ASC 985-20, Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed.

We have historically used a portion of our cash for repurchases of our common stock from our stockholders. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, we repurchased $2,762.3 million, $1,662.5 million, and $475.0 million, respectively, of our common stock. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, we also paid dividends of $196.8 million, $195.2 million, and $188.2 million, respectively.

Financing and Financing Capacity

We had total debt, excluding finance lease obligations, unamortized discounts and premium, and debt issuance costs, of $2,850.0 million and $3,740.0 million at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The debt at December 31, 2023 primarily consists of senior notes issued in 2023, 2020, 2019, and 2015. Interest on the senior notes is payable semi-annually each year. The unamortized discount and debt issuance costs were recorded as "Long-term debt" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, and will be amortized to "Interest expense" in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations within this Form 10-K over the life of the respective senior note. The indenture governing the senior notes restricts our ability to, among other things, create certain liens, enter into sale/leaseback transactions, and consolidate with, sell, lease, convey, or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of our assets, or merge with or into, any other person or entity. We have made, and may from time to time in the future make, optional repayments on our debt obligations, which may include repurchases or exchanges of our outstanding notes, depending on various factors, such as market conditions. Any such repurchases may be effected through privately negotiated transactions, market transactions, tender offers, redemptions or otherwise. See Note 15 for additional information on our financing activities.

We have a $1,000.0 million Syndicated Credit Facility with Bank of America N.A., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Citibank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., TD Bank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and the Northern Trust Company that was amended on April 5, 2023. The amendment does not change the current borrowing capacity of $1,000.0 million, but does extend the maturity date to April 5, 2028. Borrowing under the Amendment is payable at an interest rate of SOFR plus 100.0 to 162.5 basis points, depending on the public debt rating. The financial covenants require that, at the end of any fiscal quarter, we have a consolidated funded debt leverage ratio of less than 3.75 to 1.0. At our election, the maximum consolidated funded debt leverage ratio could be permitted to increase to 4.50 to 1.0 (no more than once) and to 4.25 to 1.0 (no more than once) in connection with the closing of a permitted acquisition. The Syndicated Credit Facility may be used for general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and capital expenditures, acquisitions, dividend payments, and the Repurchase Program. As of December 31, 2023, we were in compliance with all financial and other debt covenants under the Syndicated Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the available capacity under the Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility was $995.4 and $5.6 million, which takes into account outstanding letters of credit of $4.6 and $4.4 million, respectively. 

We also maintained a $125.0 million Bilateral Term Loan Facility and a $275.0 million Bilateral Revolving Credit Facility (together the "Bilateral Credit Facilities") that matured on September 9, 2023 and October 2, 2023, respectively. The Bilateral Credit Facilities carried an interest rate of 135 basis points plus the one-month BSBY were used for general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and capital expenditures, acquisitions, dividend payments, and the Repurchase Program. We have had no outstanding borrowings under our Bilateral Credit Facilities during 2023 through the maturity dates. The Bilateral Credit Facilities have not been renewed.

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Cash Flow

The following table summarizes our cash flow data for the years ended December 31:

	2023			2022			2021
	(in millions)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	1,060.7		$	1,059.0		$	1,155.7
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	$	2,746.5		$	301.4		$	(592.0	)
Net cash used in financing activities	$	(3,786.5	)	$	(1,330.2	)	$	(498.9	)

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $1,060.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $1,059.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $1.7 million, or 0.2%.The increase in net cash provided by operating activities reflects an increase in the operating profit of our Insurance segment and lower tax payments in the current year, offset by the disposition of our Energy business in February 2023. Cash taxes paid in the prior year were higher primarily due to the gain on the sale of 3E.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $1,059.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $1,155.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $96.7 million, or 8.4%. The decrease is primarily related to the sale of 3E and Financial Services segment, as well as an increase in tax payments of $310.8 million primarily due to the gain on the sale of 3E, partially offset by an impairment related to the Financial Services segment and the Energy business of $243.4 million and the prior year settlement of our EVT litigation reserve of $75.0 million.

Investing Activities

Net cash provided by investing activities of $2,746.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily related to proceeds from the sale of our Energy business of $3,066.4 million, partially offset by capital expenditures of $230.0 million, and acquisitions, including escrow funding of $87.1 million.

Net cash used in investing activities of $301.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 was primarily related to the $1,073.3 million in proceeds from the sale of 3E and our Financial Services segment, partially offset by acquisitions and purchase of non-controlling interest, including escrow funding associated with these acquisitions, of $451.2 million, capital expenditures of $274.7 million, and investments in nonpublic companies of $46.0 million.

Net cash used in investing activities of $592.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 was primarily related to acquisitions, including escrow funding, of $299.0 million, capital expenditures of $268.4 million, and investments in nonpublic companies of $23.6 million.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities of $3,786.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily driven by the funding of $2,799.8 million in share repurchases, repayments of debt under our revolving credit and bilateral credit facilities of $1,265.0 million, and dividend payments of $196.8 million, partially offset by the proceeds from the issuance of our 2033 Senior Notes of $495.2 million, and proceeds from stock options exercised of $141.9 million.

Net cash used in financing activities of $1,330.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 was primarily related to repurchases of common stock of $1,662.5 million, repayment of our $350.0 million 4.125% senior notes on September 12, 2022, and dividend payments of $195.2 million, partially offset by proceeds under our Bilateral Term Loan Credit Facility of $125.0 million, proceeds from our Bilateral Revolving Credit Facility of $275.0 million, proceeds, net of repayments of debt under our Syndicated Credit Facility, of $380.0, million and proceeds from stock options exercised of $132.5 million.

Net cash used in financing activities of $498.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 was primarily related to repurchases of common stock of $475.0 million, repayment of our $450.0 million 5.800% senior notes on May 3, 2021, and dividend payments of $188.2 million, partially offset by proceeds, net of repayments, from our Syndicated Credit Facility, of $560.0 million and proceeds from stock options exercised of $84.3 million.

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Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations at December 31, 2023 and the future periods in which such obligations are expected to be settled in cash:

	Payments Due by Period
	Total		Less than 1 year		2-3 years		4-5 years		More than 5 years
	(in millions)
Contractual obligations
Long-term debt, current portion of long-term debt, and interest	$	4,191.0	$	126.9	$	1,098.3	$	181.8	$	2,784.0
Operating leases		268.4		33.3		66.7		64.1		104.3
Pension and postretirement plans (1)		12.4		1.7		2.9		2.6		5.2
Finance lease obligations		37.1		15.6		17.2		4.3		—
Total (2)	$	4,508.9	$	177.5	$	1,185.1	$	252.8	$	2,893.5

(1)

Our funding policy is to contribute at least equal to the minimum legal funding requirement.

(2)

Unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $2.0 million have been recorded as liabilities in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes which have been omitted from the table above, and we are uncertain as to if or when such amounts may be settled, with the exception of those amounts subject to a statute of limitation. Related to the unrecognized tax benefits, we also have recorded a liability for potential penalties and interest of $0.2 million.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements require management to make estimates and judgments that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. These estimates are based on historical experience and on other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, goodwill and intangible assets, pension and other postretirement benefits, stock-based compensation, and income taxes. Actual results may differ from these assumptions or conditions.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue based on the transfer of promised goods or services to customers for the amount that reflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Revenue is recognized in a five-step model: 1) identify the contract with a customer; 2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; 3) determine the transaction price; 4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and 5) recognize revenue when or as we satisfy a performance obligation. Revenues for hosted subscription services are recognized ratably over the subscription term. Revenues from certain discrete project based advisory/consulting services are recognized over time by measuring the progress toward complete satisfaction of the performance obligation, based on the input method of consulting hours worked; this aligns with the results achieved and value transferred to the customer. Revenues from transactional solutions are recognized as the solutions are delivered or services performed at point in time.

We invoice our customers in annual, quarterly, or monthly installments. Amounts billed and collected in advance are recorded as deferred revenues on the balance sheet and are recognized as the services are performed and revenue recognition criteria are met.

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Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation cost, including nonqualified stock options, restricted stock, TSR-based performance share units ("PSUs"), and ROIC-based PSUs, is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the awards granted, and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period. The fair value of stock options is measured using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which requires the use of several estimates, including expected term, expected risk-free interest rate, expected volatility, and expected dividend yield. The stock options have an exercise price equal to the adjusted closing price of our common stock on the grant date with a ten-year contractual term. The fair value of the restricted stock is determined using the closing price of our common stock on the grant date. The restricted stock is not assignable or transferable until it becomes vested. The fair value of TSR-based PSUs is determined on the grant date using the Monte Carlo Simulation model and their ultimate achievement is based on relative total shareholder return as compared to the companies that compromise the S&P 500 index. The fair value of ROIC-based PSUs is determined on the closing price of our common stock on the grant date and their ultimate achievement is tied to incremental return on invested capital based on net operating profit. Each of the TSR-based PSUs and ROIC-based PSUs has a three-year performance period, subject to the recipients continued service. Each PSU represents the right to receive one share of our common stock and the ultimate realization is based on our achievement of certain market and financial performance criteria and may range from 0% to 200% of the recipients target levels of 100% established on the grant date.

Option grants and restricted stock awards are generally expensed ratably over the four-year vesting period. PSUs are generally expensed ratably over the three-year vesting period. We follow the substantive vesting period approach for awards granted after January 1, 2005, which requires that stock-based compensation expense be recognized over the period from the date of grant to the date when the award is no longer contingent on the employee providing additional service.

We estimate expected forfeitures of equity awards at the date of grant and recognize compensation expense only for those awards expected to vest. The forfeiture assumption is ultimately adjusted to the actual forfeiture rate.

Goodwill and Intangibles

As of December 31, 2023, we had goodwill associated with continuing operations of $1,760.8 million, which represents 40.3% of our total assets. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are subject to impairment testing annually as of June 30, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. When evaluating goodwill for impairment, we may decide to first perform a qualitative assessment, or “Step Zero” impairment test, to determine whether it is more likely than not that impairment has occurred. The qualitative assessment includes a review of macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, internal cost factors, and our own overall financial and share price performance, among other factors. If we do not perform a qualitative assessment, or if we determine that it is more likely than not that the carrying amounts of our reporting units exceeds their fair value, we perform a quantitative assessment and calculate the estimated fair value of the respective reporting unit. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds the fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized. As of June 30, 2023, we completed our Step Zero impairment test at the reporting unit level and determined it was not more likely than not that the carrying values of our reporting units exceeded their fair values. We did not recognize any additional impairment charges related to our goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets. Subsequent to the test performed on June 30, 2023, we continued to monitor these reporting units for events that would trigger an interim impairment test; we did not identify any such events.

We allocate the fair value of the purchase consideration to the tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed and intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of the purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. Such valuations require management to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets. The estimates used in valuing the intangible assets are determined with the assistance of third-party specialists, a discounted cash flow analysis and estimates made by management. Management’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates. During the measurement period, which is not to exceed one year from the acquisition date, we may record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to earnings.

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Pension and Postretirement

Certain assumptions are used in the determination of our annual net period benefit (credit) cost and the disclosure of the funded status of these plans. The principal assumptions concern the discount rate used to measure the projected benefit obligation and the expected return on plan assets. We revise these assumptions based on an annual evaluation of long-term trends and market conditions that may have an impact on the cost of providing retirement benefits.

In determining the discount rate, we utilize quoted rates from long-term bond indices, and changes in long-term bond rates over the past year, cash flow models and other data sources we consider reasonable based upon the life expectancy and mortality rate of eligible employees. As part of our evaluation, we calculate the approximate average yields on securities that were selected to match our separate projected cash flows for both the pension and postretirement plans. Our separate benefit plan cash flows are input into actuarial models that include data for corporate bonds rated AA or better at the measurement date. The outputs from the actuarial models are assessed against the prior year’s discount rate and quoted rates for long-term bond indices. For our pension plans at December 31, 2023, we determined this rate to be 5.37% and 5.49% at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Our postretirement rate was 4.75% and 5.25% at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The expected return on plan assets is determined by taking into consideration our analysis of our actual historical investment returns to a broader long-term forecast adjusted based on our target investment allocation, and the current economic environment. Our pension asset investment guidelines target an investment portfolio allocation of 60.0% debt securities and 40.0% equity securities. As of December 31, 2023, the pension plan assets were allocated 53.5% debt securities, 40.0% equity securities, 5.3% real estate and 1.2% other. The VEBA Plan target allocation is 100% debt securities. We have used our target investment allocation to derive the expected return as we believe this allocation will be retained on an ongoing basis that will be commensurate with the projected cash flows of the plan. The expected return for each investment category within our target investment allocation is developed using average historical rates of return for each targeted investment category, considering the projected cash flow of the qualified pension plan and postretirement plan. The difference between this expected return and the actual return on plan assets is generally deferred and recognized over subsequent periods through future net periodic benefit (credits) costs. We believe these considerations provide the basis for reasonable assumptions with respect to the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets.

When actual plan experience differs from the assumptions used, actuarial gains or losses arise. We amortize, as a component of annual pension expense, total outstanding actuarial gains or losses over the estimated average expected remaining lifetime of plan participants to the extent that the gain/loss exceeds 10% of the greater of the beginning-of-year projected benefit obligation or the market-related value of plan assets. For our pension and postretirement plans, the total actuarial losses as of December 31, 2023 that have not been recognized in annual expense are $118.3 million and $3.6 million, respectively, and we expect to recognize a net periodic pension and postretirement expenses of $3.6 million and $0.3 million, respectively, in 2024 related to the amortization of actuarial losses.

A one percent change in discount rate and future rate of return on plan assets would have the following effects:

	Pension											Postretirement
	1% Decrease					1% Increase						1% Decrease				1% Increase
	Benefit (Credit) Cost			Projected Benefit Obligation		Benefit (Credit) Cost			Projected Benefit Obligation			Benefit (Credit) Cost		Projected Benefit Obligation		Benefit (Credit) Cost			Projected Benefit Obligation
Discount Rate	$	(0.5	)	$	26.3	$	0.4		$	(22.8	)	$	-	$	0.2	$	-		$	(0.2	)
Expected Rate of Return on Assets	$	3.8		$	-	$	(3.8	)	$	-		$	0.1	$	-	$	(0.1	)	$	-

Income Taxes

In projecting future taxable income, we develop assumptions including the amount of future state, federal and foreign pretax operating income, the reversal of temporary differences, and the implementation of feasible and prudent tax planning strategies. These assumptions require significant judgment about the forecasts of future taxable income and are consistent with the plans and estimates we use to manage the underlying businesses. The calculation of our tax liabilities also involves dealing with uncertainties in the application and evolution of complex tax laws and regulations in other jurisdictions.

We account for uncertain tax positions in accordance with Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of ASC 740, which addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under this interpretation, we may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position.

We recognize and adjust our liabilities when our judgment changes as a result of the evaluation of new information not previously available. Due to the complexity of some of these uncertainties, the ultimate resolution may result in a payment that is materially different from our current estimate of the tax liabilities. These differences will be reflected as increases or decreases to income tax expense in the period in which they are determined.

We estimate unrecognized tax positions of $0.7 million that may be recognized by December 31, 2024, due to expiration of statutes of limitations and resolution of audits with taxing authorities, net of additional uncertain tax positions.

As of December 31, 2023, we have gross federal, state, and foreign income tax net operating loss carryforwards of $69.0 million, which will expire at various dates from 2024 through 2043. Such net operating loss carryforwards expire as follows:

Years Ending	(in millions)
2024 - 2031	$	20.5
2032 - 2036		11.5
2037 - 2043		37.0
Total	$	69.0

The net deferred income tax liability of $179.3 million consists primarily of timing differences involving amortization.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements, refer to Note 2(s) to the audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K. 

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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

We are exposed to market risk from fluctuations in interest rates. As of December 31, 2023, we had no borrowings outstanding under our Credit Facility. On April 5, 2023, we entered into the Fifth Amendment (the "Amendment") to the committed senior unsecured Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent. The Amendment does not change the current borrowing capacity of $1,000.0 million, but does extend the maturity date to April 5, 2028. Interest on borrowings under the Amendment is payable at an interest rate of SOFR plus 100.0 to 162.5 basis points, depending upon our public debt rating. A commitment fee on any unused commitment is payable periodically and may range from 8.0 to 17.5 basis points based upon our public debt rating. A change in interest rates on variable rate debt impacts our pre-tax income and cash flows but does not impact the fair value of the instruments. 

We also maintained a $125.0 million Bilateral Term Loan Facility and a $275.0 million Bilateral Revolving Credit Facility (together the "Bilateral Credit Facilities") that matured on September 9, 2023 and October 2, 2023, respectively. The Bilateral Credit Facilities carried an interest rate of 135 basis points plus the one-month BSBY and was used for general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and capital expenditures, acquisitions, dividend payments, and the Repurchase Program. We have had no outstanding borrowings under our Bilateral Credit Facilities during 2023 through the maturity dates. The Bilateral Credit Facilities have not been renewed.

Foreign Currency Risk

Our foreign-based businesses and results of operations are exposed to movements in the U.S. dollar to British pounds and other foreign currency exchange rates. A portion of our revenue is denominated in British pounds and other foreign currencies. If the U.S. dollar strengthens against British pounds and other foreign currencies, our revenues reported in U.S. dollars would decline. With regard to operating expense, our primary exposure to foreign currency exchange risk relates to operating expense incurred in British pounds and other foreign currencies. If British pounds and other foreign currencies strengthen, costs reported in U.S. dollars will increase. Movements in the U.S. dollar to British pounds and other foreign currency exchange rates did not have a material effect on our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023. A hypothetical ten percent change in average exchange rates versus the U.S. dollar would not have resulted in a material change to our earnings.

Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The information required by this Item is set forth on pages 53 through 99 of this annual report on Form 10-K.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We are required to maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives at the reasonable assurance level.

Our management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this annual report on Form 10-K for our Company and subsidiaries other than our recent acquisitions in 2023 (See Note 10. of our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K). Management excluded from its assessment the internal control over financial reporting of these acquisitions and collectively represents less than 0.4% of total assets (excluding goodwill and intangible assets which were integrated into our systems and control environment) and less than 0.9% of revenues as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023. Based upon the foregoing assessments, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of December 31, 2023, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The information required by this Item is set forth on page 48 of this annual report on Form 10-K.

Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm

The information required by this Item is set forth on page 49 of this annual report on Form 10-K.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We are in the process of integrating our recent acquisitions in 2023 into our overall internal control over financial reporting process. Other than this ongoing integration, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation of such internal control that occurred during the fourth quarter of 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Because of its inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that internal control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework set forth in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013.

Based on this assessment, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective at December 31, 2023.

Management excluded from its assessment the internal control over financial reporting for our acquisitions in 2023 (See Note 10. of our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K). The excluded financial statements of these acquisitions constitute approximately 0.4% of total assets (excluding goodwill and intangible assets which were integrated into our systems and control environment) and 0.9% of revenues collectively included within our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023. Due to the timing of the acquisitions, management did not assess the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting for these acquisitions.

Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the consolidated financial statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K has also audited the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, as stated in their report which is included herein.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Verisk Analytics, Inc.

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Verisk Analytics, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023, of the Company and our report dated February 21, 2024, expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

As described in Management’s Report on Internal Controls over Financial Reporting, management excluded from its assessment the internal control over financial reporting at Mavera Holding AB, which was acquired on February 1, 2023, Krug Sachverstandigen GmBH "SV Krug", which was acquired on April 19, 2023, and Morning Data Ltd., which was acquired on May 25, 2023 (collectively, the “2023 Acquisitions”). The financial statements of the 2023 Acquisitions constitute less than 0.4% of total assets (excluding goodwill and intangible assets which were integrated into the Company's systems and control environment) and less than 0.9% of revenues of the consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023. Accordingly, our audit did not include the internal control over financial reporting at the 2023 Acquisitions.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Controls over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Morristown, New Jersey

February 21, 2024

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Item 9B. Other Information

10b5-1 Trading Plans

During the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023, the following Section 16 officers and directors adopted, modified or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” (as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act):

● Lee M. Shavel, Chief Executive Officer, President and director, adopted a new trading plan on December 4, 2023 (with the first trade under the new plan scheduled for a date on or after March 15, 2024).  The trading plan will be effective until December 31, 2024 to sell 8,000 shares of common stock.

● Elizabeth D. Mann, Chief Financial Officer, adopted a new trading plan on December 15, 2023 (with the first trade under the new plan scheduled for a date on or after March 15, 2024).  The trading plan will be effective until December 31, 2024 to sell 2,000 shares of common stock.

● David J. Grover, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, adopted a new trading plan on December 14, 2023 (with the first trade under the new plan scheduled for a date on or after March 15, 2024).  The trading plan will be effective until April 1, 2024 to sell 6,481 shares of common stock.

There were no “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements” (as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act) adopted, modified or terminated during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023 by Section 16 officers and directors. Each of the Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements are in accordance with our Insider Trading Policy and actual sale transactions made pursuant to such trading arrangements will be disclosed publicly in Section 16 filings with the SEC in accordance with applicable securities laws, rules and regulations.

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections

Not applicable.

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information required to be furnished by this Item 10 is incorporated herein by reference to our Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement to be filed within 120 days of December 31, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”).

Our Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to all officers, directors and employees, which is available on our website (investor.verisk.com) under "Corporate Governance". We intend to satisfy the disclosure requirement under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K regarding any amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics by posting such information on the website address and location specified above. 

Item 11. Executive Compensation

The information required to be furnished by this Item 11 is incorporated herein by reference to our Proxy Statement.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The information required to be furnished by this Item 12 is incorporated herein by reference to our Proxy Statement.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

The information required to be furnished by this Item 13 is incorporated herein by reference to our Proxy Statement.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

The information required to be furnished by this Item 14 is incorporated herein by reference to our Proxy Statement.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedule

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report.

(1)	Financial Statements. See Index to Financial Statements and Schedules in Part II, Item 8 on this Form 10-K.
(2)	Financial Statement Schedule. See Schedule II. Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves.
(3)	Exhibits. See Index to Exhibits in this annual report on Form 10-K.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

None.

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Item 8.      Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule

Verisk Analytics, Inc. Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and for the Years Ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID No. 34)	53
Consolidated Balance Sheets	55
Consolidated Statements of Operations	56
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	57
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity	58
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	59
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	61
Financial Statements Schedule
Schedule II, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves	99

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Verisk Analytics, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Verisk Analytics, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes and the schedule listed in the Index at Item 15 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 21, 2024, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Goodwill – Insurance Reportable Segment - Refer to Notes 2 and 12 to the financial statements

Critical Audit Matter Description

The Company’s evaluation of goodwill for impairment involves the comparison of the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company performed its evaluation of goodwill for impairment using a qualitative assessment or “Step Zero” impairment test to determine whether it is more likely than not that impairment has occurred. If the Company determines that it is more likely than not that the carrying amount of its’ reporting units exceeds their fair value, the Company would perform a quantitative assessment or “Step One” impairment test and calculate the estimated fair value of the respective reporting unit. Changes in the assumptions utilized could have a significant impact on fair value. The goodwill balance was $1,761 million as of December 31, 2023 which was fully attributable to the Insurance reportable segment.

We identified the evaluation of goodwill for impairment of the Insurance reportable segment as a critical audit matter due to significant judgments made by management to determine whether it is more likely than not that impairment of the underlying reporting units has occurred, including management’s judgment as it relates to their evaluation of macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, internal cost factors, and the Company’s overall financial and share price performance, among other factors for the respective reporting units within the Insurance reportable segment. This required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased effort, including the need to involve our fair value specialists.

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How the Critical Audit Matter was addressed in the Audit

We, along with the assistance from our fair value specialists, evaluated the reasonableness of management’s Step Zero assessment by:

● Tested the design and operating effectiveness of management's internal controls over their goodwill impairment evaluation, including those over the significant assumptions used in management's qualitative Step Zero test.

● Evaluated the Company’s qualitative Step Zero test and inputs, including consideration of macroeconomic factors, industry and market considerations, internal cost factors, and overall financial and share price performance, among other factors that could change discount and growth rates, and key performance indicators, such as projected revenue and EBITDA, and performed sensitivity analysis on the key assumptions.

● Performed a retrospective review of current year results compared to the projections used in the most recent quantitative impairment test.

● Evaluated historical data used in developing the assumptions to assess whether the data is comparable and consistent with data of the period under audit.

● Assessed the headroom between the most recent fair value estimate performed as of June 30, 2022 and the carrying value of each reporting unit.

● Held inquires with appropriate management personnel regarding any changes in the Company’s internal structure that could cause its reporting unit determinations to change in the current year.

● Held ongoing inquires with management, the board of directors, and the legal department regarding any changes in management strategy or operations during the year that could potentially affect the drivers of the fair value for each reporting unit.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Morristown, New Jersey

February 21, 2024

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2001.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022

	2023			2022
	(in millions, except par value and number of shares)
ASSETS:
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	302.7		$	112.5
Accounts receivable, net		334.2			290.1
Prepaid expenses		84.5			83.7
Income taxes receivable		23.5			44.2
Other current assets		65.2			32.0
Current assets held-for-sale		-			362.6
Total current assets		810.1			925.1
Noncurrent assets:
Fixed assets, net		604.9			541.5
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		191.7			182.0
Intangible assets, net		471.7			504.8
Goodwill		1,760.8			1,676.0
Deferred income tax assets		30.8			31.7
Other noncurrent assets		496.1			371.4
Noncurrent assets held for sale		-			2,728.6
Total assets	$	4,366.1		$	6,961.1
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	340.8		$	292.8
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt		14.5			1,392.9
Deferred revenues		375.1			321.7
Operating lease liabilities		33.1			29.5
Income taxes payable		7.9			-
Current liabilities held-for-sale		-			282.3
Total current liabilities		771.4			2,319.2
Noncurrent liabilities:
Long-term debt		2,852.2			2,343.2
Deferred income tax liabilities		210.1			145.6
Operating lease liabilities		195.6			189.9
Other noncurrent liabilities		14.6			17.9
Noncurrent liabilities held-for-sale		-			177.6
Total liabilities		4,043.9			5,193.4
Commitments and contingencies (Note 21)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $.001 par value; 2,000,000,000 shares authorized; 544,003,038 shares issued; 143,308,729 and 154,701,136 shares outstanding, respectively		0.1			0.1
Additional paid-in capital		2,872.3			2,720.8
Treasury stock, at cost, 400,694,309 and 389,301,902 shares, respectively		(9,037.5	)		(6,239.5	)
Retained earnings		6,416.9			5,999.1
Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses)		58.2			(731.2	)
Total Verisk stockholders' equity		310.0			1,749.3
Noncontrolling interests		12.2			18.4
Total stockholders’ equity		322.2			1,767.7
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	4,366.1		$	6,961.1

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For The Years Ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021

	2023			2022			2021
	(in millions, except per share amounts and number of shares)
Revenues	$	2,681.4		$	2,497.0		$	2,462.5
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)		876.5			824.6			853.7
Selling, general and administrative		391.8			381.5			313.2
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets		206.8			164.2			170.3
Amortization of intangible assets		74.6			74.4			79.9
Other operating (income) loss		-			(354.2	)		134.0
Total operating expenses		1,549.7			1,090.5			1,551.1
Operating income		1,131.7			1,406.5			911.4
Other income (expense):
Investment income (loss) and others, net		11.0			(5.3	)		2.1
Interest expense, net		(115.5	)		(138.8	)		(127.0	)
Total other expense, net		(104.5	)		(144.1	)		(124.9	)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		1,027.2			1,262.4			786.5
Provision for income taxes		(258.8	)		(220.3	)		(179.4	)
Income from continuing operations		768.4			1,042.1			607.1
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax (expense) benefit of $(12.6), $131.5 and $(29.7), respectively (Note 11)		(154.0	)		(87.8	)		59.2
Net income		614.4			954.3			666.3
Less: Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests		0.2			(0.4	)		(0.1	)
Net income attributable to Verisk	$	614.6		$	953.9		$	666.2
Basic net income per share attributable to Verisk:
Income from continuing operations	$	5.24		$	6.60		$	3.75
Loss from discontinued operations		(1.05	)		(0.56	)		0.37
Basic net income per share attributable to Verisk:	$	4.19		$	6.04		$	4.12
Diluted net income per share attributable to Verisk:
Income from continuing operations	$	5.22		$	6.55		$	3.72
Loss from discontinued operations		(1.05	)		(0.55	)		0.36
Diluted net income per share attributable to Verisk:	$	4.17		$	6.00		$	4.08
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		146,623,989			157,905,718			161,841,441
Diluted		147,336,159			158,928,942			163,338,909

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For The Years Ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021

	2023			2022			2021
	(in millions)
Net income	$	614.4		$	954.3		$	666.3
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustment		768.2			(300.3	)		(46.3	)
Pension and postretirement liability adjustment		21.8			(37.7	)		26.9
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		790.0			(338.0	)		(19.4	)
Comprehensive income		1,404.4			616.3			646.9
Less: Comprehensive (gain) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		(0.4	)		1.1			0.4
Comprehensive income attributable to Verisk	$	1,404.0		$	617.4		$	647.3

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

For The Years Ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021

	Common Stock Issued		Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Losses)			Total Verisk Stockholders' Equity			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Stockholders’ Equity
			(in millions, except for share data)
Balance as of January 1, 2021		544,003,038	$	0.1	$	2,490.9		$	(4,179.3	)	$	4,762.2		$	(375.7	)	$	2,698.2		$	—		$	2,698.2
Net income		-		-		-			-			666.2			-			666.2			0.1			666.3
Other comprehensive income		-		-		-			-			-			(18.9	)		(18.9	)		(0.5	)		(19.4	)
Investment in noncontrolling interests		-		-		-			-			-			-			-			26.4			26.4
Common stock dividend (1)		-		-		-			-			(188.0	)		-			(188.0	)		-			(188.0	)
Treasury stock acquired (2,545,191 shares)		-		-		-			(475.0	)		-			-			(475.0	)		-			(475.0	)
Stock options exercised (1,146,368 shares transferred from treasury stock)		-		-		70.4			13.6			-			-			84.0			-			84.0
PSUs lapsed (50,898 shares issued from treasury stock)		-		-		(0.6	)		0.6			-			-			-			-			-
RSAs lapsed (135,664 shares transferred from treasury stock)		-		-		(1.5	)		1.5			-			-			-			-			-
Stock-based compensation		-		-		55.7			-			-			-			55.7			-			55.7
Net share settlement from PSUs and RSAs (60,101 shares withheld for tax settlement)		-		-		(11.8	)		-			-			-			(11.8	)		-			(11.8	)
Other stock issuances (45,374 shares transferred from treasury stock)		-		-		5.6			0.5			-			-			6.1			-			6.1
Balance as of December 31, 2021		544,003,038		0.1		2,608.7			(4,638.1	)		5,240.4			(394.6	)		2,816.5			26.00			2,842.5
Net income		-		-		-			-			953.9			-			953.9			0.4			954.3
Other comprehensive income		-		-		-			-			-			(335.5	)		(335.5	)		(1.4	)		(336.9	)
Investment in noncontrolling interests		-		-		(0.5	)		-			-			(1.1	)		(1.6	)		(6.6	)		(8.2	)
Common stock dividend (1)		-		-		-			-			(195.2	)		-			(195.2	)		-			(195.2	)
Treasury stock acquired (8,600,963 shares)		-		-		-			(1,662.5	)		-			-			(1,662.5	)		-			(1,662.5	)
Treasury stock share repurchased not yet settled						(37.5	)		37.5			-			-			-						-
Stock options exercised (1,435,076 shares transferred from treasury stock)		-		-		111.9			20.6			-			-			132.5			-			132.5
PSUs lapsed (49,803 shares issued from treasury stock)		-		-		(0.6	)		0.6			-			-			-			-			-
RSAs lapsed (122,340 shares transferred from treasury stock)		-		-		(1.7	)		1.7			-			-			-			-			-
Stock-based compensation		-		-		56.5			-			-			-			56.5			-			56.5
Net share settlement from PSUs and RSAs (99,977 shares withheld for tax settlement)		-		-		(20.7	)		-			-			-			(20.7	)		-			(20.7	)
Other stock issuances (43,241 shares transferred from treasury stock)		-		-		4.7			0.7			-			-			5.4			-			5.4
Balance as of December 31, 2022		544,003,038		0.1		2,720.8			(6,239.5	)		5,999.1			(731.2	)		1,749.3			18.4			1,767.7
Net income		-		-		-			-			614.6			-			614.6			(0.2	)		614.4
Other comprehensive income		-		-		-			-			-			790.0			790.0			0.6			790.6
Investment in noncontrolling interests		-		-		(3.9	)		-			-			(0.6	)		(4.5	)		(6.6	)		(11.1	)
Common stock dividend (1)		-		-		-			-			(196.8	)		-			(196.8	)		-			(196.8	)
Treasury stock acquired (12,849,921 shares)		-		-		37.5			(2,838.7	)		-			-			(2,801.2	)		-			(2,801.2	)
Excise tax associated with share repurchases		-		-		-			(25.2	)		-			-			(25.2	)		-			(25.2	)
Treasury stock share repurchased not yet settled						(37.5	)		37.5			-			-			-						-
Stock options exercised (1,295,815 shares transferred from treasury stock)		-		-		115.5			25.6			-			-			141.1			-			141.1
PSUs lapsed (27,771 shares issued from treasury stock)		-		-		(0.4	)		0.4			-			-			-			-			-
RSAs lapsed (106,613 shares transferred from treasury stock)		-		-		(1.7	)		1.7			-			-			-			-			-
Stock-based compensation expense		-		-		54.0			-			-			-			54.0			-			54.0
Net share settlement from PSUs and RSAs (81,536 shares withheld for tax settlement)		-		-		(15.3	)		-			-			-			(15.3	)		-			(15.3	)
Other stock issuances (27,315 shares transferred from treasury stock)		-		-		3.3			0.7			-			-			4.0			-			4.0
Balance as of December 31, 2023		544,003,038	$	0.1	$	2,872.3		$	(9,037.5	)	$	6,416.9		$	58.2		$	310.0		$	12.2		$	322.2

⁽¹⁾ Refer to Note 16. Stockholders' Equity for discussion related to quarterly cash dividends declared per share

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For The Years Ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021

	2023			2022			2021
	(in millions)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	614.4		$	954.3		$	666.3
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets		206.8			197.1			206.9
Amortization of intangible assets		74.6			142.9			176.7
Amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, net of original issue premium		1.5			1.1			1.4
Provision for doubtful accounts		8.7			7.0			17.7
Loss (gain) on sale of assets, net		131.1			(393.9	)		—
Impairment of cost-based investments		6.5			—			—
Stock-based compensation expense		54.0			56.5			55.7
Impairment of long-lived assets		—			377.4			134.0
Deferred income taxes		52.7			(261.0	)		49.8
Loss on disposal of fixed assets, net		3.8			1.1			0.4
Acquisition related liability adjustment		(20.0	)		—			—
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
Accounts receivable		(83.0	)		(57.7	)		(29.7	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(56.9	)		(8.4	)		(33.6	)
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		26.8			46.6			41.3
Income taxes		(55.8	)		25.6			(5.7	)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		46.5			(21.2	)		(80.8	)
Deferred revenues		81.2			64.5			32.4
Operating lease liabilities		(27.1	)		(43.9	)		(41.3	)
Other liabilities		(5.1	)		(29.0	)		(35.8	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		1,060.7			1,059.0			1,155.7
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions and purchases of controlling interests, net of cash acquired of $8.0, $17.4, and $9.3, respectively		(83.3	)		(448.9	)		(289.8	)
Proceeds from sale of businesses		3,066.4			1,073.3			—
Investments in nonpublic companies		(2.2	)		(46.0	)		(23.6	)
Escrow funding associated with acquisitions		(3.8	)		(2.3	)		(9.2	)
Capital expenditures		(230.0	)		(274.7	)		(268.4	)
Payment of contingent liability related to acquisitions		—			—			(1.2	)
Other investing activities, net		(0.6	)		—			0.2
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		2,746.5			301.4			(592.0	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

For The Years Ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021

	2023			2022			2021
	(in millions)
Cash flows from financing activities:
(Repayment of) proceeds from short-term debt, net		(1,265.0	)		380.0			560.0
Repayments of current portion of long-term debt		-			(350.0	)		(450.0	)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, inclusive of original issue premium and net of original issue discount		495.2			-			-
Proceeds from issuance of short-term debt with original maturities less than three months		-			400.0			-
Repayment of short-term debt with original maturities greater than three months		(125.0	)		-			-
Payment of debt issuance costs		(6.0	)		-			-
Repurchases of common stock		(2,762.3	)		(1,662.5	)		(475.0	)
Net share settlement of taxes from restricted stock and performance share awards		(15.3	)		(20.7	)		(11.8	)
Proceeds from stock options exercised		141.9			132.5			84.3
Treasury stock shares repurchased not yet settled		(37.5	)		-			—
Dividends paid		(196.8	)		(195.2	)		(188.2	)
Other financing activities, net		(15.7	)		(14.3	)		(18.2	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(3,786.5	)		(1,330.2	)		(498.9	)
Effect of exchange rate changes		(10.7	)		(17.8	)		(3.3	)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents		10.0			12.4			61.5
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		292.7			280.3			218.8
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	302.7		$	292.7		$	280.3
Supplemental disclosures:
Income taxes paid	$	276.0		$	324.5		$	175.0
Interest paid	$	111.2		$	134.3		$	129.0
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Deferred tax liability established on date of acquisitions	$	8.7		$	14.0		$	21.0
Net assets sold as part of the dispositions, net of cash sold	$	3,211.8		$	-		$	-
Finance lease additions, net of disposals	$	45.6		$	5.2		$	7.0
Operating lease additions, net of terminations	$	34.3		$	21.7		$	22.4
Fixed assets included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	2.2		$	0.2		$	5.3

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in millions, except for share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)

1.    Organization:

Verisk Analytics, Inc. is a strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry. We empower clients to strengthen operating efficiency, improve underwriting and claims outcomes, combat fraud and make informed decisions about global risks, including climate change, extreme events, ESG (environmental, social, and governance), and political issues. Through advanced data analytics, software, scientific research, and deep industry knowledge, we help build global resilience for individuals, communities, and businesses. We trade under the ticker symbol "VRSK" on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

2.    Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

Our accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates include acquisition purchase price allocations, the fair value of goodwill, the realization of deferred tax assets and liabilities, acquisition-related liabilities, fair value of stock-based compensation for equity awards granted, and assets and liabilities for pension and postretirement benefits. Actual results may ultimately differ from those estimates.

On February 1, 2023, we completed the sale of our Energy business. We determined that the sale of our Energy business met the “discontinued operations” criteria in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Boards (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-20, Discontinued Operations (“ASC 205-20”) due to its relative size and strategic rationale. The consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of operations, and the notes to the consolidated financial statements were recasted for all periods presented to reflect the discontinuation of the Energy business, in accordance with ASC 205-20. The discussion in the notes to these consolidated financial statements, unless otherwise noted, relate solely to our continuing operations.

Significant accounting policies include the following:

(a)    Intercompany Accounts and Transactions

The consolidated financial statements include all of our accounts. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

(b)    Revenue Recognition

The following describes our primary types of revenues and the applicable revenue recognition policies. We recognize revenues through recurring and non-recurring long-term agreements (generally one to five years) for hosted subscriptions, advisory/consulting services, and for transactional solutions. Our revenues are primarily derived from the sale of services where revenue is recognized when control of the promised services is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those services. Fees for services provided by us are non-refundable. Revenue is recognized net of applicable sales tax withholdings.

Hosted Subscriptions

We offer two forms of hosted subscriptions. The first and most prevalent form of hosted subscription is where customers access content only through our online portal (the "Hosted Subscription"). We grant a license to our customer to enter our online portal. The license is a contractual mechanism that allows our customer to access our online portal for a defined period of time. As the license alone does not provide utility to our customer, our customer has no contractual right to take possession of our online portal at any time, and our customer cannot engage another party to host our online portal and related content, it is not considered a functional license under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASC 606"). Our promise to our customer is to provide continuous access to our online portal and to update the content throughout the subscription period. Hosted Subscription is a single performance obligation that represents a series of distinct services (daily access to our online portal and related content) that are substantially the same and that have the same pattern of transfer to our customer. We recognize revenue for Hosted Subscriptions ratably over the subscription period on a straight-line basis as services are performed and continuous access to information in our online portal is provided over the entire term of the agreements.

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The second form of hosted subscription is where customers have access to our online portals combined with software content that is delivered via disk drive/download to our customer (“Hosted Subscription with Disk Drive/Download”) and is offered only on a limited basis. For this form of hosted subscription, we also grant our customer a license to enter our online portal as well as access the software content as needed and act as the same contractual mechanism as described for Hosted Subscriptions. The Hosted Subscription with Disk Drive/Download works in such a manner that our customer gains significant benefit, functionality, and overall utility only when the online portal and the software content are used together. The disk drive/download contains the models while the online portal contains the latest data and research which is updated throughout the subscription period. The models within the disk drive/download depend on the data and research contained within our online portal. The data and research within our online portal is only useful when our customer can utilize it within the models (e.g., queries, projections, etc.) so that they may use the most current information and alerts to forecast potential future losses. The software content is only sold together with our online portal to provide a highly interdependent and interrelated promise and therefore represents a single performance obligation. As our customer has no contractual right to take possession of our online portal at any time, and our customer cannot engage another party to host our online portal and related software content, it is not considered a functional license under ASC 606. Our promise to our customer is to deliver the disk drive/download, to provide continuous access to our online portal, and to update the software content throughout the subscription period. We recognize revenue for Hosted Subscriptions with Disk Drive/Download ratably over the subscription period on a straight-line basis as services are performed and continuous access to information is provided over the entire term of the agreements.

Subscriptions are generally paid in advance of rendering services either quarterly or annually upon commencement of the subscription period.

               Advisory/Consulting Services

We provide certain discrete project based advisory/consulting services, which are recognized over time by measuring the progress toward complete satisfaction of the performance obligation, based on the input method of consulting hours worked; this aligns with the results achieved and value transferred to our customer. The hours consumed are most reflective of the measure of progress towards satisfying the performance obligation, as the resources hours worked directly tie to the progress of the services to be provided. In general, they are billed over the course of the project.

Transactional Solutions

Certain solutions are also paid for by customers on a transactional basis. We recognize these revenues as the solutions are delivered or services performed at a point in time. In general, our customers are billed monthly at the end of each month.

(c)    Deferred Revenues

We invoice our customers in annual, quarterly, monthly, or milestone installments. Amounts billed and/or collected in advance of services being provided are recorded as “Deferred revenues” and “Other noncurrent liabilities” in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets and are recognized as the services are performed, control is transferred to customers, and the applicable revenue recognition criteria is met.

(d)    Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts receivable are generally recorded at the invoiced amount. Unbilled receivables are short-term in nature and expected to be billed within one year. The allowance for doubtful accounts or expected credit losses is estimated based on an analysis of the aging of the accounts receivable, historical write-offs, customer payment patterns, individual customer credit worthiness, current economic trends, reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions, and/or establishment of specific reserves for customers in adverse financial condition. We assess the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts on a quarterly basis.

(e)    Deferred Commissions

We recognize an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if we expect the benefit of those costs to be longer than one year. We have determined that certain sales incentive programs meet the requirements to be capitalized. The incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer, which primarily consist of sales commissions, are deferred and amortized over a useful life of five years that is consistent with the transfer to our customer the services to which the asset relates. We classify deferred commissions as current or noncurrent based on the timing of expense recognition. The current and noncurrent portions of deferred commissions are included in "Prepaid expenses" and "Other noncurrent assets", respectively, in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023. Amortization expense related to deferred commissions is computed on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful lives and included in "Selling, general and administrative" within our accompanying consolidated statements of operations.    

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(f)    Fixed Assets and Finite-lived Intangible Assets

Fixed assets and finite-lived intangibles are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization, which are computed on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term.

Our internal software development costs primarily relate to internal-use software. Such costs are capitalized in the application development stage in accordance with ASC 350-40, Internal-use Software ("ASC 350-40"). We also capitalize software development costs upon the establishment of technological feasibility for a product in accordance with ASC 985-20, Software to be Sold, Leased, or Marketed (“ASC 985-20”). Software development costs are amortized on a straight-line basis.

In accordance with ASC 360, Property, Plant & Equipment, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of long-lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets may not be recoverable, we review our long-lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets for impairment by first comparing the carrying value of our assets to the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of our assets. If the carrying value exceeds the sum of our assets’ undiscounted cash flows, we estimate and recognize an impairment loss by taking the difference between the carrying value and fair value of our assets. In the first quarter of 2022, we reassessed the recoverability of long-lived assets for our Financial Services reporting unit and recorded a $73.7 million impairment. For the year ended 2021, we had a $134.0 million impairment to the long-lived assets for our Financial Services reporting unit including $88.2 million to intangible assets and $45.8 million to fixed assets. 

(g)    Leases

We have operating and finance leases for corporate offices, data centers, and certain equipment that are accounted for under ASC 842, Leases. The lease term for our corporate headquarters ends in 2033 and includes the options to extend for one 10-year renewal period and two 5-year renewal periods.

We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. We consider any contract where there is an identified asset and that it has the right to control the use of such asset in determining whether the contract contains a lease. A right-of-use ("ROU") asset represents our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and the lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As our operating leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available on the adoption date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate was calculated by using our credit rating on our publicly-traded U.S. unsecured bonds and estimating an appropriate credit rating for similar secured debt instruments. Our calculated credit rating on secured debt instruments determined the yield curve used. We calculated an implied spread and applied the spreads to the risk-free interest rates based on the yield of the U.S. Treasury zero coupon securities with a maturity equal to the remaining lease term in determining the borrowing rates for all operating leases. Our operating lease ROU assets include any lease payments made prior to the rent commencement date and exclude lease incentives. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Operating lease transactions are included in "Operating lease right-of-use assets, net", and "Operating lease liabilities", current and noncurrent, within our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in property and equipment under "Fixed assets, net", "Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt", and "Long-term debt" within our accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

(h)    Fair Value of Financial and Non-financial Instruments

We follow the provisions of ASC 820-10, Fair Value Measurements (“ASC 820-10”), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under U.S. GAAP and expands fair value measurement disclosures. We follow the provisions of ASC 820-10 for our financial assets and liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis. We follow the provisions of ASC 820-10 for our non-financial assets and liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value.

(i)    Foreign Currency

We have determined local currencies are the functional currencies of our foreign operations. The assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are translated at the period-end rate of exchange and statement of operations items are translated at the average rates prevailing during the year. The resulting translation adjustment is recorded as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive losses” in our accompanying consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity.

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(j)    Stock-Based Compensation

We follow ASC 718, Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the awards granted, and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period.

Our nonqualified stock options have an exercise price equal to the closing price of our common stock on the grant date, with a ten-year contractual term. The expected term for our stock options granted for a majority of the awards granted was estimated based on studies of historical experience and projected exercise behavior. However, for certain awards granted, for which no historical exercise pattern exists, the expected term was estimated using the simplified method. The risk-free interest rate is based on the yield of U.S. Treasury zero coupon securities with a maturity equal to the expected term of the equity award. The volatility factor is calculated using our historical daily closing prices over the most recent period that is commensurate with the expected term of the stock option awards. The expected dividend yield was based on our expected annual dividend rate on the date of grant.

The fair value of our restricted stock is determined using the closing price of our common stock on the grant date. Our restricted stock is not assignable or transferable until it becomes vested. Restricted stock generally has a service vesting period of four years and we recognize the expense ratably over this service vesting period.

Performance share units (“PSU”) vest at the end of a three-year performance period, subject to the recipient’s continued service. Each PSU represents the right to receive one share of our common stock and the ultimate realization is based on our achievement of certain market performance criteria. We determined the grant date fair value of PSUs with the assistance of a third-party valuation specialist and based on estimates provided by us. The valuation of our PSUs employed the Monte Carlo simulation model, which includes certain key assumptions that were applied to us and our peer group. Those key assumptions included valuation date stock price, expected volatility, correlation coefficients, risk-free rate of return, and expected dividend yield.  The valuation date stock price is based on the dividend-adjusted closing price on the grant date. Expected volatility is calculated using historical daily closing prices over a period that is commensurate with the length of the performance period. The correlation coefficients are based on the price data used to calculate the historical volatilities. The risk-free rate of return is based on the yield of U.S. Treasury zero coupon securities with a maturity equal to the length of the performance period. The expected dividend yield was based on our and our peer group’s expected dividend rate over the performance period. PSUs are tied to the achievement of certain market performance conditions, namely relative total shareholder return as compared to the S&P 500 index ("TSR-based PSUs").

