Verisk Analytics provides data analytics, software and technology for the global insurance industry, with recurring updates tied to underwriting, claims, policy administration, fraud detection and risk intelligence. Company news often covers insurance workflow products such as Verisk Ignite for policy management, Xactimate for property claims estimating and ClaimSearch-based claims trend analysis.
Verisk also reports developments in AI-enabled insurance analytics, product integrations with insurance and restoration platforms, property-and-casualty industry research, quarterly financial results, dividends, share repurchases and financing activity. Its releases frequently connect proprietary insurance datasets with underwriting outcomes, claims efficiency, catastrophe risk, climate risk and other global risk topics.
Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $809 million, with earnings per share rising despite lower net income. Revenue grew 5.3% year over year, or 7.4% on an organic constant currency basis, which excludes recent acquisitions, dispositions and currency effects. Net income fell 2.8% to $219 million, while diluted earnings per share rose 5.6% to $1.70. Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP earnings measure, increased 7.0% to $459 million; diluted adjusted earnings per share rose 14.0% to $1.96.
Operating cash flow fell 33.8% to $267.2 million, and non-GAAP free cash flow declined 40.5% to $200.0 million. Verisk executed a $100.0 million accelerated share repurchase program. The company maintained its 2026 outlook, including revenue of $3,190 million–$3,240 million and diluted adjusted earnings per share of $7.45–$7.75.
Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) released its third-quarter cargo theft analysis, showing fewer reported incidents but higher estimated losses. CargoNet recorded 547 supply chain crime incidents across the United States and Canada in Q3 2026, down 33 percent year over year and 19 percent from Q2. Estimated quarterly losses rose 12 percent to $230.1 million.
Through September, estimated losses increased 39 percent to $718.9 million, while reported incidents fell 25 percent. The average stolen commodity value among incidents with documented values rose approximately 72 percent to $448,456. Fictitious pickups, involving deception to obtain shipments, accounted for approximately 25 percent of Q3 incidents, versus 18 percent a year earlier.
Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) announced new insurance intelligence integrations with Amazon Quick and Microsoft Copilot, alongside expanded offerings within Claude.
Amazon Quick and Microsoft Copilot provide eligible customers access to ISO Loss Costs and Premium Audit Advisory Service content. Claude adds premium audit resources to Verisk Underwriting Intelligence and a new Verisk Benchmark connector for permissioned access to property-level hail and wind history.
Verisk (VRSK) said it will comply with the Delaware Supreme Court’s order affirming the Delaware Chancery Court’s judgment regarding the AccuLynx transaction. The transaction remains subject to FTC review and customary closing conditions, with no guarantee of completion.
Verisk (VRSK) estimates insured industry losses to onshore property from Hurricane Isaias will range from USD 1 billion to USD 2 billion.
The estimate covers wind and privately insured storm surge from the storm's Florida Panhandle landfall. Verisk expects wind to account for the vast majority of insured losses. Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Oct. 9 as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. The modeled losses cover residential, commercial and industrial properties and automobiles, including building, contents and time-element coverage for losses over time. Verisk continues assessing losses as additional claims and damage information become available.
Verisk (VRSK) will announce its fiscal third-quarter 2026 financial results on November 5, 2026, before the market opens.
The quarter ended September 30, 2026. Results and accompanying financial information will be posted on the investor website. Management will host a live audio webcast at 8:30 a.m. ET that day to discuss results and business highlights. A webcast replay will remain available for up to one year.
Verisk (VRSK) has launched Verisk Fraud Discovery, a modular fraud prevention platform that unifies intelligence, advanced analytics, network analysis, digital media forensics and case management in a single solution.
The platform is designed for insurers to detect, investigate and disrupt complex, evolving fraud patterns across underwriting, claims and investigations. Early adopters include Hiscox, Allianz and law firm Weightmans.
Verisk (VRSK), through its CargoNet business, reported that U.S. cargo theft around Labor Day has stabilized at a higher baseline, with 273 incidents recorded across the 2021‑2025 holiday periods.
Incidents rose from 33 in 2021 to 56 in 2025, peaking at 70 in 2024. Theft clustered on the surrounding weekdays, with Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday accounting for 71% of cases. California, Texas, and Illinois made up 48% of incidents, and targeted commodities were led by food and beverage. Verisk CargoNet estimates total commodity value at about $31.8 million, and highlights a growing threat from identity‑based fraud in addition to traditional physical theft.
Verisk (VRSK) launched a U.S. Data Center Exposure Database to help insurers, reinsurers and brokers assess growing concentrations of risk tied to expanding AI-driven digital infrastructure.
The database provides building-level geocoding, facility footprints, structural characteristics and operational attributes for more than 2,500 U.S. data center facilities. It includes flat-file records, building footprint shapefiles and a 90-meter disaggregation grid to support underwriting, exposure management, catastrophe analytics and portfolio accumulation within Verisk Synergy Studio and Touchstone. Industry sources cited indicate global data center insurance premiums could rise from about $10 billion in 2026 to $23 billion by 2030, reflecting rapid growth in facilities supporting AI, cloud and digital services.
Verisk (VRSK) and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association reported that U.S. private P&C insurers generated an estimated net underwriting gain of $31.7 billion in the first half of 2026, up from $11.6 billion a year earlier, helped by lower catastrophe losses and higher investment income.
Net written premium growth slowed to 2.1%, while net earned premiums rose 3.3%. The industry combined ratio improved to 92.7 from 96.5, and policyholders’ surplus climbed to