We estimate expected forfeitures of equity awards at the date of grant and recognize compensation expense only for those awards expected to vest. The forfeiture assumption is ultimately adjusted to the actual forfeiture rate. Estimated forfeiture is ultimately adjusted to actual forfeiture. Changes in the forfeiture assumptions may impact the total amount of expense ultimately recognized, as well as the timing of expense recognized over the requisite service period.

Excess tax benefit from exercised stock options, lapsing of restricted stock and PSUs is recorded as an income tax benefit in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. This tax benefit is calculated as the excess of the intrinsic value of options exercised and of the market value of restricted stock lapsed over the compensation recognized for financial reporting purposes.

(k)    Research and Development Costs

Research and development costs, which are primarily related to personnel and related overhead costs incurred in developing new services for customers, are expensed as incurred. Such costs were $36.8 million, $43.1 million, and $47.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively, and were included in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

(l)    Advertising Costs

Advertising costs, which are primarily associated with promoting our brand, names and solutions provided, are expensed as incurred. Such costs were $11.9 million, $14.7 million, and $12.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively.

(m)    Income Taxes

We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method under ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

Deferred tax assets are recorded to the extent these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such determination, we consider all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies, and recent financial operations. Valuation allowances are recognized to reduce deferred tax assets if it is determined to be more likely than not that all or some of the potential deferred tax assets will not be realized.

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We follow ASC 740-10, Income Taxes (“ASC 740-10”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements. ASC 740-10 provides that a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position may be recognized based on the technical merits when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including resolutions of any related appeals or litigation processes. Income tax positions must meet a more likely than not recognition threshold in accordance with ASC 740-10. This standard also provides guidance on measurement, derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition.

We recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits within the income tax expense line in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Accrued interest and penalties are included within “Other liabilities” on our accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

(n)    Earnings Per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) are determined in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share, which specifies the computation, presentation and disclosure requirements for EPS. Basic EPS excludes all dilutive common stock equivalents. It is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS, as calculated using the treasury stock method, reflects the potential dilution that would occur if our dilutive outstanding stock options and stock awards were issued.

(o)    Pension and Postretirement Benefits

We account for our pension and postretirement benefits under ASC 715, Compensation — Retirement Benefits (“ASC 715”). ASC 715 requires the recognition of the funded status of a benefit plan in the balance sheet, the recognition in other comprehensive income (loss) of gains or losses and prior service costs arising during the period, but which are not included as components of periodic benefit cost or credit, and the measurement of defined benefit plan assets and obligations as of the balance sheet date. We utilize a valuation date of December 31.

(p)    Product Warranty Obligations

We provide warranty coverage for certain of our solutions. We recognize a product warranty obligation when claims are probable and can be reasonably estimated. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, product warranty obligations were not material.

(q)    Loss Contingencies

We accrue for costs relating to litigation, claims, and other contingent matters when such liabilities become probable and reasonably estimable. Such estimates are based on management’s judgment. Actual amounts paid may differ from amounts estimated, and such differences will be charged to operations in the period in which the final determination of the liability is made.

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into numerous agreements that contain standard indemnities whereby we indemnify another party for breaches of confidentiality, infringement of intellectual property or gross negligence. Such indemnifications are primarily granted under licensing of computer software. Most agreements contain provisions to limit the maximum potential amount of future payments that we could be required to make under these indemnifications; however, we are not able to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments to be made under these indemnifications as the triggering events are not subject to predictability.

(r)    Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of acquisition costs over the fair value of tangible net assets and identifiable intangible assets of our businesses acquired. Goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives are not amortized. Intangible assets determined to have finite lives are amortized over their useful lives. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are subject to impairment testing annually as of  June 30, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount   may not be fully recoverable. When evaluating goodwill for impairment, we  may decide to first perform a qualitative assessment, or “Step Zero” impairment test, to determine whether it is more likely than not that impairment has occurred. The qualitative assessment includes a review of macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, internal cost factors, and our own overall financial and share price performance, among other factors. If we do not perform a qualitative assessment, or if we determine that it is more likely than not that the carrying amounts of our reporting units exceeds their fair value, we perform a quantitative assessment and calculate the estimated fair value of the respective reporting unit. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds the fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized.

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(s)    Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standard	Description	Effective Date	Effect on Consolidated Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
Leases (Topic 842) In March 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update "ASU" No. 2023-01, Common Control Arrangements ("ASU No. 2023-01")	This update amends the accounting for leasehold improvements in common-control arrangements for all entities. The amendment requires a lessee in a common-control lease arrangement to amortize leasehold improvements that it owns over the improvements’ useful life to the common control group, regardless of the lease term, if the lessee continues to control the use of the underlying asset through a lease.	ASU No. 2023-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted in any annual or interim period as of the beginning of the related fiscal year.	The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Segment Reporting (Topic 280) In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update "ASU" No. 2023-07, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures ("ASU No. 2023-07")	This updates changes the reportable segment disclosure requirements requiring enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. Public entities are required to disclose significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and to disclose how reported measures of segment profit or loss are used in assessing segment performance and allocating resources.	ASU No. 2023-07 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted.	The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Income Taxes (Topic 740) In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update "ASU" No. 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (ASU No. 2023-09)	The amendments in within ASU No. 2023-09 address investor requests for more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. This Update also includes certain other amendments to improve the effectiveness of income tax disclosures	The ASU’s amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted.	The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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3.    Cash and Cash Equivalents:

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash in banks, commercial paper, money-market funds, and other liquid instruments with original maturities of 90 days or less at the time of purchase.

4.    Accounts Receivable:

Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following at December 31:

	2023			2022
Billed receivables	$	317.1		$	273.7
Unbilled receivables		32.2			30.7
Total receivables		349.3			304.4
Less allowance for doubtful accounts		(15.1	)		(14.3	)
Accounts receivable, net	$	334.2		$	290.1

5.    Concentration of Credit Risk:

Financial instruments that potentially expose us to credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents as well as accounts receivable, net, which are generally not collateralized. We maintain our cash and cash equivalents in higher credit quality financial institutions in order to limit the amount of credit exposure. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, a vast majority of our domestic cash and cash equivalents is with TD Bank, N.A., and JPMorgan Chase N.A. The total domestic cash balances are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) to a maximum amount of $250.0 thousand per bank as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had cash balances on deposit with seven and five banks that exceeded the balance insured by the FDIC limit by approximately$171.8 million and $36.0 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we also had cash on deposit with foreign banks of approximately $129.2 million and $74.9 million, respectively. 

We consider the concentration of credit risk associated with our accounts receivable to be commercially reasonable and believe that such concentration does not result in the significant risk of near-term severe adverse impacts. Our top fifty customers represent approximately 45% of revenues for 2023, 41% for 2022 and 38% for 2021, respectively, with no individual customer accounting for more than approximately 3% of revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 respectively. No individual customer comprised more than approximately 5% and 6% of accounts receivable as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

6. Revenues:

Disaggregated revenues by type of service and by country are provided below for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021. No individual country outside of the U.S. accounted for more than 10.0% of our consolidated revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, or 2021.

	2023		2022		2021
Insurance:
Underwriting	$	1,892.7	$	1,734.5	$	1,555.1
Claims		788.7		702.5		651.8
Total Insurance		2,681.4		2,437.0		2,206.9
Specialized Markets		—		22.4		112.8
Financial Services		—		37.6		142.8
Total revenues	$	2,681.4	$	2,497.0	$	2,462.5

	2023		2022		2021
Revenues:
United States	$	2,238.3	$	2,120.1	$	2,057.7
United Kingdom		190.1		169.5		169.0
Other countries		253.0		207.4		235.8
Total revenues	$	2,681.4	$	2,497.0	$	2,462.5

Contract assets are defined as an entity's right to consideration in exchange for goods or services that the entity has transferred to a customer when that right is conditioned on something other than the passage of time. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had no contract assets.

Contract liabilities are defined as an entity's obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the entity has received consideration (or an amount of consideration is due) from the customer. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had contract liabilities that primarily related to unsatisfied performance obligations to provide customers with the right to use and update the online content over the remaining contract term of $375.1 million and $321.7 million, respectively. Contract liabilities, which are current and noncurrent, are included in "Deferred revenues" and "Other noncurrent liabilities" in our consolidated balance sheets, respectively, as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

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The following is a summary of the change in contract liabilities from December 31, 2020 through December 31, 2022:

Contract Liabilities at December 31, 2021	$	349.3
Revenue		(2,497.0	)
Acquisitions		3.4
Dispositions		(61.0	)
Billings		2,527.0
Contract Liabilities at December 31, 2022		321.7
Revenue		(2,681.4	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(3.0	)
Billings		2,737.8
Contract Liabilities at December 31, 2023	$	375.1

Our most significant remaining performance obligations relate to providing customers with the right to use and update the online content over the remaining contract term. Our disclosure of the timing for satisfying the performance obligation is based on the requirements of contracts with customers. However, from time to time, these contracts may be subject to modifications, impacting the timing of satisfying the performance obligations. These performance obligations, which are expected to be satisfied within one year, comprised approximately 99% and 98% of the balance as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

We recognize an asset for incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if we expect the benefits of those costs to be longer than one year. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had deferred commissions of $76.4 million and $69.7 million, respectively, which have been included in "Prepaid expenses" and "Other noncurrent assets" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

7.    Fair Value Measurements:

Certain assets and liabilities are reported at fair value in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Such assets and liabilities include amounts for both financial and non-financial instruments. To increase consistency and comparability of assets and liabilities recorded at fair value, ASC 820-10 established a three-level fair value hierarchy to prioritize the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. ASC 820-10 requires disclosures detailing the extent to which companies' measure assets and liabilities at fair value, the methods and assumptions used to measure fair value, and the effect of fair value measurements on earnings. In accordance with ASC 820-10, we applied the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 — Assets or liabilities for which the identical item is traded on an active exchange, such as publicly-traded instruments.

Level 2 — Assets and liabilities valued based on observable market data for similar instruments.

Level 3 — Assets or liabilities for which significant valuation assumptions are not readily observable in the market; instruments valued based on the best available data, some of which is internally-developed, and considers risk premiums that a market participant would require.

The fair value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and short-term debt approximate their carrying amounts because of the short-term nature of these instruments. Our investments in registered investment companies, which are Level 1 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using quoted prices in active markets multiplied by the number of shares owned, were $1.2 million and $4.0 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Our investments in registered investment companies have been included in "Other current assets" in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

We elected not to carry our long-term debt at fair value. The carrying value of our long-term debt represents the amortized cost, inclusive of unamortized premium, and net of unamortized discount and debt issuance costs. We assess the fair value of these financial instruments based on an estimate of interest rates available to us for financial instruments with similar features, our current credit rating, and spreads applicable to us. The following table summarizes the carrying value and estimated fair value of these financial instruments as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively:

		2023				2022
	Fair Value	Carrying		Estimated		Carrying		Estimated
	Hierarchy	Value		Fair Value		Value		Fair Value
Financial instrument not carried at fair value:
Senior Notes (Note 15)	Level 2	$	2,833.7	$	2,735.3	$	2,342.6	$	2,113.3

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had securities without readily determinable market values of $200.9 million and $201.5 million, respectively, which were accounted for at cost. We do not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the investees’ operating and financial policies or do not hold investments in common stock or in-substance common stock in such entities. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we also had investments in private companies of $30.5 million and $28.3 million, respectively, accounted for in accordance with ASC 323-10-25, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock ("ASC 323-10-25") as equity method investments. All such investments were included in "Other noncurrent assets" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, there was no provision for credit losses related to these investments.

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8. Leases:

We have operating and finance leases for corporate offices, data centers, and certain equipment that are accounted for under ASC 842. The lease term for our corporate headquarters ends in 2033 and includes the options to extend for one 10-year renewal period and two 5-year renewal periods. Extension and termination options are considered in the calculation of our ROU assets and lease liabilities when we determine it is reasonably certain that we will exercise those options.

The following table presents the consolidated lease cost and cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for finance and operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

	2023			2022
Lease cost:
Operating lease cost (1)	$	33.9		$	47.7
Sublease income		(1.7	)		(2.0	)
Finance lease cost
Depreciation of finance lease assets (2)		14.4			12.8
Interest on finance lease liabilities (3)		1.0			0.5
Total lease cost	$	47.6		$	59.0
Other information:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash outflows from operating leases	$	(34.9	)	$	(46.4	)
Operating cash outflows from finance leases	$	(1.0	)	$	(0.5	)
Financing cash outflows from finance leases	$	(15.7	)	$	(14.3	)

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⁽¹⁾ Included in "Cost of revenues" and "Selling, general and, administrative" expenses in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations

⁽²⁾ Included in "Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets" in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations

⁽³⁾ Included in "Interest expense" in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations

The following table presents weighted-average remaining lease terms and weighted-average discount rates for the consolidated finance and operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

	2023			2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (in years)		8.2			8.5
Weighted-average remaining lease term - finance leases (in years)		3.1			1.7
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases		4.0	%		3.8	%
Weighted-average discount rate - finance leases		4.2	%		2.6	%

Our ROU assets and lease liabilities for finance leases were $41.2 million and $34.5 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2023. Our ROU assets and lease liabilities for finance leases were $10.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2022. Our ROU assets for finance leases were included in "Fixed assets, net" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Our lease liabilities for finance leases were included in the "Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt" and "Long-term debt" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets (See Note 15. Debt).

Maturities of the continuing lease liabilities for the years through 2029 and thereafter are as follows:

Years Ending	Operating Leases			Finance Leases
2024	$	33.3		$	15.6
2025		34.1			13.8
2026		32.6			3.4
2027		32.4			2.6
2028		31.7			1.7
2029 and thereafter		104.3			-
Total lease payments		268.4			37.1
Less: Amount representing interest		(39.7	)		(2.6	)
Present value of total lease payments	$	228.7		$	34.5

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9.    Fixed Assets

The following is a summary of fixed assets:

	Useful Life (in years)	Cost		Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization			Net
December 31, 2023
Furniture and office equipment	3 - 10	$	178.5	$	(156.7	)	$	21.8
Leasehold improvements	Lease term		116.5		(63.0	)		53.5
Purchased software	3		59.9		(55.2	)		4.7
Software development costs	3 - 7		1,136.6		(653.0	)		483.6
Leased equipment	3 - 4		105.1		(63.8	)		41.3
Total fixed assets		$	1,596.6	$	(991.7	)	$	604.9
December 31, 2022
Furniture and office equipment	3 - 10	$	199.2	$	(177.1	)	$	22.1
Leasehold improvements	Lease term		118.3		(54.6	)		63.7
Purchased software	3		65.1		(61.0	)		4.1
Software development costs	3 - 7		945.4		(504.5	)		440.9
Leased equipment	3 - 4		64.4		(53.7	)		10.7
Total fixed assets		$	1,392.4	$	(850.9	)	$	541.5

Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 were $206.8 million, $164.2 million, and $170.3 million, of which $165.5 million, $116.6 million, and $111.6 million related to amortization of internal-use software development costs, respectively. Amortization expense related to development of software for sale in accordance with ASC 985-20 was $4.8 million, $7.6 million, and $11.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively. We had unamortized software development costs that had been capitalized in accordance with ASC 350-40 of $482.4 million and $389.1 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We had unamortized software development costs that had been capitalized in accordance with ASC 985-20 of $1.2 million and $51.7 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Leased assets include amounts held under finance leases for automobiles, computer software, and computer equipment.

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10.    Acquisitions

2023 Acquisitions

On  April 20, 2023, we acquired Krug Sachverständigen GmbH ("Krug") for a net cash purchase price of approximately $43.3 million including working capital adjustments, of which $3.8 million represents indemnity escrows. Krug is a Germany-based motor claims solutions provider and has established an industry-leading position in the German insurance market through highly digitalized solutions that help insurers and car manufacturers achieve better and faster customer service, leading to sustainable reductions in costs. The acquisition expands our claims and casualty offerings across Europe. Krug has become a part of our claims category within our Insurance segment.

On   February 1, 2023, we acquired 100 percent of the stock of Mavera Holding AB ("Mavera") for a net cash purchase price of $28.3 million, of which $4.2 million represents indemnity escrows. Mavera, a Sweden-based InsurTech firm with a regional presence and established customer base for its personal injury claims management platform, has become a part of the claims category within our Insurance segment. Mavera will support our expansion in continental Europe and our continued growth as a technology and analytics partner to the global insurance industry.

The "Other" column includes other immaterial acquisitions that have occurred during the period. The preliminary purchase price allocation of the 2023 acquisitions resulted in the following:

	Krug		Other		Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	7.0	$	1.0	$	8.0
Accounts receivable		1.8		0.8		2.6
Other current assets		3.8		0.1		3.9
Fixed assets		0.2		0.1		0.3
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		—		0.2		0.2
Intangible assets		15.1		18.4		33.5
Goodwill		33.1		22.8		55.9
Total assets acquired		61.0		43.4		104.4
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		5.8		2.1		7.9
Operating lease liabilities		—		0.1		0.1
Deferred income tax, net		4.8		3.9		8.7
Other noncurrent liabilities		0.1		1.4		1.5
Total liabilities assumed		10.7		7.5		18.2
Net assets acquired		50.3		35.9		86.2
Less: cash acquired		7.0		1.0		8.0
Net cash purchase price	$	43.3	$	34.9	$	78.2

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The preliminary amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for our 2023 acquisitions are summarized in the table below:

	Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)	Total
Technology-based	5	$	9.9
Marketing-related	2		0.5
Customer-related	13		23.1
Total intangible assets		$	33.5

The preliminary allocations of the purchase price for the 2023 and 2022 acquisitions with less than a year of ownership are subject to revisions as additional information is obtained about the facts and circumstances that existed as of each acquisition date. The revisions  may have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements. The allocations of the purchase price will be finalized once all the information that was known as of the acquisition date is obtained and analyzed, but not to exceed one year from the acquisition date. The primary areas of the purchase price allocation that are not yet finalized relate to income and non-income taxes, deferred revenues, the valuation of intangible assets acquired, and residual goodwill. The goodwill associated with our acquisitions includes the acquired assembled workforce, the value associated with the opportunity to leverage the work force to continue to develop the technology and content assets, as well as our ability to grow through adding additional customer relationships or new solutions in the future. The $55.9 million in goodwill associated with our acquisitions, is not deductible for tax purposes. The preliminary amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for these acquisitions were based upon our valuation model and historical experiences with entities with similar business characteristics. 

For the year ended  December 31, 2023, we incurred transaction costs of $2.5 million. The transaction costs were included within "Selling, general and administrative" expenses in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Our 2023 acquisitions were not significant, both individually and in the aggregate, to our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, and therefore, supplemental information disclosure on an unaudited pro forma basis is not presented.

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2022 Acquisitions

On  March 1, 2022, we acquired 100 percent of the stock of Opta Information Intelligence Corp. ("Opta") for a net cash purchase price of $217.5 million excluding working capital adjustments, of which $0.8 million represents indemnity escrows. Opta, a leading provider of property intelligence and innovative technology solutions in Canada, has become a part of the underwriting category within our Insurance segment. We believe this acquisition further expands our footprint in the Canadian market and supports Verisk in reshaping risk management with valuable business intelligence.

On  February 11, 2022, we acquired 100 percent of the membership interest of Infutor Data Solutions, LLC ("Infutor") for a net cash purchase price of $220.7 million excluding working capital adjustments, of which $1.5 million represents a working capital escrow, plus a contingent earn-out payment of up to $25.0 million subject to the achievement of certain revenue and other performance targets. Infutor, a leading provider of identity resolution and consumer intelligence data, has become a part of the underwriting category within our Insurance segment. We believe this acquisition further enhances Verisk’s marketing solutions offerings to companies across several industries, including the insurance industry. 

The final purchase price allocations, inclusive of closing adjustments, of our 2022 acquisitions resulted in the following:

	Opta		Infutor		Others		Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	0.4	$	17.0	$	-	$	17.4
Accounts receivable		5.2		10.7		-		15.9
Other current assets		1.3		3.8		0.1		5.2
Fixed assets		1.5		0.9		0.3		2.7
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		1.1		2.3		-		3.4
Intangible assets		87.0		83.4		2.3		172.7
Goodwill		141.1		140.3		3.0		284.4
Other assets		-		0.1		-		0.1
Total assets acquired		237.6		258.5		5.7		501.8
Current liabilities		4.9		14.4		0.1		19.4
Deferred revenues		0.2		3.1		0.1		3.4
Operating lease liabilities		1.1		3.3		-		4.4
Deferred income tax, net		13.5		-		0.5		14.0
Other liabilities		-		-		0.2		0.2
Total liabilities assumed		19.7		20.8		0.9		41.4
Net assets acquired		217.9		237.7		4.8		460.4
Less: Cash acquired		0.4		17.0		-		17.4
Net cash purchase price	$	217.5	$	220.7	$	4.8	$	443.0

The final amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for our 2022 acquisitions are summarized in the table below:

	Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)	Total
Technology-based	6	$	48.5
Marketing-related	4		2.0
Customer-related	13		122.2
Total intangible assets		$	172.7

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For the year ended  December 31, 2023, we finalized the purchase accounting for our 2022 acquisitions during the measurement periods in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations ("ASC 805"). The impact of finalization of the purchase accounting associated with these acquisitions was not material to our accompanying consolidated financial statements for the years ended  December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Of the $284.4 million in goodwill associated with our acquisitions, $144.5 million is not deductible for tax purposes. The preliminary amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for these acquisitions were based upon our valuation model and historical experiences with entities with similar business characteristics. For the year ended December 31, 2022, we incurred transaction costs related to acquisitions of $1.8 million, which are included within "Selling, general and administrative" expenses in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Refer to Note 12. Goodwill and Intangible Assets for further discussion.

Our 2022 acquisitions were not significant, both individually and in the aggregate, to our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, and therefore, supplemental information disclosure on an unaudited pro forma basis is not presented.

2021 Acquisitions

On  December 23, 2021, we acquired approximately 96.7 percent of the stock of ACTINEO GmbH ("ACTINEO") with an option to acquire the remaining shares at a future date, for a net cash purchase price of $148.9 million. ACTINEO offers a comprehensive portfolio of services, technology and data solutions to support the entire bodily injury settlement process. With this acquisition, we add ACTINEO's established claims management solutions to our leading data analytics and insurance ecosystem, providing customers with digitalization and medical expertise solutions throughout the entire claims process. ACTINEO is part of the claims vertical within our Insurance segment.

On  November 2, 2021, we acquired 100 percent of the stock of Data Driven Safety, LLC ("Data Driven Safety") for a net cash purchase price of $93.5 million, of which $2.0 million represents indemnity escrows. Data Driven Safety, a leading public record data aggregation firm that specializes in driver risk assessment in the U.S., has become a part of the underwriting category within our Insurance segment. We believe that Data Driven Safety will expand our robust auto insurance analytics, providing insurers with information to further refine underwriting, improve the customer experience and promote public safety.

On  September 1, 2021, we acquired 100 percent of the stock of Ignite Software Systems Limited ("Ignite") for a net cash purchase price of $13.8 million. Ignite, a provider of insurance policy administration systems to brokers, managing general agents, and insurers, has become a part of the underwriting category within our Insurance segment. We believe that Ignite's client focus and deep domain knowledge will fit into our business model providing new and existing clients with access to a broader expert advice and service.

On  June 17, 2021, we acquired 100 percent of the stock of Roskill Holdings Limited ("Roskill") for a net cash purchase price of $22.1 million, of which $4.8 million represents indemnity escrows. Roskill, a provider of metals and materials supply chain intelligence, was part of our Energy and Specialized Markets segment. Roskill’s capabilities reinforce our ability to provide comprehensive analysis across the energy, and metals and mining value chain while adding analysis, data, and insight on battery raw materials metals. This acquisition was excluded from the table below due to the announcement of the sale of our Energy business.

On  March 2, 2021, we acquired a 51.0 percent ownership in Whitespace Software Limited ("Whitespace") for a net cash purchase price of $16.8 million. The remaining 49.0 percent ownership interest in Whitespace will be acquired by us, in three equal proportions over the next three years, at a purchase price determined based upon a fixed revenue multiple and adjusted for any free cash flow shortfall. Whitespace, a provider of digital placing technology to the (re)insurance market, has become part of the underwriting category within our Insurance segment. We expect our investment in Whitespace to enable a seamless real-time quote-to-bind electronic placing and global distribution solution, with straight-through submissions for our customers.

The final purchase price allocations, inclusive of closing adjustments, of our 2021 acquisitions resulted in the following:

	ACTINEO		Data Driven Safety		Others		Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	0.2	$	2.5	$	3.7	$	6.4
Accounts receivable		1.8		1.0		1.4		4.2
Other current assets		—		2.0		1.0		3.0
Fixed assets		1.4		—		0.1		1.5
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		4.2		0.4		1.3		5.9
Intangible assets		48.3		42.1		19.0		109.4
Goodwill		121.9		74.1		39.6		235.6
Other assets		—		—		0.1		0.1
Total assets acquired		177.8		122.1		66.2		366.1
Current liabilities		2.1		2.7		1.7		6.5
Deferred revenues		—		0.4		1.4		1.8
Operating lease liabilities		4.2		0.4		1.4		6.0
Deferred income tax, net		15.8		—		3.7		19.5
Other liabilities		—		21.7		—		21.7
Total liabilities assumed		22.1		25.2		8.2		55.5
Net assets acquired		155.7		96.9		58.0		310.6
Less: Noncontrolling interests		6.6		—		19.8		26.4
Cash acquired		0.2		3.4		3.7		7.3
Net cash purchase price	$	148.9	$	93.5	$	34.5	$	276.9

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The final amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for our 2021 acquisitions are summarized in the table below:

	Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)	Total
Technology-based	5	$	21.1
Marketing-related	3		1.1
Customer-related	13		81.2
Database-related	6		6.0
Total intangible assets		$	109.4

For the year ended December 31, 2022, we finalized the purchase accounting for our 2021 acquisitions during the measurement periods in accordance with ASC 805. The impact of finalization of the purchase accounting associated with these acquisitions was not material to our accompanying financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Of the $235.6 million in goodwill associated with our acquisitions, $161.3 million is not deductible for tax purposes. The preliminary amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for these acquisitions were based upon our valuation model and historical experiences with entities with similar business characteristics. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we incurred transaction costs related to acquisitions of $2.8 million, which are included within "Selling, general and administrative" expenses in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Refer to Note 12. Goodwill and Intangible Assets for further discussion.

Our 2021 acquisitions were not significant and therefore, supplemental information disclosure on an unaudited pro forma basis is not presented.

Acquisition Escrowsand Related Liabilities

Pursuant to the related acquisition agreements, we have funded various escrow accounts to satisfy pre-acquisition indemnity and tax claims arising subsequent to the acquisition dates, as well as a portion of the contingent payment. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, we released $0.0 million and $12.8 million of indemnity escrows related to various acquisitions. At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the current portion of the escrows amounted to $3.9 million and $0.0 million. There were no noncurrent portions of the escrows. The current and noncurrent portions of the escrows have been included in "Other current assets" and "Other noncurrent assets" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets, respectively.

The acquisitions of Infutor Data Solutions, LLC, Krug, Mavera, and Morning Data Limited included acquisition-related contingent payments, for which the sellers of these acquisitions could receive additional payments by achieving the specific predetermined revenue, EBITDA, and EBITDA margin earn-out targets for exceptional performance. We believe that the liabilities recorded as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 reflect the best estimate of acquisition-related contingent payments. The associated current portion of contingent payments were $10.0 million and $29.9 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The associated noncurrent portion of contingent payments were $2.1 million and $0.0 million as of  December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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11. Dispositions and Discontinued Operations:

Discontinued Operations

On   February 1, 2023, we completed the sale of our Energy business to Planet Jersey Buyer Ltd, an entity that was formed on behalf of, and is controlled by, The Veritas Capital Fund VIII, L.P. and its affiliated funds and entities (“Veritas Capital”), for a net cash sale price of $3,066.4 million paid at closing (reflecting a base purchase price of $3,100.0 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments for, among other things, the cash, working capital, and indebtedness of the companies as of the closing) and up to $200.0 million of additional contingent cash consideration based on Veritas Capital’s future return on its investment paid through a Class C Partnership interest.

The Energy business, which was part of our Energy and Specialized Markets segment, was classified as discontinued operations per ASC 205-20 as we determined, qualitatively and quantitatively, that this transaction represented a strategic shift that had a major effect on our operations and financial results. Accordingly, all results of the Energy business have been removed from continuing operations and presented as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. Additionally, all assets and liabilities of the Energy business were classified as assets and liabilities held for sale within our consolidated balance sheet as of  December 31, 2022. In connection with the held for sale classification, we recognized an impairment of $303.7 million on the remeasurement of the disposal group held for sale, which has been included in discontinued operations in our consolidated statement of operations. Upon classification of the Energy business as held for sale, its cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment within shareholders’ equity was included with its carrying value, which primarily resulted in the impairment. When we closed on the sale of our Energy business on  February 1, 2023, we recognized a loss of $128.4 million. As a result of closing adjustments in the second and fourth quarter of 2023, we incurred an additional net loss of $2.7 million. 

The following table presents the financial results from discontinued operations, net of income taxes in our consolidated statement of income for the periods indicated:

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022			2021
Revenues	$	46.8		$	537.3		$	536.1
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)		18.2			207.4			204.1
Selling, general and administrative		33.2			117.2			109.5
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets		-			32.9			36.6
Amortization of intangible assets		-			68.5			96.8
Impairment loss		-			303.7			-
Other operating loss		131.1			33.9			-
Total operating expenses		182.5			763.6			447.0
Operating (loss) income		(135.7	)		(226.3	)		89.1
Other income (expense):
Investment income (loss) and others, net		(5.7	)		7.0			(0.2	)
Total other income (expense), net		(5.7	)		7.0			(0.2	)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations before income taxes		(141.4	)		(219.3	)		88.9
Income tax (expense) benefit		(12.6	)		131.5			(29.7	)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$	(154.0	)	$	(87.8	)	$	59.2

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The following table presents the aggregate carrying amounts of  the held for sale assets and liabilities of the Energy business in the consolidated balance sheet as of the date indicated:

	February 1, 2023			December 31, 2022
Cash and cash equivalents	$	86.3		$	180.2
Accounts receivable, net		187.1			150.8
Prepaid expenses		17.6			17.8
Other current assets		13.8			13.8
Total current assets:		304.8			362.6
Fixed assets, net		165.2			157.1
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		29.7			29.8
Intangible assets, net		625.9			616.9
Goodwill		2,165.7			2,136.3
Other noncurrent assets		18.9			16.3
Total noncurrent assets		3,005.4			2,956.4
Total assets held for sale:		3,310.2			3,319.0
Net impairment of asset group(1)		(227.8	)		(227.8	)
Total assets held for sale, net	$	3,082.4		$	3,091.2
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	77.6		$	68.6
Operating lease liabilities		7.6			6.9
Deferred revenues		207.4			176.6
Income taxes payable		13.6			30.2
Current liabilities held-for-sale:		306.2			282.3
Deferred income tax liabilities		146.2			144.1
Noncurrent lease liabilities		30.0			30.8
Other noncurrent liabilities		2.5			2.7
Noncurrent liabilities held-for-sale		178.7			177.6
Total liabilities held for sale	$	484.9		$	459.9

⁽¹⁾ In connection with the held for sale classification, we recognized a $303.7 million impairment, partially offset by a deferred tax benefit of $75.9 million on the remeasurement of the disposal group held for sale. This impairment was charged to a contra asset account within "Other noncurrent assets" per ASC 205-20, Discontinued Operations.

The consolidated statements of cash flows have not been adjusted to separately disclose cash flows related to discontinued operations. The following table presents selected cash flow information associated with our discontinued operations:

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022			2021
Significant non-cash operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets	$	-		$	32.9		$	36.6
Amortization of intangible assets		-			68.5			96.8
Impairment loss		-			303.7			-
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		0.1			7.6			7.7
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures		(6.5	)		(72.6	)		(59.7	)
Supplemental disclosures:
Fixed assets included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities		-			3.0			5.0

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12.    Goodwill and Intangible Assets:

The following is a summary of the change in goodwill from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023, both in total and as allocated to our reportable segments:

	Insurance			Specialized Markets			Financial Services			Total
Goodwill at January 1, 2022	$	1,454.8		$	117.4		$	475.4		$	2,047.6
Acquisitions		284.4			—			—			284.4
Purchase accounting reclassifications		(0.5	)		—			—			(0.5	)
Disposition of sold businesses		—			(116.5	)		(473.2	)		(589.7	)
Impairment Charge		—			—			(1.7	)		(1.7	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(62.7	)		(0.9	)		(0.5	)		(64.1	)
Goodwill at December 31, 2022		1,676.0			—			—			1,676.0
Acquisitions		55.9			—			—			55.9
Purchase accounting reclassifications		(0.1	)		—			—			(0.1	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		29.0			—			—			29.0
Goodwill at December 31, 2023	$	1,760.8		$	—		$	—		$	1,760.8

Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are subject to impairment testing annually as of June 30, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. When evaluating goodwill for impairment, we may decide to first perform a qualitative assessment, or "Step Zero" impairment test, to determine whether it is more likely than not that impairment has occurred. The qualitative assessment includes a review of macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, internal cost factors, and our own overall financial and share price performance, among other factors. If we do not perform a qualitative assessment, or if we determine that it is more likely than not that the carrying amount of our reporting units exceeds their fair value, we perform a quantitative assessment and calculate the estimated fair value of the respective reporting unit. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit's goodwill exceeds the fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized. As of June 30, 2023, we completed our Step Zero impairment test at the reporting unit level and determined it was not more likely than not that the carrying values of our reporting units exceeded their fair values. We did not recognize any impairment charges related to our goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets. Subsequent to performing the test we continued to monitor these reporting units for events that would trigger an interim impairment test; we did not identify any such events.

Impairments to long-lived assets for the twelve months ended  December 31, 2023 and 2022 were $0.0 million and $73.7 million, respectively, and are included within "Other operating (income) loss, net" in our consolidated statements of operations.  

Our intangible assets and related accumulated amortization consisted of the following:

	Weighted
	Average
	Useful Life			Accumulated
	(in years)	Cost		Amortization			Net
December 31, 2023
Technology-based	8	$	370.2	$	(261.2	)	$	109.0
Marketing-related	6		42.7		(38.7	)		4.0
Contract-based	6		5.0		(5.0	)		-
Customer-related	13		542.1		(190.7	)		351.4
Database-based	8		15.2		(7.9	)		7.3
Total intangible assets		$	975.2	$	(503.5	)	$	471.7
December 31, 2022
Technology-based	8	$	355.1	$	(229.3	)	$	125.8
Marketing-related	6		41.3		(35.5	)		5.8
Contract-based	6		5.0		(5.0	)		—
Customer-related	13		510.7		(146.7	)		364.0
Database-based	8		15.0		(5.8	)		9.2
Total intangible assets		$	927.1	$	(422.3	)	$	504.8

Amortization expense related to intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, was $74.6 million, $74.4 million, and $80.0 million, respectively. Estimated amortization expense in future periods through 2029 and thereafter for intangible assets subject to amortization is as follows:

Years Ending	Amount
2024	$	72.2
2025		63.1
2026		61.1
2027		52.8
2028		45.7
2029 and thereafter		176.8
Total	$	471.7

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13.    Income Taxes:

Domestic and foreign income before income taxes was as follows:

	2023		2022			2021
U.S.	$	1,021.9	$	1,277.1		$	784.1
Foreign		5.3		(14.7	)		2.4
Total income before income taxes	$	1,027.2	$	1,262.4		$	786.5

The components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31 were as follows:

	2023			2022			2021
Current:
Federal	$	226.8		$	247.8		$	123.8
State and local		52.0			64.7			19.5
Foreign		9.0			1.1			3.0
Total current provision for income taxes		287.8			313.6			146.3
Deferred:
Federal		(23.4	)		(43.3	)		20.6
State and local		(3.4	)		(11.2	)		10.5
Foreign		(2.2	)		(38.8	)		2.0
Total deferred provision for income taxes		(29.0	)		(93.3	)		33.1
Provision for income taxes	$	258.8		$	220.3		$	179.4

The reconciliation between our effective tax rate and the statutory tax rate is as follows for the years ended December 31:

	2023			2022			2021
Federal statutory rate		21.0	%		21.0	%		21.0	%
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit		3.7			3.4			2.8
Impact of dispositions		-			(3.0	)		-
UK valuation allowance release		-			(2.4	)		-
Global Intangible Low-taxed Income		1.3			0.4			2.6
Stock-based compensation		(1.8	)		(1.7	)		(3.5	)
Other		1.0			(0.2	)		(0.1	)
Effective tax rate		25.2	%		17.5	%		22.8	%

The increase in the effective tax rate in 2023 compared to 2022 was primarily due to tax rate benefits in 2022 related to the sale of 3E and a release of a United Kingdom valuation allowance associated with interest expense utilization. In addition, the tax rate for 2023 was higher than the prior year due to tax charges incurred in structuring the Energy sale in the first quarter, which are reflected in the Global Intangible Low-taxed Income and Other lines above. Also included in the "Other" line above is the unfavorable impact of the litigation reserve expense of $38.2 million associated with an indemnification of an ongoing inquiry related to our former Financial Services segment that is anticipated to be mostly non-deductible.

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The tax effects of significant items comprising our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of  December 31 are as follows:

	2023			2022
Deferred tax assets:
Employee wages and other benefits	$	49.9		$	54.9
Lease liabilities		55.4			53.3
Net operating loss carryover		9.4			12.0
Interest expense		31.0			31.1
Book/tax energy basis difference		-			112.2
Other		17.1			22.0
Total		162.8			285.5
Less valuation allowance		(5.6	)		(45.3	)
Deferred tax assets		157.2			240.2
Deferred tax liabilities:
Right of use assets		(48.3	)		(44.1	)
Fixed assets and intangible assets		(194.1	)		(223.9	)
Commissions		(18.2	)		(16.8	)
Pensions		(57.0	)		(56.5	)
Other		(18.9	)		(12.8	)
Deferred tax liabilities		(336.5	)		(354.1	)
Deferred tax liabilities, net	$	(179.3	)	$	(113.9	)

The net deferred tax liabilities of $179.3 million consist primarily of timing differences involving amortization.

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Our net operating loss carryforwards expire as follows:

Years Ending	Amount
2024 - 2031	$	20.5
2032 - 2036		11.5
2037 - 2043		37.0
Total	$	69.0

A valuation allowance has been established based on our evaluation of the likelihood of utilizing these benefits before they expire. Other than these items, we have determined, based on our historical operating performance, that our taxable income will more likely than not be sufficient to fully realize the deferred tax assets.

As of December 31, 2023, we have not made a provision for U.S. or additional foreign withholding taxes for any additional outside basis difference inherent in our foreign subsidiaries, as these amounts continue to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations. Determining the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability related to any additional outside basis difference in these entities is not practicable. We do not rely on these unremitted earnings as a source of funds for our domestic business as we expect to have sufficient cash flow in the U.S. to fund our U.S. operational and strategic needs.

We follow ASC 740-10 which prescribes a comprehensive model for the financial statement recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. For each tax position, we must determine whether it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation. A tax position that meets the more likely than not recognition threshold is then measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize within the financial statements. No benefits may be recognized for tax positions that do not meet the more likely than not threshold. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefit is as follows:

	2023			2022			2021
Unrecognized tax benefit as of January 1	$	3.2		$	3.4		$	9.9
Gross increase in tax positions in prior period		0.8			1.0			1.3
Gross decrease in tax positions in prior period		-			-			(0.1	)
Settlements		-			(0.6	)		—
Lapse of statute of limitations		(2.0	)		(0.6	)		(7.7	)
Unrecognized tax benefit as of December 31	$	2.0		$	3.2		$	3.4

All unrecognized tax benefits as of  December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 would have a favorable impact on our effective tax rate if recognized in any future periods.

The total gross amount of accrued interest and penalties for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 was $0.2 million, $0.4 million, and $0.5 million, respectively. Our practice is to recognize interest and penalties associated with income taxes as a component of “Provision for income taxes” in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

We do not expect a significant change in unrecognized benefits related to federal, state, or foreign tax exposures within the coming year. In addition, we believe that it is reasonably possible that approximately $0.7 million of our currently remaining unrecognized tax positions, each of which is individually insignificant, may be recognized by the end of 2024 as a result of a combination of audit settlements and lapses of statute of limitations, net of additional uncertain tax positions.

We are subject to tax in the U.S., various state, and foreign jurisdictions, and are routinely under audit by various tax authorities. With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-US income tax examinations by tax authorities for tax years before 2019. We do not expect the results of current examinations to have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flow.

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14.    Composition of Certain Financial Statement Caption:

The following table presents the components of “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” as of December 31:

	2023		2022
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
Accrued salaries, benefits and other related costs	$	149.4	$	117.4
Escrow liabilities		3.9		0.4
Accrued interest		19.1		16.3
Trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses		158.4		128.7
Acquisition-related liabilities		10.0		30.0
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	340.8	$	292.8

The following table presents the components of "Other noncurrent assets" as of December 31:

	2023		2022
Other noncurrent assets:
Pension benefits	$	121.4	$	89.0
Other assets - prepaid expenses		73.2		50.7
Investments in nonpublic companies		231.4		229.8
State income tax receivable		67.7		-
Deposits and other		2.4		1.9
Total other noncurrent assets	$	496.1	$	371.4

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15.    Debt:

The following table presents short-term and long-term debt by issuance as of December 31:

	Issuance	Maturity
	Date	Date	2023			2022
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt:
Credit Facilities:
Syndicated revolving credit facility	Various	Various	$	-		$	990.0
Bilateral revolving credit facility	Various	Various		-			275.0
Bilateral term loan facility	Various	Various		-			125.0
Finance lease liabilities (1)	Various	Various		14.5			2.9
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt				14.5			1,392.9
Long-term debt:
Senior notes:
3.625% senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(9.6) and $(10.0), respectively	5/13/2020	5/15/2050		490.4			490.0
4.125% senior notes, inclusive of unamortized premium, and net of unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $7.8 and $9.4, respectively	3/6/2019	3/15/2029		607.8			609.4
4.000% senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(1.8) and $(2.8), respectively	5/15/2015	6/15/2025		898.2			897.2
5.500% senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(3.8) and $(4.0), respectively	5/15/2015	6/15/2045		346.2			346.0
5.750 senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(8.9) and $0, respectively	3/3/2023	4/1/2033		491.1			-
Finance lease liabilities (1)	Various	Various	20.0				1.3
Syndicated revolving credit facility debt issuance costs	Various	Various		(1.5	)		(0.7	)
Long-term debt				2,852.2			2,343.2
Total debt			$	2,866.7		$	3,736.1

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⁽¹⁾ Refer to Note 8. Leases

Accrued interest associated with our outstanding debt obligations was $19.1 and $16.3 million as of  December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and included in “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” within our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Interest expense associated with our finance lease and outstanding debt obligations, including amortization of debt issuance costs and original discounts, was $131.3 million, $135.5 million, and $127.0 million for the years ended  December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively.

Senior Notes

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had senior notes with an aggregate principal amount of $2,850.0 million outstanding, and were in compliance with our financial and other debt covenants.

On  March 3, 2023, we completed an issuance of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% senior notes due in 2033 (the "2033 Senior Notes"). The 2033 Senior Notes mature on  April 1, 2033 and accrue interest at a fixed rate of 5.75% per annum. Interest is payable semiannually on  April 1st and  October 1st of each year, beginning  October 1, 2023. The 2033 Senior Notes were issued at a discount of $4.7 million and we incurred debt issuance costs of $5.5 million. The original issuance discount and debt issuance costs were recorded in "Long-term debt" in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and these costs will be amortized to "Interest expense" in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations over the life of the 2033 Senior Notes. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2033 Senior Notes were utilized to partially repay the Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility and for general corporate purposes. The indenture governing the 2033 Senior Notes restricts our ability to, among other things, create certain liens, enter into sale/leaseback transactions and consolidate with, sell, lease, convey or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of our assets, or merge with or into, any other person or entity.

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Credit Facilities

We have a syndicated revolving credit facility ("Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility") with a borrowing capacity of $1,000.0 million with Bank of America N.A., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Citibank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., TD Bank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and the Northern Trust Company. The Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility  may be used for general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and capital expenditures, acquisitions, dividend payments, and the share repurchase program (the "Repurchase Program"). As of December 31, 2023, we were in compliance with all financial and other debt covenants under our Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the available capacity under the Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility was $995.4 million and $5.6 million, which takes into account outstanding letters of credit of $4.6 million and $4.4 million, respectively. 

On  April 5, 2023, we entered into the Fifth Amendment (the "Amendment") to the committed senior unsecured Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent. The Amendment does not change the current borrowing capacity of $1,000.0 million, but does extend the maturity date to  April 5, 2028. Interest on borrowings under the Amendment is payable at an interest rate of SOFR plus 100.0 to 162.5 basis points, depending upon our public debt rating. A commitment fee on any unused commitment is payable periodically and   may range from 8.0 to 17.5 basis points based upon our public debt rating. The Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility, as amended by the Amendment, also contains certain financial and other covenants that, among other things, impose certain restrictions on indebtedness, liens, investments, and capital expenditures. These covenants place restrictions on mergers, asset sales, sale/leaseback transactions, and certain transactions with affiliates. The financial covenants require that, at the end of any fiscal quarter, we have a consolidated funded debt leverage ratio of less than 3.75 to 1.0. At our election, the maximum consolidated funded debt leverage ratio could be permitted to increase to 4.50 to 1.0 (no more than once) and to 4.25 to 1.0 (no more than once) in connection with the closing of a permitted acquisition. The Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility  may be used for general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and capital expenditures, acquisitions, dividend payments, and the Repurchase Program. In connection with the Amendment, we incurred additional debt issuance costs of $1.2 million, which will be amortized to "Interest expense" within the accompanying consolidated statements of operations over the remaining life of the Credit Facility.

We also maintained a $125.0 million Bilateral Term Loan Facility and a $275.0 million Bilateral Credit Facility (together the "Bilateral Credit Facilities") that matured on September 9, 2023 and October 2, 2023, respectively. The Bilateral Credit Facilities carried an interest rate of 135 basis points plus the one-month BSBY and were used for general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and capital expenditures, acquisitions, dividend payments, and the Repurchase Program. We have had no outstanding borrowings under our Bilateral Credit Facilities during 2023 through the maturity dates. The Bilateral Credit Facilities have not been renewed. 

Debt Maturities

The following table reflects our debt maturities:

Years Ending	Amount
2024	$	14.4
2025		913.3
2026		2.9
2027		2.3
2028		1.4
2029 and thereafter		1,950.0
Total	$	2,884.3

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16.    Stockholders’ Equity:

We have 2,000,000,000 shares of authorized common stock as of December 31, 2023 and 2022. The common shares have rights to any dividend declared by our Board of Directors, subject to any preferential or other rights of any outstanding preferred stock, and voting rights to elect all eleven members of our Board of Directors. At December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, the adjusted closing price of our common stock was $238.86, $176.42, and $228.73 per share, respectively.

We have 80,000,000 shares of authorized preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. The preferred shares have preferential rights over the common shares with respect to dividends and net distribution upon liquidation. We did not issue any preferred shares as of  December 31, 2023 and 2022.

On February 14, 2023, April 25, 2023, July 26, 2023, and October 25, 2023, our board approved a cash dividend of $0.34 per share of common stock issued and outstanding to the holders of record as of March 15, 2023,  June 15, 2023, September 15, 2023, and December 15, 2023, respectively. Cash dividends of $196.8 million and $195.2 million were paid during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and recorded as a reduction to retained earnings, respectively.

Share Repurchase Program

In  December 2022 and  March 2023, we entered into Accelerated Share Repurchase ("ASR") agreements (the  "December 2022 ASR Agreement" and  "March 2023 ASR Agreement," respectively) to repurchase shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $250.0 million and $2.5 billion, respectively, with Bank of America, N.A., with respect to the  December 2022 ASR agreement and Citibank, N.A., and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC with respect to the  March 2023 ASR agreements. Each ASR agreement is accounted for as a treasury stock transaction and forward stock purchase agreement indexed to our common stock. The forward stock purchase agreement is classified as an equity instrument under ASC 815-40, Contracts in Entity's Own Equity ("ASC 815-40") and deemed to have a fair value of zero at the respective effective date. Upon payment of the aggregate purchase prices on  December 14, 2022 and  March 7, 2023, we received initial deliveries of an aggregate of 1,168,224 and 10,655,301 shares of our common stock, respectively. Upon the final settlement of the ASR agreements in  February 2023 and December 2023, we received additional shares of 247,487 and 865,232, respectively, as determined based on the volume weighted average share price of our common stock of $176.68 and $217.00, respectively, during the terms of the ASR agreements, minus an agreed upon discount. The aggregate purchase price was recorded as a reduction to stockholders' equity in our consolidated statements of changes in stockholders' equity for the year ended December 31, 2023. These repurchases for the year ended December 31, 2023 resulted in a reduction of outstanding shares used to calculate the weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per share ("EPS").

In December 2023, we entered into an additional ASR agreement to repurchase shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $250.0 million with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. The ASR agreement is accounted for as a treasury stock transaction and a forward stock purchase agreement indexed to our common stock. Upon the payment of the aggregate purchase price of $250.0 million on December 14, 2023, we received 873,479 shares of our common stock at an initial price of $243.28 per share, representing an initial delivery of approximately 85 percent of the aggregate purchase price. Upon the final settlement of this ASR agreement in February 2024, we received 178,227 additional shares as determined by the daily volume weighted average share price of our common stock of $237.71 during the term of this ASR agreement.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, we repurchased 12,849,921 shares of common stock as part of the Repurchase Program, inclusive of the ASRs and open market repurchases, at a weighted average price of $219.96 per share. We utilized cash received from the sale of our Energy business. As of December 31, 2023, we had $641.5 million available to repurchase shares through our Repurchase Program, inclusive of the $3.0 billion authorization to repurchase shares of our common stock.

Treasury Stock

As of December 31, 2023, our treasury stock consisted of 400,694,309 shares of common stock. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, we transferred 1,457,514, 1,650,460, and 1,379,304 shares of common stock, from the treasury shares at a weighted average price of $19.50, $14.25, and $11.78 per share, respectively.

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Earnings Per Share 

The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of our basic and diluted EPS computations for the years ended December 31: 

	2023			2022			2021
	(In millions, except for share and per share data)
Numerator used in basic and diluted EPS:
Income from continuing operations	$	768.4		$	1,042.1		$	607.1
Less: Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests		0.2			(0.4	)		(0.1	)
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax		(154.0	)		(87.8	)		59.2
Net income attributable to Verisk	$	614.6		$	953.9		$	666.2
Denominator:
Weighted average number of common shares used in basic EPS		146,623,989			157,905,718			161,841,441
Effect of dilutive shares:
Potential common shares issuable from stock options and stock-based awards		712,170			1,023,224			1,497,468
Weighted average number of common shares and dilutive potential common shares used in diluted EPS		147,336,159			158,928,942			163,338,909

The potential shares of common stock that were excluded from diluted EPS were 540,221, 1,350,159, and 620,241 at December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively, because the effect of including those potential shares was anti-dilutive.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses

The following is a summary of accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) as of December 31:

	2023			2022
Foreign currency translation adjustment	$	130.7		$	(636.9	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment, net of tax		(72.5	)		(94.3	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses)	$	58.2		$	(731.2	)

The before tax and after tax amounts of other comprehensive (loss) income for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 are summarized below:

				Tax Benefit
	Before Tax			(Expense)			After Tax
December 31, 2023
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to Verisk	$	67.0		$	—		$	67.0
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests		0.6			—			0.6
Cumulative translation adjustment recognized upon deconsolidation of the Energy business		700.6			—			700.6
Foreign currency translation adjustment		768.2			—			768.2
Pension and postretirement adjustment before reclassifications		35.1			(8.9	)		26.2
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) (1)		(5.8	)		1.4			(4.4	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment		29.3			(7.5	)		21.8
Total other comprehensive income	$	797.5		$	(7.5	)	$	790.0
December 31, 2022
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to Verisk	$	(298.9	)	$	—		$	(298.9	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests		(1.4	)		—			(1.4	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(300.3	)		—			(300.3	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment before reclassifications		(45.7	)		13.5			(32.2	)
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) (1)		(4.4	)		(1.1	)		(5.5	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment		(50.1	)		12.4			(37.7	)
Total other comprehensive loss	$	(350.4	)	$	12.4		$	(338.0	)
December 31, 2021
Foreign currency translation adjustment	$	(45.8	)	$	—		$	(45.8	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests		(0.5	)		—			(0.5	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(46.3	)		—			(46.3	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment before reclassifications	39.8				(9.8	)		30.0
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) (1)		(4.1	)		1.0			(3.1	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment		35.7			(8.8	)		26.9
Total other comprehensive loss	$	(10.6	)	$	(8.8	)	$	(19.4	)

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⁽¹⁾  These accumulated other comprehensive loss components, before tax, are included under “Cost of revenues” and “Selling, general and administrative” in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. These components are also included in the computation of net periodic (benefit) cost (See Note 18. Pension and Postretirement Benefits for additional details).

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17.    Compensation Plans:

KSOP

We have established the KSOP for the benefit of eligible employees in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The KSOP includes both an employee savings component and an employee stock ownership component. The purpose of the combined plan is to enable our employees to participate in a tax-deferred savings arrangement under Internal Revenue Service Code Sections 401(a) and 401(k) (the “Code”), and to provide our employees equity participation through the employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) accounts.

Under the KSOP, eligible employees may make pre-tax and after-tax cash contributions as a percentage of their compensation, subject to certain limitations under the applicable provisions of the Code. The maximum pre-tax contribution that can be made to the 401(k) account as determined under the provisions of Code Section 401(g) is $22.5 thousand for 2023, $20.5 thousand for 2022 and $19.5 thousand for 2021. Certain eligible participants (age 50 and older) may contribute an additional $7.5 thousand on a pre-tax basis for 2023, and $6.5 thousand for 2022 and 2021. After-tax contributions are limited to 10.0% of a participant’s compensation. Effective January 1, 2019, we increased the matching contributions to 100.0% of the first 6.0% of the participant’s contribution. The 401(k) matching contributions under the KSOP for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, were $32.4 million, $40.0 million, and $33.7 million, respectively; which, at our option, were funded in cash.

In 2005, we established the ISO Profit Sharing Plan (the “Profit Sharing Plan”), a defined contribution plan, to replace the qualified pension plan for all eligible employees hired on or after March 1, 2005. The Profit Sharing Plan is a component of the KSOP. Eligible employees participated in the Profit Sharing Plan if they completed 1,000 hours of service each plan year and were employed on December 31 of that year. We can make a discretionary contribution to the Profit Sharing Plan based on our annual performance. Participants vest once they have completed four years and 1,000 hours of service. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, there were no profit sharing contributions.

Equity Compensation Plans

All of our outstanding stock options, restricted stock awards, deferred stock units, and PSUs are covered under our 2021 Incentive Plan, or our 2013 Incentive Plan. Awards under our 2021 Incentive Plan may include one or more of the following types: (i) stock options (both nonqualified and incentive stock options), (ii) stock appreciation rights, (iii) restricted stock, (iv) restricted stock units, (v) performance awards, (vi) other share-based awards and (vii) cash. Employees, non-employee directors, and consultants are eligible for awards under our 2021 Incentive Plan. We transferred common stock under these plans from our treasury shares. As of December 31, 2023, there were 13,441,921 shares of common stock reserved and available for future issuance under our 2021 Incentive Plan. Cash received from stock option exercises for December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $141.9 million and $132.5 million, respectively. We issued common stock under these plans from our treasury shares. We have granted equity awards to key employees and directors. The ultimate realization of the PSUs may range from 0% to 200% of the recipient’s target levels established on the grant date. 

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A summary of the status of the stock options, restricted stock, and PSUs awarded under our 2021 Incentive Plan as of December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 and changes during the years is presented below.

	Stock Option							Restricted Stock					PSU
											Weighted						Weighted
				Weighted							Average						Average
				Average		Aggregate					Grant Date						Grant Date
	Number			Exercise		Intrinsic		Number			Fair Value		Number				Fair Value
	of Options			Price		Value		of Shares			Per Share		of Shares				Per Share
						(in millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2021		5,611,777		$	98.28	$	613.4		390,054		$	131.63		145,609			$	170.75
Granted		750,822		$	189.29				162,378		$	189.23		59,144			$	210.07
Dividend reinvestment		—		$	—				—		$	—		980				N/A
Exercised or lapsed		(1,146,422	)	$	73.30	$	147.6		(173,726	)	$	120.94		(42,610	)		$	140.70
Canceled, expired or forfeited		(149,079	)	$	155.40				(27,202	)	$	157.79		—			$	—
Outstanding at December 31, 2021		5,067,098		$	115.73	$	572.6		351,504		$	161.33		163,123			$	192.99
Granted		653,802		$	196.64				201,617		$	193.33		111,333			$	168.63
Dividend reinvestment		—		$	—				—		$	—		1,371				N/A
Exercised or lapsed		(1,435,673	)	$	92.38	$	129.1		(205,407	)	$	157.22		(54,927	)		$	174.42
Canceled, expired or forfeited		(261,411	)	$	181.48				(40,139	)	$	182.35		(21,406	)		$	202.55
Outstanding at December 31, 2022		4,023,816		$	132.90	$	193.3		307,575		$	182.07		199,494			$	195.34
Granted		211,945		$	185.29				194,236		$	185.22		48,486			$	212.86
Dividend reinvestment		—		$	—				—		$	—		1,142				N/A
Exercised or lapsed		(1,295,815	)	$	108.85	$	118.1		(178,602	)	$	179.39		(45,997	)		$	192.93
Canceled, expired or forfeited		(227,436	)	$	187.56				(32,170	)	$	183.25		(21,889	)		$	207.27
Outstanding at December 31, 2023		2,712,510		$	143.91	$	257.6		291,039		$	186.28		181,236			$	199.62
Exercisable at December 31, 2023		1,947,253		$	127.43	$	217.0
Exercisable at December 31, 2022		2,702,075		$	110.02	$	182.6
Nonvested at December 31, 2023		765,257							291,039					181,236
Expected to vest at December 31, 2023		643,367							252,146					223,629		(1)

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⁽¹⁾   Includes estimated performance achievement

The fair value of our stock options granted was estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option valuation model that uses the weighted-average assumptions noted in the following table during the years ended December 31:

	2023			2022			2021
Expected volatility		27.28	%		25.33	%		23.66	%
Risk-free interest rate		3.77	%		1.55	%		0.39	%
Expected term in years		4.0			4.2			4.3
Dividend yield		0.66	%		0.60	%		0.63	%
Weighted average grant date fair value per stock option	$	48.14		$	42.25		$	35.15

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A summary of the status of our nonvested options and changes are presented below:

	Number of Options			Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
Nonvested balance at January 1, 2021		2,117,613		$	23.39
Granted		750,822		$	35.15
Vested		(825,850	)	$	21.62
Cancelled or expired		(149,079	)	$	27.54
Nonvested balance at December 31, 2021		1,893,506		$	28.49
Granted		653,802		$	42.25
Vested		(964,156	)	$	22.97
Cancelled or expired		(261,411	)	$	35.23
Nonvested balance at December 31, 2022		1,321,741		$	34.65
Granted		211,945		$	52.69
Vested		(540,993	)	$	33.08
Cancelled or expired		(227,436	)	$	38.03
Nonvested balance at December 31, 2023		765,257		$	39.74

Intrinsic value for stock options is calculated based on the exercise price of the underlying awards and the quoted price of our common stock as of the reporting date. Excess tax benefits of $20.6 million, $26.5 million, and $35.9 million from exercised stock options were recorded as income tax benefit in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 was $54.0 million, $56.5 million, and $55.7 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, the weighted average remaining contractual terms were 5.6 years and 4.8 years for outstanding and exercisable stock options, respectively. As of December 31, 2022 the weighted average remaining contractual terms were 5.9 years and 4.9 years for outstanding and exercisable stock options, respectively.

As of December 31, 2023, there was $76.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost, exclusive of the impact of vesting upon retirement eligibility, related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under our 2021 and 2013 Incentive Plans. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.18 years.

Our U.K. Sharesave Plan offers qualifying employees in the United Kingdom the opportunity to own shares of our common stock. Employees who elect to participate are granted stock options, of which the exercise price is equal to the average of the closing price on the five trading days immediately preceding the plan invitation date discounted by 5%, and enter into a savings contract, the proceeds of which are then used to exercise the options upon the three-year maturity of the savings contract. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, we granted 5,144, 9,370 and 11,254 stock options under the U.K. Sharesave Plan at a discounted exercise price of $227.65, $178.26, and $166.16, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, there were 441,528 shares of common stock reserved and available for future issuance under our U.K. Sharesave Plan.

We also offer eligible employees the opportunity to participate in an ESPP. Under our ESPP, participating employees may authorize payroll deductions of up to 20.0% of their regular base salary and up to 50.0% of their short-term incentive compensation, both of which in total may not exceed $25.0 thousand in any calendar year, to purchase shares of our common stock at a 5.0% discount of its fair market value at the time of purchase. In accordance with ASC 718, our ESPP is noncompensatory as the purchase discount is 5.0% or less from the fair market value, substantially all employees that meet limited employment qualifications may participate, and it incorporates no option features. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, we issued 18,636, 30,398, and 33,974 shares of common stock at a weighted average discounted price of $209.68, $174.66, and $181.77, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, there were 1,177,258 shares of common stock reserved and available for future issuance under our ESPP.

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18.    Pension and Postretirement Benefits:

We have a frozen qualified defined benefit pension plan for certain of our employees through membership in the Pension Plan for Insurance Organizations (the “Pension Plan”), a multiple-employer trust. Prior to the freeze, we applied a cash balance formula to determine future benefits. Under the cash balance formula, each participant has an account, which was credited annually based on salary rates determined by years of service, as well as the interest earned on the previous year-end cash balance. We also have a non-qualified frozen supplemental cash balance plan (“SERP”) for certain employees. Our SERP is funded from our general assets. We contributed $1.7 million to our SERP in 2023 and $0.8 million in 2022, respectively, and expect to contribute $1.0 million in 2024.

Our Pension Plan’s funding policy is to contribute annually at an amount between the minimum funding requirements set forth in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the maximum amount that can be deducted for federal income tax purposes. No minimum contribution requirement was and is expected for 2023 and 2022, respectively.

We also provide certain healthcare and life insurance benefits for both active and retired employees. The Postretirement Health and Life Insurance Plan (the “Postretirement Plan”), which has been frozen, is contributory, requiring participants to pay a stated percentage of the premium for coverage. We do not expect to contribute to our Postretirement Plan in 2024.

The following table sets forth the changes in the benefit obligations and the plan assets, the funded status of the Pension Plan, SERP, and Postretirement Plan, and the amounts recognized in our consolidated balance sheets at December 31:

	Pension Plan and SERP						Postretirement Plan
	2023			2022			2023			2022
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at January 1	$	330.9		$	431.7		$	4.2		$	6.0
Interest cost		17.1			14.7			0.2			0.1
Actuarial (gain) loss		(0.8	)		(86.6	)		1.1			(0.4	)
Plan participants’ contributions		—			—			1.3			1.3
Benefits paid		(29.4	)		(28.9	)		(2.7	)		(2.8	)
Benefit obligation at December 31	$	317.8		$	330.9		$	4.1		$	4.2
Accumulated benefit obligation at December 31	$	317.8		$	330.9
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at January 1	$	406.3		$	546.2		$	7.6		$	9.5
Actuarial gain (loss)		47.3			(111.8	)		0.4			(1.1	)
Employer contributions, net		1.7			0.8			1.5			0.7
Plan participants’ contributions		—			—			1.3			1.3
Benefits paid		(29.4	)		(28.9	)		(2.7	)		(2.8	)
Fair value of plan assets at December 31	$	425.9		$	406.3		$	8.1		$	7.6
Funded status at December 31	$	(108.1	)	$	(75.4	)	$	(4.0	)	$	(3.4	)
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets consist of:
Pension assets, noncurrent (1)	$	(117.4	)	$	(85.6	)	$	(4.0	)	$	(3.4	)
Pension, SERP and postretirement benefits, current (2)		1.0			0.8			—			—
Pension, SERP and postretirement benefits, noncurrent (3)		8.3			9.4			—			—
Total Pension, SERP and Postretirement benefits	$	(108.1	)	$	(75.4	)	$	(4.0	)	$	(3.4	)

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⁽¹⁾  Included in "Other noncurrent assets" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets

⁽²⁾  Included in "Accounts payable and accrued liabilities" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets

⁽³⁾  Included in "Other noncurrent liabilities" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets

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The pre-tax components included within accumulated other comprehensive losses as of December 31 are summarized below:

	Pension Plan and SERP				Postretirement Plan
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Prior service benefit cost	$	2.4	$	2.6	$	—	$	—
Actuarial losses		118.3		147.8		3.6		3.2
Accumulated other comprehensive losses, pretax	$	120.7	$	150.4	$	3.6	$	3.2

The pre-tax components of net periodic benefit (credit) cost and the amounts recognized in other comprehensive income are summarized below for the years ended December 31:

	Pension Plan and SERP									Postretirement Plan
	2023			2022			2021			2023			2022			2021
Interest cost	$	17.1		$	14.7		$	11.0		$	0.2		$	0.1		$	0.1
Expected return on plan assets		(24.1	)		(28.2	)		(32.8	)		(0.1	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income		0.2			0.2			0.2			—			—			(0.1	)
Amortization of net actuarial loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income		5.2			4.0			3.8			0.4			0.2			0.2
Net periodic (credit) benefit cost		(1.6	)		(9.3	)		(17.8	)		0.5			0.1			—
Less: Amortization of prior service (cost) credit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		—			—			0.1
Less: Amortization of actuarial loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses		(0.1	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		—			—			—
Less: Net loss recognized reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses		(5.1	)		(3.8	)		(3.6	)		(0.4	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)
Actuarial (gain) loss		(24.3	)		53.5			(31.1	)		0.8			1.0			(0.5	)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income		(29.7	)		49.3			(35.1	)		0.4			0.8			(0.6	)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit credit and other comprehensive (income) loss	$	(31.3	)	$	40.0		$	(52.9	)	$	0.9		$	0.9		$	(0.6	)

The weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and net periodic benefit (credit) cost for the years 2023, 2022 and 2021 are provided below:

	Pension Plan and SERP						Postretirement Plan
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations:	2023		2022				2023		2022
Discount rate	5.37	%	5.49	%			4.75	%	5.25	%
Expected return on plan assets	6.50	%	6.25	%			1.75	%	1.75	%
Cash balance interest credit rate	4.43	%	2.57	%			N/A
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit (credit) cost:	2023		2022		2021		2023		2022		2021
Discount rate	5.48	%	2.75	%	2.49	%	5.25	%	2.25	%	1.50	%
Expected return on plan assets	6.25	%	6.25	%	6.50	%	1.75	%	1.75	%	2.00	%
Cash balance interest credit rate	4.43	%	2.57	%	2.57	%	N/A

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The following table presents the estimated future benefit payments for the respective plans. The future benefit payments for the Postretirement Plan are net of the federal Medicare subsidy.

	Pension Plan		Postretirement
	and SERP		Plan
	Gross		Gross		Medicare			Net
	Benefit		Benefit		Subsidy			Benefit
	Amount		Amount		Payments			Amount
2024	$	29.4	$	0.8	$	(0.1	)	$	0.7
2025	$	28.9	$	0.7	$	—		$	0.7
2026	$	28.4	$	0.6	$	—		$	0.6
2027	$	28.4	$	0.5	$	—		$	0.5
2028	$	27.0	$	0.4	$	—		$	0.4
2029 and thereafter	$	123.3	$	1.4	$	—		$	1.4

The healthcare cost trend rate for 2023 was 7.75% gradually decreasing to 4.5% in 2037. Assumed healthcare cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the healthcare plan.

The subsidy benefit from the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 reduced our accumulated postretirement benefit assets by approximately $1.0 and $0.8 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The subsidy cost increased the net periodic benefit cost by approximately $118.1 thousand, $80.7 thousand, and $75.8 thousand in fiscal 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. 

The expected return on our Pension Plan assets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 was 6.25%, which was determined by taking into consideration our analysis of our actual historical investment returns to a broader long-term forecast after adjusting for the target investment allocation and reflecting the current economic environment. During the first quarter of 2023, we changed the investment guidelines on our Pension Plan assets to target investment allocation of 40% to equity securities and 60% to debt securities from our previous target allocation of 45% to equity securities and 55% to debt securities as of December 31, 2022. Our Pension Plan assets consist primarily of investments in various fixed income and equity funds. Investment guidelines are established with each investment manager. These guidelines provide the parameters within which the investment managers agree to operate, including criteria that determine eligible and ineligible securities, diversification requirements and credit quality standards, where applicable. Investment managers are prohibited from entering into any speculative hedging transactions. The investment objective is to achieve a maximum total return with strong emphasis on preservation of capital in real terms.

The asset allocation at December 31, 2023 and 2022, and target allocation by asset category are as follows:

	Target			Percentage of Plan Assets
Asset Category	Allocation			2023			2022
Equity securities		40.0	%		40.0	%		41.4	%
Debt securities		60.0			53.5			52.9
Real Estate		—			5.3			5.0
Other		—			1.2			0.7
Total		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%

We have used the target investment allocation to derive the expected return as we believe this allocation will be retained on an ongoing basis that will be commensurate with the projected cash flows of the plan. The expected return for each investment category within the target investment allocation is developed using average historical rates of return for each targeted investment category, considering the projected cash flow of our Pension Plan. The difference between this expected return and the actual return on plan assets is generally deferred and recognized over subsequent periods through future net periodic benefit costs. We believe that the use of the average historical rates of returns is consistent with the timing and amounts of expected contributions to the plans and benefit payments to plan participants. These considerations provide the basis for reasonable assumptions with respect to the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets.

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We also maintain a voluntary employees beneficiary association plan (the “VEBA Plan”) under Section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code to fund the Postretirement Plan. The asset allocation for our VEBA Plan at December 31, 2023 and 2022 was 100% in debt securities.

There were no transfers among Levels 1, 2, or 3 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. Refer to Note 7. Fair Value Measurements for further discussion with respect to fair value hierarchy. The following table summarizes the fair value measurements by level of our Pension Plan and Postretirement Plan assets:

			Quoted Prices		Significant
			in Active		Other
			Markets for		Observable
			Identical Assets		Inputs
	Total		(Level 1)		(Level 2)
December 31, 2023
Equity
Managed equity accounts (1)	$	131.6	$	131.6	$	—
Equity — pooled separate account (2)		38.6		—		38.6
Debt
Fixed income manager — separately managed account (5)		138.9		—		138.9
Fixed income manager — pooled separate account (2)		89.2		—		89.2
Fixed income manager — government securities (3)		8.1		8.1		—
Others
Cash — pooled separate account (2)		5.2		—		5.2
Global real estate account (4)		22.4		—		22.4
Total	$	434.0	$	139.7	$	294.3
December 31, 2022
Equity
Managed equity accounts (1)	$	128.8	$	128.8	$	—
Equity — pooled separate account (2)		39.7		—		39.7
Debt
Fixed income manager — separately managed account (5)		133.6		—		133.6
Fixed income manager — pooled separate account (2)		81.5		—		81.5
Fixed income manager — government securities (3)		7.7		7.7		—
Others
Cash — pooled separate account (2)		2.7		—		2.7
Global real estate account (4)		20.2		—		20.2
Total	$	414.2	$	136.5	$	277.7

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⁽¹⁾ Valued at the closing price of shares for domestic stocks within the managed equity accounts, and valued at the net asset value (“NAV”) of shares for mutual funds at either the closing price reported in the active market or based on yields currently available on comparable securities of issuers with similar credit ratings for corporate bonds held by the Pension Plan in these managed accounts.

⁽²⁾  The pooled separate accounts invest in domestic and foreign stocks, bonds and mutual funds. The fair values of these stocks, bonds and mutual funds are publicly quoted and are used in determining the NAV of the pooled separate account, which is not publicly quoted.

⁽³⁾  The fund invested in the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities or securities that are rated AAA by S&P, AAA by Fitch, or Aaa by Moody’s, including but not limited to mortgage securities such as agency and non-agency collateralized mortgage obligations, and other obligations that are secured by mortgages or mortgage backed securities, and valued at the closing price reported in the active market.

(4)	The funds invested in common stocks and other equity securities issued by domestic and foreign real estate companies, including real estate investment trusts ("REIT") and similar REIT-like entities. The fair values of these stocks, bonds and mutual funds are publicly quoted and are used in determining the NAV of the funds, which is not publicly quoted.
(5)	The separately managed accounts invest in U.S. Treasury Bonds and U.S. Treasury Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities (“UST STRIPS”). The fair values of these bonds and UST STRIPS are publicly quoted and are used in determining the NAV of the separately managed account, which is not publicly quoted.

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19.    Segment Reporting

ASC 280-10, Disclosures About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information (“ASC 280-10”), establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments. ASC 280-10 requires that a public business enterprise reports financial and descriptive information about its reportable operating segments. Operating segments are components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Our President and CEO is identified as the CODM as defined by ASC 280-10.

Each of our reportable segments, Insurance, Energy and Specialized Markets, and Financial Services has a portion of its revenue from more than one of the three revenue types described within the revenue recognition policy within Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. Below is the overview of the solutions offered within each reportable segment.

Insurance: We are the leading provider of statistical, actuarial, and underwriting data for the U.S. P&C insurance industry. Our databases include cleansed and standardized records describing premiums and losses in insurance transactions, casualty and property risk attributes for commercial buildings and their occupants, and fire suppression capabilities of municipalities. We use this data to create policy language and proprietary risk classifications that are industry standards and to generate prospective loss cost estimates used to price insurance policies, which are accessed via a hosted platform. We also develop solutions that our customers use to analyze key processes in managing risk. Our combination of algorithms and analytic methods incorporates our proprietary data to generate solutions. We also help businesses and governments better anticipate and manage climate and weather-related risks. In most cases, our customers integrate the solutions into their models, formulas or underwriting criteria in order to predict potential loss events, ranging from hurricanes to earthquakes. We develop catastrophe and extreme event models and offer solutions covering natural and man-made risks, including acts of terrorism. We further develop solutions that allow customers to quantify costs after loss events occur. Our multitier, multispectral terrestrial imagery and data acquisition, processing, analytics, and distribution system using the remote sensing and machine learning technologies help gather, store, process, and deliver geographic and spatially referenced information that supports uses in many markets. Additionally, we offer fraud-detection solutions including review of data on claim histories, analysis of claims to find emerging patterns of fraud, and identification of suspicious claims in the insurance sector. Our underwriting, insurance anti-fraud claims, catastrophe modeling, and loss quantification are included in this segment.

Energy and Specialized Markets: In the first quarter of 2022, the sale of 3E (which comprised of our Specialized Market) was completed. On February 1, 2023, we completed the sale of our Energy segment. We determined that the transaction met the criteria to be classified as discontinued operations. As a result, the financial operations of Energy are excluded from the segment disclosure. See Note 11. Dispositions and Discontinued Operations for further discussion.  Prior to the sale, we were a leading provider of data analytics via hosted platform for the global energy, chemicals, and metals and mining industries. Our research and consulting solutions focused on exploration strategies and screening, asset development and acquisition, commodity markets, and corporate analysis in the areas of business environment, business improvement, business strategies, commercial advisory, and transaction support. We gathered and managed proprietary information, insight, and analysis are on oil and gas fields, mines, refineries, and other assets across the interconnected global energy sectors to advise customers in making asset investment and portfolio allocation decisions. Our analytical tools measured and observed environmental properties and translated those measurements into actionable information based on customer needs. In addition, we provided market and cost intelligence to energy companies to optimize financial results. We further offered a suite of data and information services that enable improved compliance with global Environmental Health and Safety requirements related to the safe manufacturing, distribution, transportation, usage, and disposal of chemicals and products. 

Financial Services: On April 8, 2022, the sale of this segment was completed. See Note 11. Dispositions and Discontinued Operations for further discussion. Prior to the sale, we maintained a bank account consortia to provide competitive benchmarking, decisioning algorithms, business intelligence, and customized analytic services that help financial institutions, payment networks and processors, alternative lenders, regulators, and merchants make better strategy, marketing, and risk decisions. Customers applied our solutions in the areas of tailored data management and media effectiveness that include business intelligence platforms, profile views, mobile data solutions, enterprise database services, and fraud risk scoring algorithms for marketing, fraud, and risk mitigation.

As of  February 1, 2023, we have determined that we have one operating segment and one reportable segment, Insurance, on a prospective basis. The segment is based on financial information that is utilized by the Company’s CODM, who is the Company’s CEO, to assess performance and allocate resources on a consolidated basis. We have included the results of our disposed of segments below for comparability purposes. We use EBITDA as the profitability measure for making decisions regarding ongoing operations. EBITDA is net income before interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization of fixed and intangible assets. EBITDA is the measure of operating results used to assess corporate performance and optimal utilization of debt and acquisitions. Operating expenses consist of direct and indirect costs principally related to personnel, facilities, software license fees, consulting, travel, and third-party information services. We do not allocate interest expense and provision for income taxes, since these items are not considered in evaluating the segment’s overall operating performance. In addition, our CODM does not evaluate the financial performance of each segment based on assets. See Note 6. Revenues for information on disaggregated revenues by type of service and by country.

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The following table provides our revenue and EBITDA by reportable segment for the years ended December 31, as well as a reconciliation of EBITDA to income before income taxes for all periods presented in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations:

	2023						2022												2021
	Insurance			Total			Insurance			Energy and Specialized Markets			Financial Services			Total			Insurance			Energy and Specialized Markets			Financial Services			Total
Revenues	$	2,681.4		$	2,681.4		$	2,437.0		$	22.4		$	37.6		$	2,497.0		$	2,206.9		$	112.8		$	142.8		$	2,462.5
Expenses:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)		(876.5	)		(876.5	)		(781.9	)		(19.1	)		(23.6	)		(824.6	)		(704.4	)		(58.9	)		(90.4	)		(853.7	)
Selling, general and administrative		(391.8	)		(391.8	)		(347.4	)		(26.7	)		(7.4	)		(381.5	)		(239.1	)		(44.9	)		(29.2	)		(313.2	)
Other operating gain (loss)		-			-			-			450.0			(95.8	)		354.2			-			-			(134.0	)		(134.0	)
Investment income (loss)		11.0			11.0			(4.7	)		(0.4	)		(0.2	)		(5.3	)		1.8			0.6			(0.3	)		2.1
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business		-			-			-			(117.9	)		-			(117.9	)		-			222.3			-			222.3
EBITDA	$	1,424.1		$	1,424.1		$	1,303.0		$	308.3		$	(89.4	)	$	1,521.9		$	1,265.2		$	231.9		$	(111.1	)	$	1,386.0
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business					-												117.9												(222.3	)
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets					(206.8	)											(164.2	)											(170.3	)
Amortization of intangible assets					(74.6	)											(74.4	)											(79.9	)
Interest expense					(115.5	)											(138.8	)											(127.0	)
Income before income taxes				$	1,027.2											$	1,262.4											$	786.5

Long-lived assets by country are provided below as of December 31:

	2023		2022
Long-lived assets:
U.S.	$	2,455.7	$	2,876.5
U.K.		597.9		2,428.9
Other countries		502.4		730.6
Total long-lived assets	$	3,556.0	$	6,036.0

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20.    Related Parties:

We consider our stockholders that own more than 5% of the outstanding stock within the class to be related parties as defined within ASC 850, Related Party Disclosures.  We had no material transactions with related parties owning more than 5% of the entire class of stock for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Jeffrey Dailey, one of our directors, was CEO and Chairman of the Board of Farmers Group, Inc. ("Farmers") until December 31, 2022 and  June 30, 2023, respectively. Farmers is a customer of Verisk, and our revenue from Farmers is approximately 2% of our consolidated revenue in 2023 and 2022.

Therese M. Vaughan, one of our directors, was also a director of American International Group ("AIG") until January 31, 2024. AIG is a customer of Verisk, and our revenue from AIG is approximately 1% of our consolidated revenue in 2023 and 2022.

Lee M. Shavel, our President and CEO and one of our directors, is a director of FactSet Research Systems, Inc. There are no material transactions with FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

21.    Commitments and Contingencies:

Commercial Litigation

On February 12, 2024, Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit, DDS Striker Holdings LLC and Data Driven Holdings LLC against Verisk Analytics, Inc. and Insurance Service Office, in the Superior Court of Delaware, Case No. N24C-02-130 VLM CCLD. Plaintiffs allege claims for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fraudulent inducement, common law fraud, and civil conspiracy in connection with their inability to meet the post-closing earn-out targets negotiated as part of our acquisition of Data Driven Safety, LLC. Plaintiffs seek rescissory, out-of-pocket and punitive damages, as well as attorney’s fees, costs and other expenses. The deadline for our response is April 3, 2024. At this time, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the liability related to this matter, as the case is still in its early stages.

ERISA Litigation

On  September 24, 2020, former employees Jillyn Peterson, Gabe Hare, Robert Heynen and Adam Krajewski ("Plaintiffs"), filed suit in the United States District Court, District of New Jersey (No. 2:20-cv-13223-CCC-MF) against Defendants Insurance Services Office Inc. ("ISO"), the Plan Administration Committee of Insurance Services Office Inc. and its members ("Committee Defendants"), and the Trust Investment Committee of Insurance Services Office Inc. and its members. The class action complaint alleges violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended ("ERISA"). The class is defined as all persons who were participants in or beneficiaries of the ISO 401(k) Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("Plan"), at any time between  September 24, 2014 through the date of judgment. The complaint alleges that all defendants are fiduciaries with respect to the Plan. Plaintiffs challenge the amount of fees paid by Plan participants to maintain the investment funds in the plan portfolio and the amount of recordkeeper fees paid by participants. Plaintiffs allege that by permitting the payment of excessive fees, the Committee Defendants breached their ERISA duties of prudence and loyalty. Plaintiffs further allege that ISO breached its ERISA duty by failing to monitor the Committee Defendants who they allege committed known breaches of their fiduciary duties. The complaint does not specify damages but alleges the fiduciary breaches cost Plan participants millions of dollars. Defendants filed their motion to dismiss the complaint on  January 12, 2021, which the court partially denied on  April 13, 2021. Fact discovery was completed. The court stayed the litigation pending the outcome of the parties’ mediation, but the stay was lifted on  May 5, 2023. The parties engaged in expert discovery, and this matter was settled before a mediator on  October 4, 2023. The settlement agreement was signed by both parties, and on January 12, 2024, the court granted preliminary approval of class action settlement. 

Financial Services Government Inquiry

We continue to cooperate with a civil inquiry by the Department of Justice ("DOJ") related to government contracts within our former Financial Services segment, which was sold to TransUnion in  April 2022. We are engaged in ongoing discussions regarding potential resolution of the inquiry by the DOJ. There can be no assurance that these discussions and continuing engagement will lead to resolution of the matter and we cannot anticipate the timing, outcome or possible impact of the inquiry, including any potential material adverse financial impacts or otherwise. We have recorded an accrued liability for approximately $39.0 million related to this matter. Amounts payable pursuant to any potential resolution, however, could differ from such amount. Under the stock purchase agreement we entered into with TransUnion pursuant to which TransUnion acquired our former Financial Services segment, we agreed to indemnify TransUnion for certain losses with respect to the inquiry.

In  March 2022, we were informed that the SEC was conducting an inquiry related to certain contracts of our former Financial Services segment. The SEC notified us on November 28, 2023 that it had concluded its investigation and did not intend to recommend an enforcement action against the Company.

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Data Privacy Litigation

On or about February 8, 2023, Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit, Atlas Data Privacy Corp., et al. v. Verisk Analytics, Inc., et al., in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County, Case No. MID-L-000903-24, alleging violations of Daniel’s Law. Verisk has not yet been served. Atlas claims to be an “assignee” of claims of approximately 19,640 individuals who are “covered persons” under Daniel’s Law, allegedly enacted to provide judicial and law enforcement officers and their family members with the right to prevent disclosure of their personal information and to enforce those rights against uncooperative data brokers. It is alleged that Defendants have violated Daniel’s Law by failing to respond and comply with their written request to Defendants to cease publicly disclosing or re-disclosing their protected information. Plaintiffs seek actual damages in the amount of $1,000 per violation under the statute, punitive damages, injunctive relief ordering compliance with Daniel’s Law, permanent injunctive relief, including the appointment of a qualified independent expert to ensure compliance with Daniel’s Law, and reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. At this time, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the liability related to this matter, as the case is still in its early stages.

On  January 30, 2023, Plaintiffs Justin Ahringer and Michael Donner filed a putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Central District of California, titled Ahringer et al. v. LoanDepot, Inc. and Verisk Analytics, Inc. d/b/a Jornaya, Case No.: 8:23-cv-00186. Plaintiffs assert violations of California’s Invasion of Privacy Act, Unfair Competition Law, and a violation of class members’ privacy rights under the California Constitution. Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants recorded visitors’ electronic communications without their consent. Plaintiffs seek to certify a nationwide class of individuals who visited LoanDepot.com and provided personal information on the website’s forms to receive a quote or apply for a loan. They allege that the aggregate claims of all members of the proposed class exceeds $5.0 million. Plaintiffs seek compensatory, statutory or punitive damages or restitution, as well as reasonable attorney’s fees and other costs. We filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims on  April 13, 2023. The parties are currently engaging in jurisdictional discovery in response to the court’s demand to Plaintiff to demonstrate why this case should not be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The court found jurisdiction is proper and partially denied our motion on February 7, 2024. The deadline to answer Plaintiffs' Complaint is February 22, 2024. At this time, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the liability related to this matter, as the case is still in its early stages.

On  June 27, 2022, Plaintiff Loretta Williams brought a putative class action against Lead Intelligence, Inc. d/b/a Jornaya (“we,” “our,” or “us”) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, titled Williams v. DDR Media, LLC and Lead Intelligence, Inc. d/b/a Jornaya, Civil Action No. 3:22-cv-03789. The Complaint alleges that the Defendants violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, Cal. Penal Code 631 (“CIPA”) and invaded Plaintiff’s and class members’ privacy rights when Defendants purportedly recorded visitors’ visits to the scrappyrent2own.com website without prior express consent. It is further alleged that this conduct constitutes a violation of the California Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. Prof. Code Section 17200 et seq. and the California Constitution. The Complaint seeks class certification, injunctive relief, statutory damages in the amount of $5,000 for each violation, attorneys fees and other litigation costs. Our motion to compel arbitration was fully briefed as of   January 27, 2023. It was denied on  February 28, 2023. We filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims on  April 13, 2023. On  August 18, 2023 the court granted our motion, dismissing Plaintiff’s claims without prejudice, but giving Plaintiff an opportunity to amend her claims by  September 20, 2023. Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) on  September 20, 2023. Our motion to dismiss the SAC was fully briefed on December 18, 2023. It was denied on January 30, 2024. The court held an initial case management conference for February 9, 2024.  At this time, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the liability related to this matter, as the case is still in its early stages.

On  December 15, 2021, Plaintiff Jillian Cantinieri brought a putative class action against Verisk Analytics, Insurance Services Office and ISO Claims Services, Inc. (“we,” “our,” or “us”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, titled Cantinieri v. Verisk Analytics Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-6911. The Complaint alleges that we failed to safeguard the personally identifiable information (PII) of Plaintiff and the members of the proposed classes from a purported breach of our databases by unauthorized entities. Plaintiff and class members allege actual and imminent injuries, including theft of their PII, fraudulent activity on their financial accounts, lowered credit scores, and costs associated with detection and prevention of identity theft and fraud. They seek to recover compensatory, statutory and punitive damages, disgorgement of earnings and profits, and attorney’s fees and costs. We filed our motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims on  April 22, 2022. On  March 30, 2023 the court denied our motion to dismiss without prejudice, allowing us an opportunity to re-file the motion once limited jurisdictional discovery has been completed. Our renewed motion to dismiss was fully briefed on February 16, 2024. At this time, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the liability related to this matter, as the case is still in its early stages.

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22.   Subsequent Events:

On January 9, 2024, we completed the acquisition of 100 percent of  Rocket Enterprise Solutions GmbH ("Rocket") for a net cash purchase price of $10.6 million, of which $2.2 million represents a deferred payment and $0.3 million represents a holdback payment. Rocket’s strong property claims and underwriting technology has been widely adopted by many of the largest insurers and service providers across Germany and Austria. Rocket has become a part of our claims category. The acquisition, which follows a strategic investment by Verisk in Rocket in 2022, will further Verisk's expansion in Europe and the Company’s goal of helping insurers and claims service providers leverage more holistic data and technology tools to enhance the claims experience.

On  February 14, 2024, our Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.39 per share of common stock issued and outstanding, payable on  March 29, 2024, to holders of record as of  March 15, 2024. Our Board of Directors also approved an additional share repurchase authorization of $1,000.0 million.

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Supplementary Financial Information (Unaudited)

Schedule II

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021

(In millions)

	Balance at		Charged to
	Beginning		Costs and		Deductions—			Balance at
Description	of Year		Expenses (1)		Write-offs (2)			End of Year
Year ended December 31, 2023
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	14.3	$	8.7	$	(7.9	)	$	15.1
Valuation allowance for income taxes	$	45.3	$	1.2	$	(40.9	)	$	5.6
Year ended December 31, 2022
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	15.4	$	6.4	$	(7.5	)	$	14.3
Valuation allowance for income taxes	$	38.3	$	41.2	$	(34.2	)	$	45.3
Year ended December 31, 2021
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	14.1	$	13.8	$	(12.5	)	$	15.4
Valuation allowance for income taxes	$	30.6	$	8.1	$	(0.4	)	$	38.3

⁽¹⁾  Primarily additional reserves for bad debts

⁽²⁾  Primarily accounts receivable balances written off, net of recoveries, the expiration of loss carryforwards, and businesses held for sale

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
3.1	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Verisk Analytics, Inc. effective May 25, 2022, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 25, 2022.
3.2	Amended and Restated By-Laws of Verisk Analytics, Inc. effective May 25, 2022, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 25, 2022.
4.1	Form of Common Stock Certificate, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated September 21, 2009.
4.2	Senior Notes Indenture, dated as of April 6, 2011, among Verisk Analytics, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 6, 2011.
4.3	First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 6, 2011, among Verisk Analytics, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 6, 2011.
4.4	Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 12, 2012, among Verisk Analytics, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 12, 2012.
4.5	Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2015, between Verisk Analytics, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 15, 2015.
4.6	Senior Notes Indenture, dated March 6, 2019, among Verisk Analytics, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2019.
4.7	First Supplemental Indenture, dated March 6, 2019, between Verisk Analytics, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2019.
4.8	Second Supplemental Indenture, dated May 13, 2020, between Verisk Analytics, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 13, 2020.
4.9	Description of Verisk Analytics, Inc.’s securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act*
4.10	Third Supplemental Indenture, dated March 7, 2023, between Verisk Analytics, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 7, 2023.
10.1	401(k) Savings Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated August 12, 2008.
10.2	Verisk Analytics, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No. 6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated September 21, 2009.
10.3	Form of Letter Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated October 7, 2008.
10.4	Form of Master License Agreement and Participation Supplement, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated October 7, 2008.

100

Exhibit Number	Description
10.5	Schedule of Master License Agreements Substantially Identical in All Material Respects to the Form of Master License Agreement and Participation Supplement, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated November 20, 2008.
10.6	Form of Change of Control Severance Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Amendment No. 6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated September 21, 2009.
10.7	Insurance Services Office, Inc. 1996 Incentive Plan and Form of Stock Option Agreement thereunder, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Amendment No. 7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated September 29, 2009.
10.8	Form of Stock Option Award Agreement under the Verisk Analytics, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated November 16, 2009.
10.9	Insurance Services Office, Inc. Supplemental Cash Balance Plan dated January 1, 2009 as amended by the Amendment to the Insurance Services Office, Inc. Supplemental Cash Balance Plan dated February 10, 2012 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K dated February 25, 2014.
10.10	Insurance Services Office, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Savings Plan dated January 1, 2009 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K dated February 25, 2014.
10.11	Verisk Analytics, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated April 1, 2013.
10.12	Form of Stock Option Award Agreement under Verisk Analytics, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated May 15, 2013.
10.13	Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under Verisk Analytics, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated May 15, 2013.

101

Exhibit Number	Description
10.14	Verisk Analytics, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan incorporated herein by reference to Appendix B to the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated April 2, 2021.
10.15	Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 21, 2022, by and among Verisk Analytics, Inc., Tamarack Buyer, L.L.C. and, solely for the limited purpose set forth therein, 3E Company Environmental, Ecological and Engineering, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 24, 2022.
10.16	Verisk Analytics, Inc. Senior Executive Severance Benefits Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 5, 2022.
10.17	Amendment No. 3 to the Verisk Analytics, Inc. 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated August 2, 2022
10.18	Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated September 9, 2022 among Verisk Analytics, Inc., as borrower, and Bank of America, N.A. as the initial lender and administrative agent, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2022.
10.19	Equity Purchase Agreement dated October 28, 2022 by and between Verisk Analytics, Inc. and Planet Jersey Buyer Ltd, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 31, 2022.
10.20	Form of Confirmation - Fixed Dollar Accelerated Share Repurchase Transaction, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 7, 2023.
10.21	Fifth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 5, 2023 among Verisk Analytics, Inc., as borrower, the lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent.
21.1	Subsidiaries of the Registrant.*
23.1	Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.*
31.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of Verisk Analytics, Inc. pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.*
31.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of Verisk Analytics, Inc. pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.*
32.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Verisk Analytics, Inc. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
97.1	Verisk Analytics, Inc. Financial Statement Compensation Recoupment Policy*
101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document.*
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.*
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.*
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase.*
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.*
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.*
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).*

* Filed herewith.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on February 21, 2024.

VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.

(Registrant)

/S/    Lee M. Shavel

Lee M. Shavel

Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated on February 21, 2024.

Signature	Capacity
/S/    LEE M. SHAVEL	Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer and director)
Lee M. Shavel
/S/    ELIZABETH MANN	Chief Financial Officer
Elizabeth Mann	(principal financial officer)
/S/    DAVID J. GROVER	Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
David J. Grover	(principal accounting officer)
/S/    BRUCE HANSEN	Independent Chair
Bruce Hansen
/S/    VINCENT BROOKS	Director
Vincent K. Brooks
/S/    JEFFREY DAILEY	Director
Jeffrey Dailey
/S/    KATHLEEN HOGENSON	Director
Kathleen A. Hogenson
/S/   WENDY LANE	Director
Wendy Lane
/S/    SAMUEL G. LISS	Director
Samuel G. Liss
/S/    OLUMIDE SOROYE	Director
Olumide Soroye
/S/   KIMBERLY S. STEVENSON	Director
Kimberly S. Stevenson
/S/    THERESE M. VAUGHAN	Director
Therese M. Vaughan

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EX-4.9

Exhibit 4.9

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

The following description of capital stock of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (the “company,” “we,” “us” and “our”) summarizes certain provisions of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws. The description is intended as a summary, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our authorized capital stock consists of 2,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 80,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.

Common Stock

Voting Rights

Holders of our common stock have the sole right and power to vote on all matters on which a vote of stockholders is to be taken, except as provided by statute or resolution of our board of directors in connection with the issuance of preferred stock in accordance with our Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

The amendment of certain of the provisions in our Restated Certificate of Incorporation requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast thereon by the outstanding shares of the common stock. These provisions include certain of the limitations described below under “— Dividend Rights”, “— Liquidation Rights”, “— Beneficial Ownership Limitations” and “Anti-Takeover Effects of Delaware Law — Staggered Boards.”

Dividend Rights

Holders of our common stock are entitled to share equally (on a per share basis) in any dividend declared by our board of directors, subject to any preferential or other rights of any outstanding preferred stock.

Liquidation Rights

Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably the assets available for distribution to the stockholders after payment of liabilities and payment of preferential and other amounts, if any, payable on any outstanding preferred stock.

Beneficial Ownership Limitations

Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation prohibits any insurance company from beneficially owning more than ten percent of the aggregate outstanding shares of our common stock. If any transfer is purportedly effected which, if effected, would result in a violation of this limitation, the intended transferee will acquire no rights in respect of the shares in excess of this limitation, and the purported transfer of such number of excess shares will be null and void. In this context an insurance company means any insurance company whose primary activity is the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance companies or any other entity controlling, controlled by or under common ownership, management or control with such insurer or reinsurer.

Preferred Stock

The board of directors has the authority to issue the preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices, liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting any series or the designation of such series, without further vote or action by the stockholders.

The issuance of preferred stock may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company without further action by the stockholders and may adversely affect the voting and other rights of the holders of common stock. At present, we have no plans to issue any of the preferred stock.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Delaware Law

We are subject to the “business combination” provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, such provisions prohibit a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in various “business combination” transactions with any interested stockholder for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless

• the transaction is approved by the board of directors prior to the date the interested stockholder obtained such status;

• upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced; or

• on or subsequent to such date the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

A “business combination” is defined to include mergers, asset sales and other transactions resulting in financial benefit to a stockholder. In general, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns (or within three years, did own) 15% or more of a corporation’s voting stock.

The statute could prohibit or delay mergers or other takeover or change in control attempts with respect to the Company and, accordingly, may discourage attempts to acquire us even though such a transaction may offer our stockholders the opportunity to sell their stock at a price above the prevailing market price.

Advance Notice of Proposals and Nominations

Our bylaws establish advance notice procedures with regard to stockholders’ proposals relating to the nomination of candidates for election as directors or other business to be brought before meetings of its stockholders. These procedures provide that notice of such stockholders’ proposals must be timely given in writing to our secretary prior to the meeting at which the action is to be taken. Generally, to be timely, notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the first anniversary date of the annual meeting for the preceding year. Shareholders utilizing "proxy access" must meet separate deadlines. The notice must contain certain information specified in the bylaws.

Limits on Written Consents

Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation prohibits stockholder action by written consent.

Proxy Access

Our bylaws contain “proxy access” provisions which give an eligible shareholder (or group of up to 20 shareholders aggregating their shares) owning at least 3% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years the right to nominate and include in the Company’s annual meeting proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of two directors or 20% of the board of directors, provided that the shareholders and nominees satisfy the requirements and such other limitations specified in the bylaws.

Limits on Special Meetings

Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws provide that special meetings of the stockholders may be called by our board of directors, the chairman of the board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or our Secretary.

Staggered Boards

Our board of directors is divided into classes, with the terms of the classes elected at the annual meetings of stockholders held in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively, expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders held after the election of such class of directors; provided that such division shall terminate at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. Each director elected by stockholders at or after the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders shall serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders held after such director's election. The number of directors is fixed by our board of directors, subject to the terms of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

Each director, starting at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, is elected for a one-year term by the holders of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of the directors, provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of the directors. Vacancies on our board of directors will be filled by a majority of the remaining directors or by the sole remaining director.

Listing

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “VRSK.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The Transfer Agent and Registrar for the common stock is Equiniti Trust Company.

EX-21.1

Exhibit 21.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
NAME OF SUBSIDIARY	JURISDICTION
AIR Worldwide Corporation	Delaware
Insurance Services Office, Inc.	Delaware
ISO Services, Inc.	Delaware
Xactware Solutions, Inc.	Delaware

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-270827, 333-237408, 333-216966, 333-194874 and 333-173135 on Form S-3 and Registration Statement Nos. 333-256332, 333-188629, 333-183476, and 333-165912 on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 21, 2024, relating to the financial statements of Verisk Analytics, Inc., and the effectiveness of Verisk Analytics, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2023.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Morristown, New Jersey

February 21, 2024

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Lee M. Shavel, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Verisk Analytics, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. 

/s/ Lee M. Shavel

Lee M. Shavel

Chief Executive Officer

Date: February 21, 2024

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Elizabeth D. Mann, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Verisk Analytics, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. 

/s/ Elizabeth D. Mann

Elizabeth D. Mann

Chief Financial Officer 

(Principal Financial Offer and Fully Authorized Officer)

Date: February 21, 2024

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The certification set forth below is being submitted in connection with the annual report on Form 10-K of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (the “Company”) for the year ending December 31, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), for the purpose of complying with Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

Lee M. Shavel, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Elizabeth D. Mann, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies that, to the best of his/her knowledge:

1. the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and

2. the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. 

	/s/ Lee M. Shavel
	Lee M. Shavel
	Chief Executive Officer
	/s/ Elizabeth D. Mann
	Elizabeth D. Mann
	Chief Financial Officer
Date: February 21, 2024	(Principal Financial Offer and Duly Authorized Officer)

EX-97.1

Exhibit 97.1

VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT COMPENSATION RECOUPMENT POLICY

This Verisk Analytics, Inc. Financial Statement Compensation Recoupment Policy (“Policy”) has been adopted by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (the “Company”) on December 1, 2023. This Policy provides for the recoupment of certain executive compensation in the event of an accounting restatement resulting from material noncompliance with financial reporting requirements under U.S. federal securities laws in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein. This Policy is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 10D of the Exchange Act (as defined below) and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5608.

1.    Definitions. For the purposes of this Policy, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below.

(a)    “Committee” means the Talent Management and Compensation Committee of the Board.

(b)    “Covered Compensation” means any Incentive-based Compensation “received” by a Covered Executive during the applicable Recoupment Period; provided that:

(i) such Covered Compensation was received by such Covered Executive (A) after the Effective Date, (B) after he or she commenced service as an Executive Officer and (C) while the Company had a class of securities publicly listed on a U.S. national securities exchange; and

(ii) such Covered Executive served as an Executive Officer at any time during the performance period applicable to such Incentive-based Compensation.

For purposes of this Policy, Incentive-based Compensation is “received” by a Covered Executive during the fiscal period in which the Financial Reporting Measure applicable to such Incentive-based Compensation (or portion thereof) is attained, even if the payment or grant of such Incentive-based Compensation is made thereafter.

(c)    “Covered Executive” means any current or former Executive Officer.

(d)    “Effective Date” means the date on which Nasdaq Listing Rule 5608 or such other listing standards implementing Section 10D of the Exchange Act of the national securities exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed become effective.

(e)    “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(f)    “Executive Officer” means, with respect to the Company, (i) its president, (ii) its principal financial officer, (iii) its principal accounting officer (or if there is no such accounting officer, its controller), (iv) any vice-president in charge of a principal business unit, division or function (such as sales, administration or finance), (v) any other officer who performs a policy-making function for the Company (including any officer of the Company’s parent(s) or subsidiaries if they perform policy-making functions for the Company), and (vi) any other person who performs similar policy-making functions for the Company. Policy-making function is not intended to include policy-making functions that are not significant. The determination as to an individual’s status as an Executive Officer shall be made by the Committee and such determination shall be final, conclusive and binding on such individual and all other interested persons.

(g)    “Financial Reporting Measure” means any (i) measure that is determined and presented in accordance with the accounting principles used in preparing the Company’s financial statements (and any measures that are derived wholly or in part from any such measure), (ii) stock price measure or (iii) total shareholder return measure. For the avoidance of doubt, a Financial Reporting Measure does not need to be presented within the Company’s financial statements or included in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

(h)    “Financial Restatement” means a restatement of the Company’s financial statements due to the Company’s material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under U.S. federal securities laws that is required in order to correct:

(i)	an error in previously issued financial statements that is material to the previously issued financial statements; or
(ii)	an error that would result in a material misstatement if (A) the error were corrected in the current period or (B) left uncorrected in the current period.

For purposes of this Policy, a Financial Restatement shall not be deemed to occur in the event of a restatement of the Company’s financial statements due to an out-of-period adjustment or a retrospective (1) application of a change in accounting principles; (2) revision to reportable segment information due to a change in the structure of the Company’s internal organization; (3) reclassification due to a discontinued operation; (4) application of a change in reporting entity, such as from a reorganization of entities under common control; or (5) revision for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, or other changes in capital structure.

(j)    “Incentive-based Compensation” means any compensation (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any cash or equity or equity-based compensation, whether deferred or current) that is granted, earned and/or vested based wholly or in part upon the achievement of a Financial Reporting Measure. For purposes of this Policy, “Incentive-based Compensation” shall also be deemed to include any amounts which were determined based on (or were otherwise calculated by reference to) Incentive-based Compensation (including, without limitation, any amounts under any long-term disability, life insurance or supplemental retirement plan or any notional account that is based on Incentive-based Compensation, as well as any earnings accrued thereon).

(k)     “Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market, or any successor thereof.

(l)    “Recoupment Period” means the three fiscal years completed immediately preceding the date of any applicable Recoupment Trigger Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Recoupment Period additionally includes any transition period (that results from a change in the Company’s fiscal year) within or immediately following those three completed fiscal years, provided that a transition period between the last day of the Company’s previous fiscal year end and the first day of its new fiscal year that compromises a period of nine (9) to twelve (12) months would be deemed a completed fiscal year.

(m)    “Recoupment Trigger Date” means the earlier of (i) the date that the Board (or a committee thereof or the officer(s) of the Company authorized to take such action if Board action is not required) concludes, or reasonably should have concluded, that the Company is required to prepare a Financial Restatement, and (ii) the date on which a court, regulator or other legally authorized body causes the Company to prepare a Financial Restatement.

2. Recoupment of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.

(a)    In the event of a Financial Restatement, if the amount of any Covered Compensation received by a Covered Executive (the “Awarded Compensation”) exceeds the amount of such Covered Compensation that would have otherwise been received by such Covered Executive if calculated based on the Financial Restatement (the “Adjusted Compensation”), the Company shall reasonably promptly recover from such Covered Executive an amount equal to the excess of the Received Compensation over the Adjusted Compensation, each calculated on a pre-tax basis (such excess amount, the “Erroneously Awarded Compensation”), subject to Section 2(b) hereof.

(b)    If (i) the Financial Reporting Measure applicable to the relevant Covered Compensation is stock price or total shareholder return (or any measure derived wholly or in part from either of such measures) and (ii) the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation is not subject to mathematical recalculation directly from the information in the Financial Restatement, then the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation shall be determined (on a pre-tax basis) based on the Company’s reasonable estimate of the effect of the Financial Restatement on the Company’s stock price or total shareholder return (or the derivative measure thereof) upon which such Covered Compensation was received.

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(c)    For the avoidance of doubt, the Company’s obligation to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation is not dependent on (i) if or when the restated financial statements are filed; or (ii) any fault of any Covered Executive for the accounting errors or other actions leading to a Financial Restatement.

(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 2(a) through (c) hereof, the Company shall not be required to recover any Erroneously Awarded Compensation if both (x) the conditions set forth in either of the following clauses ‎(i) or ‎(ii) are satisfied and (y) the Committee (or a majority of the independent directors serving on the Board) has determined that recovery of the Erroneously Awarded Compensation would be impracticable:

(i)    the direct expense paid to a third party to assist in enforcing the recovery of the Erroneously Awarded Compensation under this Policy would exceed the amount of such Erroneously Awarded Compensation to be recovered; provided that, before concluding that it would be impracticable to recover any amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation pursuant to this Section 2(d), the Company shall have first made a reasonable attempt to recover such Erroneously Awarded Compensation, document such reasonable attempt(s) to make such recovery, and provide that documentation to Nasdaq; or

(ii)    recovery of the Erroneously Awarded Compensation would likely cause an otherwise tax-qualified retirement plan, under which benefits are broadly available to employees of the Company, to fail to meet the requirements of Sections 401(a)(13) or 411(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

(e)    The Company shall not indemnify any Covered Executive, directly or indirectly, for any losses that such Covered Executive may incur in connection with the recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation pursuant to this Policy, including through the payment of insurance premiums or gross-up payments.

(f)    The Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the manner and timing in which any Erroneously Awarded Compensation shall be recovered from a Covered Executive in accordance with applicable law, including, without limitation, by (i) requiring reimbursement of Covered Compensation previously paid in cash; (ii) seeking recovery of any gain realized on the vesting, exercise, settlement, sale, transfer, or other disposition of any equity or equity-based awards; (iii) offsetting the Erroneously Awarded Compensation amount from any compensation otherwise owed by the Company or any of its affiliates to the Covered Executive; (iv) cancelling outstanding vested or unvested equity or equity-based awards; and/or (v) taking any other remedial and recovery action permitted by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, except as set forth in Section 2(d), in no event may the Company accept an amount that is less than the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation; provided that, to the extent necessary to avoid any adverse tax consequences to the Covered Executive pursuant to Section 409A of the Code, any offsets against amounts under any nonqualified deferred compensation plans (as defined under Section 409A of the Code) shall be made in compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

3.    Administration. This Policy shall be administered by the Committee. All decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the Company and the Covered Executives, their beneficiaries, executors, administrators and any other legal representative. The Committee shall have full power and authority to (i) administer and interpret this Policy, (ii) correct any defect, supply any omission, and reconcile any inconsistency in this Policy and (iii) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of this Policy and to comply with applicable law (including Section 10D of the Exchange Act) and applicable stock market or exchange rules and regulations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, to the extent permitted by Section 10D of the Exchange Act and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5608 the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, administer this Policy in the same manner as the Committee.

4.    Amendment/Termination. Subject to Section 10D of the Exchange Act and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5608, this Policy may be amended or terminated by the Committee at any time. To the extent that any applicable law, or stock market or exchange rules or regulations require recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation in circumstances in addition to those specified herein, nothing in this Policy shall be deemed to limit or restrict the right or obligation of the Company to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation to the fullest extent required by such applicable law, stock market or exchange rules and regulations. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, this Policy shall no longer be effective from and after the date that the Company no longer has a class of securities publicly listed on a United States national securities exchange.

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5.    Interpretation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Policy is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 10D of the Exchange Act and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5608 (and any applicable regulations, administrative interpretations or stock market or exchange rules and regulations adopted in connection therewith), and the provisions of this Policy shall be interpreted in a manner that satisfies such requirements, and this Policy shall be operated accordingly. If any provision of this Policy would otherwise frustrate or conflict with this intent, the provision shall be interpreted and deemed amended so as to avoid such conflict.

6.    Other Compensation Clawback/Recoupment Rights. Any right of recoupment under this Policy is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other remedies, rights or requirements with respect to the clawback or recoupment of any compensation that may be available to the Company pursuant to the terms of any other recoupment or clawback policy of the Company (or any of its affiliates) that may be in effect from time to time, any provisions in any employment agreement, offer letter, equity plan, equity award agreement or similar plan or agreement, and any other legal remedies available to the Company, as well as applicable law, stock market or exchange rules, listing standards or regulations; provided, however, that any amounts recouped or clawed back under any other policy that would be recoupable under this Policy shall count toward any required clawback or recoupment under this Policy and vice versa.

7.     Exempt Compensation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company has no obligation to seek recoupment of amounts paid to a Covered Executive which are granted, vested or earned based solely upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of nonfinancial events. Such exempt compensation includes, without limitation, base salary, time-vesting awards, compensation awarded on the basis of the achievement of metrics that are not Financial Reporting Measures or compensation awarded solely at the discretion of the Committee or the Board, provided, that such amounts are in no way contingent on, and were not in any way granted on the basis of, the achievement of any Financial Reporting Measure performance goal.

8. Miscellaneous.

(a)    Any applicable award agreement or other document setting forth the terms and conditions of any compensation covered by this Policy shall be deemed to include the restrictions imposed herein and incorporate this Policy by reference and, in the event of any inconsistency, the terms of this Policy will govern. For the avoidance of doubt, this Policy applies to all compensation that is received on or after the Effective Date, regardless of the date on which the award agreement or other document setting forth the terms and conditions of the Covered Executive’s compensation became effective, including, without limitation, compensation received under the Verisk Analytics, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and any successor or predecessor plan thereto.

(b)    This Policy shall be binding and enforceable against all Covered Executives and their beneficiaries, heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives.

(c)    All issues concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Policy and all related documents, including, without limitation, any employment agreement, offer letter, equity award agreement or similar agreement, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

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(d)    The Covered Executives, their beneficiaries, executors, administrators and any other legal representative and the Company shall initially attempt to resolve all claims, disputes or controversies arising under, out of or in connection with this Policy by conducting good faith negotiations amongst themselves. To ensure the timely and economical resolution of disputes that arise in connection with this Policy, any and all disputes, claims or causes of action arising from or relating to the enforcement, performance or interpretation of this Policy shall be resolved to the fullest extent permitted by law by final, binding and confidential arbitration, by a single arbitrator, in New York, New York, conducted by Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (“JAMS”) under the applicable JAMS rules. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Covered Executives, their beneficiaries, executors, administrators and any other legal representative and the Company, shall waive (and shall hereby be deemed to have waived) (1) the right to resolve any such dispute through a trial by jury or judge or administrative proceeding; and (2) any objection to arbitration taking place in New York, New York. The arbitrator shall (i) have the authority to compel adequate discovery for the resolution of the dispute and to award such relief as would otherwise be permitted by law; and (ii) issue a written arbitration decision, to include the arbitrator’s essential findings and conclusions and a statement of the award. The arbitrator shall be authorized to award any or all remedies that any party would be entitled to seek in a court of law. Any such award rendered shall be enforceable by any court having jurisdiction and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Covered Executives, their beneficiaries, executors, administrators and any other legal representative and the Company shall waive (and shall hereby be deemed to have waived) the right to resolve any such dispute regarding enforcement of such award through a trial by jury.

(e)    If any provision of this Policy is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision will be applied to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives to the extent necessary to conform to any limitations required under applicable law.

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Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
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Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 302.7	$ 112.5
Accounts receivable, net	334.2	290.1
Prepaid expenses	84.5	83.7
Income taxes receivable	23.5	44.2
Other current assets	65.2	32.0
Current assets held-for-sale	0.0	362.6
Total current assets	810.1	925.1
Noncurrent assets:
Fixed assets, net	604.9	541.5
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	191.7	182.0
Intangible assets, net	471.7	504.8
Goodwill	1,760.8	1,676.0
Deferred income tax assets	30.8	31.7
Other noncurrent assets	496.1	371.4
Noncurrent assets held for sale	0.0	2,728.6
Total assets	4,366.1	6,961.1
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	340.8	292.8
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	14.5	1,392.9
Deferred revenues	375.1	321.7
Operating lease liabilities	33.1	29.5
Income taxes payable	7.9	0.0
Current liabilities held-for-sale	0.0	282.3
Total current liabilities	771.4	2,319.2
Noncurrent liabilities:
Long-term debt	2,852.2	2,343.2
Deferred income tax liabilities	210.1	145.6
Operating lease liabilities	195.6	189.9
Other noncurrent liabilities	14.6	17.9
Noncurrent liabilities held-for-sale	0.0	177.6
Total liabilities	4,043.9	5,193.4
Commitments and contingencies (Note 21)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $.001 par value; 2,000,000,000 shares authorized; 544,003,038 shares issued; 143,308,729 and 154,701,136 shares outstanding, respectively	0.1	0.1
Additional paid-in capital	2,872.3	2,720.8
Treasury stock, at cost, 400,694,309 and 389,301,902 shares, respectively	(9,037.5)	(6,239.5)
Retained earnings	6,416.9	5,999.1
Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses)	58.2	(731.2)
Total Verisk stockholders' equity	310.0	1,749.3
Noncontrolling interests	12.2	18.4
Total stockholders’ equity	322.2	1,767.7
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 4,366.1	$ 6,961.1

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals) - $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock authorized (in shares)	2,000,000,000	2,000,000,000
Common stock issued (in shares)	544,003,038	544,003,038
Common stock outstanding (in shares)	143,308,729	154,701,136
Treasury stock (in shares)	400,694,309	389,301,902

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Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Revenues	$ 2,681.4	$ 2,497.0	$ 2,462.5
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)	876.5	824.6	853.7
Selling, general and administrative	391.8	381.5	313.2
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets	206.8	164.2	170.3
Amortization of intangible assets	74.6	74.4	79.9
Other operating (income) loss	0.0	(354.2)	134.0
Total operating expenses	1,549.7	1,090.5	1,551.1
Operating income	1,131.7	1,406.5	911.4
Other income (expense):
Investment income (loss) and others, net	11.0	(5.3)	2.1
Interest expense, net	(115.5)	(138.8)	(127.0)
Total other expense, net	(104.5)	(144.1)	(124.9)
Total income before income taxes	1,027.2	1,262.4	786.5
Provision for income taxes	(258.8)	(220.3)	(179.4)
Income from continuing operations	768.4	1,042.1	607.1
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax (expense) benefit of $(12.6), $131.5 and $(29.7), respectively (Note 11)	(154.0)	(87.8)	59.2
Net income	614.4	954.3	666.3
Less: Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.2	(0.4)	(0.1)
Net income attributable to Verisk	$ 614.6	$ 953.9	$ 666.2
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 5.24	$ 6.6	$ 3.75
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(1.05)	(0.56)	0.37
Basic net income per share attributable to Verisk: (in dollars per share)	4.19	6.04	4.12
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	5.22	6.55	3.72
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(1.05)	(0.55)	0.36
Diluted net income per share attributable to Verisk: (in dollars per share)	$ 4.17	$ 6	$ 4.08
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	146,623,989	157,905,718	161,841,441
Diluted (in shares)	147,336,159	158,928,942	163,338,909

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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
(Loss) Income from discontinued operations, tax	$ (12.6)	$ 131.5	$ (29.7)

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Net income	$ (614.4)	$ (954.3)	$ (666.3)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	768.2	(300.3)	(46.3)
Pension and postretirement liability adjustment	21.8	(37.7)	26.9
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	790.0	(338.0)	(19.4)
Comprehensive income	1,404.4	616.3	646.9
Less: Comprehensive (gain) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(0.4)	1.1	0.4
Comprehensive income attributable to Verisk	$ 1,404.0	$ 617.4	$ 647.3

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions		Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] Common Stock [Member]	Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] Treasury Stock, Common [Member]	Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] Retained Earnings [Member]	Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]	Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] Parent [Member]	Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]	Performance Shares [Member] Common Stock [Member]	Performance Shares [Member] Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Performance Shares [Member] Treasury Stock, Common [Member]	Performance Shares [Member] Retained Earnings [Member]	Performance Shares [Member] AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]	Performance Shares [Member] Parent [Member]	Performance Shares [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Performance Shares [Member]	Restricted Stock [Member] Common Stock [Member]	Restricted Stock [Member] Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Restricted Stock [Member] Treasury Stock, Common [Member]	Restricted Stock [Member] Retained Earnings [Member]	Restricted Stock [Member] AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]	Restricted Stock [Member] Parent [Member]	Restricted Stock [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Restricted Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Treasury Stock, Common [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]	Parent [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Total
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2020																										544,003,038
Balance at Dec. 31, 2020																										$ 0.1	$ 2,490.9	$ (4,179.3)	$ 4,762.2	$ (375.7)	$ 2,698.2	$ 0.0	$ 2,698.2
Net income																										0.0	0.0	0.0	666.2	0.0	666.2	0.1	666.3
Other comprehensive income																										0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(18.9)	(18.9)	(0.5)	(19.4)
Investment in noncontrolling interests																										0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	26.4	26.4
Common stock dividend (1)	[1]																									0.0	0.0	0.0	(188.0)	0.0	(188.0)	0.0	(188.0)
Treasury stock acquired																										0.0	0.0	(475.0)	0.0	0.0	(475.0)	0.0	(475.0)
Stock options exercised		$ 0.0	$ 70.4	$ 13.6	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 84.0	$ 0.0	$ 84.0
PSUs lapsed										$ 0.0	$ (0.6)	$ 0.6	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
RSAs lapsed																		$ 0.0	$ (1.5)	$ 1.5	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Stock-based compensation																										0.0	55.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	55.7	0.0	55.7
Net share settlement from PSUs and RSAs																										0.0	(11.8)	0.0	0.0	0.0	(11.8)	0.0	(11.8)
Other stock issuances																										0.0	5.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	6.1	0.0	6.1
Investment in noncontrolling interests																										$ 0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(26.4)	(26.4)
Stock options exercised		$ 0.0	$ (70.4)	$ (13.6)	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ (84.0)	$ 0.0	$ (84.0)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2021																										544,003,038
Balance at Dec. 31, 2021																										$ 0.1	2,608.7	(4,638.1)	5,240.4	(394.6)	2,816.5	26.0	2,842.5
Net income																										0.0	0.0	0.0	953.9	0.0	953.9	0.4	954.3
Other comprehensive income																										0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(335.5)	(335.5)	(1.4)	(336.9)
Common stock dividend (1)	[1]																									0.0	0.0	0.0	(195.2)	0.0	(195.2)	0.0	(195.2)
Treasury stock acquired																										0.0	0.0	(1,662.5)	0.0	0.0	(1,662.5)	0.0	(1,662.5)
Stock options exercised																										0.0	111.9	20.6	0.0	0.0	132.5	0.0	132.5
PSUs lapsed										0.0	(0.6)	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0									0.0
RSAs lapsed																		0.0	(1.7)	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Stock-based compensation																										0.0	56.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	56.5	0.0	56.5
Net share settlement from PSUs and RSAs																										0.0	(20.7)	0.0	0.0	0.0	(20.7)	0.0	(20.7)
Other stock issuances																										0.0	4.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	5.4	0.0	5.4
Investment in noncontrolling interests																										0.0	(0.5)	0.0	0.0	(1.1)	(1.6)	(6.6)	(8.2)
Treasury stock share repurchased not yet settled																											(37.5)	37.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0
Stock options exercised																										$ 0.0	(111.9)	(20.6)	0.0	0.0	(132.5)	0.0	(132.5)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022																										544,003,038
Balance at Dec. 31, 2022																										$ 0.1	2,720.8	(6,239.5)	5,999.1	(731.2)	1,749.3	18.4	1,767.7
Net income																										0.0	0.0	0.0	614.6	0.0	614.6	(0.2)	614.4
Other comprehensive income																										0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	790.0	790.0	0.6	790.6
Investment in noncontrolling interests																										(0.0)	3.9	(0.0)	(0.0)	0.6	4.5	6.6	11.1
Common stock dividend (1)																										0.0	0.0	0.0	(196.8)	0.0	(196.8)	0.0	(196.8)
Stock options exercised																										0.0	115.5	25.6	0.0	0.0	141.1	0.0	141.1
PSUs lapsed										$ 0.0	$ (0.4)	$ 0.4	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
RSAs lapsed																		$ 0.0	$ (1.7)	$ 1.7	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Stock-based compensation																										0.0	54.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	54.0
Net share settlement from PSUs and RSAs																										0.0	(15.3)	0.0	0.0	0.0	(15.3)	0.0	(15.3)
Other stock issuances																										0.0	3.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	4.0
Treasury stock share repurchased not yet settled																											(37.5)	37.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0
Investment in noncontrolling interests																										0.0	(3.9)	0.0	0.0	(0.6)	(4.5)	(6.6)	(11.1)
Treasury stock acquired																										0.0	37.5	(2,838.7)	0.0	0.0	(2,801.2)	0.0	(2,801.2)
Excise tax associated with share repurchases																										0.0	0.0	(25.2)	0.0	0.0	(25.2)	0.0	(25.2)
Stock options exercised																										$ 0.0	(115.5)	(25.6)	0.0	0.0	(141.1)	0.0	(141.1)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2023																										544,003,038
Balance at Dec. 31, 2023																										$ 0.1	$ 2,872.3	$ (9,037.5)	$ 6,416.9	$ 58.2	$ 310.0	$ 12.2	$ 322.2

[1] Refer to Note 11. Stockholders' Equity for discussion related to quarterly cash dividends declared per share

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Parentheticals) - shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Shares transferred from treasury stock (in shares)	1,295,815	1,435,076	1,146,368
Performance Shares [Member]
Shares transferred from treasury stock (in shares)	27,771	49,803	50,898
Restricted Stock [Member]
Shares transferred from treasury stock (in shares)	106,613	122,340	135,664
Treasury stock acquired, shares (in shares)	12,849,921	8,600,963	2,545,191
Net share settlement (in shares)	81,536	99,977	60,101
Other stock issuances (in shares)	27,315	43,241	45,374

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 614.4	$ 954.3	$ 666.3
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets	206.8	197.1	206.9
Amortization of intangible assets	74.6	142.9	176.7
Amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, net of original issue premium	1.5	1.1	1.4
Provision for doubtful accounts	8.7	7.0	17.7
Loss (gain) on sale of assets, net	131.1	(393.9)	0.0
Impairment of cost-based investments	6.5	0.0	0.0
Stock-based compensation expense	54.0	56.5	55.7
Impairment of long-lived assets	0.0	377.4	134.0
Deferred income taxes	52.7	(261.0)	49.8
Loss on disposal of fixed assets, net	3.8	1.1	0.4
Acquisition related liability adjustment	(20.0)	0.0	0.0
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
Accounts receivable	(83.0)	(57.7)	(29.7)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(56.9)	(8.4)	(33.6)
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	26.8	46.6	41.3
Income taxes	(55.8)	25.6	(5.7)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	46.5	(21.2)	(80.8)
Deferred revenues	81.2	64.5	32.4
Operating lease liabilities	(27.1)	(43.9)	(41.3)
Other liabilities	(5.1)	(29.0)	(35.8)
Net cash provided by operating activities	1,060.7	1,059.0	1,155.7
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions and purchases of controlling interests, net of cash acquired of $8.0, $17.4, and $9.3, respectively	(83.3)	(448.9)	(289.8)
Proceeds from sale of businesses	3,066.4	1,073.3	0.0
Investments in nonpublic companies	(2.2)	(46.0)	(23.6)
Escrow funding associated with acquisitions	(3.8)	(2.3)	(9.2)
Capital expenditures	(230.0)	(274.7)	(268.4)
Payment of contingent liability related to acquisitions	0.0	0.0	(1.2)
Other investing activities, net	(0.6)	0.0	0.2
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	2,746.5	301.4	(592.0)
Cash flows from financing activities:
(Repayment of) proceeds from short-term debt, net	(1,265.0)	380.0	560.0
Repayments of current portion of long-term debt	0.0	(350.0)	(450.0)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, inclusive of original issue premium and net of original issue discount	495.2	0.0	0.0
Proceeds from issuance of short-term debt with original maturities less than three months	0.0	400.0	0.0
Repayment of short-term debt with original maturities greater than three months	(125.0)	0.0	0.0
Payment of debt issuance costs	(6.0)	0.0	0.0
Repurchases of common stock	(2,762.3)	(1,662.5)	(475.0)
Net share settlement of taxes from restricted stock and performance share awards	(15.3)	(20.7)	(11.8)
Proceeds from stock options exercised	141.9	132.5	84.3
Treasury stock shares repurchased not yet settled	(37.5)	0.0	0.0
Dividends paid	(196.8)	(195.2)	(188.2)
Other financing activities, net	(15.7)	(14.3)	(18.2)
Net cash used in financing activities	(3,786.5)	(1,330.2)	(498.9)
Effect of exchange rate changes	(10.7)	(17.8)	(3.3)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	10.0	12.4	61.5
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	292.7	280.3	218.8
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	302.7	292.7	280.3
Supplemental disclosures:
Income taxes paid	276.0	324.5	175.0
Interest paid	111.2	134.3	129.0
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Deferred tax liability established on date of acquisitions	8.7	14.0	21.0
Net assets sold as part of the dispositions, net of cash sold	3,211.8	0.0	0.0
Finance lease additions, net of disposals	45.6	5.2	7.0
Operating lease additions, net of terminations	34.3	21.7	22.4
Fixed assets included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$ 2.2	$ 0.2	$ 5.3

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Net of cash acquired from acquisitions	$ 8.0	$ 17.4	$ 9.3

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Insider Trading Arrangements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

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Item 9B. Other Information

10b5-1 Trading Plans

During the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023, the following Section 16 officers and directors adopted, modified or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” (as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act):

● Lee M. Shavel, Chief Executive Officer, President and director, adopted a new trading plan on December 4, 2023 (with the first trade under the new plan scheduled for a date on or after March 15, 2024).  The trading plan will be effective until December 31, 2024 to sell 8,000 shares of common stock.

● Elizabeth D. Mann, Chief Financial Officer, adopted a new trading plan on December 15, 2023 (with the first trade under the new plan scheduled for a date on or after March 15, 2024).  The trading plan will be effective until December 31, 2024 to sell 2,000 shares of common stock.

● David J. Grover, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, adopted a new trading plan on December 14, 2023 (with the first trade under the new plan scheduled for a date on or after March 15, 2024).  The trading plan will be effective until April 1, 2024 to sell 6,481 shares of common stock.

There were no “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements” (as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act) adopted, modified or terminated during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023 by Section 16 officers and directors. Each of the Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements are in accordance with our Insider Trading Policy and actual sale transactions made pursuant to such trading arrangements will be disclosed publicly in Section 16 filings with the SEC in accordance with applicable securities laws, rules and regulations.

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Trading Arrangement, Individual Name

Lee M. Shavel

Trading Arrangement, Individual Title

Chief Executive Officer, President and director

Trading Arrangement Adoption Date

December 4, 2023

Trading Arrangement Termination Date

December 31, 2024

Trading Arrangement, Securities Aggregate Available Amount (in shares)

8,000

Elizabeth M. Mann [Member]

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Trading Arrangement, Individual Name

Elizabeth D. Mann

Trading Arrangement, Individual Title

Chief Financial Officer

Trading Arrangement Adoption Date

December 15, 2023

Trading Arrangement Termination Date

December 31, 2024

Trading Arrangement, Securities Aggregate Available Amount (in shares)

2,000

David J. Grover [Member]

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Trading Arrangement, Individual Name

David J. Grover

Trading Arrangement, Individual Title

Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Trading Arrangement Adoption Date

December 14, 2023

Trading Arrangement Termination Date

April 1, 2024

Trading Arrangement, Securities Aggregate Available Amount (in shares)

6,481

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Note 1 - Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

1.    Organization:

Verisk Analytics, Inc. is a strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry. We empower clients to strengthen operating efficiency, improve underwriting and claims outcomes, combat fraud and make informed decisions about global risks, including climate change, extreme events, ESG (environmental, social, and governance), and political issues. Through advanced data analytics, software, scientific research, and deep industry knowledge, we help build global resilience for individuals, communities, and businesses. We trade under the ticker symbol "VRSK" on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

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Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

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2.    Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

Our accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates include acquisition purchase price allocations, the fair value of goodwill, the realization of deferred tax assets and liabilities, acquisition-related liabilities, fair value of stock-based compensation for equity awards granted, and assets and liabilities for pension and postretirement benefits. Actual results may ultimately differ from those estimates.

On February 1, 2023, we completed the sale of our Energy business. We determined that the sale of our Energy business met the “discontinued operations” criteria in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Boards (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-20, Discontinued Operations (“ASC 205-20”) due to its relative size and strategic rationale. The consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of operations, and the notes to the consolidated financial statements were recasted for all periods presented to reflect the discontinuation of the Energy business, in accordance with ASC 205-20. The discussion in the notes to these consolidated financial statements, unless otherwise noted, relate solely to our continuing operations.

Significant accounting policies include the following:

(a)    Intercompany Accounts and Transactions

The consolidated financial statements include all of our accounts. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

(b)    Revenue Recognition

The following describes our primary types of revenues and the applicable revenue recognition policies. We recognize revenues through recurring and non-recurring long-term agreements (generally one to five years) for hosted subscriptions, advisory/consulting services, and for transactional solutions. Our revenues are primarily derived from the sale of services where revenue is recognized when control of the promised services is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those services. Fees for services provided by us are non-refundable. Revenue is recognized net of applicable sales tax withholdings.

Hosted Subscriptions

We offer two forms of hosted subscriptions. The first and most prevalent form of hosted subscription is where customers access content only through our online portal (the "Hosted Subscription"). We grant a license to our customer to enter our online portal. The license is a contractual mechanism that allows our customer to access our online portal for a defined period of time. As the license alone does not provide utility to our customer, our customer has no contractual right to take possession of our online portal at any time, and our customer cannot engage another party to host our online portal and related content, it is not considered a functional license under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASC 606"). Our promise to our customer is to provide continuous access to our online portal and to update the content throughout the subscription period. Hosted Subscription is a single performance obligation that represents a series of distinct services (daily access to our online portal and related content) that are substantially the same and that have the same pattern of transfer to our customer. We recognize revenue for Hosted Subscriptions ratably over the subscription period on a straight-line basis as services are performed and continuous access to information in our online portal is provided over the entire term of the agreements.

The second form of hosted subscription is where customers have access to our online portals combined with software content that is delivered via disk drive/download to our customer (“Hosted Subscription with Disk Drive/Download”) and is offered only on a limited basis. For this form of hosted subscription, we also grant our customer a license to enter our online portal as well as access the software content as needed and act as the same contractual mechanism as described for Hosted Subscriptions. The Hosted Subscription with Disk Drive/Download works in such a manner that our customer gains significant benefit, functionality, and overall utility only when the online portal and the software content are used together. The disk drive/download contains the models while the online portal contains the latest data and research which is updated throughout the subscription period. The models within the disk drive/download depend on the data and research contained within our online portal. The data and research within our online portal is only useful when our customer can utilize it within the models (e.g., queries, projections, etc.) so that they may use the most current information and alerts to forecast potential future losses. The software content is only sold together with our online portal to provide a highly interdependent and interrelated promise and therefore represents a single performance obligation. As our customer has no contractual right to take possession of our online portal at any time, and our customer cannot engage another party to host our online portal and related software content, it is not considered a functional license under ASC 606. Our promise to our customer is to deliver the disk drive/download, to provide continuous access to our online portal, and to update the software content throughout the subscription period. We recognize revenue for Hosted Subscriptions with Disk Drive/Download ratably over the subscription period on a straight-line basis as services are performed and continuous access to information is provided over the entire term of the agreements.

Subscriptions are generally paid in advance of rendering services either quarterly or annually upon commencement of the subscription period.

               Advisory/Consulting Services

We provide certain discrete project based advisory/consulting services, which are recognized over time by measuring the progress toward complete satisfaction of the performance obligation, based on the input method of consulting hours worked; this aligns with the results achieved and value transferred to our customer. The hours consumed are most reflective of the measure of progress towards satisfying the performance obligation, as the resources hours worked directly tie to the progress of the services to be provided. In general, they are billed over the course of the project.

Transactional Solutions

Certain solutions are also paid for by customers on a transactional basis. We recognize these revenues as the solutions are delivered or services performed at a point in time. In general, our customers are billed monthly at the end of each month.

(c)    Deferred Revenues

We invoice our customers in annual, quarterly, monthly, or milestone installments. Amounts billed and/or collected in advance of services being provided are recorded as “Deferred revenues” and “Other noncurrent liabilities” in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets and are recognized as the services are performed, control is transferred to customers, and the applicable revenue recognition criteria is met.

(d)    Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts receivable are generally recorded at the invoiced amount. Unbilled receivables are short-term in nature and expected to be billed within one year. The allowance for doubtful accounts or expected credit losses is estimated based on an analysis of the aging of the accounts receivable, historical write-offs, customer payment patterns, individual customer credit worthiness, current economic trends, reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions, and/or establishment of specific reserves for customers in adverse financial condition. We assess the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts on a quarterly basis.

(e)    Deferred Commissions

We recognize an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if we expect the benefit of those costs to be longer than one year. We have determined that certain sales incentive programs meet the requirements to be capitalized. The incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer, which primarily consist of sales commissions, are deferred and amortized over a useful life of five years that is consistent with the transfer to our customer the services to which the asset relates. We classify deferred commissions as current or noncurrent based on the timing of expense recognition. The current and noncurrent portions of deferred commissions are included in "Prepaid expenses" and "Other noncurrent assets", respectively, in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023. Amortization expense related to deferred commissions is computed on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful lives and included in "Selling, general and administrative" within our accompanying consolidated statements of operations.    

(f)    Fixed Assets and Finite-lived Intangible Assets

Fixed assets and finite-lived intangibles are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization, which are computed on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term.

Our internal software development costs primarily relate to internal-use software. Such costs are capitalized in the application development stage in accordance with ASC 350-40, Internal-use Software ("ASC 350-40"). We also capitalize software development costs upon the establishment of technological feasibility for a product in accordance with ASC 985-20, Software to be Sold, Leased, or Marketed (“ASC 985-20”). Software development costs are amortized on a straight-line basis.

In accordance with ASC 360, Property, Plant & Equipment, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of long-lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets may not be recoverable, we review our long-lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets for impairment by first comparing the carrying value of our assets to the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of our assets. If the carrying value exceeds the sum of our assets’ undiscounted cash flows, we estimate and recognize an impairment loss by taking the difference between the carrying value and fair value of our assets. In the first quarter of 2022, we reassessed the recoverability of long-lived assets for our Financial Services reporting unit and recorded a $73.7 million impairment. For the year ended 2021, we had a $134.0 million impairment to the long-lived assets for our Financial Services reporting unit including $88.2 million to intangible assets and $45.8 million to fixed assets. 

(g)    Leases

We have operating and finance leases for corporate offices, data centers, and certain equipment that are accounted for under ASC 842, Leases. The lease term for our corporate headquarters ends in 2033 and includes the options to extend for one 10-year renewal period and two 5-year renewal periods.

We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. We consider any contract where there is an identified asset and that it has the right to control the use of such asset in determining whether the contract contains a lease. A right-of-use ("ROU") asset represents our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and the lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As our operating leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available on the adoption date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate was calculated by using our credit rating on our publicly-traded U.S. unsecured bonds and estimating an appropriate credit rating for similar secured debt instruments. Our calculated credit rating on secured debt instruments determined the yield curve used. We calculated an implied spread and applied the spreads to the risk-free interest rates based on the yield of the U.S. Treasury zero coupon securities with a maturity equal to the remaining lease term in determining the borrowing rates for all operating leases. Our operating lease ROU assets include any lease payments made prior to the rent commencement date and exclude lease incentives. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Operating lease transactions are included in "Operating lease right-of-use assets, net", and "Operating lease liabilities", current and noncurrent, within our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in property and equipment under "Fixed assets, net", "Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt", and "Long-term debt" within our accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

(h)    Fair Value of Financial and Non-financial Instruments

We follow the provisions of ASC 820-10, Fair Value Measurements (“ASC 820-10”), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under U.S. GAAP and expands fair value measurement disclosures. We follow the provisions of ASC 820-10 for our financial assets and liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis. We follow the provisions of ASC 820-10 for our non-financial assets and liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value.

(i)    Foreign Currency

We have determined local currencies are the functional currencies of our foreign operations. The assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are translated at the period-end rate of exchange and statement of operations items are translated at the average rates prevailing during the year. The resulting translation adjustment is recorded as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive losses” in our accompanying consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity.

(j)    Stock-Based Compensation

We follow ASC 718, Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the awards granted, and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period.

Our nonqualified stock options have an exercise price equal to the closing price of our common stock on the grant date, with a ten-year contractual term. The expected term for our stock options granted for a majority of the awards granted was estimated based on studies of historical experience and projected exercise behavior. However, for certain awards granted, for which no historical exercise pattern exists, the expected term was estimated using the simplified method. The risk-free interest rate is based on the yield of U.S. Treasury zero coupon securities with a maturity equal to the expected term of the equity award. The volatility factor is calculated using our historical daily closing prices over the most recent period that is commensurate with the expected term of the stock option awards. The expected dividend yield was based on our expected annual dividend rate on the date of grant.

The fair value of our restricted stock is determined using the closing price of our common stock on the grant date. Our restricted stock is not assignable or transferable until it becomes vested. Restricted stock generally has a service vesting period of four years and we recognize the expense ratably over this service vesting period.

Performance share units (“PSU”) vest at the end of a three-year performance period, subject to the recipient’s continued service. Each PSU represents the right to receive one share of our common stock and the ultimate realization is based on our achievement of certain market performance criteria. We determined the grant date fair value of PSUs with the assistance of a third-party valuation specialist and based on estimates provided by us. The valuation of our PSUs employed the Monte Carlo simulation model, which includes certain key assumptions that were applied to us and our peer group. Those key assumptions included valuation date stock price, expected volatility, correlation coefficients, risk-free rate of return, and expected dividend yield.  The valuation date stock price is based on the dividend-adjusted closing price on the grant date. Expected volatility is calculated using historical daily closing prices over a period that is commensurate with the length of the performance period. The correlation coefficients are based on the price data used to calculate the historical volatilities. The risk-free rate of return is based on the yield of U.S. Treasury zero coupon securities with a maturity equal to the length of the performance period. The expected dividend yield was based on our and our peer group’s expected dividend rate over the performance period. PSUs are tied to the achievement of certain market performance conditions, namely relative total shareholder return as compared to the S&P 500 index ("TSR-based PSUs").

We estimate expected forfeitures of equity awards at the date of grant and recognize compensation expense only for those awards expected to vest. The forfeiture assumption is ultimately adjusted to the actual forfeiture rate. Estimated forfeiture is ultimately adjusted to actual forfeiture. Changes in the forfeiture assumptions may impact the total amount of expense ultimately recognized, as well as the timing of expense recognized over the requisite service period.

Excess tax benefit from exercised stock options, lapsing of restricted stock and PSUs is recorded as an income tax benefit in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. This tax benefit is calculated as the excess of the intrinsic value of options exercised and of the market value of restricted stock lapsed over the compensation recognized for financial reporting purposes.

(k)    Research and Development Costs

Research and development costs, which are primarily related to personnel and related overhead costs incurred in developing new services for customers, are expensed as incurred. Such costs were $36.8 million, $43.1 million, and $47.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively, and were included in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

(l)    Advertising Costs

Advertising costs, which are primarily associated with promoting our brand, names and solutions provided, are expensed as incurred. Such costs were $11.9 million, $14.7 million, and $12.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively.

(m)    Income Taxes

We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method under ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

Deferred tax assets are recorded to the extent these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such determination, we consider all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies, and recent financial operations. Valuation allowances are recognized to reduce deferred tax assets if it is determined to be more likely than not that all or some of the potential deferred tax assets will not be realized.

We follow ASC 740-10, Income Taxes (“ASC 740-10”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements. ASC 740-10 provides that a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position may be recognized based on the technical merits when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including resolutions of any related appeals or litigation processes. Income tax positions must meet a more likely than not recognition threshold in accordance with ASC 740-10. This standard also provides guidance on measurement, derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition.

We recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits within the income tax expense line in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Accrued interest and penalties are included within “Other liabilities” on our accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

(n)    Earnings Per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) are determined in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share, which specifies the computation, presentation and disclosure requirements for EPS. Basic EPS excludes all dilutive common stock equivalents. It is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS, as calculated using the treasury stock method, reflects the potential dilution that would occur if our dilutive outstanding stock options and stock awards were issued.

(o)    Pension and Postretirement Benefits

We account for our pension and postretirement benefits under ASC 715, Compensation — Retirement Benefits (“ASC 715”). ASC 715 requires the recognition of the funded status of a benefit plan in the balance sheet, the recognition in other comprehensive income (loss) of gains or losses and prior service costs arising during the period, but which are not included as components of periodic benefit cost or credit, and the measurement of defined benefit plan assets and obligations as of the balance sheet date. We utilize a valuation date of December 31.

(p)    Product Warranty Obligations

We provide warranty coverage for certain of our solutions. We recognize a product warranty obligation when claims are probable and can be reasonably estimated. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, product warranty obligations were not material.

(q)    Loss Contingencies

We accrue for costs relating to litigation, claims, and other contingent matters when such liabilities become probable and reasonably estimable. Such estimates are based on management’s judgment. Actual amounts paid may differ from amounts estimated, and such differences will be charged to operations in the period in which the final determination of the liability is made.

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into numerous agreements that contain standard indemnities whereby we indemnify another party for breaches of confidentiality, infringement of intellectual property or gross negligence. Such indemnifications are primarily granted under licensing of computer software. Most agreements contain provisions to limit the maximum potential amount of future payments that we could be required to make under these indemnifications; however, we are not able to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments to be made under these indemnifications as the triggering events are not subject to predictability.

(r)    Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of acquisition costs over the fair value of tangible net assets and identifiable intangible assets of our businesses acquired. Goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives are not amortized. Intangible assets determined to have finite lives are amortized over their useful lives. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are subject to impairment testing annually as of  June 30, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount   may not be fully recoverable. When evaluating goodwill for impairment, we  may decide to first perform a qualitative assessment, or “Step Zero” impairment test, to determine whether it is more likely than not that impairment has occurred. The qualitative assessment includes a review of macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, internal cost factors, and our own overall financial and share price performance, among other factors. If we do not perform a qualitative assessment, or if we determine that it is more likely than not that the carrying amounts of our reporting units exceeds their fair value, we perform a quantitative assessment and calculate the estimated fair value of the respective reporting unit. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds the fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized.

(s)    Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standard	Description	Effective Date	Effect on Consolidated Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
Leases (Topic 842) In March 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update "ASU" No. 2023-01, Common Control Arrangements ("ASU No. 2023-01")	This update amends the accounting for leasehold improvements in common-control arrangements for all entities. The amendment requires a lessee in a common-control lease arrangement to amortize leasehold improvements that it owns over the improvements’ useful life to the common control group, regardless of the lease term, if the lessee continues to control the use of the underlying asset through a lease.	ASU No. 2023-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted in any annual or interim period as of the beginning of the related fiscal year.	The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Segment Reporting (Topic 280) In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update "ASU" No. 2023-07, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures ("ASU No. 2023-07")	This updates changes the reportable segment disclosure requirements requiring enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. Public entities are required to disclose significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and to disclose how reported measures of segment profit or loss are used in assessing segment performance and allocating resources.	ASU No. 2023-07 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted.	The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Income Taxes (Topic 740) In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update "ASU" No. 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (ASU No. 2023-09)	The amendments in within ASU No. 2023-09 address investor requests for more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. This Update also includes certain other amendments to improve the effectiveness of income tax disclosures	The ASU’s amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted.	The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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Note 3 - Cash and Cash Equivalents

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Cash and Cash Equivalents Disclosure [Text Block]

3.    Cash and Cash Equivalents:

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash in banks, commercial paper, money-market funds, and other liquid instruments with original maturities of 90 days or less at the time of purchase.

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Note 4 - Accounts Receivable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Accounts and Nontrade Receivable [Text Block]

4.    Accounts Receivable:

Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following at December 31:

	2023			2022
Billed receivables	$	317.1		$	273.7
Unbilled receivables		32.2			30.7
Total receivables		349.3			304.4
Less allowance for doubtful accounts		(15.1	)		(14.3	)
Accounts receivable, net	$	334.2		$	290.1

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Note 5 - Concentration of Credit Risk

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block]

5.    Concentration of Credit Risk:

Financial instruments that potentially expose us to credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents as well as accounts receivable, net, which are generally not collateralized. We maintain our cash and cash equivalents in higher credit quality financial institutions in order to limit the amount of credit exposure. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, a vast majority of our domestic cash and cash equivalents is with TD Bank, N.A., and JPMorgan Chase N.A. The total domestic cash balances are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) to a maximum amount of $250.0 thousand per bank as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had cash balances on deposit with seven and five banks that exceeded the balance insured by the FDIC limit by approximately$171.8 million and $36.0 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we also had cash on deposit with foreign banks of approximately $129.2 million and $74.9 million, respectively. 

We consider the concentration of credit risk associated with our accounts receivable to be commercially reasonable and believe that such concentration does not result in the significant risk of near-term severe adverse impacts. Our top fifty customers represent approximately 45% of revenues for 2023, 41% for 2022 and 38% for 2021, respectively, with no individual customer accounting for more than approximately 3% of revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 respectively. No individual customer comprised more than approximately 5% and 6% of accounts receivable as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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Note 6 - Revenues

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

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6. Revenues:

Disaggregated revenues by type of service and by country are provided below for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021. No individual country outside of the U.S. accounted for more than 10.0% of our consolidated revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, or 2021.

	2023		2022		2021
Insurance:
Underwriting	$	1,892.7	$	1,734.5	$	1,555.1
Claims		788.7		702.5		651.8
Total Insurance		2,681.4		2,437.0		2,206.9
Specialized Markets		—		22.4		112.8
Financial Services		—		37.6		142.8
Total revenues	$	2,681.4	$	2,497.0	$	2,462.5

	2023		2022		2021
Revenues:
United States	$	2,238.3	$	2,120.1	$	2,057.7
United Kingdom		190.1		169.5		169.0
Other countries		253.0		207.4		235.8
Total revenues	$	2,681.4	$	2,497.0	$	2,462.5

Contract assets are defined as an entity's right to consideration in exchange for goods or services that the entity has transferred to a customer when that right is conditioned on something other than the passage of time. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had no contract assets.

Contract liabilities are defined as an entity's obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the entity has received consideration (or an amount of consideration is due) from the customer. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had contract liabilities that primarily related to unsatisfied performance obligations to provide customers with the right to use and update the online content over the remaining contract term of $375.1 million and $321.7 million, respectively. Contract liabilities, which are current and noncurrent, are included in "Deferred revenues" and "Other noncurrent liabilities" in our consolidated balance sheets, respectively, as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

The following is a summary of the change in contract liabilities from December 31, 2020 through December 31, 2022:

Contract Liabilities at December 31, 2021	$	349.3
Revenue		(2,497.0	)
Acquisitions		3.4
Dispositions		(61.0	)
Billings		2,527.0
Contract Liabilities at December 31, 2022		321.7
Revenue		(2,681.4	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(3.0	)
Billings		2,737.8
Contract Liabilities at December 31, 2023	$	375.1

Our most significant remaining performance obligations relate to providing customers with the right to use and update the online content over the remaining contract term. Our disclosure of the timing for satisfying the performance obligation is based on the requirements of contracts with customers. However, from time to time, these contracts may be subject to modifications, impacting the timing of satisfying the performance obligations. These performance obligations, which are expected to be satisfied within one year, comprised approximately 99% and 98% of the balance as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

We recognize an asset for incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if we expect the benefits of those costs to be longer than one year. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had deferred commissions of $76.4 million and $69.7 million, respectively, which have been included in "Prepaid expenses" and "Other noncurrent assets" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

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Note 7 - Investments and Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

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7.    Fair Value Measurements:

Certain assets and liabilities are reported at fair value in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Such assets and liabilities include amounts for both financial and non-financial instruments. To increase consistency and comparability of assets and liabilities recorded at fair value, ASC 820-10 established a three-level fair value hierarchy to prioritize the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. ASC 820-10 requires disclosures detailing the extent to which companies' measure assets and liabilities at fair value, the methods and assumptions used to measure fair value, and the effect of fair value measurements on earnings. In accordance with ASC 820-10, we applied the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 — Assets or liabilities for which the identical item is traded on an active exchange, such as publicly-traded instruments.

Level 2 — Assets and liabilities valued based on observable market data for similar instruments.

Level 3 — Assets or liabilities for which significant valuation assumptions are not readily observable in the market; instruments valued based on the best available data, some of which is internally-developed, and considers risk premiums that a market participant would require.

The fair value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and short-term debt approximate their carrying amounts because of the short-term nature of these instruments. Our investments in registered investment companies, which are Level 1 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using quoted prices in active markets multiplied by the number of shares owned, were $1.2 million and $4.0 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Our investments in registered investment companies have been included in "Other current assets" in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

We elected not to carry our long-term debt at fair value. The carrying value of our long-term debt represents the amortized cost, inclusive of unamortized premium, and net of unamortized discount and debt issuance costs. We assess the fair value of these financial instruments based on an estimate of interest rates available to us for financial instruments with similar features, our current credit rating, and spreads applicable to us. The following table summarizes the carrying value and estimated fair value of these financial instruments as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively:

		2023				2022
	Fair Value	Carrying		Estimated		Carrying		Estimated
	Hierarchy	Value		Fair Value		Value		Fair Value
Financial instrument not carried at fair value:
Senior Notes (Note 15)	Level 2	$	2,833.7	$	2,735.3	$	2,342.6	$	2,113.3

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had securities without readily determinable market values of $200.9 million and $201.5 million, respectively, which were accounted for at cost. We do not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the investees’ operating and financial policies or do not hold investments in common stock or in-substance common stock in such entities. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we also had investments in private companies of $30.5 million and $28.3 million, respectively, accounted for in accordance with ASC 323-10-25, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock ("ASC 323-10-25") as equity method investments. All such investments were included in "Other noncurrent assets" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, there was no provision for credit losses related to these investments.

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Note 8 - Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

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8. Leases:

We have operating and finance leases for corporate offices, data centers, and certain equipment that are accounted for under ASC 842. The lease term for our corporate headquarters ends in 2033 and includes the options to extend for one 10-year renewal period and two 5-year renewal periods. Extension and termination options are considered in the calculation of our ROU assets and lease liabilities when we determine it is reasonably certain that we will exercise those options.

The following table presents the consolidated lease cost and cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for finance and operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

	2023			2022
Lease cost:
Operating lease cost (1)	$	33.9		$	47.7
Sublease income		(1.7	)		(2.0	)
Finance lease cost
Depreciation of finance lease assets (2)		14.4			12.8
Interest on finance lease liabilities (3)		1.0			0.5
Total lease cost	$	47.6		$	59.0
Other information:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash outflows from operating leases	$	(34.9	)	$	(46.4	)
Operating cash outflows from finance leases	$	(1.0	)	$	(0.5	)
Financing cash outflows from finance leases	$	(15.7	)	$	(14.3	)

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⁽¹⁾ Included in "Cost of revenues" and "Selling, general and, administrative" expenses in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations

⁽²⁾ Included in "Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets" in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations

⁽³⁾ Included in "Interest expense" in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations

The following table presents weighted-average remaining lease terms and weighted-average discount rates for the consolidated finance and operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

	2023			2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (in years)		8.2			8.5
Weighted-average remaining lease term - finance leases (in years)		3.1			1.7
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases		4.0	%		3.8	%
Weighted-average discount rate - finance leases		4.2	%		2.6	%

Our ROU assets and lease liabilities for finance leases were $41.2 million and $34.5 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2023. Our ROU assets and lease liabilities for finance leases were $10.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2022. Our ROU assets for finance leases were included in "Fixed assets, net" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Our lease liabilities for finance leases were included in the "Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt" and "Long-term debt" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets (See Note 15. Debt).

Maturities of the continuing lease liabilities for the years through 2029 and thereafter are as follows:

Years Ending	Operating Leases			Finance Leases
2024	$	33.3		$	15.6
2025		34.1			13.8
2026		32.6			3.4
2027		32.4			2.6
2028		31.7			1.7
2029 and thereafter		104.3			-
Total lease payments		268.4			37.1
Less: Amount representing interest		(39.7	)		(2.6	)
Present value of total lease payments	$	228.7		$	34.5

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Note 9 - Fixed Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

9.    Fixed Assets

The following is a summary of fixed assets:

	Useful Life (in years)	Cost		Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization			Net
December 31, 2023
Furniture and office equipment	3 - 10	$	178.5	$	(156.7	)	$	21.8
Leasehold improvements	Lease term		116.5		(63.0	)		53.5
Purchased software	3		59.9		(55.2	)		4.7
Software development costs	3 - 7		1,136.6		(653.0	)		483.6
Leased equipment	3 - 4		105.1		(63.8	)		41.3
Total fixed assets		$	1,596.6	$	(991.7	)	$	604.9
December 31, 2022
Furniture and office equipment	3 - 10	$	199.2	$	(177.1	)	$	22.1
Leasehold improvements	Lease term		118.3		(54.6	)		63.7
Purchased software	3		65.1		(61.0	)		4.1
Software development costs	3 - 7		945.4		(504.5	)		440.9
Leased equipment	3 - 4		64.4		(53.7	)		10.7
Total fixed assets		$	1,392.4	$	(850.9	)	$	541.5

Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 were $206.8 million, $164.2 million, and $170.3 million, of which $165.5 million, $116.6 million, and $111.6 million related to amortization of internal-use software development costs, respectively. Amortization expense related to development of software for sale in accordance with ASC 985-20 was $4.8 million, $7.6 million, and $11.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively. We had unamortized software development costs that had been capitalized in accordance with ASC 350-40 of $482.4 million and $389.1 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We had unamortized software development costs that had been capitalized in accordance with ASC 985-20 of $1.2 million and $51.7 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Leased assets include amounts held under finance leases for automobiles, computer software, and computer equipment.

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Note 10 - Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

10.    Acquisitions

2023 Acquisitions

On  April 20, 2023, we acquired Krug Sachverständigen GmbH ("Krug") for a net cash purchase price of approximately $43.3 million including working capital adjustments, of which $3.8 million represents indemnity escrows. Krug is a Germany-based motor claims solutions provider and has established an industry-leading position in the German insurance market through highly digitalized solutions that help insurers and car manufacturers achieve better and faster customer service, leading to sustainable reductions in costs. The acquisition expands our claims and casualty offerings across Europe. Krug has become a part of our claims category within our Insurance segment.

On   February 1, 2023, we acquired 100 percent of the stock of Mavera Holding AB ("Mavera") for a net cash purchase price of $28.3 million, of which $4.2 million represents indemnity escrows. Mavera, a Sweden-based InsurTech firm with a regional presence and established customer base for its personal injury claims management platform, has become a part of the claims category within our Insurance segment. Mavera will support our expansion in continental Europe and our continued growth as a technology and analytics partner to the global insurance industry.

The "Other" column includes other immaterial acquisitions that have occurred during the period. The preliminary purchase price allocation of the 2023 acquisitions resulted in the following:

	Krug		Other		Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	7.0	$	1.0	$	8.0
Accounts receivable		1.8		0.8		2.6
Other current assets		3.8		0.1		3.9
Fixed assets		0.2		0.1		0.3
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		—		0.2		0.2
Intangible assets		15.1		18.4		33.5
Goodwill		33.1		22.8		55.9
Total assets acquired		61.0		43.4		104.4
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		5.8		2.1		7.9
Operating lease liabilities		—		0.1		0.1
Deferred income tax, net		4.8		3.9		8.7
Other noncurrent liabilities		0.1		1.4		1.5
Total liabilities assumed		10.7		7.5		18.2
Net assets acquired		50.3		35.9		86.2
Less: cash acquired		7.0		1.0		8.0
Net cash purchase price	$	43.3	$	34.9	$	78.2

The preliminary amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for our 2023 acquisitions are summarized in the table below:

	Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)	Total
Technology-based	5	$	9.9
Marketing-related	2		0.5
Customer-related	13		23.1
Total intangible assets		$	33.5

The preliminary allocations of the purchase price for the 2023 and 2022 acquisitions with less than a year of ownership are subject to revisions as additional information is obtained about the facts and circumstances that existed as of each acquisition date. The revisions  may have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements. The allocations of the purchase price will be finalized once all the information that was known as of the acquisition date is obtained and analyzed, but not to exceed one year from the acquisition date. The primary areas of the purchase price allocation that are not yet finalized relate to income and non-income taxes, deferred revenues, the valuation of intangible assets acquired, and residual goodwill. The goodwill associated with our acquisitions includes the acquired assembled workforce, the value associated with the opportunity to leverage the work force to continue to develop the technology and content assets, as well as our ability to grow through adding additional customer relationships or new solutions in the future. The $55.9 million in goodwill associated with our acquisitions, is not deductible for tax purposes. The preliminary amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for these acquisitions were based upon our valuation model and historical experiences with entities with similar business characteristics. 

For the year ended  December 31, 2023, we incurred transaction costs of $2.5 million. The transaction costs were included within "Selling, general and administrative" expenses in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Our 2023 acquisitions were not significant, both individually and in the aggregate, to our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, and therefore, supplemental information disclosure on an unaudited pro forma basis is not presented.

2022 Acquisitions

On  March 1, 2022, we acquired 100 percent of the stock of Opta Information Intelligence Corp. ("Opta") for a net cash purchase price of $217.5 million excluding working capital adjustments, of which $0.8 million represents indemnity escrows. Opta, a leading provider of property intelligence and innovative technology solutions in Canada, has become a part of the underwriting category within our Insurance segment. We believe this acquisition further expands our footprint in the Canadian market and supports Verisk in reshaping risk management with valuable business intelligence.

On  February 11, 2022, we acquired 100 percent of the membership interest of Infutor Data Solutions, LLC ("Infutor") for a net cash purchase price of $220.7 million excluding working capital adjustments, of which $1.5 million represents a working capital escrow, plus a contingent earn-out payment of up to $25.0 million subject to the achievement of certain revenue and other performance targets. Infutor, a leading provider of identity resolution and consumer intelligence data, has become a part of the underwriting category within our Insurance segment. We believe this acquisition further enhances Verisk’s marketing solutions offerings to companies across several industries, including the insurance industry. 

The final purchase price allocations, inclusive of closing adjustments, of our 2022 acquisitions resulted in the following:

	Opta		Infutor		Others		Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	0.4	$	17.0	$	-	$	17.4
Accounts receivable		5.2		10.7		-		15.9
Other current assets		1.3		3.8		0.1		5.2
Fixed assets		1.5		0.9		0.3		2.7
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		1.1		2.3		-		3.4
Intangible assets		87.0		83.4		2.3		172.7
Goodwill		141.1		140.3		3.0		284.4
Other assets		-		0.1		-		0.1
Total assets acquired		237.6		258.5		5.7		501.8
Current liabilities		4.9		14.4		0.1		19.4
Deferred revenues		0.2		3.1		0.1		3.4
Operating lease liabilities		1.1		3.3		-		4.4
Deferred income tax, net		13.5		-		0.5		14.0
Other liabilities		-		-		0.2		0.2
Total liabilities assumed		19.7		20.8		0.9		41.4
Net assets acquired		217.9		237.7		4.8		460.4
Less: Cash acquired		0.4		17.0		-		17.4
Net cash purchase price	$	217.5	$	220.7	$	4.8	$	443.0

The final amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for our 2022 acquisitions are summarized in the table below:

	Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)	Total
Technology-based	6	$	48.5
Marketing-related	4		2.0
Customer-related	13		122.2
Total intangible assets		$	172.7

For the year ended  December 31, 2023, we finalized the purchase accounting for our 2022 acquisitions during the measurement periods in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations ("ASC 805"). The impact of finalization of the purchase accounting associated with these acquisitions was not material to our accompanying consolidated financial statements for the years ended  December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Of the $284.4 million in goodwill associated with our acquisitions, $144.5 million is not deductible for tax purposes. The preliminary amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for these acquisitions were based upon our valuation model and historical experiences with entities with similar business characteristics. For the year ended December 31, 2022, we incurred transaction costs related to acquisitions of $1.8 million, which are included within "Selling, general and administrative" expenses in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Refer to Note 12. Goodwill and Intangible Assets for further discussion.

Our 2022 acquisitions were not significant, both individually and in the aggregate, to our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, and therefore, supplemental information disclosure on an unaudited pro forma basis is not presented.

2021 Acquisitions

On  December 23, 2021, we acquired approximately 96.7 percent of the stock of ACTINEO GmbH ("ACTINEO") with an option to acquire the remaining shares at a future date, for a net cash purchase price of $148.9 million. ACTINEO offers a comprehensive portfolio of services, technology and data solutions to support the entire bodily injury settlement process. With this acquisition, we add ACTINEO's established claims management solutions to our leading data analytics and insurance ecosystem, providing customers with digitalization and medical expertise solutions throughout the entire claims process. ACTINEO is part of the claims vertical within our Insurance segment.

On  November 2, 2021, we acquired 100 percent of the stock of Data Driven Safety, LLC ("Data Driven Safety") for a net cash purchase price of $93.5 million, of which $2.0 million represents indemnity escrows. Data Driven Safety, a leading public record data aggregation firm that specializes in driver risk assessment in the U.S., has become a part of the underwriting category within our Insurance segment. We believe that Data Driven Safety will expand our robust auto insurance analytics, providing insurers with information to further refine underwriting, improve the customer experience and promote public safety.

On  September 1, 2021, we acquired 100 percent of the stock of Ignite Software Systems Limited ("Ignite") for a net cash purchase price of $13.8 million. Ignite, a provider of insurance policy administration systems to brokers, managing general agents, and insurers, has become a part of the underwriting category within our Insurance segment. We believe that Ignite's client focus and deep domain knowledge will fit into our business model providing new and existing clients with access to a broader expert advice and service.

On  June 17, 2021, we acquired 100 percent of the stock of Roskill Holdings Limited ("Roskill") for a net cash purchase price of $22.1 million, of which $4.8 million represents indemnity escrows. Roskill, a provider of metals and materials supply chain intelligence, was part of our Energy and Specialized Markets segment. Roskill’s capabilities reinforce our ability to provide comprehensive analysis across the energy, and metals and mining value chain while adding analysis, data, and insight on battery raw materials metals. This acquisition was excluded from the table below due to the announcement of the sale of our Energy business.

On  March 2, 2021, we acquired a 51.0 percent ownership in Whitespace Software Limited ("Whitespace") for a net cash purchase price of $16.8 million. The remaining 49.0 percent ownership interest in Whitespace will be acquired by us, in three equal proportions over the next three years, at a purchase price determined based upon a fixed revenue multiple and adjusted for any free cash flow shortfall. Whitespace, a provider of digital placing technology to the (re)insurance market, has become part of the underwriting category within our Insurance segment. We expect our investment in Whitespace to enable a seamless real-time quote-to-bind electronic placing and global distribution solution, with straight-through submissions for our customers.

The final purchase price allocations, inclusive of closing adjustments, of our 2021 acquisitions resulted in the following:

	ACTINEO		Data Driven Safety		Others		Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	0.2	$	2.5	$	3.7	$	6.4
Accounts receivable		1.8		1.0		1.4		4.2
Other current assets		—		2.0		1.0		3.0
Fixed assets		1.4		—		0.1		1.5
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		4.2		0.4		1.3		5.9
Intangible assets		48.3		42.1		19.0		109.4
Goodwill		121.9		74.1		39.6		235.6
Other assets		—		—		0.1		0.1
Total assets acquired		177.8		122.1		66.2		366.1
Current liabilities		2.1		2.7		1.7		6.5
Deferred revenues		—		0.4		1.4		1.8
Operating lease liabilities		4.2		0.4		1.4		6.0
Deferred income tax, net		15.8		—		3.7		19.5
Other liabilities		—		21.7		—		21.7
Total liabilities assumed		22.1		25.2		8.2		55.5
Net assets acquired		155.7		96.9		58.0		310.6
Less: Noncontrolling interests		6.6		—		19.8		26.4
Cash acquired		0.2		3.4		3.7		7.3
Net cash purchase price	$	148.9	$	93.5	$	34.5	$	276.9

The final amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for our 2021 acquisitions are summarized in the table below:

	Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)	Total
Technology-based	5	$	21.1
Marketing-related	3		1.1
Customer-related	13		81.2
Database-related	6		6.0
Total intangible assets		$	109.4

For the year ended December 31, 2022, we finalized the purchase accounting for our 2021 acquisitions during the measurement periods in accordance with ASC 805. The impact of finalization of the purchase accounting associated with these acquisitions was not material to our accompanying financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Of the $235.6 million in goodwill associated with our acquisitions, $161.3 million is not deductible for tax purposes. The preliminary amounts assigned to intangible assets by type for these acquisitions were based upon our valuation model and historical experiences with entities with similar business characteristics. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we incurred transaction costs related to acquisitions of $2.8 million, which are included within "Selling, general and administrative" expenses in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Refer to Note 12. Goodwill and Intangible Assets for further discussion.

Our 2021 acquisitions were not significant and therefore, supplemental information disclosure on an unaudited pro forma basis is not presented.

Acquisition Escrowsand Related Liabilities

Pursuant to the related acquisition agreements, we have funded various escrow accounts to satisfy pre-acquisition indemnity and tax claims arising subsequent to the acquisition dates, as well as a portion of the contingent payment. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, we released $0.0 million and $12.8 million of indemnity escrows related to various acquisitions. At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the current portion of the escrows amounted to $3.9 million and $0.0 million. There were no noncurrent portions of the escrows. The current and noncurrent portions of the escrows have been included in "Other current assets" and "Other noncurrent assets" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets, respectively.

The acquisitions of Infutor Data Solutions, LLC, Krug, Mavera, and Morning Data Limited included acquisition-related contingent payments, for which the sellers of these acquisitions could receive additional payments by achieving the specific predetermined revenue, EBITDA, and EBITDA margin earn-out targets for exceptional performance. We believe that the liabilities recorded as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 reflect the best estimate of acquisition-related contingent payments. The associated current portion of contingent payments were $10.0 million and $29.9 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The associated noncurrent portion of contingent payments were $2.1 million and $0.0 million as of  December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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Note 11 - Dispositions and Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

11. Dispositions and Discontinued Operations:

Discontinued Operations

On   February 1, 2023, we completed the sale of our Energy business to Planet Jersey Buyer Ltd, an entity that was formed on behalf of, and is controlled by, The Veritas Capital Fund VIII, L.P. and its affiliated funds and entities (“Veritas Capital”), for a net cash sale price of $3,066.4 million paid at closing (reflecting a base purchase price of $3,100.0 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments for, among other things, the cash, working capital, and indebtedness of the companies as of the closing) and up to $200.0 million of additional contingent cash consideration based on Veritas Capital’s future return on its investment paid through a Class C Partnership interest.

The Energy business, which was part of our Energy and Specialized Markets segment, was classified as discontinued operations per ASC 205-20 as we determined, qualitatively and quantitatively, that this transaction represented a strategic shift that had a major effect on our operations and financial results. Accordingly, all results of the Energy business have been removed from continuing operations and presented as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. Additionally, all assets and liabilities of the Energy business were classified as assets and liabilities held for sale within our consolidated balance sheet as of  December 31, 2022. In connection with the held for sale classification, we recognized an impairment of $303.7 million on the remeasurement of the disposal group held for sale, which has been included in discontinued operations in our consolidated statement of operations. Upon classification of the Energy business as held for sale, its cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment within shareholders’ equity was included with its carrying value, which primarily resulted in the impairment. When we closed on the sale of our Energy business on  February 1, 2023, we recognized a loss of $128.4 million. As a result of closing adjustments in the second and fourth quarter of 2023, we incurred an additional net loss of $2.7 million. 

The following table presents the financial results from discontinued operations, net of income taxes in our consolidated statement of income for the periods indicated:

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022			2021
Revenues	$	46.8		$	537.3		$	536.1
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)		18.2			207.4			204.1
Selling, general and administrative		33.2			117.2			109.5
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets		-			32.9			36.6
Amortization of intangible assets		-			68.5			96.8
Impairment loss		-			303.7			-
Other operating loss		131.1			33.9			-
Total operating expenses		182.5			763.6			447.0
Operating (loss) income		(135.7	)		(226.3	)		89.1
Other income (expense):
Investment income (loss) and others, net		(5.7	)		7.0			(0.2	)
Total other income (expense), net		(5.7	)		7.0			(0.2	)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations before income taxes		(141.4	)		(219.3	)		88.9
Income tax (expense) benefit		(12.6	)		131.5			(29.7	)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$	(154.0	)	$	(87.8	)	$	59.2

The following table presents the aggregate carrying amounts of  the held for sale assets and liabilities of the Energy business in the consolidated balance sheet as of the date indicated:

	February 1, 2023			December 31, 2022
Cash and cash equivalents	$	86.3		$	180.2
Accounts receivable, net		187.1			150.8
Prepaid expenses		17.6			17.8
Other current assets		13.8			13.8
Total current assets:		304.8			362.6
Fixed assets, net		165.2			157.1
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		29.7			29.8
Intangible assets, net		625.9			616.9
Goodwill		2,165.7			2,136.3
Other noncurrent assets		18.9			16.3
Total noncurrent assets		3,005.4			2,956.4
Total assets held for sale:		3,310.2			3,319.0
Net impairment of asset group(1)		(227.8	)		(227.8	)
Total assets held for sale, net	$	3,082.4		$	3,091.2
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	77.6		$	68.6
Operating lease liabilities		7.6			6.9
Deferred revenues		207.4			176.6
Income taxes payable		13.6			30.2
Current liabilities held-for-sale:		306.2			282.3
Deferred income tax liabilities		146.2			144.1
Noncurrent lease liabilities		30.0			30.8
Other noncurrent liabilities		2.5			2.7
Noncurrent liabilities held-for-sale		178.7			177.6
Total liabilities held for sale	$	484.9		$	459.9

⁽¹⁾ In connection with the held for sale classification, we recognized a $303.7 million impairment, partially offset by a deferred tax benefit of $75.9 million on the remeasurement of the disposal group held for sale. This impairment was charged to a contra asset account within "Other noncurrent assets" per ASC 205-20, Discontinued Operations.

The consolidated statements of cash flows have not been adjusted to separately disclose cash flows related to discontinued operations. The following table presents selected cash flow information associated with our discontinued operations:

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022			2021
Significant non-cash operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets	$	-		$	32.9		$	36.6
Amortization of intangible assets		-			68.5			96.8
Impairment loss		-			303.7			-
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		0.1			7.6			7.7
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures		(6.5	)		(72.6	)		(59.7	)
Supplemental disclosures:
Fixed assets included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities		-			3.0			5.0

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Note 12 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

12.    Goodwill and Intangible Assets:

The following is a summary of the change in goodwill from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023, both in total and as allocated to our reportable segments:

	Insurance			Specialized Markets			Financial Services			Total
Goodwill at January 1, 2022	$	1,454.8		$	117.4		$	475.4		$	2,047.6
Acquisitions		284.4			—			—			284.4
Purchase accounting reclassifications		(0.5	)		—			—			(0.5	)
Disposition of sold businesses		—			(116.5	)		(473.2	)		(589.7	)
Impairment Charge		—			—			(1.7	)		(1.7	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(62.7	)		(0.9	)		(0.5	)		(64.1	)
Goodwill at December 31, 2022		1,676.0			—			—			1,676.0
Acquisitions		55.9			—			—			55.9
Purchase accounting reclassifications		(0.1	)		—			—			(0.1	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		29.0			—			—			29.0
Goodwill at December 31, 2023	$	1,760.8		$	—		$	—		$	1,760.8

Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are subject to impairment testing annually as of June 30, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. When evaluating goodwill for impairment, we may decide to first perform a qualitative assessment, or "Step Zero" impairment test, to determine whether it is more likely than not that impairment has occurred. The qualitative assessment includes a review of macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, internal cost factors, and our own overall financial and share price performance, among other factors. If we do not perform a qualitative assessment, or if we determine that it is more likely than not that the carrying amount of our reporting units exceeds their fair value, we perform a quantitative assessment and calculate the estimated fair value of the respective reporting unit. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit's goodwill exceeds the fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized. As of June 30, 2023, we completed our Step Zero impairment test at the reporting unit level and determined it was not more likely than not that the carrying values of our reporting units exceeded their fair values. We did not recognize any impairment charges related to our goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets. Subsequent to performing the test we continued to monitor these reporting units for events that would trigger an interim impairment test; we did not identify any such events.

Impairments to long-lived assets for the twelve months ended  December 31, 2023 and 2022 were $0.0 million and $73.7 million, respectively, and are included within "Other operating (income) loss, net" in our consolidated statements of operations.  

Our intangible assets and related accumulated amortization consisted of the following:

	Weighted
	Average
	Useful Life			Accumulated
	(in years)	Cost		Amortization			Net
December 31, 2023
Technology-based	8	$	370.2	$	(261.2	)	$	109.0
Marketing-related	6		42.7		(38.7	)		4.0
Contract-based	6		5.0		(5.0	)		-
Customer-related	13		542.1		(190.7	)		351.4
Database-based	8		15.2		(7.9	)		7.3
Total intangible assets		$	975.2	$	(503.5	)	$	471.7
December 31, 2022
Technology-based	8	$	355.1	$	(229.3	)	$	125.8
Marketing-related	6		41.3		(35.5	)		5.8
Contract-based	6		5.0		(5.0	)		—
Customer-related	13		510.7		(146.7	)		364.0
Database-based	8		15.0		(5.8	)		9.2
Total intangible assets		$	927.1	$	(422.3	)	$	504.8

Amortization expense related to intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, was $74.6 million, $74.4 million, and $80.0 million, respectively. Estimated amortization expense in future periods through 2029 and thereafter for intangible assets subject to amortization is as follows:

Years Ending	Amount
2024	$	72.2
2025		63.1
2026		61.1
2027		52.8
2028		45.7
2029 and thereafter		176.8
Total	$	471.7

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Note 13 - Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

13.    Income Taxes:

Domestic and foreign income before income taxes was as follows:

	2023		2022			2021
U.S.	$	1,021.9	$	1,277.1		$	784.1
Foreign		5.3		(14.7	)		2.4
Total income before income taxes	$	1,027.2	$	1,262.4		$	786.5

The components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31 were as follows:

	2023			2022			2021
Current:
Federal	$	226.8		$	247.8		$	123.8
State and local		52.0			64.7			19.5
Foreign		9.0			1.1			3.0
Total current provision for income taxes		287.8			313.6			146.3
Deferred:
Federal		(23.4	)		(43.3	)		20.6
State and local		(3.4	)		(11.2	)		10.5
Foreign		(2.2	)		(38.8	)		2.0
Total deferred provision for income taxes		(29.0	)		(93.3	)		33.1
Provision for income taxes	$	258.8		$	220.3		$	179.4

The reconciliation between our effective tax rate and the statutory tax rate is as follows for the years ended December 31:

	2023			2022			2021
Federal statutory rate		21.0	%		21.0	%		21.0	%
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit		3.7			3.4			2.8
Impact of dispositions		-			(3.0	)		-
UK valuation allowance release		-			(2.4	)		-
Global Intangible Low-taxed Income		1.3			0.4			2.6
Stock-based compensation		(1.8	)		(1.7	)		(3.5	)
Other		1.0			(0.2	)		(0.1	)
Effective tax rate		25.2	%		17.5	%		22.8	%

The increase in the effective tax rate in 2023 compared to 2022 was primarily due to tax rate benefits in 2022 related to the sale of 3E and a release of a United Kingdom valuation allowance associated with interest expense utilization. In addition, the tax rate for 2023 was higher than the prior year due to tax charges incurred in structuring the Energy sale in the first quarter, which are reflected in the Global Intangible Low-taxed Income and Other lines above. Also included in the "Other" line above is the unfavorable impact of the litigation reserve expense of $38.2 million associated with an indemnification of an ongoing inquiry related to our former Financial Services segment that is anticipated to be mostly non-deductible.

The tax effects of significant items comprising our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of  December 31 are as follows:

	2023			2022
Deferred tax assets:
Employee wages and other benefits	$	49.9		$	54.9
Lease liabilities		55.4			53.3
Net operating loss carryover		9.4			12.0
Interest expense		31.0			31.1
Book/tax energy basis difference		-			112.2
Other		17.1			22.0
Total		162.8			285.5
Less valuation allowance		(5.6	)		(45.3	)
Deferred tax assets		157.2			240.2
Deferred tax liabilities:
Right of use assets		(48.3	)		(44.1	)
Fixed assets and intangible assets		(194.1	)		(223.9	)
Commissions		(18.2	)		(16.8	)
Pensions		(57.0	)		(56.5	)
Other		(18.9	)		(12.8	)
Deferred tax liabilities		(336.5	)		(354.1	)
Deferred tax liabilities, net	$	(179.3	)	$	(113.9	)

The net deferred tax liabilities of $179.3 million consist primarily of timing differences involving amortization.

Our net operating loss carryforwards expire as follows:

Years Ending	Amount
2024 - 2031	$	20.5
2032 - 2036		11.5
2037 - 2043		37.0
Total	$	69.0

A valuation allowance has been established based on our evaluation of the likelihood of utilizing these benefits before they expire. Other than these items, we have determined, based on our historical operating performance, that our taxable income will more likely than not be sufficient to fully realize the deferred tax assets.

As of December 31, 2023, we have not made a provision for U.S. or additional foreign withholding taxes for any additional outside basis difference inherent in our foreign subsidiaries, as these amounts continue to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations. Determining the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability related to any additional outside basis difference in these entities is not practicable. We do not rely on these unremitted earnings as a source of funds for our domestic business as we expect to have sufficient cash flow in the U.S. to fund our U.S. operational and strategic needs.

We follow ASC 740-10 which prescribes a comprehensive model for the financial statement recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. For each tax position, we must determine whether it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation. A tax position that meets the more likely than not recognition threshold is then measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize within the financial statements. No benefits may be recognized for tax positions that do not meet the more likely than not threshold. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefit is as follows:

	2023			2022			2021
Unrecognized tax benefit as of January 1	$	3.2		$	3.4		$	9.9
Gross increase in tax positions in prior period		0.8			1.0			1.3
Gross decrease in tax positions in prior period		-			-			(0.1	)
Settlements		-			(0.6	)		—
Lapse of statute of limitations		(2.0	)		(0.6	)		(7.7	)
Unrecognized tax benefit as of December 31	$	2.0		$	3.2		$	3.4

All unrecognized tax benefits as of  December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 would have a favorable impact on our effective tax rate if recognized in any future periods.

The total gross amount of accrued interest and penalties for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 was $0.2 million, $0.4 million, and $0.5 million, respectively. Our practice is to recognize interest and penalties associated with income taxes as a component of “Provision for income taxes” in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

We do not expect a significant change in unrecognized benefits related to federal, state, or foreign tax exposures within the coming year. In addition, we believe that it is reasonably possible that approximately $0.7 million of our currently remaining unrecognized tax positions, each of which is individually insignificant, may be recognized by the end of 2024 as a result of a combination of audit settlements and lapses of statute of limitations, net of additional uncertain tax positions.

We are subject to tax in the U.S., various state, and foreign jurisdictions, and are routinely under audit by various tax authorities. With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-US income tax examinations by tax authorities for tax years before 2019. We do not expect the results of current examinations to have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flow.

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Note 14 - Composition of Certain Financial Statement Caption

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]

14.    Composition of Certain Financial Statement Caption:

The following table presents the components of “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” as of December 31:

	2023		2022
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
Accrued salaries, benefits and other related costs	$	149.4	$	117.4
Escrow liabilities		3.9		0.4
Accrued interest		19.1		16.3
Trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses		158.4		128.7
Acquisition-related liabilities		10.0		30.0
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	340.8	$	292.8

The following table presents the components of "Other noncurrent assets" as of December 31:

	2023		2022
Other noncurrent assets:
Pension benefits	$	121.4	$	89.0
Other assets - prepaid expenses		73.2		50.7
Investments in nonpublic companies		231.4		229.8
State income tax receivable		67.7		-
Deposits and other		2.4		1.9
Total other noncurrent assets	$	496.1	$	371.4

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Note 15 - Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

15.    Debt:

The following table presents short-term and long-term debt by issuance as of December 31:

	Issuance	Maturity
	Date	Date	2023			2022
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt:
Credit Facilities:
Syndicated revolving credit facility	Various	Various	$	-		$	990.0
Bilateral revolving credit facility	Various	Various		-			275.0
Bilateral term loan facility	Various	Various		-			125.0
Finance lease liabilities (1)	Various	Various		14.5			2.9
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt				14.5			1,392.9
Long-term debt:
Senior notes:
3.625% senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(9.6) and $(10.0), respectively	5/13/2020	5/15/2050		490.4			490.0
4.125% senior notes, inclusive of unamortized premium, and net of unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $7.8 and $9.4, respectively	3/6/2019	3/15/2029		607.8			609.4
4.000% senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(1.8) and $(2.8), respectively	5/15/2015	6/15/2025		898.2			897.2
5.500% senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(3.8) and $(4.0), respectively	5/15/2015	6/15/2045		346.2			346.0
5.750 senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(8.9) and $0, respectively	3/3/2023	4/1/2033		491.1			-
Finance lease liabilities (1)	Various	Various	20.0				1.3
Syndicated revolving credit facility debt issuance costs	Various	Various		(1.5	)		(0.7	)
Long-term debt				2,852.2			2,343.2
Total debt			$	2,866.7		$	3,736.1

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⁽¹⁾ Refer to Note 8. Leases

Accrued interest associated with our outstanding debt obligations was $19.1 and $16.3 million as of  December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and included in “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” within our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Interest expense associated with our finance lease and outstanding debt obligations, including amortization of debt issuance costs and original discounts, was $131.3 million, $135.5 million, and $127.0 million for the years ended  December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively.

Senior Notes

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had senior notes with an aggregate principal amount of $2,850.0 million outstanding, and were in compliance with our financial and other debt covenants.

On  March 3, 2023, we completed an issuance of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% senior notes due in 2033 (the "2033 Senior Notes"). The 2033 Senior Notes mature on  April 1, 2033 and accrue interest at a fixed rate of 5.75% per annum. Interest is payable semiannually on  April 1st and  October 1st of each year, beginning  October 1, 2023. The 2033 Senior Notes were issued at a discount of $4.7 million and we incurred debt issuance costs of $5.5 million. The original issuance discount and debt issuance costs were recorded in "Long-term debt" in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and these costs will be amortized to "Interest expense" in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations over the life of the 2033 Senior Notes. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2033 Senior Notes were utilized to partially repay the Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility and for general corporate purposes. The indenture governing the 2033 Senior Notes restricts our ability to, among other things, create certain liens, enter into sale/leaseback transactions and consolidate with, sell, lease, convey or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of our assets, or merge with or into, any other person or entity.

Credit Facilities

We have a syndicated revolving credit facility ("Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility") with a borrowing capacity of $1,000.0 million with Bank of America N.A., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Citibank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., TD Bank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and the Northern Trust Company. The Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility  may be used for general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and capital expenditures, acquisitions, dividend payments, and the share repurchase program (the "Repurchase Program"). As of December 31, 2023, we were in compliance with all financial and other debt covenants under our Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the available capacity under the Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility was $995.4 million and $5.6 million, which takes into account outstanding letters of credit of $4.6 million and $4.4 million, respectively. 

On  April 5, 2023, we entered into the Fifth Amendment (the "Amendment") to the committed senior unsecured Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent. The Amendment does not change the current borrowing capacity of $1,000.0 million, but does extend the maturity date to  April 5, 2028. Interest on borrowings under the Amendment is payable at an interest rate of SOFR plus 100.0 to 162.5 basis points, depending upon our public debt rating. A commitment fee on any unused commitment is payable periodically and   may range from 8.0 to 17.5 basis points based upon our public debt rating. The Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility, as amended by the Amendment, also contains certain financial and other covenants that, among other things, impose certain restrictions on indebtedness, liens, investments, and capital expenditures. These covenants place restrictions on mergers, asset sales, sale/leaseback transactions, and certain transactions with affiliates. The financial covenants require that, at the end of any fiscal quarter, we have a consolidated funded debt leverage ratio of less than 3.75 to 1.0. At our election, the maximum consolidated funded debt leverage ratio could be permitted to increase to 4.50 to 1.0 (no more than once) and to 4.25 to 1.0 (no more than once) in connection with the closing of a permitted acquisition. The Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility  may be used for general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and capital expenditures, acquisitions, dividend payments, and the Repurchase Program. In connection with the Amendment, we incurred additional debt issuance costs of $1.2 million, which will be amortized to "Interest expense" within the accompanying consolidated statements of operations over the remaining life of the Credit Facility.

We also maintained a $125.0 million Bilateral Term Loan Facility and a $275.0 million Bilateral Credit Facility (together the "Bilateral Credit Facilities") that matured on September 9, 2023 and October 2, 2023, respectively. The Bilateral Credit Facilities carried an interest rate of 135 basis points plus the one-month BSBY and were used for general corporate purposes, including working capital needs and capital expenditures, acquisitions, dividend payments, and the Repurchase Program. We have had no outstanding borrowings under our Bilateral Credit Facilities during 2023 through the maturity dates. The Bilateral Credit Facilities have not been renewed. 

Debt Maturities

The following table reflects our debt maturities:

Years Ending	Amount
2024	$	14.4
2025		913.3
2026		2.9
2027		2.3
2028		1.4
2029 and thereafter		1,950.0
Total	$	2,884.3

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Note 16 - Stockholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Equity [Text Block]

16.    Stockholders’ Equity:

We have 2,000,000,000 shares of authorized common stock as of December 31, 2023 and 2022. The common shares have rights to any dividend declared by our Board of Directors, subject to any preferential or other rights of any outstanding preferred stock, and voting rights to elect all eleven members of our Board of Directors. At December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, the adjusted closing price of our common stock was $238.86, $176.42, and $228.73 per share, respectively.

We have 80,000,000 shares of authorized preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. The preferred shares have preferential rights over the common shares with respect to dividends and net distribution upon liquidation. We did not issue any preferred shares as of  December 31, 2023 and 2022.

On February 14, 2023, April 25, 2023, July 26, 2023, and October 25, 2023, our board approved a cash dividend of $0.34 per share of common stock issued and outstanding to the holders of record as of March 15, 2023,  June 15, 2023, September 15, 2023, and December 15, 2023, respectively. Cash dividends of $196.8 million and $195.2 million were paid during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and recorded as a reduction to retained earnings, respectively.

Share Repurchase Program

In  December 2022 and  March 2023, we entered into Accelerated Share Repurchase ("ASR") agreements (the  "December 2022 ASR Agreement" and  "March 2023 ASR Agreement," respectively) to repurchase shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $250.0 million and $2.5 billion, respectively, with Bank of America, N.A., with respect to the  December 2022 ASR agreement and Citibank, N.A., and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC with respect to the  March 2023 ASR agreements. Each ASR agreement is accounted for as a treasury stock transaction and forward stock purchase agreement indexed to our common stock. The forward stock purchase agreement is classified as an equity instrument under ASC 815-40, Contracts in Entity's Own Equity ("ASC 815-40") and deemed to have a fair value of zero at the respective effective date. Upon payment of the aggregate purchase prices on  December 14, 2022 and  March 7, 2023, we received initial deliveries of an aggregate of 1,168,224 and 10,655,301 shares of our common stock, respectively. Upon the final settlement of the ASR agreements in  February 2023 and December 2023, we received additional shares of 247,487 and 865,232, respectively, as determined based on the volume weighted average share price of our common stock of $176.68 and $217.00, respectively, during the terms of the ASR agreements, minus an agreed upon discount. The aggregate purchase price was recorded as a reduction to stockholders' equity in our consolidated statements of changes in stockholders' equity for the year ended December 31, 2023. These repurchases for the year ended December 31, 2023 resulted in a reduction of outstanding shares used to calculate the weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per share ("EPS").

In December 2023, we entered into an additional ASR agreement to repurchase shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $250.0 million with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. The ASR agreement is accounted for as a treasury stock transaction and a forward stock purchase agreement indexed to our common stock. Upon the payment of the aggregate purchase price of $250.0 million on December 14, 2023, we received 873,479 shares of our common stock at an initial price of $243.28 per share, representing an initial delivery of approximately 85 percent of the aggregate purchase price. Upon the final settlement of this ASR agreement in February 2024, we received 178,227 additional shares as determined by the daily volume weighted average share price of our common stock of $237.71 during the term of this ASR agreement.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, we repurchased 12,849,921 shares of common stock as part of the Repurchase Program, inclusive of the ASRs and open market repurchases, at a weighted average price of $219.96 per share. We utilized cash received from the sale of our Energy business. As of December 31, 2023, we had $641.5 million available to repurchase shares through our Repurchase Program, inclusive of the $3.0 billion authorization to repurchase shares of our common stock.

Treasury Stock

As of December 31, 2023, our treasury stock consisted of 400,694,309 shares of common stock. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, we transferred 1,457,514, 1,650,460, and 1,379,304 shares of common stock, from the treasury shares at a weighted average price of $19.50, $14.25, and $11.78 per share, respectively.

Earnings Per Share 

The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of our basic and diluted EPS computations for the years ended December 31: 

	2023			2022			2021
	(In millions, except for share and per share data)
Numerator used in basic and diluted EPS:
Income from continuing operations	$	768.4		$	1,042.1		$	607.1
Less: Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests		0.2			(0.4	)		(0.1	)
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax		(154.0	)		(87.8	)		59.2
Net income attributable to Verisk	$	614.6		$	953.9		$	666.2
Denominator:
Weighted average number of common shares used in basic EPS		146,623,989			157,905,718			161,841,441
Effect of dilutive shares:
Potential common shares issuable from stock options and stock-based awards		712,170			1,023,224			1,497,468
Weighted average number of common shares and dilutive potential common shares used in diluted EPS		147,336,159			158,928,942			163,338,909

The potential shares of common stock that were excluded from diluted EPS were 540,221, 1,350,159, and 620,241 at December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively, because the effect of including those potential shares was anti-dilutive.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses

The following is a summary of accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) as of December 31:

	2023			2022
Foreign currency translation adjustment	$	130.7		$	(636.9	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment, net of tax		(72.5	)		(94.3	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses)	$	58.2		$	(731.2	)

The before tax and after tax amounts of other comprehensive (loss) income for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 are summarized below:

				Tax Benefit
	Before Tax			(Expense)			After Tax
December 31, 2023
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to Verisk	$	67.0		$	—		$	67.0
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests		0.6			—			0.6
Cumulative translation adjustment recognized upon deconsolidation of the Energy business		700.6			—			700.6
Foreign currency translation adjustment		768.2			—			768.2
Pension and postretirement adjustment before reclassifications		35.1			(8.9	)		26.2
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) (1)		(5.8	)		1.4			(4.4	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment		29.3			(7.5	)		21.8
Total other comprehensive income	$	797.5		$	(7.5	)	$	790.0
December 31, 2022
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to Verisk	$	(298.9	)	$	—		$	(298.9	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests		(1.4	)		—			(1.4	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(300.3	)		—			(300.3	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment before reclassifications		(45.7	)		13.5			(32.2	)
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) (1)		(4.4	)		(1.1	)		(5.5	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment		(50.1	)		12.4			(37.7	)
Total other comprehensive loss	$	(350.4	)	$	12.4		$	(338.0	)
December 31, 2021
Foreign currency translation adjustment	$	(45.8	)	$	—		$	(45.8	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests		(0.5	)		—			(0.5	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(46.3	)		—			(46.3	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment before reclassifications	39.8				(9.8	)		30.0
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) (1)		(4.1	)		1.0			(3.1	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment		35.7			(8.8	)		26.9
Total other comprehensive loss	$	(10.6	)	$	(8.8	)	$	(19.4	)

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⁽¹⁾  These accumulated other comprehensive loss components, before tax, are included under “Cost of revenues” and “Selling, general and administrative” in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. These components are also included in the computation of net periodic (benefit) cost (See Note 18. Pension and Postretirement Benefits for additional details).

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Note 17 - Compensation Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]

17.    Compensation Plans:

KSOP

We have established the KSOP for the benefit of eligible employees in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The KSOP includes both an employee savings component and an employee stock ownership component. The purpose of the combined plan is to enable our employees to participate in a tax-deferred savings arrangement under Internal Revenue Service Code Sections 401(a) and 401(k) (the “Code”), and to provide our employees equity participation through the employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) accounts.

Under the KSOP, eligible employees may make pre-tax and after-tax cash contributions as a percentage of their compensation, subject to certain limitations under the applicable provisions of the Code. The maximum pre-tax contribution that can be made to the 401(k) account as determined under the provisions of Code Section 401(g) is $22.5 thousand for 2023, $20.5 thousand for 2022 and $19.5 thousand for 2021. Certain eligible participants (age 50 and older) may contribute an additional $7.5 thousand on a pre-tax basis for 2023, and $6.5 thousand for 2022 and 2021. After-tax contributions are limited to 10.0% of a participant’s compensation. Effective January 1, 2019, we increased the matching contributions to 100.0% of the first 6.0% of the participant’s contribution. The 401(k) matching contributions under the KSOP for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, were $32.4 million, $40.0 million, and $33.7 million, respectively; which, at our option, were funded in cash.

In 2005, we established the ISO Profit Sharing Plan (the “Profit Sharing Plan”), a defined contribution plan, to replace the qualified pension plan for all eligible employees hired on or after March 1, 2005. The Profit Sharing Plan is a component of the KSOP. Eligible employees participated in the Profit Sharing Plan if they completed 1,000 hours of service each plan year and were employed on December 31 of that year. We can make a discretionary contribution to the Profit Sharing Plan based on our annual performance. Participants vest once they have completed four years and 1,000 hours of service. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, there were no profit sharing contributions.

Equity Compensation Plans

All of our outstanding stock options, restricted stock awards, deferred stock units, and PSUs are covered under our 2021 Incentive Plan, or our 2013 Incentive Plan. Awards under our 2021 Incentive Plan may include one or more of the following types: (i) stock options (both nonqualified and incentive stock options), (ii) stock appreciation rights, (iii) restricted stock, (iv) restricted stock units, (v) performance awards, (vi) other share-based awards and (vii) cash. Employees, non-employee directors, and consultants are eligible for awards under our 2021 Incentive Plan. We transferred common stock under these plans from our treasury shares. As of December 31, 2023, there were 13,441,921 shares of common stock reserved and available for future issuance under our 2021 Incentive Plan. Cash received from stock option exercises for December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $141.9 million and $132.5 million, respectively. We issued common stock under these plans from our treasury shares. We have granted equity awards to key employees and directors. The ultimate realization of the PSUs may range from 0% to 200% of the recipient’s target levels established on the grant date. 

A summary of the status of the stock options, restricted stock, and PSUs awarded under our 2021 Incentive Plan as of December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 and changes during the years is presented below.

	Stock Option							Restricted Stock					PSU
											Weighted						Weighted
				Weighted							Average						Average
				Average		Aggregate					Grant Date						Grant Date
	Number			Exercise		Intrinsic		Number			Fair Value		Number				Fair Value
	of Options			Price		Value		of Shares			Per Share		of Shares				Per Share
						(in millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2021		5,611,777		$	98.28	$	613.4		390,054		$	131.63		145,609			$	170.75
Granted		750,822		$	189.29				162,378		$	189.23		59,144			$	210.07
Dividend reinvestment		—		$	—				—		$	—		980				N/A
Exercised or lapsed		(1,146,422	)	$	73.30	$	147.6		(173,726	)	$	120.94		(42,610	)		$	140.70
Canceled, expired or forfeited		(149,079	)	$	155.40				(27,202	)	$	157.79		—			$	—
Outstanding at December 31, 2021		5,067,098		$	115.73	$	572.6		351,504		$	161.33		163,123			$	192.99
Granted		653,802		$	196.64				201,617		$	193.33		111,333			$	168.63
Dividend reinvestment		—		$	—				—		$	—		1,371				N/A
Exercised or lapsed		(1,435,673	)	$	92.38	$	129.1		(205,407	)	$	157.22		(54,927	)		$	174.42
Canceled, expired or forfeited		(261,411	)	$	181.48				(40,139	)	$	182.35		(21,406	)		$	202.55
Outstanding at December 31, 2022		4,023,816		$	132.90	$	193.3		307,575		$	182.07		199,494			$	195.34
Granted		211,945		$	185.29				194,236		$	185.22		48,486			$	212.86
Dividend reinvestment		—		$	—				—		$	—		1,142				N/A
Exercised or lapsed		(1,295,815	)	$	108.85	$	118.1		(178,602	)	$	179.39		(45,997	)		$	192.93
Canceled, expired or forfeited		(227,436	)	$	187.56				(32,170	)	$	183.25		(21,889	)		$	207.27
Outstanding at December 31, 2023		2,712,510		$	143.91	$	257.6		291,039		$	186.28		181,236			$	199.62
Exercisable at December 31, 2023		1,947,253		$	127.43	$	217.0
Exercisable at December 31, 2022		2,702,075		$	110.02	$	182.6
Nonvested at December 31, 2023		765,257							291,039					181,236
Expected to vest at December 31, 2023		643,367							252,146					223,629		(1)

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⁽¹⁾   Includes estimated performance achievement

The fair value of our stock options granted was estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option valuation model that uses the weighted-average assumptions noted in the following table during the years ended December 31:

	2023			2022			2021
Expected volatility		27.28	%		25.33	%		23.66	%
Risk-free interest rate		3.77	%		1.55	%		0.39	%
Expected term in years		4.0			4.2			4.3
Dividend yield		0.66	%		0.60	%		0.63	%
Weighted average grant date fair value per stock option	$	48.14		$	42.25		$	35.15

A summary of the status of our nonvested options and changes are presented below:

	Number of Options			Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
Nonvested balance at January 1, 2021		2,117,613		$	23.39
Granted		750,822		$	35.15
Vested		(825,850	)	$	21.62
Cancelled or expired		(149,079	)	$	27.54
Nonvested balance at December 31, 2021		1,893,506		$	28.49
Granted		653,802		$	42.25
Vested		(964,156	)	$	22.97
Cancelled or expired		(261,411	)	$	35.23
Nonvested balance at December 31, 2022		1,321,741		$	34.65
Granted		211,945		$	52.69
Vested		(540,993	)	$	33.08
Cancelled or expired		(227,436	)	$	38.03
Nonvested balance at December 31, 2023		765,257		$	39.74

Intrinsic value for stock options is calculated based on the exercise price of the underlying awards and the quoted price of our common stock as of the reporting date. Excess tax benefits of $20.6 million, $26.5 million, and $35.9 million from exercised stock options were recorded as income tax benefit in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 was $54.0 million, $56.5 million, and $55.7 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, the weighted average remaining contractual terms were 5.6 years and 4.8 years for outstanding and exercisable stock options, respectively. As of December 31, 2022 the weighted average remaining contractual terms were 5.9 years and 4.9 years for outstanding and exercisable stock options, respectively.

As of December 31, 2023, there was $76.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost, exclusive of the impact of vesting upon retirement eligibility, related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under our 2021 and 2013 Incentive Plans. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.18 years.

Our U.K. Sharesave Plan offers qualifying employees in the United Kingdom the opportunity to own shares of our common stock. Employees who elect to participate are granted stock options, of which the exercise price is equal to the average of the closing price on the five trading days immediately preceding the plan invitation date discounted by 5%, and enter into a savings contract, the proceeds of which are then used to exercise the options upon the three-year maturity of the savings contract. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, we granted 5,144, 9,370 and 11,254 stock options under the U.K. Sharesave Plan at a discounted exercise price of $227.65, $178.26, and $166.16, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, there were 441,528 shares of common stock reserved and available for future issuance under our U.K. Sharesave Plan.

We also offer eligible employees the opportunity to participate in an ESPP. Under our ESPP, participating employees may authorize payroll deductions of up to 20.0% of their regular base salary and up to 50.0% of their short-term incentive compensation, both of which in total may not exceed $25.0 thousand in any calendar year, to purchase shares of our common stock at a 5.0% discount of its fair market value at the time of purchase. In accordance with ASC 718, our ESPP is noncompensatory as the purchase discount is 5.0% or less from the fair market value, substantially all employees that meet limited employment qualifications may participate, and it incorporates no option features. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, we issued 18,636, 30,398, and 33,974 shares of common stock at a weighted average discounted price of $209.68, $174.66, and $181.77, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, there were 1,177,258 shares of common stock reserved and available for future issuance under our ESPP.

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Note 18 - Pension and Postretirement Benefits

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

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18.    Pension and Postretirement Benefits:

We have a frozen qualified defined benefit pension plan for certain of our employees through membership in the Pension Plan for Insurance Organizations (the “Pension Plan”), a multiple-employer trust. Prior to the freeze, we applied a cash balance formula to determine future benefits. Under the cash balance formula, each participant has an account, which was credited annually based on salary rates determined by years of service, as well as the interest earned on the previous year-end cash balance. We also have a non-qualified frozen supplemental cash balance plan (“SERP”) for certain employees. Our SERP is funded from our general assets. We contributed $1.7 million to our SERP in 2023 and $0.8 million in 2022, respectively, and expect to contribute $1.0 million in 2024.

Our Pension Plan’s funding policy is to contribute annually at an amount between the minimum funding requirements set forth in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the maximum amount that can be deducted for federal income tax purposes. No minimum contribution requirement was and is expected for 2023 and 2022, respectively.

We also provide certain healthcare and life insurance benefits for both active and retired employees. The Postretirement Health and Life Insurance Plan (the “Postretirement Plan”), which has been frozen, is contributory, requiring participants to pay a stated percentage of the premium for coverage. We do not expect to contribute to our Postretirement Plan in 2024.

The following table sets forth the changes in the benefit obligations and the plan assets, the funded status of the Pension Plan, SERP, and Postretirement Plan, and the amounts recognized in our consolidated balance sheets at December 31:

	Pension Plan and SERP						Postretirement Plan
	2023			2022			2023			2022
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at January 1	$	330.9		$	431.7		$	4.2		$	6.0
Interest cost		17.1			14.7			0.2			0.1
Actuarial (gain) loss		(0.8	)		(86.6	)		1.1			(0.4	)
Plan participants’ contributions		—			—			1.3			1.3
Benefits paid		(29.4	)		(28.9	)		(2.7	)		(2.8	)
Benefit obligation at December 31	$	317.8		$	330.9		$	4.1		$	4.2
Accumulated benefit obligation at December 31	$	317.8		$	330.9
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at January 1	$	406.3		$	546.2		$	7.6		$	9.5
Actuarial gain (loss)		47.3			(111.8	)		0.4			(1.1	)
Employer contributions, net		1.7			0.8			1.5			0.7
Plan participants’ contributions		—			—			1.3			1.3
Benefits paid		(29.4	)		(28.9	)		(2.7	)		(2.8	)
Fair value of plan assets at December 31	$	425.9		$	406.3		$	8.1		$	7.6
Funded status at December 31	$	(108.1	)	$	(75.4	)	$	(4.0	)	$	(3.4	)
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets consist of:
Pension assets, noncurrent (1)	$	(117.4	)	$	(85.6	)	$	(4.0	)	$	(3.4	)
Pension, SERP and postretirement benefits, current (2)		1.0			0.8			—			—
Pension, SERP and postretirement benefits, noncurrent (3)		8.3			9.4			—			—
Total Pension, SERP and Postretirement benefits	$	(108.1	)	$	(75.4	)	$	(4.0	)	$	(3.4	)

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⁽¹⁾  Included in "Other noncurrent assets" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets

⁽²⁾  Included in "Accounts payable and accrued liabilities" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets

⁽³⁾  Included in "Other noncurrent liabilities" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets

The pre-tax components included within accumulated other comprehensive losses as of December 31 are summarized below:

	Pension Plan and SERP				Postretirement Plan
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Prior service benefit cost	$	2.4	$	2.6	$	—	$	—
Actuarial losses		118.3		147.8		3.6		3.2
Accumulated other comprehensive losses, pretax	$	120.7	$	150.4	$	3.6	$	3.2

The pre-tax components of net periodic benefit (credit) cost and the amounts recognized in other comprehensive income are summarized below for the years ended December 31:

	Pension Plan and SERP									Postretirement Plan
	2023			2022			2021			2023			2022			2021
Interest cost	$	17.1		$	14.7		$	11.0		$	0.2		$	0.1		$	0.1
Expected return on plan assets		(24.1	)		(28.2	)		(32.8	)		(0.1	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income		0.2			0.2			0.2			—			—			(0.1	)
Amortization of net actuarial loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income		5.2			4.0			3.8			0.4			0.2			0.2
Net periodic (credit) benefit cost		(1.6	)		(9.3	)		(17.8	)		0.5			0.1			—
Less: Amortization of prior service (cost) credit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		—			—			0.1
Less: Amortization of actuarial loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses		(0.1	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		—			—			—
Less: Net loss recognized reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses		(5.1	)		(3.8	)		(3.6	)		(0.4	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)
Actuarial (gain) loss		(24.3	)		53.5			(31.1	)		0.8			1.0			(0.5	)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income		(29.7	)		49.3			(35.1	)		0.4			0.8			(0.6	)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit credit and other comprehensive (income) loss	$	(31.3	)	$	40.0		$	(52.9	)	$	0.9		$	0.9		$	(0.6	)

The weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and net periodic benefit (credit) cost for the years 2023, 2022 and 2021 are provided below:

	Pension Plan and SERP						Postretirement Plan
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations:	2023		2022				2023		2022
Discount rate	5.37	%	5.49	%			4.75	%	5.25	%
Expected return on plan assets	6.50	%	6.25	%			1.75	%	1.75	%
Cash balance interest credit rate	4.43	%	2.57	%			N/A
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit (credit) cost:	2023		2022		2021		2023		2022		2021
Discount rate	5.48	%	2.75	%	2.49	%	5.25	%	2.25	%	1.50	%
Expected return on plan assets	6.25	%	6.25	%	6.50	%	1.75	%	1.75	%	2.00	%
Cash balance interest credit rate	4.43	%	2.57	%	2.57	%	N/A

The following table presents the estimated future benefit payments for the respective plans. The future benefit payments for the Postretirement Plan are net of the federal Medicare subsidy.

	Pension Plan		Postretirement
	and SERP		Plan
	Gross		Gross		Medicare			Net
	Benefit		Benefit		Subsidy			Benefit
	Amount		Amount		Payments			Amount
2024	$	29.4	$	0.8	$	(0.1	)	$	0.7
2025	$	28.9	$	0.7	$	—		$	0.7
2026	$	28.4	$	0.6	$	—		$	0.6
2027	$	28.4	$	0.5	$	—		$	0.5
2028	$	27.0	$	0.4	$	—		$	0.4
2029 and thereafter	$	123.3	$	1.4	$	—		$	1.4

The healthcare cost trend rate for 2023 was 7.75% gradually decreasing to 4.5% in 2037. Assumed healthcare cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the healthcare plan.

The subsidy benefit from the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 reduced our accumulated postretirement benefit assets by approximately $1.0 and $0.8 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The subsidy cost increased the net periodic benefit cost by approximately $118.1 thousand, $80.7 thousand, and $75.8 thousand in fiscal 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. 

The expected return on our Pension Plan assets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 was 6.25%, which was determined by taking into consideration our analysis of our actual historical investment returns to a broader long-term forecast after adjusting for the target investment allocation and reflecting the current economic environment. During the first quarter of 2023, we changed the investment guidelines on our Pension Plan assets to target investment allocation of 40% to equity securities and 60% to debt securities from our previous target allocation of 45% to equity securities and 55% to debt securities as of December 31, 2022. Our Pension Plan assets consist primarily of investments in various fixed income and equity funds. Investment guidelines are established with each investment manager. These guidelines provide the parameters within which the investment managers agree to operate, including criteria that determine eligible and ineligible securities, diversification requirements and credit quality standards, where applicable. Investment managers are prohibited from entering into any speculative hedging transactions. The investment objective is to achieve a maximum total return with strong emphasis on preservation of capital in real terms.

The asset allocation at December 31, 2023 and 2022, and target allocation by asset category are as follows:

	Target			Percentage of Plan Assets
Asset Category	Allocation			2023			2022
Equity securities		40.0	%		40.0	%		41.4	%
Debt securities		60.0			53.5			52.9
Real Estate		—			5.3			5.0
Other		—			1.2			0.7
Total		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%

We have used the target investment allocation to derive the expected return as we believe this allocation will be retained on an ongoing basis that will be commensurate with the projected cash flows of the plan. The expected return for each investment category within the target investment allocation is developed using average historical rates of return for each targeted investment category, considering the projected cash flow of our Pension Plan. The difference between this expected return and the actual return on plan assets is generally deferred and recognized over subsequent periods through future net periodic benefit costs. We believe that the use of the average historical rates of returns is consistent with the timing and amounts of expected contributions to the plans and benefit payments to plan participants. These considerations provide the basis for reasonable assumptions with respect to the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets.

We also maintain a voluntary employees beneficiary association plan (the “VEBA Plan”) under Section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code to fund the Postretirement Plan. The asset allocation for our VEBA Plan at December 31, 2023 and 2022 was 100% in debt securities.

There were no transfers among Levels 1, 2, or 3 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. Refer to Note 7. Fair Value Measurements for further discussion with respect to fair value hierarchy. The following table summarizes the fair value measurements by level of our Pension Plan and Postretirement Plan assets:

			Quoted Prices		Significant
			in Active		Other
			Markets for		Observable
			Identical Assets		Inputs
	Total		(Level 1)		(Level 2)
December 31, 2023
Equity
Managed equity accounts (1)	$	131.6	$	131.6	$	—
Equity — pooled separate account (2)		38.6		—		38.6
Debt
Fixed income manager — separately managed account (5)		138.9		—		138.9
Fixed income manager — pooled separate account (2)		89.2		—		89.2
Fixed income manager — government securities (3)		8.1		8.1		—
Others
Cash — pooled separate account (2)		5.2		—		5.2
Global real estate account (4)		22.4		—		22.4
Total	$	434.0	$	139.7	$	294.3
December 31, 2022
Equity
Managed equity accounts (1)	$	128.8	$	128.8	$	—
Equity — pooled separate account (2)		39.7		—		39.7
Debt
Fixed income manager — separately managed account (5)		133.6		—		133.6
Fixed income manager — pooled separate account (2)		81.5		—		81.5
Fixed income manager — government securities (3)		7.7		7.7		—
Others
Cash — pooled separate account (2)		2.7		—		2.7
Global real estate account (4)		20.2		—		20.2
Total	$	414.2	$	136.5	$	277.7

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⁽¹⁾ Valued at the closing price of shares for domestic stocks within the managed equity accounts, and valued at the net asset value (“NAV”) of shares for mutual funds at either the closing price reported in the active market or based on yields currently available on comparable securities of issuers with similar credit ratings for corporate bonds held by the Pension Plan in these managed accounts.

⁽²⁾  The pooled separate accounts invest in domestic and foreign stocks, bonds and mutual funds. The fair values of these stocks, bonds and mutual funds are publicly quoted and are used in determining the NAV of the pooled separate account, which is not publicly quoted.

⁽³⁾  The fund invested in the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities or securities that are rated AAA by S&P, AAA by Fitch, or Aaa by Moody’s, including but not limited to mortgage securities such as agency and non-agency collateralized mortgage obligations, and other obligations that are secured by mortgages or mortgage backed securities, and valued at the closing price reported in the active market.

(4)	The funds invested in common stocks and other equity securities issued by domestic and foreign real estate companies, including real estate investment trusts ("REIT") and similar REIT-like entities. The fair values of these stocks, bonds and mutual funds are publicly quoted and are used in determining the NAV of the funds, which is not publicly quoted.
(5)	The separately managed accounts invest in U.S. Treasury Bonds and U.S. Treasury Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities (“UST STRIPS”). The fair values of these bonds and UST STRIPS are publicly quoted and are used in determining the NAV of the separately managed account, which is not publicly quoted.

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Note 19 - Segment Reporting

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

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19.    Segment Reporting

ASC 280-10, Disclosures About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information (“ASC 280-10”), establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments. ASC 280-10 requires that a public business enterprise reports financial and descriptive information about its reportable operating segments. Operating segments are components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Our President and CEO is identified as the CODM as defined by ASC 280-10.

Each of our reportable segments, Insurance, Energy and Specialized Markets, and Financial Services has a portion of its revenue from more than one of the three revenue types described within the revenue recognition policy within Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. Below is the overview of the solutions offered within each reportable segment.

Insurance: We are the leading provider of statistical, actuarial, and underwriting data for the U.S. P&C insurance industry. Our databases include cleansed and standardized records describing premiums and losses in insurance transactions, casualty and property risk attributes for commercial buildings and their occupants, and fire suppression capabilities of municipalities. We use this data to create policy language and proprietary risk classifications that are industry standards and to generate prospective loss cost estimates used to price insurance policies, which are accessed via a hosted platform. We also develop solutions that our customers use to analyze key processes in managing risk. Our combination of algorithms and analytic methods incorporates our proprietary data to generate solutions. We also help businesses and governments better anticipate and manage climate and weather-related risks. In most cases, our customers integrate the solutions into their models, formulas or underwriting criteria in order to predict potential loss events, ranging from hurricanes to earthquakes. We develop catastrophe and extreme event models and offer solutions covering natural and man-made risks, including acts of terrorism. We further develop solutions that allow customers to quantify costs after loss events occur. Our multitier, multispectral terrestrial imagery and data acquisition, processing, analytics, and distribution system using the remote sensing and machine learning technologies help gather, store, process, and deliver geographic and spatially referenced information that supports uses in many markets. Additionally, we offer fraud-detection solutions including review of data on claim histories, analysis of claims to find emerging patterns of fraud, and identification of suspicious claims in the insurance sector. Our underwriting, insurance anti-fraud claims, catastrophe modeling, and loss quantification are included in this segment.

Energy and Specialized Markets: In the first quarter of 2022, the sale of 3E (which comprised of our Specialized Market) was completed. On February 1, 2023, we completed the sale of our Energy segment. We determined that the transaction met the criteria to be classified as discontinued operations. As a result, the financial operations of Energy are excluded from the segment disclosure. See Note 11. Dispositions and Discontinued Operations for further discussion.  Prior to the sale, we were a leading provider of data analytics via hosted platform for the global energy, chemicals, and metals and mining industries. Our research and consulting solutions focused on exploration strategies and screening, asset development and acquisition, commodity markets, and corporate analysis in the areas of business environment, business improvement, business strategies, commercial advisory, and transaction support. We gathered and managed proprietary information, insight, and analysis are on oil and gas fields, mines, refineries, and other assets across the interconnected global energy sectors to advise customers in making asset investment and portfolio allocation decisions. Our analytical tools measured and observed environmental properties and translated those measurements into actionable information based on customer needs. In addition, we provided market and cost intelligence to energy companies to optimize financial results. We further offered a suite of data and information services that enable improved compliance with global Environmental Health and Safety requirements related to the safe manufacturing, distribution, transportation, usage, and disposal of chemicals and products. 

Financial Services: On April 8, 2022, the sale of this segment was completed. See Note 11. Dispositions and Discontinued Operations for further discussion. Prior to the sale, we maintained a bank account consortia to provide competitive benchmarking, decisioning algorithms, business intelligence, and customized analytic services that help financial institutions, payment networks and processors, alternative lenders, regulators, and merchants make better strategy, marketing, and risk decisions. Customers applied our solutions in the areas of tailored data management and media effectiveness that include business intelligence platforms, profile views, mobile data solutions, enterprise database services, and fraud risk scoring algorithms for marketing, fraud, and risk mitigation.

As of  February 1, 2023, we have determined that we have one operating segment and one reportable segment, Insurance, on a prospective basis. The segment is based on financial information that is utilized by the Company’s CODM, who is the Company’s CEO, to assess performance and allocate resources on a consolidated basis. We have included the results of our disposed of segments below for comparability purposes. We use EBITDA as the profitability measure for making decisions regarding ongoing operations. EBITDA is net income before interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization of fixed and intangible assets. EBITDA is the measure of operating results used to assess corporate performance and optimal utilization of debt and acquisitions. Operating expenses consist of direct and indirect costs principally related to personnel, facilities, software license fees, consulting, travel, and third-party information services. We do not allocate interest expense and provision for income taxes, since these items are not considered in evaluating the segment’s overall operating performance. In addition, our CODM does not evaluate the financial performance of each segment based on assets. See Note 6. Revenues for information on disaggregated revenues by type of service and by country.

The following table provides our revenue and EBITDA by reportable segment for the years ended December 31, as well as a reconciliation of EBITDA to income before income taxes for all periods presented in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations:

	2023						2022												2021
	Insurance			Total			Insurance			Energy and Specialized Markets			Financial Services			Total			Insurance			Energy and Specialized Markets			Financial Services			Total
Revenues	$	2,681.4		$	2,681.4		$	2,437.0		$	22.4		$	37.6		$	2,497.0		$	2,206.9		$	112.8		$	142.8		$	2,462.5
Expenses:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)		(876.5	)		(876.5	)		(781.9	)		(19.1	)		(23.6	)		(824.6	)		(704.4	)		(58.9	)		(90.4	)		(853.7	)
Selling, general and administrative		(391.8	)		(391.8	)		(347.4	)		(26.7	)		(7.4	)		(381.5	)		(239.1	)		(44.9	)		(29.2	)		(313.2	)
Other operating gain (loss)		-			-			-			450.0			(95.8	)		354.2			-			-			(134.0	)		(134.0	)
Investment income (loss)		11.0			11.0			(4.7	)		(0.4	)		(0.2	)		(5.3	)		1.8			0.6			(0.3	)		2.1
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business		-			-			-			(117.9	)		-			(117.9	)		-			222.3			-			222.3
EBITDA	$	1,424.1		$	1,424.1		$	1,303.0		$	308.3		$	(89.4	)	$	1,521.9		$	1,265.2		$	231.9		$	(111.1	)	$	1,386.0
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business					-												117.9												(222.3	)
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets					(206.8	)											(164.2	)											(170.3	)
Amortization of intangible assets					(74.6	)											(74.4	)											(79.9	)
Interest expense					(115.5	)											(138.8	)											(127.0	)
Income before income taxes				$	1,027.2											$	1,262.4											$	786.5

Long-lived assets by country are provided below as of December 31:

	2023		2022
Long-lived assets:
U.S.	$	2,455.7	$	2,876.5
U.K.		597.9		2,428.9
Other countries		502.4		730.6
Total long-lived assets	$	3,556.0	$	6,036.0

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Note 20 - Related Parties

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

20.    Related Parties:

We consider our stockholders that own more than 5% of the outstanding stock within the class to be related parties as defined within ASC 850, Related Party Disclosures.  We had no material transactions with related parties owning more than 5% of the entire class of stock for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Jeffrey Dailey, one of our directors, was CEO and Chairman of the Board of Farmers Group, Inc. ("Farmers") until December 31, 2022 and  June 30, 2023, respectively. Farmers is a customer of Verisk, and our revenue from Farmers is approximately 2% of our consolidated revenue in 2023 and 2022.

Therese M. Vaughan, one of our directors, was also a director of American International Group ("AIG") until January 31, 2024. AIG is a customer of Verisk, and our revenue from AIG is approximately 1% of our consolidated revenue in 2023 and 2022.

Lee M. Shavel, our President and CEO and one of our directors, is a director of FactSet Research Systems, Inc. There are no material transactions with FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

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Note 21 - Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

21.    Commitments and Contingencies:

Commercial Litigation

On February 12, 2024, Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit, DDS Striker Holdings LLC and Data Driven Holdings LLC against Verisk Analytics, Inc. and Insurance Service Office, in the Superior Court of Delaware, Case No. N24C-02-130 VLM CCLD. Plaintiffs allege claims for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fraudulent inducement, common law fraud, and civil conspiracy in connection with their inability to meet the post-closing earn-out targets negotiated as part of our acquisition of Data Driven Safety, LLC. Plaintiffs seek rescissory, out-of-pocket and punitive damages, as well as attorney’s fees, costs and other expenses. The deadline for our response is April 3, 2024. At this time, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the liability related to this matter, as the case is still in its early stages.

ERISA Litigation

On  September 24, 2020, former employees Jillyn Peterson, Gabe Hare, Robert Heynen and Adam Krajewski ("Plaintiffs"), filed suit in the United States District Court, District of New Jersey (No. 2:20-cv-13223-CCC-MF) against Defendants Insurance Services Office Inc. ("ISO"), the Plan Administration Committee of Insurance Services Office Inc. and its members ("Committee Defendants"), and the Trust Investment Committee of Insurance Services Office Inc. and its members. The class action complaint alleges violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended ("ERISA"). The class is defined as all persons who were participants in or beneficiaries of the ISO 401(k) Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("Plan"), at any time between  September 24, 2014 through the date of judgment. The complaint alleges that all defendants are fiduciaries with respect to the Plan. Plaintiffs challenge the amount of fees paid by Plan participants to maintain the investment funds in the plan portfolio and the amount of recordkeeper fees paid by participants. Plaintiffs allege that by permitting the payment of excessive fees, the Committee Defendants breached their ERISA duties of prudence and loyalty. Plaintiffs further allege that ISO breached its ERISA duty by failing to monitor the Committee Defendants who they allege committed known breaches of their fiduciary duties. The complaint does not specify damages but alleges the fiduciary breaches cost Plan participants millions of dollars. Defendants filed their motion to dismiss the complaint on  January 12, 2021, which the court partially denied on  April 13, 2021. Fact discovery was completed. The court stayed the litigation pending the outcome of the parties’ mediation, but the stay was lifted on  May 5, 2023. The parties engaged in expert discovery, and this matter was settled before a mediator on  October 4, 2023. The settlement agreement was signed by both parties, and on January 12, 2024, the court granted preliminary approval of class action settlement. 

Financial Services Government Inquiry

We continue to cooperate with a civil inquiry by the Department of Justice ("DOJ") related to government contracts within our former Financial Services segment, which was sold to TransUnion in  April 2022. We are engaged in ongoing discussions regarding potential resolution of the inquiry by the DOJ. There can be no assurance that these discussions and continuing engagement will lead to resolution of the matter and we cannot anticipate the timing, outcome or possible impact of the inquiry, including any potential material adverse financial impacts or otherwise. We have recorded an accrued liability for approximately $39.0 million related to this matter. Amounts payable pursuant to any potential resolution, however, could differ from such amount. Under the stock purchase agreement we entered into with TransUnion pursuant to which TransUnion acquired our former Financial Services segment, we agreed to indemnify TransUnion for certain losses with respect to the inquiry.

In  March 2022, we were informed that the SEC was conducting an inquiry related to certain contracts of our former Financial Services segment. The SEC notified us on November 28, 2023 that it had concluded its investigation and did not intend to recommend an enforcement action against the Company.

Data Privacy Litigation

On or about February 8, 2023, Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit, Atlas Data Privacy Corp., et al. v. Verisk Analytics, Inc., et al., in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County, Case No. MID-L-000903-24, alleging violations of Daniel’s Law. Verisk has not yet been served. Atlas claims to be an “assignee” of claims of approximately 19,640 individuals who are “covered persons” under Daniel’s Law, allegedly enacted to provide judicial and law enforcement officers and their family members with the right to prevent disclosure of their personal information and to enforce those rights against uncooperative data brokers. It is alleged that Defendants have violated Daniel’s Law by failing to respond and comply with their written request to Defendants to cease publicly disclosing or re-disclosing their protected information. Plaintiffs seek actual damages in the amount of $1,000 per violation under the statute, punitive damages, injunctive relief ordering compliance with Daniel’s Law, permanent injunctive relief, including the appointment of a qualified independent expert to ensure compliance with Daniel’s Law, and reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. At this time, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the liability related to this matter, as the case is still in its early stages.

On  January 30, 2023, Plaintiffs Justin Ahringer and Michael Donner filed a putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Central District of California, titled Ahringer et al. v. LoanDepot, Inc. and Verisk Analytics, Inc. d/b/a Jornaya, Case No.: 8:23-cv-00186. Plaintiffs assert violations of California’s Invasion of Privacy Act, Unfair Competition Law, and a violation of class members’ privacy rights under the California Constitution. Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants recorded visitors’ electronic communications without their consent. Plaintiffs seek to certify a nationwide class of individuals who visited LoanDepot.com and provided personal information on the website’s forms to receive a quote or apply for a loan. They allege that the aggregate claims of all members of the proposed class exceeds $5.0 million. Plaintiffs seek compensatory, statutory or punitive damages or restitution, as well as reasonable attorney’s fees and other costs. We filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims on  April 13, 2023. The parties are currently engaging in jurisdictional discovery in response to the court’s demand to Plaintiff to demonstrate why this case should not be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The court found jurisdiction is proper and partially denied our motion on February 7, 2024. The deadline to answer Plaintiffs' Complaint is February 22, 2024. At this time, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the liability related to this matter, as the case is still in its early stages.

On  June 27, 2022, Plaintiff Loretta Williams brought a putative class action against Lead Intelligence, Inc. d/b/a Jornaya (“we,” “our,” or “us”) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, titled Williams v. DDR Media, LLC and Lead Intelligence, Inc. d/b/a Jornaya, Civil Action No. 3:22-cv-03789. The Complaint alleges that the Defendants violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, Cal. Penal Code 631 (“CIPA”) and invaded Plaintiff’s and class members’ privacy rights when Defendants purportedly recorded visitors’ visits to the scrappyrent2own.com website without prior express consent. It is further alleged that this conduct constitutes a violation of the California Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. Prof. Code Section 17200 et seq. and the California Constitution. The Complaint seeks class certification, injunctive relief, statutory damages in the amount of $5,000 for each violation, attorneys fees and other litigation costs. Our motion to compel arbitration was fully briefed as of   January 27, 2023. It was denied on  February 28, 2023. We filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims on  April 13, 2023. On  August 18, 2023 the court granted our motion, dismissing Plaintiff’s claims without prejudice, but giving Plaintiff an opportunity to amend her claims by  September 20, 2023. Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) on  September 20, 2023. Our motion to dismiss the SAC was fully briefed on December 18, 2023. It was denied on January 30, 2024. The court held an initial case management conference for February 9, 2024.  At this time, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the liability related to this matter, as the case is still in its early stages.

On  December 15, 2021, Plaintiff Jillian Cantinieri brought a putative class action against Verisk Analytics, Insurance Services Office and ISO Claims Services, Inc. (“we,” “our,” or “us”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, titled Cantinieri v. Verisk Analytics Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-6911. The Complaint alleges that we failed to safeguard the personally identifiable information (PII) of Plaintiff and the members of the proposed classes from a purported breach of our databases by unauthorized entities. Plaintiff and class members allege actual and imminent injuries, including theft of their PII, fraudulent activity on their financial accounts, lowered credit scores, and costs associated with detection and prevention of identity theft and fraud. They seek to recover compensatory, statutory and punitive damages, disgorgement of earnings and profits, and attorney’s fees and costs. We filed our motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims on  April 22, 2022. On  March 30, 2023 the court denied our motion to dismiss without prejudice, allowing us an opportunity to re-file the motion once limited jurisdictional discovery has been completed. Our renewed motion to dismiss was fully briefed on February 16, 2024. At this time, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the liability related to this matter, as the case is still in its early stages.

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Note 22 - Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Subsequent Events [Text Block]

22.   Subsequent Events:

On January 9, 2024, we completed the acquisition of 100 percent of  Rocket Enterprise Solutions GmbH ("Rocket") for a net cash purchase price of $10.6 million, of which $2.2 million represents a deferred payment and $0.3 million represents a holdback payment. Rocket’s strong property claims and underwriting technology has been widely adopted by many of the largest insurers and service providers across Germany and Austria. Rocket has become a part of our claims category. The acquisition, which follows a strategic investment by Verisk in Rocket in 2022, will further Verisk's expansion in Europe and the Company’s goal of helping insurers and claims service providers leverage more holistic data and technology tools to enhance the claims experience.

On  February 14, 2024, our Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.39 per share of common stock issued and outstanding, payable on  March 29, 2024, to holders of record as of  March 15, 2024. Our Board of Directors also approved an additional share repurchase authorization of $1,000.0 million.

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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

SEC Schedule, 12-09, Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block]

Supplementary Financial Information (Unaudited)

Schedule II

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

For the Years Ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021

(In millions)

	Balance at		Charged to
	Beginning		Costs and		Deductions—			Balance at
Description	of Year		Expenses (1)		Write-offs (2)			End of Year
Year ended December 31, 2023
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	14.3	$	8.7	$	(7.9	)	$	15.1
Valuation allowance for income taxes	$	45.3	$	1.2	$	(40.9	)	$	5.6
Year ended December 31, 2022
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	15.4	$	6.4	$	(7.5	)	$	14.3
Valuation allowance for income taxes	$	38.3	$	41.2	$	(34.2	)	$	45.3
Year ended December 31, 2021
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	14.1	$	13.8	$	(12.5	)	$	15.4
Valuation allowance for income taxes	$	30.6	$	8.1	$	(0.4	)	$	38.3

⁽¹⁾  Primarily additional reserves for bad debts

⁽²⁾  Primarily accounts receivable balances written off, net of recoveries, the expiration of loss carryforwards, and businesses held for sale

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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Our accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates include acquisition purchase price allocations, the fair value of goodwill, the realization of deferred tax assets and liabilities, acquisition-related liabilities, fair value of stock-based compensation for equity awards granted, and assets and liabilities for pension and postretirement benefits. Actual results may ultimately differ from those estimates.

On February 1, 2023, we completed the sale of our Energy business. We determined that the sale of our Energy business met the “discontinued operations” criteria in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Boards (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-20, Discontinued Operations (“ASC 205-20”) due to its relative size and strategic rationale. The consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of operations, and the notes to the consolidated financial statements were recasted for all periods presented to reflect the discontinuation of the Energy business, in accordance with ASC 205-20. The discussion in the notes to these consolidated financial statements, unless otherwise noted, relate solely to our continuing operations.

Consolidation, Subsidiaries or Other Investments, Consolidated Entities, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(a)    Intercompany Accounts and Transactions

The consolidated financial statements include all of our accounts. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Policy Text Block]

(b)    Revenue Recognition

The following describes our primary types of revenues and the applicable revenue recognition policies. We recognize revenues through recurring and non-recurring long-term agreements (generally one to five years) for hosted subscriptions, advisory/consulting services, and for transactional solutions. Our revenues are primarily derived from the sale of services where revenue is recognized when control of the promised services is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those services. Fees for services provided by us are non-refundable. Revenue is recognized net of applicable sales tax withholdings.

Hosted Subscriptions

We offer two forms of hosted subscriptions. The first and most prevalent form of hosted subscription is where customers access content only through our online portal (the "Hosted Subscription"). We grant a license to our customer to enter our online portal. The license is a contractual mechanism that allows our customer to access our online portal for a defined period of time. As the license alone does not provide utility to our customer, our customer has no contractual right to take possession of our online portal at any time, and our customer cannot engage another party to host our online portal and related content, it is not considered a functional license under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASC 606"). Our promise to our customer is to provide continuous access to our online portal and to update the content throughout the subscription period. Hosted Subscription is a single performance obligation that represents a series of distinct services (daily access to our online portal and related content) that are substantially the same and that have the same pattern of transfer to our customer. We recognize revenue for Hosted Subscriptions ratably over the subscription period on a straight-line basis as services are performed and continuous access to information in our online portal is provided over the entire term of the agreements.

The second form of hosted subscription is where customers have access to our online portals combined with software content that is delivered via disk drive/download to our customer (“Hosted Subscription with Disk Drive/Download”) and is offered only on a limited basis. For this form of hosted subscription, we also grant our customer a license to enter our online portal as well as access the software content as needed and act as the same contractual mechanism as described for Hosted Subscriptions. The Hosted Subscription with Disk Drive/Download works in such a manner that our customer gains significant benefit, functionality, and overall utility only when the online portal and the software content are used together. The disk drive/download contains the models while the online portal contains the latest data and research which is updated throughout the subscription period. The models within the disk drive/download depend on the data and research contained within our online portal. The data and research within our online portal is only useful when our customer can utilize it within the models (e.g., queries, projections, etc.) so that they may use the most current information and alerts to forecast potential future losses. The software content is only sold together with our online portal to provide a highly interdependent and interrelated promise and therefore represents a single performance obligation. As our customer has no contractual right to take possession of our online portal at any time, and our customer cannot engage another party to host our online portal and related software content, it is not considered a functional license under ASC 606. Our promise to our customer is to deliver the disk drive/download, to provide continuous access to our online portal, and to update the software content throughout the subscription period. We recognize revenue for Hosted Subscriptions with Disk Drive/Download ratably over the subscription period on a straight-line basis as services are performed and continuous access to information is provided over the entire term of the agreements.

Subscriptions are generally paid in advance of rendering services either quarterly or annually upon commencement of the subscription period.

               Advisory/Consulting Services

We provide certain discrete project based advisory/consulting services, which are recognized over time by measuring the progress toward complete satisfaction of the performance obligation, based on the input method of consulting hours worked; this aligns with the results achieved and value transferred to our customer. The hours consumed are most reflective of the measure of progress towards satisfying the performance obligation, as the resources hours worked directly tie to the progress of the services to be provided. In general, they are billed over the course of the project.

Transactional Solutions

Certain solutions are also paid for by customers on a transactional basis. We recognize these revenues as the solutions are delivered or services performed at a point in time. In general, our customers are billed monthly at the end of each month.

(c)    Deferred Revenues

We invoice our customers in annual, quarterly, monthly, or milestone installments. Amounts billed and/or collected in advance of services being provided are recorded as “Deferred revenues” and “Other noncurrent liabilities” in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets and are recognized as the services are performed, control is transferred to customers, and the applicable revenue recognition criteria is met.

(d)    Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts receivable are generally recorded at the invoiced amount. Unbilled receivables are short-term in nature and expected to be billed within one year. The allowance for doubtful accounts or expected credit losses is estimated based on an analysis of the aging of the accounts receivable, historical write-offs, customer payment patterns, individual customer credit worthiness, current economic trends, reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions, and/or establishment of specific reserves for customers in adverse financial condition. We assess the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts on a quarterly basis.

(e)    Deferred Commissions

We recognize an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if we expect the benefit of those costs to be longer than one year. We have determined that certain sales incentive programs meet the requirements to be capitalized. The incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer, which primarily consist of sales commissions, are deferred and amortized over a useful life of five years that is consistent with the transfer to our customer the services to which the asset relates. We classify deferred commissions as current or noncurrent based on the timing of expense recognition. The current and noncurrent portions of deferred commissions are included in "Prepaid expenses" and "Other noncurrent assets", respectively, in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023. Amortization expense related to deferred commissions is computed on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful lives and included in "Selling, general and administrative" within our accompanying consolidated statements of operations.    

Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(f)    Fixed Assets and Finite-lived Intangible Assets

Fixed assets and finite-lived intangibles are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization, which are computed on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term.

Our internal software development costs primarily relate to internal-use software. Such costs are capitalized in the application development stage in accordance with ASC 350-40, Internal-use Software ("ASC 350-40"). We also capitalize software development costs upon the establishment of technological feasibility for a product in accordance with ASC 985-20, Software to be Sold, Leased, or Marketed (“ASC 985-20”). Software development costs are amortized on a straight-line basis.

In accordance with ASC 360, Property, Plant & Equipment, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of long-lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets may not be recoverable, we review our long-lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets for impairment by first comparing the carrying value of our assets to the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of our assets. If the carrying value exceeds the sum of our assets’ undiscounted cash flows, we estimate and recognize an impairment loss by taking the difference between the carrying value and fair value of our assets. In the first quarter of 2022, we reassessed the recoverability of long-lived assets for our Financial Services reporting unit and recorded a $73.7 million impairment. For the year ended 2021, we had a $134.0 million impairment to the long-lived assets for our Financial Services reporting unit including $88.2 million to intangible assets and $45.8 million to fixed assets. 

Lessee, Leases [Policy Text Block]

(g)    Leases

We have operating and finance leases for corporate offices, data centers, and certain equipment that are accounted for under ASC 842, Leases. The lease term for our corporate headquarters ends in 2033 and includes the options to extend for one 10-year renewal period and two 5-year renewal periods.

We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. We consider any contract where there is an identified asset and that it has the right to control the use of such asset in determining whether the contract contains a lease. A right-of-use ("ROU") asset represents our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and the lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As our operating leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available on the adoption date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate was calculated by using our credit rating on our publicly-traded U.S. unsecured bonds and estimating an appropriate credit rating for similar secured debt instruments. Our calculated credit rating on secured debt instruments determined the yield curve used. We calculated an implied spread and applied the spreads to the risk-free interest rates based on the yield of the U.S. Treasury zero coupon securities with a maturity equal to the remaining lease term in determining the borrowing rates for all operating leases. Our operating lease ROU assets include any lease payments made prior to the rent commencement date and exclude lease incentives. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Operating lease transactions are included in "Operating lease right-of-use assets, net", and "Operating lease liabilities", current and noncurrent, within our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in property and equipment under "Fixed assets, net", "Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt", and "Long-term debt" within our accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(h)    Fair Value of Financial and Non-financial Instruments

We follow the provisions of ASC 820-10, Fair Value Measurements (“ASC 820-10”), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under U.S. GAAP and expands fair value measurement disclosures. We follow the provisions of ASC 820-10 for our financial assets and liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis. We follow the provisions of ASC 820-10 for our non-financial assets and liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value.

Foreign Currency Transactions and Translations Policy [Policy Text Block]

(i)    Foreign Currency

We have determined local currencies are the functional currencies of our foreign operations. The assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are translated at the period-end rate of exchange and statement of operations items are translated at the average rates prevailing during the year. The resulting translation adjustment is recorded as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive losses” in our accompanying consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity.

Compensation Related Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(j)    Stock-Based Compensation

We follow ASC 718, Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the awards granted, and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period.

Our nonqualified stock options have an exercise price equal to the closing price of our common stock on the grant date, with a ten-year contractual term. The expected term for our stock options granted for a majority of the awards granted was estimated based on studies of historical experience and projected exercise behavior. However, for certain awards granted, for which no historical exercise pattern exists, the expected term was estimated using the simplified method. The risk-free interest rate is based on the yield of U.S. Treasury zero coupon securities with a maturity equal to the expected term of the equity award. The volatility factor is calculated using our historical daily closing prices over the most recent period that is commensurate with the expected term of the stock option awards. The expected dividend yield was based on our expected annual dividend rate on the date of grant.

The fair value of our restricted stock is determined using the closing price of our common stock on the grant date. Our restricted stock is not assignable or transferable until it becomes vested. Restricted stock generally has a service vesting period of four years and we recognize the expense ratably over this service vesting period.

Performance share units (“PSU”) vest at the end of a three-year performance period, subject to the recipient’s continued service. Each PSU represents the right to receive one share of our common stock and the ultimate realization is based on our achievement of certain market performance criteria. We determined the grant date fair value of PSUs with the assistance of a third-party valuation specialist and based on estimates provided by us. The valuation of our PSUs employed the Monte Carlo simulation model, which includes certain key assumptions that were applied to us and our peer group. Those key assumptions included valuation date stock price, expected volatility, correlation coefficients, risk-free rate of return, and expected dividend yield.  The valuation date stock price is based on the dividend-adjusted closing price on the grant date. Expected volatility is calculated using historical daily closing prices over a period that is commensurate with the length of the performance period. The correlation coefficients are based on the price data used to calculate the historical volatilities. The risk-free rate of return is based on the yield of U.S. Treasury zero coupon securities with a maturity equal to the length of the performance period. The expected dividend yield was based on our and our peer group’s expected dividend rate over the performance period. PSUs are tied to the achievement of certain market performance conditions, namely relative total shareholder return as compared to the S&P 500 index ("TSR-based PSUs").

We estimate expected forfeitures of equity awards at the date of grant and recognize compensation expense only for those awards expected to vest. The forfeiture assumption is ultimately adjusted to the actual forfeiture rate. Estimated forfeiture is ultimately adjusted to actual forfeiture. Changes in the forfeiture assumptions may impact the total amount of expense ultimately recognized, as well as the timing of expense recognized over the requisite service period.

Excess tax benefit from exercised stock options, lapsing of restricted stock and PSUs is recorded as an income tax benefit in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. This tax benefit is calculated as the excess of the intrinsic value of options exercised and of the market value of restricted stock lapsed over the compensation recognized for financial reporting purposes.

Research, Development, and Computer Software, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(k)    Research and Development Costs

Research and development costs, which are primarily related to personnel and related overhead costs incurred in developing new services for customers, are expensed as incurred. Such costs were $36.8 million, $43.1 million, and $47.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively, and were included in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Advertising Cost [Policy Text Block]

(l)    Advertising Costs

Advertising costs, which are primarily associated with promoting our brand, names and solutions provided, are expensed as incurred. Such costs were $11.9 million, $14.7 million, and $12.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively.

Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(m)    Income Taxes

We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method under ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

Deferred tax assets are recorded to the extent these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such determination, we consider all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies, and recent financial operations. Valuation allowances are recognized to reduce deferred tax assets if it is determined to be more likely than not that all or some of the potential deferred tax assets will not be realized.

We follow ASC 740-10, Income Taxes (“ASC 740-10”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements. ASC 740-10 provides that a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position may be recognized based on the technical merits when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including resolutions of any related appeals or litigation processes. Income tax positions must meet a more likely than not recognition threshold in accordance with ASC 740-10. This standard also provides guidance on measurement, derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition.

We recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits within the income tax expense line in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Accrued interest and penalties are included within “Other liabilities” on our accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(n)    Earnings Per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) are determined in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share, which specifies the computation, presentation and disclosure requirements for EPS. Basic EPS excludes all dilutive common stock equivalents. It is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS, as calculated using the treasury stock method, reflects the potential dilution that would occur if our dilutive outstanding stock options and stock awards were issued.

Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(o)    Pension and Postretirement Benefits

We account for our pension and postretirement benefits under ASC 715, Compensation — Retirement Benefits (“ASC 715”). ASC 715 requires the recognition of the funded status of a benefit plan in the balance sheet, the recognition in other comprehensive income (loss) of gains or losses and prior service costs arising during the period, but which are not included as components of periodic benefit cost or credit, and the measurement of defined benefit plan assets and obligations as of the balance sheet date. We utilize a valuation date of December 31.

Standard Product Warranty, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(p)    Product Warranty Obligations

We provide warranty coverage for certain of our solutions. We recognize a product warranty obligation when claims are probable and can be reasonably estimated. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, product warranty obligations were not material.

Commitments and Contingencies, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(q)    Loss Contingencies

We accrue for costs relating to litigation, claims, and other contingent matters when such liabilities become probable and reasonably estimable. Such estimates are based on management’s judgment. Actual amounts paid may differ from amounts estimated, and such differences will be charged to operations in the period in which the final determination of the liability is made.

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into numerous agreements that contain standard indemnities whereby we indemnify another party for breaches of confidentiality, infringement of intellectual property or gross negligence. Such indemnifications are primarily granted under licensing of computer software. Most agreements contain provisions to limit the maximum potential amount of future payments that we could be required to make under these indemnifications; however, we are not able to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments to be made under these indemnifications as the triggering events are not subject to predictability.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(r)    Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of acquisition costs over the fair value of tangible net assets and identifiable intangible assets of our businesses acquired. Goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives are not amortized. Intangible assets determined to have finite lives are amortized over their useful lives. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are subject to impairment testing annually as of  June 30, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount   may not be fully recoverable. When evaluating goodwill for impairment, we  may decide to first perform a qualitative assessment, or “Step Zero” impairment test, to determine whether it is more likely than not that impairment has occurred. The qualitative assessment includes a review of macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, internal cost factors, and our own overall financial and share price performance, among other factors. If we do not perform a qualitative assessment, or if we determine that it is more likely than not that the carrying amounts of our reporting units exceeds their fair value, we perform a quantitative assessment and calculate the estimated fair value of the respective reporting unit. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds the fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(s)    Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standard	Description	Effective Date	Effect on Consolidated Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
Leases (Topic 842) In March 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update "ASU" No. 2023-01, Common Control Arrangements ("ASU No. 2023-01")	This update amends the accounting for leasehold improvements in common-control arrangements for all entities. The amendment requires a lessee in a common-control lease arrangement to amortize leasehold improvements that it owns over the improvements’ useful life to the common control group, regardless of the lease term, if the lessee continues to control the use of the underlying asset through a lease.	ASU No. 2023-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted in any annual or interim period as of the beginning of the related fiscal year.	The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Segment Reporting (Topic 280) In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update "ASU" No. 2023-07, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures ("ASU No. 2023-07")	This updates changes the reportable segment disclosure requirements requiring enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. Public entities are required to disclose significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and to disclose how reported measures of segment profit or loss are used in assessing segment performance and allocating resources.	ASU No. 2023-07 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted.	The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Income Taxes (Topic 740) In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update "ASU" No. 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (ASU No. 2023-09)	The amendments in within ASU No. 2023-09 address investor requests for more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. This Update also includes certain other amendments to improve the effectiveness of income tax disclosures	The ASU’s amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted.	The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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Note 4 - Accounts Receivable (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]

	2023			2022
Billed receivables	$	317.1		$	273.7
Unbilled receivables		32.2			30.7
Total receivables		349.3			304.4
Less allowance for doubtful accounts		(15.1	)		(14.3	)
Accounts receivable, net	$	334.2		$	290.1

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Note 6 - Revenues (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

	2023		2022		2021
Insurance:
Underwriting	$	1,892.7	$	1,734.5	$	1,555.1
Claims		788.7		702.5		651.8
Total Insurance		2,681.4		2,437.0		2,206.9
Specialized Markets		—		22.4		112.8
Financial Services		—		37.6		142.8
Total revenues	$	2,681.4	$	2,497.0	$	2,462.5

	2023		2022		2021
Revenues:
United States	$	2,238.3	$	2,120.1	$	2,057.7
United Kingdom		190.1		169.5		169.0
Other countries		253.0		207.4		235.8
Total revenues	$	2,681.4	$	2,497.0	$	2,462.5

Contract with Customer, Contract Asset, Contract Liability, and Receivable [Table Text Block]

Contract Liabilities at December 31, 2021	$	349.3
Revenue		(2,497.0	)
Acquisitions		3.4
Dispositions		(61.0	)
Billings		2,527.0
Contract Liabilities at December 31, 2022		321.7
Revenue		(2,681.4	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(3.0	)
Billings		2,737.8
Contract Liabilities at December 31, 2023	$	375.1

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Note 7 - Investments and Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Carrying Values and Estimated Fair Values of Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

		2023				2022
	Fair Value	Carrying		Estimated		Carrying		Estimated
	Hierarchy	Value		Fair Value		Value		Fair Value
Financial instrument not carried at fair value:
Senior Notes (Note 15)	Level 2	$	2,833.7	$	2,735.3	$	2,342.6	$	2,113.3

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Note 8 - Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Lease, Cost [Table Text Block]

	2023			2022
Lease cost:
Operating lease cost (1)	$	33.9		$	47.7
Sublease income		(1.7	)		(2.0	)
Finance lease cost
Depreciation of finance lease assets (2)		14.4			12.8
Interest on finance lease liabilities (3)		1.0			0.5
Total lease cost	$	47.6		$	59.0
Other information:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash outflows from operating leases	$	(34.9	)	$	(46.4	)
Operating cash outflows from finance leases	$	(1.0	)	$	(0.5	)
Financing cash outflows from finance leases	$	(15.7	)	$	(14.3	)

Schedule of Weighted Average Number of Shares [Table Text Block]

	2023			2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (in years)		8.2			8.5
Weighted-average remaining lease term - finance leases (in years)		3.1			1.7
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases		4.0	%		3.8	%
Weighted-average discount rate - finance leases		4.2	%		2.6	%

Lessee, Lease Liability Maturity [Table Text Block]

Years Ending	Operating Leases			Finance Leases
2024	$	33.3		$	15.6
2025		34.1			13.8
2026		32.6			3.4
2027		32.4			2.6
2028		31.7			1.7
2029 and thereafter		104.3			-
Total lease payments		268.4			37.1
Less: Amount representing interest		(39.7	)		(2.6	)
Present value of total lease payments	$	228.7		$	34.5

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Note 9 - Fixed Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

	Useful Life (in years)	Cost		Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization			Net
December 31, 2023
Furniture and office equipment	3 - 10	$	178.5	$	(156.7	)	$	21.8
Leasehold improvements	Lease term		116.5		(63.0	)		53.5
Purchased software	3		59.9		(55.2	)		4.7
Software development costs	3 - 7		1,136.6		(653.0	)		483.6
Leased equipment	3 - 4		105.1		(63.8	)		41.3
Total fixed assets		$	1,596.6	$	(991.7	)	$	604.9
December 31, 2022
Furniture and office equipment	3 - 10	$	199.2	$	(177.1	)	$	22.1
Leasehold improvements	Lease term		118.3		(54.6	)		63.7
Purchased software	3		65.1		(61.0	)		4.1
Software development costs	3 - 7		945.4		(504.5	)		440.9
Leased equipment	3 - 4		64.4		(53.7	)		10.7
Total fixed assets		$	1,392.4	$	(850.9	)	$	541.5

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Note 10 - Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

	Krug		Other		Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	7.0	$	1.0	$	8.0
Accounts receivable		1.8		0.8		2.6
Other current assets		3.8		0.1		3.9
Fixed assets		0.2		0.1		0.3
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		—		0.2		0.2
Intangible assets		15.1		18.4		33.5
Goodwill		33.1		22.8		55.9
Total assets acquired		61.0		43.4		104.4
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		5.8		2.1		7.9
Operating lease liabilities		—		0.1		0.1
Deferred income tax, net		4.8		3.9		8.7
Other noncurrent liabilities		0.1		1.4		1.5
Total liabilities assumed		10.7		7.5		18.2
Net assets acquired		50.3		35.9		86.2
Less: cash acquired		7.0		1.0		8.0
Net cash purchase price	$	43.3	$	34.9	$	78.2

	Opta		Infutor		Others		Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	0.4	$	17.0	$	-	$	17.4
Accounts receivable		5.2		10.7		-		15.9
Other current assets		1.3		3.8		0.1		5.2
Fixed assets		1.5		0.9		0.3		2.7
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		1.1		2.3		-		3.4
Intangible assets		87.0		83.4		2.3		172.7
Goodwill		141.1		140.3		3.0		284.4
Other assets		-		0.1		-		0.1
Total assets acquired		237.6		258.5		5.7		501.8
Current liabilities		4.9		14.4		0.1		19.4
Deferred revenues		0.2		3.1		0.1		3.4
Operating lease liabilities		1.1		3.3		-		4.4
Deferred income tax, net		13.5		-		0.5		14.0
Other liabilities		-		-		0.2		0.2
Total liabilities assumed		19.7		20.8		0.9		41.4
Net assets acquired		217.9		237.7		4.8		460.4
Less: Cash acquired		0.4		17.0		-		17.4
Net cash purchase price	$	217.5	$	220.7	$	4.8	$	443.0

	ACTINEO		Data Driven Safety		Others		Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	0.2	$	2.5	$	3.7	$	6.4
Accounts receivable		1.8		1.0		1.4		4.2
Other current assets		—		2.0		1.0		3.0
Fixed assets		1.4		—		0.1		1.5
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		4.2		0.4		1.3		5.9
Intangible assets		48.3		42.1		19.0		109.4
Goodwill		121.9		74.1		39.6		235.6
Other assets		—		—		0.1		0.1
Total assets acquired		177.8		122.1		66.2		366.1
Current liabilities		2.1		2.7		1.7		6.5
Deferred revenues		—		0.4		1.4		1.8
Operating lease liabilities		4.2		0.4		1.4		6.0
Deferred income tax, net		15.8		—		3.7		19.5
Other liabilities		—		21.7		—		21.7
Total liabilities assumed		22.1		25.2		8.2		55.5
Net assets acquired		155.7		96.9		58.0		310.6
Less: Noncontrolling interests		6.6		—		19.8		26.4
Cash acquired		0.2		3.4		3.7		7.3
Net cash purchase price	$	148.9	$	93.5	$	34.5	$	276.9

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Table Text Block]

	Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)	Total
Technology-based	5	$	9.9
Marketing-related	2		0.5
Customer-related	13		23.1
Total intangible assets		$	33.5

	Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)	Total
Technology-based	6	$	48.5
Marketing-related	4		2.0
Customer-related	13		122.2
Total intangible assets		$	172.7

	Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)	Total
Technology-based	5	$	21.1
Marketing-related	3		1.1
Customer-related	13		81.2
Database-related	6		6.0
Total intangible assets		$	109.4

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Note 11 - Dispositions and Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block]

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022			2021
Revenues	$	46.8		$	537.3		$	536.1
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)		18.2			207.4			204.1
Selling, general and administrative		33.2			117.2			109.5
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets		-			32.9			36.6
Amortization of intangible assets		-			68.5			96.8
Impairment loss		-			303.7			-
Other operating loss		131.1			33.9			-
Total operating expenses		182.5			763.6			447.0
Operating (loss) income		(135.7	)		(226.3	)		89.1
Other income (expense):
Investment income (loss) and others, net		(5.7	)		7.0			(0.2	)
Total other income (expense), net		(5.7	)		7.0			(0.2	)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations before income taxes		(141.4	)		(219.3	)		88.9
Income tax (expense) benefit		(12.6	)		131.5			(29.7	)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$	(154.0	)	$	(87.8	)	$	59.2

	February 1, 2023			December 31, 2022
Cash and cash equivalents	$	86.3		$	180.2
Accounts receivable, net		187.1			150.8
Prepaid expenses		17.6			17.8
Other current assets		13.8			13.8
Total current assets:		304.8			362.6
Fixed assets, net		165.2			157.1
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		29.7			29.8
Intangible assets, net		625.9			616.9
Goodwill		2,165.7			2,136.3
Other noncurrent assets		18.9			16.3
Total noncurrent assets		3,005.4			2,956.4
Total assets held for sale:		3,310.2			3,319.0
Net impairment of asset group(1)		(227.8	)		(227.8	)
Total assets held for sale, net	$	3,082.4		$	3,091.2
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	77.6		$	68.6
Operating lease liabilities		7.6			6.9
Deferred revenues		207.4			176.6
Income taxes payable		13.6			30.2
Current liabilities held-for-sale:		306.2			282.3
Deferred income tax liabilities		146.2			144.1
Noncurrent lease liabilities		30.0			30.8
Other noncurrent liabilities		2.5			2.7
Noncurrent liabilities held-for-sale		178.7			177.6
Total liabilities held for sale	$	484.9		$	459.9

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022			2021
Significant non-cash operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets	$	-		$	32.9		$	36.6
Amortization of intangible assets		-			68.5			96.8
Impairment loss		-			303.7			-
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		0.1			7.6			7.7
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures		(6.5	)		(72.6	)		(59.7	)
Supplemental disclosures:
Fixed assets included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities		-			3.0			5.0

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Note 12 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

	Insurance			Specialized Markets			Financial Services			Total
Goodwill at January 1, 2022	$	1,454.8		$	117.4		$	475.4		$	2,047.6
Acquisitions		284.4			—			—			284.4
Purchase accounting reclassifications		(0.5	)		—			—			(0.5	)
Disposition of sold businesses		—			(116.5	)		(473.2	)		(589.7	)
Impairment Charge		—			—			(1.7	)		(1.7	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(62.7	)		(0.9	)		(0.5	)		(64.1	)
Goodwill at December 31, 2022		1,676.0			—			—			1,676.0
Acquisitions		55.9			—			—			55.9
Purchase accounting reclassifications		(0.1	)		—			—			(0.1	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		29.0			—			—			29.0
Goodwill at December 31, 2023	$	1,760.8		$	—		$	—		$	1,760.8

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

	Weighted
	Average
	Useful Life			Accumulated
	(in years)	Cost		Amortization			Net
December 31, 2023
Technology-based	8	$	370.2	$	(261.2	)	$	109.0
Marketing-related	6		42.7		(38.7	)		4.0
Contract-based	6		5.0		(5.0	)		-
Customer-related	13		542.1		(190.7	)		351.4
Database-based	8		15.2		(7.9	)		7.3
Total intangible assets		$	975.2	$	(503.5	)	$	471.7
December 31, 2022
Technology-based	8	$	355.1	$	(229.3	)	$	125.8
Marketing-related	6		41.3		(35.5	)		5.8
Contract-based	6		5.0		(5.0	)		—
Customer-related	13		510.7		(146.7	)		364.0
Database-based	8		15.0		(5.8	)		9.2
Total intangible assets		$	927.1	$	(422.3	)	$	504.8

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Years Ending	Amount
2024	$	72.2
2025		63.1
2026		61.1
2027		52.8
2028		45.7
2029 and thereafter		176.8
Total	$	471.7

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Note 13 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

	2023		2022			2021
U.S.	$	1,021.9	$	1,277.1		$	784.1
Foreign		5.3		(14.7	)		2.4
Total income before income taxes	$	1,027.2	$	1,262.4		$	786.5

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

	2023			2022			2021
Current:
Federal	$	226.8		$	247.8		$	123.8
State and local		52.0			64.7			19.5
Foreign		9.0			1.1			3.0
Total current provision for income taxes		287.8			313.6			146.3
Deferred:
Federal		(23.4	)		(43.3	)		20.6
State and local		(3.4	)		(11.2	)		10.5
Foreign		(2.2	)		(38.8	)		2.0
Total deferred provision for income taxes		(29.0	)		(93.3	)		33.1
Provision for income taxes	$	258.8		$	220.3		$	179.4

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	2023			2022			2021
Federal statutory rate		21.0	%		21.0	%		21.0	%
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit		3.7			3.4			2.8
Impact of dispositions		-			(3.0	)		-
UK valuation allowance release		-			(2.4	)		-
Global Intangible Low-taxed Income		1.3			0.4			2.6
Stock-based compensation		(1.8	)		(1.7	)		(3.5	)
Other		1.0			(0.2	)		(0.1	)
Effective tax rate		25.2	%		17.5	%		22.8	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	2023			2022
Deferred tax assets:
Employee wages and other benefits	$	49.9		$	54.9
Lease liabilities		55.4			53.3
Net operating loss carryover		9.4			12.0
Interest expense		31.0			31.1
Book/tax energy basis difference		-			112.2
Other		17.1			22.0
Total		162.8			285.5
Less valuation allowance		(5.6	)		(45.3	)
Deferred tax assets		157.2			240.2
Deferred tax liabilities:
Right of use assets		(48.3	)		(44.1	)
Fixed assets and intangible assets		(194.1	)		(223.9	)
Commissions		(18.2	)		(16.8	)
Pensions		(57.0	)		(56.5	)
Other		(18.9	)		(12.8	)
Deferred tax liabilities		(336.5	)		(354.1	)
Deferred tax liabilities, net	$	(179.3	)	$	(113.9	)

Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards [Table Text Block]

Years Ending	Amount
2024 - 2031	$	20.5
2032 - 2036		11.5
2037 - 2043		37.0
Total	$	69.0

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

	2023			2022			2021
Unrecognized tax benefit as of January 1	$	3.2		$	3.4		$	9.9
Gross increase in tax positions in prior period		0.8			1.0			1.3
Gross decrease in tax positions in prior period		-			-			(0.1	)
Settlements		-			(0.6	)		—
Lapse of statute of limitations		(2.0	)		(0.6	)		(7.7	)
Unrecognized tax benefit as of December 31	$	2.0		$	3.2		$	3.4

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Note 14 - Composition of Certain Financial Statement Caption (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	2023		2022
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
Accrued salaries, benefits and other related costs	$	149.4	$	117.4
Escrow liabilities		3.9		0.4
Accrued interest		19.1		16.3
Trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses		158.4		128.7
Acquisition-related liabilities		10.0		30.0
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	340.8	$	292.8

Schedule of Other Assets, Noncurrent [Table Text Block]

	2023		2022
Other noncurrent assets:
Pension benefits	$	121.4	$	89.0
Other assets - prepaid expenses		73.2		50.7
Investments in nonpublic companies		231.4		229.8
State income tax receivable		67.7		-
Deposits and other		2.4		1.9
Total other noncurrent assets	$	496.1	$	371.4

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Note 15 - Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

	Issuance	Maturity
	Date	Date	2023			2022
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt:
Credit Facilities:
Syndicated revolving credit facility	Various	Various	$	-		$	990.0
Bilateral revolving credit facility	Various	Various		-			275.0
Bilateral term loan facility	Various	Various		-			125.0
Finance lease liabilities (1)	Various	Various		14.5			2.9
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt				14.5			1,392.9
Long-term debt:
Senior notes:
3.625% senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(9.6) and $(10.0), respectively	5/13/2020	5/15/2050		490.4			490.0
4.125% senior notes, inclusive of unamortized premium, and net of unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $7.8 and $9.4, respectively	3/6/2019	3/15/2029		607.8			609.4
4.000% senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(1.8) and $(2.8), respectively	5/15/2015	6/15/2025		898.2			897.2
5.500% senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(3.8) and $(4.0), respectively	5/15/2015	6/15/2045		346.2			346.0
5.750 senior notes, less unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of $(8.9) and $0, respectively	3/3/2023	4/1/2033		491.1			-
Finance lease liabilities (1)	Various	Various	20.0				1.3
Syndicated revolving credit facility debt issuance costs	Various	Various		(1.5	)		(0.7	)
Long-term debt				2,852.2			2,343.2
Total debt			$	2,866.7		$	3,736.1

Schedule of Maturities of Long-Term Debt [Table Text Block]

Years Ending	Amount
2024	$	14.4
2025		913.3
2026		2.9
2027		2.3
2028		1.4
2029 and thereafter		1,950.0
Total	$	2,884.3

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Note 16 - Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

	2023			2022			2021
	(In millions, except for share and per share data)
Numerator used in basic and diluted EPS:
Income from continuing operations	$	768.4		$	1,042.1		$	607.1
Less: Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests		0.2			(0.4	)		(0.1	)
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax		(154.0	)		(87.8	)		59.2
Net income attributable to Verisk	$	614.6		$	953.9		$	666.2
Denominator:
Weighted average number of common shares used in basic EPS		146,623,989			157,905,718			161,841,441
Effect of dilutive shares:
Potential common shares issuable from stock options and stock-based awards		712,170			1,023,224			1,497,468
Weighted average number of common shares and dilutive potential common shares used in diluted EPS		147,336,159			158,928,942			163,338,909

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]

	2023			2022
Foreign currency translation adjustment	$	130.7		$	(636.9	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment, net of tax		(72.5	)		(94.3	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses)	$	58.2		$	(731.2	)

Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]

				Tax Benefit
	Before Tax			(Expense)			After Tax
December 31, 2023
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to Verisk	$	67.0		$	—		$	67.0
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests		0.6			—			0.6
Cumulative translation adjustment recognized upon deconsolidation of the Energy business		700.6			—			700.6
Foreign currency translation adjustment		768.2			—			768.2
Pension and postretirement adjustment before reclassifications		35.1			(8.9	)		26.2
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) (1)		(5.8	)		1.4			(4.4	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment		29.3			(7.5	)		21.8
Total other comprehensive income	$	797.5		$	(7.5	)	$	790.0
December 31, 2022
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to Verisk	$	(298.9	)	$	—		$	(298.9	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests		(1.4	)		—			(1.4	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(300.3	)		—			(300.3	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment before reclassifications		(45.7	)		13.5			(32.2	)
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) (1)		(4.4	)		(1.1	)		(5.5	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment		(50.1	)		12.4			(37.7	)
Total other comprehensive loss	$	(350.4	)	$	12.4		$	(338.0	)
December 31, 2021
Foreign currency translation adjustment	$	(45.8	)	$	—		$	(45.8	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests		(0.5	)		—			(0.5	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(46.3	)		—			(46.3	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment before reclassifications	39.8				(9.8	)		30.0
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) (1)		(4.1	)		1.0			(3.1	)
Pension and postretirement adjustment		35.7			(8.8	)		26.9
Total other comprehensive loss	$	(10.6	)	$	(8.8	)	$	(19.4	)

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Note 17 - Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option, Activity [Table Text Block]

	Stock Option							Restricted Stock					PSU
											Weighted						Weighted
				Weighted							Average						Average
				Average		Aggregate					Grant Date						Grant Date
	Number			Exercise		Intrinsic		Number			Fair Value		Number				Fair Value
	of Options			Price		Value		of Shares			Per Share		of Shares				Per Share
						(in millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2021		5,611,777		$	98.28	$	613.4		390,054		$	131.63		145,609			$	170.75
Granted		750,822		$	189.29				162,378		$	189.23		59,144			$	210.07
Dividend reinvestment		—		$	—				—		$	—		980				N/A
Exercised or lapsed		(1,146,422	)	$	73.30	$	147.6		(173,726	)	$	120.94		(42,610	)		$	140.70
Canceled, expired or forfeited		(149,079	)	$	155.40				(27,202	)	$	157.79		—			$	—
Outstanding at December 31, 2021		5,067,098		$	115.73	$	572.6		351,504		$	161.33		163,123			$	192.99
Granted		653,802		$	196.64				201,617		$	193.33		111,333			$	168.63
Dividend reinvestment		—		$	—				—		$	—		1,371				N/A
Exercised or lapsed		(1,435,673	)	$	92.38	$	129.1		(205,407	)	$	157.22		(54,927	)		$	174.42
Canceled, expired or forfeited		(261,411	)	$	181.48				(40,139	)	$	182.35		(21,406	)		$	202.55
Outstanding at December 31, 2022		4,023,816		$	132.90	$	193.3		307,575		$	182.07		199,494			$	195.34
Granted		211,945		$	185.29				194,236		$	185.22		48,486			$	212.86
Dividend reinvestment		—		$	—				—		$	—		1,142				N/A
Exercised or lapsed		(1,295,815	)	$	108.85	$	118.1		(178,602	)	$	179.39		(45,997	)		$	192.93
Canceled, expired or forfeited		(227,436	)	$	187.56				(32,170	)	$	183.25		(21,889	)		$	207.27
Outstanding at December 31, 2023		2,712,510		$	143.91	$	257.6		291,039		$	186.28		181,236			$	199.62
Exercisable at December 31, 2023		1,947,253		$	127.43	$	217.0
Exercisable at December 31, 2022		2,702,075		$	110.02	$	182.6
Nonvested at December 31, 2023		765,257							291,039					181,236
Expected to vest at December 31, 2023		643,367							252,146					223,629		(1)

Schedule of Share-Based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

	2023			2022			2021
Expected volatility		27.28	%		25.33	%		23.66	%
Risk-free interest rate		3.77	%		1.55	%		0.39	%
Expected term in years		4.0			4.2			4.3
Dividend yield		0.66	%		0.60	%		0.63	%
Weighted average grant date fair value per stock option	$	48.14		$	42.25		$	35.15

Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity [Table Text Block]

	Number of Options			Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
Nonvested balance at January 1, 2021		2,117,613		$	23.39
Granted		750,822		$	35.15
Vested		(825,850	)	$	21.62
Cancelled or expired		(149,079	)	$	27.54
Nonvested balance at December 31, 2021		1,893,506		$	28.49
Granted		653,802		$	42.25
Vested		(964,156	)	$	22.97
Cancelled or expired		(261,411	)	$	35.23
Nonvested balance at December 31, 2022		1,321,741		$	34.65
Granted		211,945		$	52.69
Vested		(540,993	)	$	33.08
Cancelled or expired		(227,436	)	$	38.03
Nonvested balance at December 31, 2023		765,257		$	39.74

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Note 18 - Pension and Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Changes in Projected Benefit Obligations, Fair Value of Plan Assets, and Funded Status of Plan [Table Text Block]

	Pension Plan and SERP						Postretirement Plan
	2023			2022			2023			2022
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at January 1	$	330.9		$	431.7		$	4.2		$	6.0
Interest cost		17.1			14.7			0.2			0.1
Actuarial (gain) loss		(0.8	)		(86.6	)		1.1			(0.4	)
Plan participants’ contributions		—			—			1.3			1.3
Benefits paid		(29.4	)		(28.9	)		(2.7	)		(2.8	)
Benefit obligation at December 31	$	317.8		$	330.9		$	4.1		$	4.2
Accumulated benefit obligation at December 31	$	317.8		$	330.9
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at January 1	$	406.3		$	546.2		$	7.6		$	9.5
Actuarial gain (loss)		47.3			(111.8	)		0.4			(1.1	)
Employer contributions, net		1.7			0.8			1.5			0.7
Plan participants’ contributions		—			—			1.3			1.3
Benefits paid		(29.4	)		(28.9	)		(2.7	)		(2.8	)
Fair value of plan assets at December 31	$	425.9		$	406.3		$	8.1		$	7.6
Funded status at December 31	$	(108.1	)	$	(75.4	)	$	(4.0	)	$	(3.4	)
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets consist of:
Pension assets, noncurrent (1)	$	(117.4	)	$	(85.6	)	$	(4.0	)	$	(3.4	)
Pension, SERP and postretirement benefits, current (2)		1.0			0.8			—			—
Pension, SERP and postretirement benefits, noncurrent (3)		8.3			9.4			—			—
Total Pension, SERP and Postretirement benefits	$	(108.1	)	$	(75.4	)	$	(4.0	)	$	(3.4	)

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block]

	Pension Plan and SERP				Postretirement Plan
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Prior service benefit cost	$	2.4	$	2.6	$	—	$	—
Actuarial losses		118.3		147.8		3.6		3.2
Accumulated other comprehensive losses, pretax	$	120.7	$	150.4	$	3.6	$	3.2

			Quoted Prices		Significant
			in Active		Other
			Markets for		Observable
			Identical Assets		Inputs
	Total		(Level 1)		(Level 2)
December 31, 2023
Equity
Managed equity accounts (1)	$	131.6	$	131.6	$	—
Equity — pooled separate account (2)		38.6		—		38.6
Debt
Fixed income manager — separately managed account (5)		138.9		—		138.9
Fixed income manager — pooled separate account (2)		89.2		—		89.2
Fixed income manager — government securities (3)		8.1		8.1		—
Others
Cash — pooled separate account (2)		5.2		—		5.2
Global real estate account (4)		22.4		—		22.4
Total	$	434.0	$	139.7	$	294.3
December 31, 2022
Equity
Managed equity accounts (1)	$	128.8	$	128.8	$	—
Equity — pooled separate account (2)		39.7		—		39.7
Debt
Fixed income manager — separately managed account (5)		133.6		—		133.6
Fixed income manager — pooled separate account (2)		81.5		—		81.5
Fixed income manager — government securities (3)		7.7		7.7		—
Others
Cash — pooled separate account (2)		2.7		—		2.7
Global real estate account (4)		20.2		—		20.2
Total	$	414.2	$	136.5	$	277.7

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

	Pension Plan and SERP									Postretirement Plan
	2023			2022			2021			2023			2022			2021
Interest cost	$	17.1		$	14.7		$	11.0		$	0.2		$	0.1		$	0.1
Expected return on plan assets		(24.1	)		(28.2	)		(32.8	)		(0.1	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income		0.2			0.2			0.2			—			—			(0.1	)
Amortization of net actuarial loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income		5.2			4.0			3.8			0.4			0.2			0.2
Net periodic (credit) benefit cost		(1.6	)		(9.3	)		(17.8	)		0.5			0.1			—
Less: Amortization of prior service (cost) credit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		—			—			0.1
Less: Amortization of actuarial loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses		(0.1	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		—			—			—
Less: Net loss recognized reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses		(5.1	)		(3.8	)		(3.6	)		(0.4	)		(0.2	)		(0.2	)
Actuarial (gain) loss		(24.3	)		53.5			(31.1	)		0.8			1.0			(0.5	)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income		(29.7	)		49.3			(35.1	)		0.4			0.8			(0.6	)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit credit and other comprehensive (income) loss	$	(31.3	)	$	40.0		$	(52.9	)	$	0.9		$	0.9		$	(0.6	)

Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions [Table Text Block]

	Pension Plan and SERP						Postretirement Plan
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations:	2023		2022				2023		2022
Discount rate	5.37	%	5.49	%			4.75	%	5.25	%
Expected return on plan assets	6.50	%	6.25	%			1.75	%	1.75	%
Cash balance interest credit rate	4.43	%	2.57	%			N/A
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit (credit) cost:	2023		2022		2021		2023		2022		2021
Discount rate	5.48	%	2.75	%	2.49	%	5.25	%	2.25	%	1.50	%
Expected return on plan assets	6.25	%	6.25	%	6.50	%	1.75	%	1.75	%	2.00	%
Cash balance interest credit rate	4.43	%	2.57	%	2.57	%	N/A

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]

	Pension Plan		Postretirement
	and SERP		Plan
	Gross		Gross		Medicare			Net
	Benefit		Benefit		Subsidy			Benefit
	Amount		Amount		Payments			Amount
2024	$	29.4	$	0.8	$	(0.1	)	$	0.7
2025	$	28.9	$	0.7	$	—		$	0.7
2026	$	28.4	$	0.6	$	—		$	0.6
2027	$	28.4	$	0.5	$	—		$	0.5
2028	$	27.0	$	0.4	$	—		$	0.4
2029 and thereafter	$	123.3	$	1.4	$	—		$	1.4

Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block]

	Target			Percentage of Plan Assets
Asset Category	Allocation			2023			2022
Equity securities		40.0	%		40.0	%		41.4	%
Debt securities		60.0			53.5			52.9
Real Estate		—			5.3			5.0
Other		—			1.2			0.7
Total		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%

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Note 19 - Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	2023						2022												2021
	Insurance			Total			Insurance			Energy and Specialized Markets			Financial Services			Total			Insurance			Energy and Specialized Markets			Financial Services			Total
Revenues	$	2,681.4		$	2,681.4		$	2,437.0		$	22.4		$	37.6		$	2,497.0		$	2,206.9		$	112.8		$	142.8		$	2,462.5
Expenses:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)		(876.5	)		(876.5	)		(781.9	)		(19.1	)		(23.6	)		(824.6	)		(704.4	)		(58.9	)		(90.4	)		(853.7	)
Selling, general and administrative		(391.8	)		(391.8	)		(347.4	)		(26.7	)		(7.4	)		(381.5	)		(239.1	)		(44.9	)		(29.2	)		(313.2	)
Other operating gain (loss)		-			-			-			450.0			(95.8	)		354.2			-			-			(134.0	)		(134.0	)
Investment income (loss)		11.0			11.0			(4.7	)		(0.4	)		(0.2	)		(5.3	)		1.8			0.6			(0.3	)		2.1
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business		-			-			-			(117.9	)		-			(117.9	)		-			222.3			-			222.3
EBITDA	$	1,424.1		$	1,424.1		$	1,303.0		$	308.3		$	(89.4	)	$	1,521.9		$	1,265.2		$	231.9		$	(111.1	)	$	1,386.0
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business					-												117.9												(222.3	)
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets					(206.8	)											(164.2	)											(170.3	)
Amortization of intangible assets					(74.6	)											(74.4	)											(79.9	)
Interest expense					(115.5	)											(138.8	)											(127.0	)
Income before income taxes				$	1,027.2											$	1,262.4											$	786.5

Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Areas [Table Text Block]

	2023		2022
Long-lived assets:
U.S.	$	2,455.7	$	2,876.5
U.K.		597.9		2,428.9
Other countries		502.4		730.6
Total long-lived assets	$	3,556.0	$	6,036.0

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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes Tables

Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Table Text Block]

	Balance at		Charged to
	Beginning		Costs and		Deductions—			Balance at
Description	of Year		Expenses (1)		Write-offs (2)			End of Year
Year ended December 31, 2023
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	14.3	$	8.7	$	(7.9	)	$	15.1
Valuation allowance for income taxes	$	45.3	$	1.2	$	(40.9	)	$	5.6
Year ended December 31, 2022
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	15.4	$	6.4	$	(7.5	)	$	14.3
Valuation allowance for income taxes	$	38.3	$	41.2	$	(34.2	)	$	45.3
Year ended December 31, 2021
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	14.1	$	13.8	$	(12.5	)	$	15.4
Valuation allowance for income taxes	$	30.6	$	8.1	$	(0.4	)	$	38.3

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Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Unbilled Receivables, Expected Billing Period (Year)		1 year
Nonqualified Stock Option, Contractual Term (Year)		10 years
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period (Year)			4 years
Research and Development Expense, Total		$ 36.8	$ 43.1	$ 47.1
Advertising Expense		$ 11.9	$ 14.7	$ 12.0
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period (Year)		4 years
First Option to Extend Corporate Headquarters [Member]
Lessee, Leases, Number of Extensions		1
Lessee, Lease, Extension Lease Term (Year)		10 years		10 years
Second Option to Extend Corporate Headquarters [Member]
Lessee, Leases, Number of Extensions		2
Lessee, Lease, Extension Lease Term (Year)		5 years	5 years
Verisk Financial Services [Member] | Disposal Group, Held-for-Sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of	$ 73.7			$ 134.0
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill), Total				88.2
Tangible Asset Impairment Charges, Total				$ 45.8

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Note 4 - Accounts Receivable - Accounts Receivable, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Receivables	$ 349.3	$ 304.4
Less allowance for doubtful accounts	(15.1)	(14.3)
Accounts receivable, net	334.2	290.1
Billed Revenues [Member]
Receivables	317.1	273.7
Unbilled Revenues [Member]
Receivables	$ 32.2	$ 30.7

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Note 5 - Concentration of Credit Risk (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021
Cash, FDIC Insured Amount		$ 250
Number Of Banks	7	5
Cash Balances On Deposit FDIC Insured Amount	$ 171,800	$ 36,000
Cash Deposit with Foreign Banks	$ 129,200	$ 74,900
Revenue Benchmark [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Number of Customers	50	50	50
Revenue Benchmark [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Top Fifty Customers [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	45.00%	41.00%	38.00%
Revenue Benchmark [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Individual Customer [Member]
Number of Customers	0	0	0
Concentration Risk, Percentage	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Individual Customer [Member]
Number of Customers	0	0
Concentration Risk, Percentage	5.00%	6.00%

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Note 6 - Revenues (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Contract with Customer, Asset, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Total	$ 0	$ 0
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount	$ 375,100	$ 321,700
Revenue Remaining Performance Obligation, Current Percentage	99.00%	98.00%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent	$ 76,400	$ 69,700

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Note 6 - Revenues - Disaggregated Revenues (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Revenues	$ 2,681.4	$ 2,497.0	$ 2,462.5
UNITED STATES
Revenues	2,238.3	2,120.1	2,057.7
UNITED KINGDOM
Revenues	190.1	169.5	169.0
Other Countries [Member]
Revenues	253.0	207.4	235.8
Specialized Markets [Member]
Revenues	0.0	22.4	112.8
Insurance [Member]
Revenues	2,681.4	2,437.0	2,206.9
Insurance [Member] | Underwriting [Member]
Revenues	1,892.7	1,734.5	1,555.1
Insurance [Member] | Claims [Member]
Revenues	788.7	702.5	651.8
Financial Services [Member]
Revenues	$ 0.0	$ 37.6	$ 142.8

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Note 6 - Revenues - Summary of Change in Contract Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Contract Liabilities	$ 321.7	$ 349.3
Revenue	(2,681.4)	(2,497.0)
Acquisitions		3.4
Dispositions		(61.0)
Billings	2,737.8	2,527.0
Revenue	(2,681.4)	(2,497.0)
Foreign currency translation adjustment, contract with customer	(3.0)
Contract Liabilities	$ 375.1	$ 321.7

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Note 7 - Investments and Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value, Amount	$ 200,900	$ 201,500
Equity Method Investments	30,500	28,300
Provision for Credit Loss on Investments	0	0
Registered Investment Companies [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Fair Value, Recurring [Member]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure, Total	$ 1,200	$ 4,000

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Note 7 - Investments and Fair Value Measurements - Long-term Debt (Details) - Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Senior Notes (Note 15)	$ 2,833.7	$ 2,342.6
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Senior Notes (Note 15)	$ 2,735.3	$ 2,113.3

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Note 8 - Leases (Details Textual) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021
Finance Lease, Liability	$ 34.5
Fixed Assets, Net [Member]
Finance Lease, Right-of-Use Asset, after Accumulated Amortization, Total	41.2	$ 10.7
Short-term Debt and Current Portion of Long-term Debt and Long-term Debt [Member]
Finance Lease, Liability	$ 34.5	$ 4.2
First Option to Extend Corporate Headquarters [Member]
Lessee, Leases, Number of Extensions	1
Lessee, Lease, Extension Lease Term (Year)	10 years		10 years
Second Option to Extend Corporate Headquarters [Member]
Lessee, Leases, Number of Extensions	2
Lessee, Lease, Extension Lease Term (Year)	5 years	5 years

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Note 8 - Leases - Lease Cost and Other Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Operating lease cost	[1]	$ 33.9	$ 47.7
Sublease income		(1.7)	(2.0)
Depreciation of finance lease assets	[2]	14.4	12.8
Interest on finance lease liabilities	[3]	1.0	0.5
Total lease cost		47.6	59.0
Operating cash outflows from operating leases		(34.9)	(46.4)
Operating cash outflows from finance leases		(1.0)	(0.5)
Financing cash outflows from finance leases		$ (15.7)	$ (14.3)

[1] Included in "Cost of revenues" and "Selling, general and administrative" expenses in our accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations

[2] Included in "Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets" in our accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations

[3] Included in "Interest expense" in our accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations

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Note 8 - Leases - Weighted-average Remaining Lease Terms and Weighted-average Discount Rates (Details)	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (in years) (Year)	8 years 2 months 12 days	8 years 6 months
Weighted-average remaining lease term - finance leases (in years) (Year)	3 years 1 month 6 days	1 year 8 months 12 days
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases	4.00%	3.80%
Weighted-average discount rate - finance leases	4.20%	2.60%

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Note 8 - Leases - Maturities of Lease Liabilities (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
2024, operating leases	$ 33.3
2024, financing leases	15.6
2025, operating leases	34.1
2025, financing leases	13.8
2026, operating leases	32.6
2026, financing leases	3.4
2027, operating leases	32.4
2027, financing leases	2.6
2028, operating leases	31.7
2028, financing leases	1.7
2029 and thereafter, operating leases	104.3
2029 and thereafter, finance lease	0.0
Total lease payments, operating leases	268.4
Total lease payments, finance leases	37.1
Less: Amount representing interest, operating leases	(39.7)
Less: Amount representing interest, finance leases	(2.6)
Present value of total lease payments, operating leases	228.7
Present value of total lease payments, finance leases	$ 34.5

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Note 9 - Fixed Assets (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Nonproduction	$ 206.8	$ 164.2	$ 170.3
Capitalized Computer Software, Amortization	165.5	116.6	111.6
Unamortized Costs Capitalized	1.2	51.7
Software and Software Development Costs [Member]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Nonproduction	4.8	7.6	$ 11.7
Unamortized Costs Capitalized	$ 482.4	$ 389.1

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Note 9 - Fixed Assets - Summary of Fixed Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Cost	$ 1,596.6	$ 1,392.4
Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization	(991.7)	(850.9)
Net	604.9	541.5
Furniture and Office Equipment [Member]
Cost	178.5	199.2
Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization	(156.7)	(177.1)
Net	$ 21.8	$ 22.1
Furniture and Office Equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Useful Life (Year)	3 years	3 years
Furniture and Office Equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Useful Life (Year)	10 years	10 years
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Cost	$ 116.5	$ 118.3
Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization	(63.0)	(54.6)
Net	$ 53.5	$ 63.7
Purchased Software [Member]
Useful Life (Year)	3 years	3 years
Cost	$ 59.9	$ 65.1
Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization	(55.2)	(61.0)
Net	4.7	4.1
Software Development [Member]
Cost	1,136.6	945.4
Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization	(653.0)	(504.5)
Net	$ 483.6	$ 440.9
Software Development [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Useful Life (Year)	3 years	3 years
Software Development [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Useful Life (Year)	7 years	7 years
Leased Equipment [Member]
Cost	$ 105.1	$ 64.4
Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization	(63.8)	(53.7)
Net	$ 41.3	$ 10.7
Leased Equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Useful Life (Year)	3 years	3 years
Leased Equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Useful Life (Year)	4 years	4 years

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Note 10 - Acquisitions (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands									1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 20, 2023	Mar. 01, 2022	Feb. 11, 2022	Dec. 23, 2021	Nov. 02, 2021	Sep. 01, 2021	Jun. 17, 2021	Mar. 02, 2021	Feb. 28, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2024	Feb. 01, 2023	Feb. 01, 2022
Goodwill, Acquired During Period										$ 55,900	$ 284,400	[1]
Goodwill, Ending Balance										1,760,800	1,676,000		$ 2,047,600
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total										83,300	448,900		289,800
Escrow Release										0	12,800
Current Portion of Escrow										3,900	0
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Current										10,000	29,900
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Noncurrent										2,100	0
Krug Sachverständigen GmbH [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	$ 43,300
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Indemnity Escrows	$ 3,800
Goodwill, Ending Balance										33,100
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total										43,300
Mavera [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred									$ 28,300
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired																100.00%
Business Combination, Indemnification Assets, Amount as of Acquisition Date															$ 4,200
Goodwill, Acquired During Period										55,900
The 2023 Acquisitions [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs										$ 2,500
Opta Information Intelligence Corp. [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred		$ 217,500
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired		100.00%
Business Combination, Indemnification Assets, Amount as of Acquisition Date		$ 800
Goodwill, Ending Balance											141,100
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total											217,500
Infutor Data Solutions, LLC [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred			$ 220,700
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired			100.00%
Business Combination, Working Capital Escrow			$ 1,500
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High			$ 25,000
Goodwill, Ending Balance											140,300
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total											220,700
The 2022 Acquisitions [Member]
Goodwill, Ending Balance											284,400
Business Acquisition, Goodwill Non-tax Deductible, Amount											144,500
The 2022 Acquisitions [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs											$ 1,800
ACTINEO [Member]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired				96.70%
Goodwill, Ending Balance													121,900
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total				$ 148,900									148,900
Data Driven Safety, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired					100.00%
Goodwill, Ending Balance													74,100
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total					$ 93,500								93,500
Escrow Deposit					$ 2,000
Ignite Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired						100.00%
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total						$ 13,800
RoskillAcquisitionMember
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired							100.00%
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total							$ 22,100
Escrow Deposit							$ 4,800
Whitespace Software Limited [Member]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired								51.00%
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total								$ 16,800
Whitespace Software Limited [Member] | Forecast [Member]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired														49.00%
The 2021 Acquisitions [Member]
Goodwill, Ending Balance													235,600
Business Acquisition, Goodwill Non-tax Deductible, Amount													161,300
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total													276,900
The 2021 Acquisitions [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs													$ 2,800

[1] This adjustment relates to a segment reclassification; refer to Note 19. Segment Reporting

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Note 10 - Acquisitions - Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions				12 Months Ended
		Dec. 23, 2021	Nov. 02, 2021	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022		Dec. 31, 2021
Goodwill, Ending Balance				$ 1,760.8	$ 1,676.0		$ 2,047.6
Less: cash acquired				8.0	17.4		9.3
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total				83.3	448.9		289.8
Net cash purchase price				83.3	448.9		289.8
Krug Sachverständigen GmbH [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents				7.0
Accounts receivable				1.8
Other current assets				3.8
Fixed assets				0.2
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net				0.0
Intangible assets				15.1
Goodwill, Ending Balance				33.1
Total assets acquired				61.0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities				5.8
Operating lease liabilities				0.0
Deferred income tax, net				4.8
Other noncurrent liabilities				0.1
Total liabilities assumed				10.7
Net assets acquired				50.3
Less: cash acquired				7.0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total				43.3
Net cash purchase price				43.3
Acquisition, Others [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents				1.0	0.0	[1]	3.7	[1]
Accounts receivable				0.8	0.0		1.4
Other current assets				0.1	0.1		1.0
Fixed assets				0.1	0.3		0.1
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net				0.2	0.0		1.3
Intangible assets				18.4	2.3		19.0
Goodwill, Ending Balance				22.8	3.0		39.6
Total assets acquired				43.4	5.7		66.2
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities				2.1
Operating lease liabilities				0.1	0.0		1.4
Deferred income tax, net				3.9	0.5		3.7
Other noncurrent liabilities				1.4	0.2		0.0
Total liabilities assumed				7.5	0.9		8.2
Net assets acquired				35.9	4.8		58.0
Less: cash acquired				1.0	0.0		3.7
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total				34.9	4.8		34.5
Other assets					0.0		0.1
Current liabilities	[1]				0.1		1.7
Deferred revenues					0.1		1.4
Net cash purchase price				34.9	4.8		34.5
Less: Noncontrolling interests							19.8
Acquisition 2023 [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents				8.0
Accounts receivable				2.6
Other current assets				3.9
Fixed assets				0.3
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net				0.2
Intangible assets				33.5
Goodwill, Ending Balance				55.9
Total assets acquired				104.4
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities				7.9
Operating lease liabilities				0.1
Deferred income tax, net				8.7
Other noncurrent liabilities				1.5
Total liabilities assumed				18.2
Net assets acquired				86.2
Less: cash acquired				8.0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total				78.2
Net cash purchase price				$ 78.2
Opta Information Intelligence Corp. [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	[1]				0.4
Accounts receivable					5.2
Other current assets					1.3
Fixed assets					1.5
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net					1.1
Intangible assets					87.0
Goodwill, Ending Balance					141.1
Total assets acquired					237.6
Operating lease liabilities					1.1
Deferred income tax, net					13.5
Other noncurrent liabilities					0.0
Total liabilities assumed					19.7
Net assets acquired					217.9
Less: cash acquired					0.4
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total					217.5
Other assets					0.0
Current liabilities	[1]				4.9
Deferred revenues					0.2
Net cash purchase price					217.5
Infutor Data Solutions, LLC [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	[1]				17.0
Accounts receivable					10.7
Other current assets					3.8
Fixed assets					0.9
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net					2.3
Intangible assets					83.4
Goodwill, Ending Balance					140.3
Total assets acquired					258.5
Operating lease liabilities					3.3
Deferred income tax, net					0.0
Other noncurrent liabilities					0.0
Total liabilities assumed					20.8
Net assets acquired					237.7
Less: cash acquired					17.0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total					220.7
Other assets					0.1
Current liabilities	[1]				14.4
Deferred revenues					3.1
Net cash purchase price					220.7
2022 Acquisition [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	[1]				17.4
Accounts receivable					15.9
Other current assets					5.2
Fixed assets					2.7
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net					3.4
Intangible assets					172.7
Goodwill, Ending Balance					284.4
Total assets acquired					501.8
Operating lease liabilities					4.4
Deferred income tax, net					14.0
Other noncurrent liabilities					0.2
Total liabilities assumed					41.4
Net assets acquired					460.4
Less: cash acquired					17.4
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total					443.0
Other assets					0.1
Current liabilities	[1]				19.4
Deferred revenues					3.4
Net cash purchase price					$ 443.0
ACTINEO [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	[1]						0.2
Accounts receivable							1.8
Other current assets							0.0
Fixed assets							1.4
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net							4.2
Intangible assets							48.3
Goodwill, Ending Balance							121.9
Total assets acquired							177.8
Operating lease liabilities							4.2
Deferred income tax, net							15.8
Other noncurrent liabilities							0.0
Total liabilities assumed							22.1
Net assets acquired							155.7
Less: cash acquired							0.2
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total		$ 148.9					148.9
Other assets							0.0
Current liabilities	[1]						2.1
Deferred revenues							0.0
Net cash purchase price		$ 148.9					148.9
Less: Noncontrolling interests							6.6
Data Driven Safety, LLC [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	[1]						2.5
Accounts receivable							1.0
Other current assets							2.0
Fixed assets							0.0
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net							0.4
Intangible assets							42.1
Goodwill, Ending Balance							74.1
Total assets acquired							122.1
Operating lease liabilities							0.4
Deferred income tax, net							0.0
Other noncurrent liabilities							21.7
Total liabilities assumed							25.2
Net assets acquired							96.9
Less: cash acquired							3.4
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total			$ 93.5				93.5
Other assets							0.0
Current liabilities	[1]						2.7
Deferred revenues							0.4
Net cash purchase price			$ 93.5				93.5
Less: Noncontrolling interests							0.0
The 2021 Acquisitions [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	[1]						6.4
Accounts receivable							4.2
Other current assets							3.0
Fixed assets							1.5
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net							5.9
Intangible assets							109.4
Goodwill, Ending Balance							235.6
Total assets acquired							366.1
Operating lease liabilities							6.0
Deferred income tax, net							19.5
Other noncurrent liabilities							21.7
Total liabilities assumed							55.5
Net assets acquired							310.6
Less: cash acquired							7.3
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired, Total							276.9
Other assets							0.1
Current liabilities	[1]						6.5
Deferred revenues							1.8
Net cash purchase price							276.9
Less: Noncontrolling interests							$ 26.4

[1] Within cash and cash equivalents, there is $5.7 million of restricted cash related to Franco Signor's professional administrative services for Medicare Set Asides, with an offsetting liability of $5.7 million included within current liabilities.

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Note 10 - Acquisitions - Amounts Assigned to Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Weighted average useful life (Year)			6 years
Total intangible assets	$ 33.5		$ 6.0
The 2021 Acquisitions [Member]
Total intangible assets		$ 172.7
2020 Acquisitions [Member]
Total intangible assets			$ 109.4
Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)	5 years
Total intangible assets	$ 9.9
Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member] | The 2021 Acquisitions [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)		6 years
Total intangible assets		$ 48.5
Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member] | 2020 Acquisitions [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)			5 years
Total intangible assets			$ 21.1
Marketing-Related Intangible Assets [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)	2 years
Total intangible assets	$ 0.5
Marketing-Related Intangible Assets [Member] | The 2021 Acquisitions [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)		4 years
Total intangible assets		$ 2.0
Marketing-Related Intangible Assets [Member] | 2020 Acquisitions [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)			3 years
Total intangible assets			$ 1.1
Customer-Related Intangible Assets [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)	13 years
Total intangible assets	$ 23.1
Customer-Related Intangible Assets [Member] | The 2021 Acquisitions [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)		13 years
Total intangible assets		$ 122.2
Customer-Related Intangible Assets [Member] | 2020 Acquisitions [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)			13 years
Total intangible assets			$ 81.2

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Note 11 - Dispositions and Discontinued Operations (Details Textual) - Discontinued Operations, Held-for-Sale [Member] - Energy Business [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2023	Oct. 28, 2022	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration	$ 3,066.4	$ 3,100.0
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Contingent Cash Consideration		200.0
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of		$ 303.7	$ 0.0	$ 303.7	$ 0.0
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal	$ (128.4)
Discontinued Operation, Amount of Adjustment to Prior Period Gain (Loss) on Disposal, before Income Tax			$ 2.7

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Note 11 - Dispositions and Discontinued Operations - Divestitures and Business Held for Sale (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
		Oct. 28, 2022	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Feb. 01, 2023
Total current assets:			$ 0.0	$ 362.6
Total noncurrent assets			0.0	2,728.6
Current liabilities held-for-sale:			0.0	282.3
Noncurrent liabilities held-for-sale			0.0	177.6
Energy Business [Member] | Discontinued Operations, Held-for-Sale [Member]
Revenues			46.8	537.3	$ 536.1
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)			18.2	207.4	204.1
Selling, general and administrative			33.2	117.2	109.5
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets			0.0	32.9	36.6
Amortization of intangible assets			0.0	68.5	96.8
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of		$ 303.7	0.0	303.7	0.0
Other operating loss			131.1	33.9	0.0
Total operating expenses			182.5	763.6	447.0
Operating (loss) income			(135.7)	(226.3)	89.1
Investment income (loss) and others, net			(5.7)	7.0	(0.2)
Total other income (expense), net			(5.7)	7.0	(0.2)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations before income taxes			(141.4)	(219.3)	88.9
Income tax (expense) benefit			(12.6)	131.5	(29.7)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes			(154.0)	(87.8)	59.2
Cash and cash equivalents				180.2		$ 86.3
Accounts receivable, net				150.8		187.1
Prepaid expenses				17.8		17.6
Other current assets				13.8		13.8
Total current assets:				362.6		304.8
Fixed assets, net				157.1		165.2
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net				29.8		29.7
Intangible assets, net				616.9		625.9
Goodwill				2,136.3		2,165.7
Other noncurrent assets				16.3		18.9
Total noncurrent assets				2,956.4		3,005.4
Total assets held for sale:				3,319.0		3,310.2
Net impairment of asset group(1)	[1]			(227.8)		(227.8)
Total assets held for sale, net				3,091.2		3,082.4
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities				68.6		77.6
Operating lease liabilities				6.9		7.6
Deferred revenues				176.6		207.4
Income taxes payable				30.2		13.6
Current liabilities held-for-sale:				282.3		306.2
Deferred income tax liabilities				144.1		146.2
Noncurrent lease liabilities				30.8		30.0
Other noncurrent liabilities				2.7		2.5
Noncurrent liabilities held-for-sale				177.6		178.7
Total liabilities held for sale				459.9		$ 484.9
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets			0.0	32.9	36.6
Amortization of intangible assets			0.0	68.5	96.8
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net			0.1	7.6	7.7
Capital expenditures			(6.5)	(72.6)	(59.7)
Fixed assets included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities			$ 0.0	$ 3.0	$ 5.0

[1] In connection with the held for sale classification, we recognized a $303.7 million impairment, partially offset by a deferred tax benefit of $75.9 million on the remeasurement of the disposal group held for sale. This impairment was charged to a contra asset account within "Other noncurrent assets" per ASC 205-20, Discontinued Operations.

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Note 12 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Amortization of Intangible Assets	$ 74,600	$ 74,400	$ 79,900
Other Operating Income (Expense) [Member]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of	$ 0	$ 73,700

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Note 12 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Summary of Changes in Goodwill (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Goodwill	$ 1,676.0	$ 2,047.6
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	55.9	284.4	[1]
Purchase accounting reclassifications	(0.1)	(0.5)
Disposition of sold businesses		(589.7)
Impairment Charge		(1.7)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	29.0	(64.1)
Goodwill	1,760.8	1,676.0
Insurance [Member]
Goodwill	1,676.0	1,454.8
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	55.9	284.4	[1]
Purchase accounting reclassifications	(0.1)	(0.5)
Disposition of sold businesses		0.0
Impairment Charge		0.0
Foreign currency translation adjustment	29.0	(62.7)
Goodwill	1,760.8	1,676.0
Energy and Specialized Markets [Member]
Goodwill	0.0	117.4
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	0.0	0.0	[1]
Purchase accounting reclassifications	0.0	0.0
Disposition of sold businesses		(116.5)
Impairment Charge		0.0
Foreign currency translation adjustment	0.0	(0.9)
Goodwill	0.0	0.0
Financial Services [Member]
Goodwill	0.0	475.4
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	0.0	0.0	[1]
Purchase accounting reclassifications	0.0	0.0
Disposition of sold businesses		(473.2)
Impairment Charge		(1.7)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	0.0	(0.5)
Goodwill	$ 0.0	$ 0.0

[1] This adjustment relates to a segment reclassification; refer to Note 19. Segment Reporting

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Note 12 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Intangible Assets and Related Accumulated Amortization (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Cost	$ 975.2	$ 927.1
Accumulated amortization	(503.5)	(422.3)
Net	$ 471.7	$ 504.8
Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)	8 years	8 years
Cost	$ 370.2	$ 355.1
Accumulated amortization	(261.2)	(229.3)
Net	$ 109.0	$ 125.8
Marketing-Related Intangible Assets [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)	6 years	6 years
Cost	$ 42.7	$ 41.3
Accumulated amortization	(38.7)	(35.5)
Net	$ 4.0	$ 5.8
Contract-Based Intangible Assets [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)	6 years	6 years
Cost	$ 5.0	$ 5.0
Accumulated amortization	(5.0)	(5.0)
Net	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Customer-Related Intangible Assets [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)	13 years	13 years
Cost	$ 542.1	$ 510.7
Accumulated amortization	(190.7)	(146.7)
Net	$ 351.4	$ 364.0
Database [Member]
Weighted average useful life (Year)	8 years	8 years
Cost	$ 15.2	$ 15.0
Accumulated amortization	(7.9)	(5.8)
Net	$ 7.3	$ 9.2

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Note 12 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Estimated Amortization Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
2024	$ 72.2
2025	63.1
2026	61.1
2027	52.8
2028	45.7
2029 and thereafter	176.8
Total	$ 471.7	$ 504.8

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Note 13 - Income Taxes (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Litigation Reserve Expense, Amount	$ 38.2
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net, Total	179.3	$ 113.9
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued, Total	0.2	$ 0.4	$ 0.5
Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Amount of Unrecorded Benefit	$ 0.7
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] | Pennsylvania Department of Revenue [Member]
Income Tax Examination, Year under Examination		2019 2020 2021

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Note 13 - Income Taxes - Domestic and Foreign Income (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
U.S.	$ 1,021.9	$ 1,277.1	$ 784.1
Foreign	5.3	(14.7)	2.4
Total income before income taxes	$ 1,027.2	$ 1,262.4	$ 786.5

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Note 13 - Income Taxes - Provision for Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Federal	$ 226.8	$ 247.8	$ 123.8
State and local	52.0	64.7	19.5
Foreign	9.0	1.1	3.0
Total current provision for income taxes	287.8	313.6	146.3
Federal	(23.4)	(43.3)	20.6
State and local	(3.4)	(11.2)	10.5
Foreign	(2.2)	(38.8)	2.0
Total deferred provision for income taxes	(29.0)	(93.3)	33.1
Provision for income taxes	$ 258.8	$ 220.3	$ 179.4

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Note 13 - Income Taxes - Effective Tax Rate on Income from Continuing Operations (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Federal statutory rate	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit	3.70%	3.40%	2.80%
Impact of dispositions	0.00%	(3.00%)	0.00%
UK valuation allowance release	0.00%	(2.40%)	0.00%
Global Intangible Low-taxed Income	1.30%	0.40%	2.60%
Stock-based compensation	(1.80%)	(1.70%)	(3.50%)
Other	1.00%	(0.20%)	(0.10%)
Effective tax rate	25.20%	17.50%	22.80%

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Note 13 - Income Taxes - Summary of Deferred Tax Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Employee wages and other benefits	$ 49.9	$ 54.9
Lease liabilities	55.4	53.3
Net operating loss carryover	9.4	12.0
Interest expense	31.0	31.1
Book/tax energy basis difference	0.0	112.2
Other	17.1	22.0
Total	162.8	285.5
Less valuation allowance	(5.6)	(45.3)
Deferred tax assets	157.2	240.2
Right of use assets	(48.3)	(44.1)
Fixed assets and intangible assets	(194.1)	(223.9)
Commissions	(18.2)	(16.8)
Pensions	(57.0)	(56.5)
Other	(18.9)	(12.8)
Deferred tax liabilities	(336.5)	(354.1)
Deferred tax liabilities, net	$ (179.3)	$ (113.9)

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Note 13 - Income Taxes - Summary of Company's Net Operating Loss Carryforwards Expires (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Operating loss carryforwards	$ 69.0
Period One [Member]
Operating loss carryforwards	20.5
Period Two [Member]
Operating loss carryforwards	11.5
Period Three [Member]
Operating loss carryforwards	$ 37.0

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Note 13 - Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefit (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2022	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2021
Unrecognized tax benefit as of January 1	$ 3.4	$ 3.2	$ 9.9
Gross increase in tax positions in prior period	1.0	0.8	1.3
Gross decrease in tax positions in prior period	0.0	0.0	(0.1)
Settlements	(0.6)	0.0	0.0
Lapse of statute of limitations	(0.6)	(2.0)	(7.7)
Unrecognized tax benefit as of December 31	$ 3.2	$ 2.0	$ 3.4

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Note 14 - Composition of Certain Financial Statement Caption - Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Accrued salaries, benefits and other related costs	$ 149.4	$ 117.4
Escrow liabilities	3.9	0.4
Accrued interest	19.1	16.3
Trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses	158.4	128.7
Acquisition-related liabilities	10.0	30.0
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$ 340.8	$ 292.8

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Note 14 - Composition of Certain Financial Statement Caption - Components of Other Noncurrent Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Pension benefits	$ 121.4	$ 89.0
Other assets - prepaid expenses	73.2	50.7
Investments in nonpublic companies	231.4	229.8
State income tax receivable	67.7	0.0
Deposits and other	2.4	1.9
Total other noncurrent assets	$ 496.1	$ 371.4

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Note 15 - Debt (Details Textual) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
	Apr. 05, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 09, 2022	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 03, 2023 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 11, 2022 USD ($)
Interest Payable, Current			$ 19.1	$ 16.3
Interest Expense Excluding Earn Out Interest			131.3	135.5	$ 127.0
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount			4.6	4.4
Bilateral Term Loan Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount								$ 125.0
BSBY Margin [Member] | Bilateral Term Loan Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		1.35%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 1,000.0		1,000.0
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			995.4	5.6
Debt Instrument, Leverage Ratio	3.75
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Leverage Ratio, First Request Increase	4.50%
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Leverage Ratio, Second Request Increase	4.25%
Debt Issuance Costs Incurred During Noncash or Partial Noncash Transaction	$ 1.2
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Bilateral Term Loan Agreement [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity							$ 275.0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.08%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.175%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.625%
Senior Notes [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Gross			$ 2,850.0	$ 2,850.0		$ 500.0
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage						5.75%
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount, Current						$ 4.7
Debt Issuance Costs, Gross						$ 5.5

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Note 15 - Debt - Short-term and Long-term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Unamortized discount		$ 14.5	$ 1,392.9
Syndicated revolving credit facility debt issuance costs		(1.5)	(0.7)
Long-term debt		2,852.2	2,343.2
Total debt		2,866.7	3,736.1
The 3.625% Senior Note [Member]
Long-term debt		490.4	490.0
The 4.125% Senior Note [Member]
Long-term debt		607.8	609.4
The 4.000% Senior Note [Member]
Long-term debt		898.2	897.2
The 5.500% Senior Note [Member]
Long-term debt		346.2	346.0
The 5.750% Senior Notes [Member]
Long-term debt		491.1	0.0
Short-term Debt and Current Portion of Long-term Debt [Member]
Finance lease liabilities, current	[1]	14.5	2.9
Long-Term Debt [Member]
Finance lease liabilities, noncurrent	[1]	20.0	1.3
Line of Credit [Member]
Syndicated revolving credit facility		0.0	990.0
Term Loan Facility [Member]
Short term debt		0.0	275.0
Bilateral Term Loan Agreement [Member]
Short term debt		$ 0.0	$ 125.0

[1] Refer to Note 8. Leases

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Note 15 - Debt - Short-term and Long-term Debt (Details) (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
The 3.625% Senior Note [Member]
Interest rate	3.625%	3.625%
Unamortized discount (premium)	$ 9,600	$ 10,000
The 4.125% Senior Note [Member]
Interest rate	4.125%	4.125%
Unamortized discount (premium)	$ 7,800	$ 9,400
The 4.000% Senior Note [Member]
Interest rate	4.00%	4.00%
Unamortized discount	$ 1,800	$ 2,800
The 5.500% Senior Note [Member]
Interest rate	5.50%	5.50%
Unamortized discount	$ 3,800	$ 4,000
The 5.750% Senior Notes [Member]
Interest rate	5.75%	5.75%
Unamortized discount	$ 8,900	$ 0

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Note 15 - Debt - Debt Maturities (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
2024, debt	$ 14.4
2025, debt	913.3
2026, debt	2.9
2027, debt	2.3
2028, debt	1.4
2027 and thereafter, debt	1,950.0
Total, debt	$ 2,884.3

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Note 16 - Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions									1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Feb. 14, 2024	Dec. 14, 2023	Oct. 25, 2023	Jul. 26, 2023	Apr. 25, 2023	Mar. 07, 2023	Feb. 14, 2023	Dec. 14, 2022	Feb. 21, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Feb. 28, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2023	Nov. 08, 2022
Common Stock, Shares Authorized (in shares)										2,000,000,000		2,000,000,000	2,000,000,000
Share Price (in dollars per share)										$ 238.86		$ 238.86	$ 176.42	$ 228.73
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized (in shares)										80,000,000		80,000,000
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in dollars per share)										$ 0.001		$ 0.001
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued (in shares)										0		0	0
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared (in dollars per share)			$ 0.34	$ 0.34	$ 0.34		$ 0.34
Payments of Dividends, Total												$ 196.8	$ 195.2	$ 188.2
Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired (in shares)												12,849,921	8,600,963	2,545,191
Treasury Stock, Value, Acquired, Cost Method													$ 1,662.5	$ 475.0
Treasury Stock, Shares, Total (in shares)										400,694,309		400,694,309	389,301,902
Common Stock Reissued (in shares)												1,457,514	1,650,460	1,379,304
Common Stock, Weighted Average Price (in dollars per share)										$ 19.5		$ 19.5	$ 14.25	$ 11.78
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount (in shares)												540,221	1,350,159	620,241
Subsequent Event [Member]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared (in dollars per share)	$ 0.39
Accelerated Share Repurchase ("ASR") Agreement [Member]
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount										$ 250.0		$ 250.0	$ 250.0		$ 2,500.0
Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired (in shares)						10,655,301		1,168,224		873,479
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share (in dollars per share)										$ 243.28
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share (in dollars per share)										$ 243.28
Treasury Stock, Value, Acquired, Cost Method		$ 250.0
Treasury Stock, Percentage of Aggregate Purchase Price										85.00%		85.00%
Accelerated Share Repurchase ("ASR") Agreement [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired (in shares)									178,227
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share (in dollars per share)									$ 237.71
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share (in dollars per share)									$ 237.71
Share Repurchase Programs [Member]
Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired (in shares)										865,232	247,487	12,849,921
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share (in dollars per share)										$ 217	$ 176.68	$ 219.96
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share (in dollars per share)										$ 217	$ 176.68	$ 219.96
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount										$ 641.5		$ 641.5
Additonal Repurchase Authorization Shares Upon Sale of Energy Business [Member]
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount																$ 3,000.0

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Note 16 - Stockholders' Equity - Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income from continuing operations	$ 768.4	$ 1,042.1	$ 607.1
Less: Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.2	(0.4)	(0.1)
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	(154.0)	(87.8)	59.2
Net income attributable to Verisk	$ 614.6	$ 953.9	$ 666.2
Weighted average number of common shares used in basic EPS (in shares)	146,623,989	157,905,718	161,841,441
Potential common shares issuable from stock options and stock-based awards (in shares)	712,170	1,023,224	1,497,468
Weighted average number of common shares and dilutive potential common shares used in diluted EPS (in shares)	147,336,159	158,928,942	163,338,909

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Note 16 - Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Foreign currency translation adjustment	$ 130.7	$ (636.9)
Pension and postretirement adjustment, net of tax	(72.5)	(94.3)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (losses)	$ 58.2	$ (731.2)

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Note 16 - Stockholders' Equity - Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to Verisk, before tax	$ 67.0	$ (298.9)	$ (45.8)
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to Verisk, tax	0.0	0.0
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to Verisk, after tax	67.0	(298.9)	(45.8)
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests, before tax	0.6	(1.4)	(0.5)
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests, tax	0.0	0.0	0.0
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests, after tax	0.6	(1.4)	(0.5)
Cumulative translation adjustment recognized upon deconsolidation of the Energy business, before tax	700.6
Cumulative translation adjustment recognized upon deconsolidation of the Energy business, tax	0.0
Cumulative translation adjustment recognized upon deconsolidation of the Energy business, after tax	700.6
Foreign currency translation adjustment, before tax	768.2	(300.3)	(46.3)
Foreign currency translation adjustment, tax	0.0	0.0	0.0
Foreign currency translation adjustment, after tax	768.2	(300.3)	(46.3)
Total other comprehensive income, before tax	797.5	(350.4)	(10.6)
Total other comprehensive income, tax	(7.5)	12.4	(8.8)
Total other comprehensive income, after tax	790.0	(338.0)	(19.4)
Pension and Postretirement Adjustment [Member]
Other comprehensive income (loss), before reclassifications, before tax	35.1	(45.7)	39.8
Other comprehensive income (loss), before reclassifications, tax	(8.9)	13.5	(9.8)
Other comprehensive income (loss), before reclassifications, after tax	26.2	(32.2)	30.0
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses), before tax	(5.8)	(4.4)	(4.1)
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses), tax	1.4	(1.1)	1.0
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service benefit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (losses), after tax	(4.4)	(5.5)	(3.1)
Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax	29.3	(50.1)	35.7
Other comprehensive income (loss), tax	(7.5)	12.4	(8.8)
Other comprehensive income (loss), after tax	$ 21.8	$ (37.7)	$ 26.9

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Note 17 - Compensation Plans (Details Textual)		12 Months Ended			22 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2019	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense		$ 54,000,000	$ 56,500,000	$ 55,700,000
Number of Service Hours		1,000
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period (Year)			4 years
Profit Sharing Contributions		$ 0	$ 0	0
Proceeds from Stock Options Exercised		141,900,000	132,500,000	84,300,000
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense, Tax Benefit		$ 20,600,000	$ 26,500,000	$ 35,900,000
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Year)		5 years 7 months 6 days	5 years 10 months 24 days
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Year)		4 years 9 months 18 days	4 years 10 months 24 days
Unrecognized Compensation Cost Related to Nonvested Share Based Compensation Arrangements		$ 76,200,000			$ 76,200,000
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition (Year)		2 years 2 months 4 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Discount from Market Price, Purchase Date		5.00%			5.00%
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross (in shares) | shares		211,945	653,802	750,822
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Employee Subscription Rate		20.00%			20.00%
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award, Percentage Of Short Term Incentive Compensation Available For Payroll Deductions Maximum		50.00%
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award, Payroll Deductions Amount Maximum		$ 25,000			$ 25,000
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 52.69	$ 42.25	$ 35.15
Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Target Levels		0.00%
Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Target Levels		200.00%
The 2021 Incentive Plan [Member]
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance (in shares) | shares		13,441,921			13,441,921
Proceeds from Stock Options Exercised		$ 141,900,000	$ 132,500,000
KSOP [Member]
Maximum Pre Tax Employee Contribution To Saving Plan		22,500	20,500	$ 19,500	$ 22,500
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Additional Employee Contribution, Minimum Participant Age (Year)				50 years
Additional Pre Tax Certain Eligible Employee Contribution To Saving Plan		7,500	$ 6,500		$ 7,500
Maximum Employee Contribution As Percentage Of Compensation	6.00%		10.00%
Percentage Of Employer Contribution	100.00%
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense		$ 32,400,000	$ 40,000,000	$ 33,700,000
Number of Service Hours		1,000
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member] | UK Sharesave Plan [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period (Year)		3 years
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance (in shares) | shares		441,528			441,528
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Discount from Market Price, Purchase Date		5.00%
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period (in shares) | shares		5,144		11,254
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross (in shares) | shares			9,370
Value of Common Stock Issued to Employees Per Share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 227.65	$ 178.26	$ 166.16	$ 227.65
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member] | US ESPP [Member]
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance (in shares) | shares		1,177,258			1,177,258
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period (in shares) | shares		18,636	30,398	33,974
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 209.68	$ 174.66	$ 181.77

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Note 17 - Compensation Plans - Summary of Stock Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Outstanding beginning balance, options (in shares)		4,023,816	5,067,098	5,611,777
Outstanding beginning balance, options, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 132.9	$ 115.73	$ 98.28
Outstanding, options, aggregate intrinsic value		$ 257.6	$ 193.3	$ 572.6	$ 613.4
Number of options, granted (in shares)		211,945	653,802	750,822
Granted, options, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 185.29	$ 196.64	$ 189.29
Dividend reinvestment, options (in shares)		0	0	0
Dividend reinvestment, options, weighted average exercise price (in (in dollars per share)		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Exercised or lapsed, options (in shares)		(1,295,815)	(1,435,673)	(1,146,422)
Exercised or lapsed, options, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 108.85	$ 92.38	$ 73.3
Exercised or lapsed, options, aggregate intrinsic value		$ 118.1	$ 129.1	$ 147.6
Canceled, expired or forfeited, option (in shares)		(227,436)	(261,411)	(149,079)
Canceled, expired or forfeited, options, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 187.56	$ 181.48	$ 155.4
Outstanding beginning balance, options, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		143.91	132.9	115.73
Outstanding beginning balance, options, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 143.91	$ 132.9	$ 115.73	$ 98.28
Outstanding, option (in shares)		2,712,510	4,023,816	5,067,098
Exercisable, options (in shares)		1,947,253	2,702,075
Exercisable, options, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 127.43	$ 110.02
Exercisable, options, aggregate intrinsic value		$ 217.0	$ 182.6
Nonvested, options (in shares)		765,257	1,321,741	1,893,506	2,117,613
Expected to vest, options (in shares)		643,367
Restricted Stock [Member]
Outstanding beginning balance, number of shares (in shares)		307,575	351,504	390,054
Outstanding beginning balance, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 182.07	$ 161.33	$ 131.63
Granted, number of shares (in shares)		194,236	201,617	162,378
Granted, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 185.22	$ 193.33	$ 189.23
Dividend reinvestment, number of shares (in shares)		0	0	0
Dividend reinvestment (in dollars per share)		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Exercised or lapsed, number of shares (in shares)		(178,602)	(205,407)	(173,726)
Exercised or lapsed, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 179.39	$ 157.22	$ 120.94
Canceled, expired or forfeited, number of shares (in shares)		(32,170)	(40,139)	(27,202)
Canceled, expired or forfeited, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 183.25	$ 182.35	$ 157.79
Outstanding ending balance, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 186.28	$ 182.07	$ 161.33
Outstanding ending balance, number of shares (in shares)		291,039	307,575	351,504	390,054
Outstanding ending balance, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 186.28	$ 182.07	$ 161.33	$ 131.63
Outstanding ending balance, number of shares (in shares)		291,039	307,575	351,504
Expected, number of shares (in shares)		252,146
Performance Shares [Member]
Outstanding beginning balance, number of shares (in shares)		199,494	163,123	145,609
Outstanding beginning balance, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 195.34	$ 192.99	$ 170.75
Granted, number of shares (in shares)		48,486	111,333	59,144
Granted, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 212.86	$ 168.63	$ 210.07
Dividend reinvestment, number of shares (in shares)		1,142	1,371	980
Exercised or lapsed, number of shares (in shares)		(45,997)	(54,927)	(42,610)
Exercised or lapsed, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 192.93	$ 174.42
Canceled, expired or forfeited, number of shares (in shares)		(21,889)	(21,406)	0
Canceled, expired or forfeited, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)			$ 202.55	$ 0
Outstanding ending balance, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 199.62	$ 195.34	$ 192.99
Outstanding ending balance, number of shares (in shares)		181,236	199,494	163,123	145,609
Outstanding ending balance, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 199.62	$ 195.34	$ 192.99	$ 170.75
Outstanding ending balance, number of shares (in shares)		181,236	199,494	163,123
Expected, number of shares (in shares)	[1]	223,629

[1] Includes estimated performance achievement

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Note 17 - Compensation Plans - Stock Options Granted Weighted Average Assumptions (Details) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Expected volatility	27.28%	25.33%	23.66%
Risk-free interest rate	3.77%	1.55%	0.39%
Expected term in years (Year)	4 years	4 years 2 months 12 days	4 years 3 months 18 days
Dividend yield	0.66%	0.60%	0.63%
Weighted average grant date fair value per stock option (in dollars per share)	$ 48.14	$ 42.25	$ 35.15

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Note 17 - Compensation Plans - Summary of Nonvested Options (Details) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Nonvested balance (in shares)	1,321,741	1,893,506	2,117,613
Nonvested balance, Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 34.65	$ 28.49	$ 23.39
Number of options, granted (in shares)	211,945	653,802	750,822
Granted, Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 52.69	$ 42.25	$ 35.15
Number of options, vested (in shares)	(540,993)	(964,156)	(825,850)
Vested, Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 33.08	$ 22.97	$ 21.62
Number of options, cancelled or expired (in shares)	(227,436)	(261,411)	(149,079)
Cancelled or expired, Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 38.03	$ 35.23	$ 27.54
Nonvested balance (in shares)	765,257	1,321,741	1,893,506
Nonvested balance, Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 39.74	$ 34.65	$ 28.49

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Note 18 - Pension and Postretirement Benefits (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2019
Defined Benefit Plan, Prescription Drug Benefit, Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation, Decrease for Subsidy	$ 1,000,000	$ 800,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Ultimate Health Care Cost Trend Rate	7.75%
Defined Benefit Plan Ultimate Health Care Cost Decreasing Trend Rate	4.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Prescription Drug Benefit, Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost, (Increase) Decrease for Subsidy	$ 118,100	$ 80,700	$ 75,800
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Target Allocation, Percentage	100.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Actual Allocation, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Equity Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Target Allocation, Percentage	40.00%	45.00%		40.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Actual Allocation, Percentage	40.00%	41.40%
Debt Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Target Allocation, Percentage	60.00%	55.00%		60.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Actual Allocation, Percentage	53.50%	52.90%
Debt Securities [Member] | Veba [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Actual Allocation, Percentage		100.00%			100.00%
Pension Plan And Supplemental Cash Balance Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Prescription Drug Benefit, Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation, Decrease for Subsidy	$ 1,700,000	$ 800,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Next Fiscal Year	$ 1,000,000
Pension Plan and SERP Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Expected Long-Term Rate of Return on Plan Assets	6.25%	6.25%	6.50%

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Note 18 - Pension and Postretirement Benefits - Summary of Changes in Benefit Obligations and Plan Assets Amount Recognized (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Fair value of plan assets at January 1		$ 414.2
Fair value of plan assets at December 31		434.0	$ 414.2
Pension Plan and SERP Plan [Member]
Benefit obligation		330.9	431.7
Interest cost		17.1	14.7	$ 11.0
Actuarial (gain) loss		(0.8)	(86.6)
Plan participants’ contributions		0.0	0.0
Benefits paid		(29.4)	(28.9)
Benefit obligation		317.8	330.9	431.7
Accumulated benefit obligation at December 31		317.8	330.9
Fair value of plan assets at January 1		406.3	546.2
Actuarial gain (loss)		47.3	(111.8)
Employer contributions, net		1.7	0.8
Plan participants’ contributions		0.0	0.0
Benefits paid		(29.4)	(28.9)
Fair value of plan assets at December 31		425.9	406.3	546.2
Funded status at December 31		(108.1)	(75.4)
Pension assets, noncurrent (1)	[1]	(117.4)	(85.6)
Pension, SERP and postretirement benefits, current (2)	[2]	1.0	0.8
Pension, SERP and postretirement benefits, noncurrent (3)	[3]	8.3	9.4
Total Pension, SERP and Postretirement benefits		(108.1)	(75.4)
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Benefit obligation		4.2	6.0
Interest cost		0.2	0.1	0.1
Actuarial (gain) loss		1.1	(0.4)
Plan participants’ contributions		1.3	1.3
Benefits paid		(2.7)	(2.8)
Benefit obligation		4.1	4.2	6.0
Accumulated benefit obligation at December 31
Fair value of plan assets at January 1		7.6	9.5
Actuarial gain (loss)		0.4	(1.1)
Employer contributions, net		1.5	0.7
Plan participants’ contributions		1.3	1.3
Benefits paid		(2.7)	(2.8)
Fair value of plan assets at December 31		8.1	7.6	$ 9.5
Funded status at December 31		(4.0)	(3.4)
Pension assets, noncurrent (1)	[1]	(4.0)	(3.4)
Pension, SERP and postretirement benefits, current (2)	[2]	0.0	0.0
Pension, SERP and postretirement benefits, noncurrent (3)	[3]	0.0	0.0
Total Pension, SERP and Postretirement benefits		$ (4.0)	$ (3.4)

[1] Included in "Other noncurrent assets" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets

[2] Included in "Accounts payable and accrued liabilities" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets

[3] Included in "Other noncurrent liabilities" in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets

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Note 18 - Pension and Postretirement Benefits - Summary of Pre-tax Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2023		Dec. 31, 2022		Dec. 31, 2021
Fair value of plan assets		$ 434.0		$ 414.2
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets		139.7		136.5
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets		294.3		277.7
Managed Equity Accounts [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[1]	131.6		128.8
Managed Equity Accounts [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[1]	131.6		128.8
Managed Equity Accounts [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[1]	0.0		0.0
Equity - Pooled Separate Account [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[2]	38.6		39.7
Equity - Pooled Separate Account [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[2]	0.0		0.0
Equity - Pooled Separate Account [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[2]	38.6		39.7
Fixed Income Manager - Separately Managed Accounts [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[3]	138.9		133.6
Fixed Income Manager - Separately Managed Accounts [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[3]	0.0		0.0
Fixed Income Manager - Separately Managed Accounts [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[3]	138.9		133.6
Fixed Income Manager - Pooled Separate Accounts [Member]
Fair value of plan assets		89.2	[2]	81.5	[4]
Fixed Income Manager - Pooled Separate Accounts [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets		0.0	[2]	0.0	[4]
Fixed Income Manager - Pooled Separate Accounts [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets		89.2	[2]	81.5	[4]
Fixed Income Manager - Government Securities [Member]
Fair value of plan assets		8.1	[4]	7.7	[2]
Fixed Income Manager - Government Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets		8.1	[4]	7.7	[2]
Fixed Income Manager - Government Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets		0.0	[4]	0.0	[2]
Cash - Pooled Separate Account [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[2]	5.2		2.7
Cash - Pooled Separate Account [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[2]	0.0		0.0
Cash - Pooled Separate Account [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[2]	5.2		2.7
Global Real Estate [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[5]	22.4		20.2
Global Real Estate [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[5]	0.0		0.0
Global Real Estate [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of plan assets	[5]	22.4		20.2
Pension Plan and SERP Plan [Member]
Prior service benefit cost		2.4		2.6
Actuarial losses		118.3		147.8
Accumulated other comprehensive losses, pretax		120.7		150.4
Fair value of plan assets		425.9		406.3		$ 546.2
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Prior service benefit cost		0.0		0.0
Actuarial losses		3.6		3.2
Accumulated other comprehensive losses, pretax		3.6		3.2
Fair value of plan assets		$ 8.1		$ 7.6		$ 9.5

[1] Valued at the closing price of shares for domestic stocks within the managed equity accounts, and valued at the net asset value (“NAV”) of shares for mutual funds at either the closing price reported in the active market or based on yields currently available on comparable securities of issuers with similar credit ratings for corporate bonds held by the Pension Plan in these managed accounts.

[2] The pooled separate accounts invest in domestic and foreign stocks, bonds and mutual funds. The fair values of these stocks, bonds and mutual funds are publicly quoted and are used in determining the NAV of the pooled separate account, which is not publicly quoted.

[3] The separately managed accounts invest in U.S. Treasury Bonds and U.S. Treasury Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities (“UST STRIPS”). The fair values of these bonds and UST STRIPS are publicly quoted and are used in determining the NAV of the separately managed account, which is not publicly quoted.

[4] The fund invested in the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities or securities that are rated AAA by S&P, AAA by Fitch, or Aaa by Moody’s, including but not limited to mortgage securities such as agency and non-agency collateralized mortgage obligations, and other obligations that are secured by mortgages or mortgage backed securities, and valued at the closing price reported in the active market.

[5] The funds invested in common stocks and other equity securities issued by domestic and foreign real estate companies, including real estate investment trusts ("REIT") and similar REIT-like entities. The fair values of these stocks, bonds and mutual funds are publicly quoted and are used in determining the NAV of the funds, which is not publicly quoted.

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Note 18 - Pension and Postretirement Benefits - Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost and Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Pension Plan and SERP Plan [Member]
Interest cost	$ 17.1	$ 14.7	$ 11.0
Expected return on plan assets	(24.1)	(28.2)	(32.8)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	0.2	0.2	0.2
Amortization of net actuarial loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	5.2	4.0	3.8
Net periodic (credit) benefit cost	(1.6)	(9.3)	(17.8)
Less: Amortization of prior service (cost) credit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	(0.2)	(0.2)	(0.2)
Less: Amortization of actuarial loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses	(0.1)	(0.2)	(0.2)
Less: Net loss recognized reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses	(5.1)	(3.8)	(3.6)
Actuarial (gain) loss	(24.3)	53.5	(31.1)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income	(29.7)	49.3	(35.1)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit credit and other comprehensive (income) loss	(31.3)	40.0	(52.9)
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Interest cost	0.2	0.1	0.1
Expected return on plan assets	(0.1)	(0.2)	(0.2)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	0.0	0.0	(0.1)
Amortization of net actuarial loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	0.4	0.2	0.2
Net periodic (credit) benefit cost	0.5	0.1	0.0
Less: Amortization of prior service (cost) credit reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	0.0	0.0	0.1
Less: Amortization of actuarial loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses	0.0	0.0	0.0
Less: Net loss recognized reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive losses	(0.4)	(0.2)	(0.2)
Actuarial (gain) loss	0.8	1.0	(0.5)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income	0.4	0.8	(0.6)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit credit and other comprehensive (income) loss	$ 0.9	$ 0.9	$ (0.6)

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Note 18 - Pension and Postretirement Benefits - Summary of Weighted-average Assumptions Used in Calculating Net Periodic Benefit (Credit) Cost (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Pension Plan and SERP Plan [Member]
Discount rate	5.37%	5.49%
Expected return on plan assets	6.50%	6.25%
Cash balance interest credit rate	4.43%	2.57%
Discount rate	5.48%	2.75%	2.49%
Expected return on plan assets	6.25%	6.25%	6.50%
Cash balance interest credit rate	4.43%	2.57%	2.57%
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Discount rate	4.75%	5.25%
Expected return on plan assets	1.75%	1.75%
Discount rate	5.25%	2.25%	1.50%
Expected return on plan assets	1.75%	1.75%	2.00%

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Note 18 - Pension and Postretirement Benefits - Summary of Estimated Future Benefit Payments for Respective Plans (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Pension Plan and SERP Plan [Member]
2024, gross benefit amount	$ 29.4
2025, gross benefit amount	28.9
2026, gross benefit amount	28.4
2027, gross benefit amount	28.4
2028, gross benefit amount	27.0
2029 and thereafter, gross benefit amount	123.3
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
2024, gross benefit amount	0.8
2024, Medicare subsidy payments	(0.1)
2024, Net benefit amount	0.7
2025, gross benefit amount	0.7
2025, Medicare subsidy payments	0.0
2025, Net benefit amount	0.7
2026, gross benefit amount	0.6
2026, Medicare subsidy payments	0.0
2026, Net benefit amount	0.6
2027, gross benefit amount	0.5
2027, Medicare subsidy payments	0.0
2027, Net benefit amount	0.5
2028, gross benefit amount	0.4
2028, Medicare subsidy payments	0.0
2028, Net benefit amount	0.4
2029 and thereafter, gross benefit amount	1.4
2029 and thereafter, Medicare subsidy payments	0.0
2029 and thereafter, Net benefit amount	$ 1.4

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Note 18 - Pension and Postretirement Benefits - Summary of Asset Allocation and Target Allocation (Details)	Dec. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Target Allocation	100.00%
Percentage of Plan Assets	100.00%		100.00%
Equity Securities [Member]
Target Allocation	40.00%	40.00%	45.00%
Percentage of Plan Assets	40.00%		41.40%
Debt Securities [Member]
Target Allocation	60.00%	60.00%	55.00%
Percentage of Plan Assets	53.50%		52.90%
Real Estate [Member]
Target Allocation	0.00%
Percentage of Plan Assets	5.30%		5.00%
Other Contract [Member]
Target Allocation	0.00%
Percentage of Plan Assets	1.20%		0.70%

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Note 19 - Segment Reporting - Revenue and EBITDA by Reportable Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Revenues	$ 2,681.4	$ 2,497.0	$ 2,462.5
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)	(876.5)	(824.6)	(853.7)
Selling, general and administrative	(391.8)	(381.5)	(313.2)
Other operating gain (loss)	(0.0)	354.2	(134.0)
Investment income (loss)	11.0	(5.3)	2.1
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business	0.0	(117.9)	222.3
EBITDA	1,424.1	1,521.9	1,386.0
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business	(0.0)	117.9	(222.3)
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets	(206.8)	(164.2)	(170.3)
Amortization of intangible assets	(74.6)	(74.4)	(79.9)
Interest expense	(115.5)	(138.8)	(127.0)
Income before income taxes	1,027.2	1,262.4	786.5
Insurance [Member]
Revenues	2,681.4	2,437.0	2,206.9
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)	(876.5)	(781.9)	(704.4)
Selling, general and administrative	(391.8)	(347.4)	(239.1)
Other operating gain (loss)	0.0	0.0	0.0
Investment income (loss)	11.0	(4.7)	1.8
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business	0.0	0.0	0.0
EBITDA	1,424.1	1,303.0	1,265.2
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business	(0.0)	(0.0)	(0.0)
Energy and Specialized Markets [Member]
Revenues		22.4	112.8
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)		(19.1)	(58.9)
Selling, general and administrative		(26.7)	(44.9)
Other operating gain (loss)		450.0	0.0
Investment income (loss)		(0.4)	0.6
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business		(117.9)	222.3
EBITDA		308.3	231.9
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business		117.9	(222.3)
Financial Services [Member]
Revenues	$ 0.0	37.6	142.8
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)		(23.6)	(90.4)
Selling, general and administrative		(7.4)	(29.2)
Other operating gain (loss)		(95.8)	(134.0)
Investment income (loss)		(0.2)	(0.3)
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business		0.0	0.0
EBITDA		(89.4)	(111.1)
EBITDA from discontinued operations of the Energy business		$ (0.0)	$ (0.0)

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Note 19 - Segment Reporting - Long-lived Assets By Country (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Total long-lived assets	$ 3,556.0	$ 6,036.0
UNITED STATES
Total long-lived assets	2,455.7	2,876.5
UNITED KINGDOM
Total long-lived assets	597.9	2,428.9
Other Countries [Member]
Total long-lived assets	$ 502.4	$ 730.6

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Note 20 - Related Parties (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction	$ 0	$ 0

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Note 21 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Oct. 18, 2023	Feb. 08, 2023	Jan. 30, 2023	Jun. 27, 2022
Atlas Data Privacy Corp., et al. v. Verisk Analytics, Inc. [Member]
Loss Contingency, Damages Per Violation		$ 1,000
Ahringer et al. v. LoanDepot, Inc. and Verisk Analytics [Member]
Loss Contingency, Aggregate Claims of Proposed Class			$ 5,000,000
Williams v. DDR Merida, LLC and Lead Intelligence, Inc. [Member]
Loss Contingency, Damages Per Violation				$ 5,000
Government Contracts Within Former Financial Services Segment Sold to TransUnion [Member]
Loss Contingency Accrual	$ 39,000,000

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Note 22 - Subsequent Events (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions							2 Months Ended
	Feb. 14, 2024	Jan. 09, 2024	Oct. 25, 2023	Jul. 26, 2023	Apr. 25, 2023	Feb. 14, 2023	Feb. 21, 2024
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared (in dollars per share)			$ 0.34	$ 0.34	$ 0.34	$ 0.34
Subsequent Event [Member]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared (in dollars per share)	$ 0.39
Stock Repurchase Program, Additional Authorized Amount							$ 1,000.0
Rocket Enterprise Solutions GmbH [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired		100.00%
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred		$ 10.6
Rocket Enterprise Solutions GmbH [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | Business Acquisition, Deferred Payment [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred		2.2
Rocket Enterprise Solutions GmbH [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | Business Acquisition, Holdback Payment [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred		$ 0.3

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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Allowance, Credit Loss [Member]
Balance		$ 14.3	$ 15.4	$ 14.1
Charged to Expenses / Against Revenue	[1]	8.7	6.4	13.8
Deductions - Write-offs	[2]	(7.9)	(7.5)	(12.5)
Balance		15.1	14.3	15.4
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset [Member]
Balance		45.3	38.3	30.6
Charged to Expenses / Against Revenue	[1]	1.2	41.2	8.1
Deductions - Write-offs	[2]	(40.9)	(34.2)	(0.4)
Balance		$ 5.6	$ 45.3	$ 38.3

[1] Primarily additional reserves for bad debts

[2] Primarily accounts receivable balances written off, net of recoveries, the expiration of loss carryforwards, and businesses held for sale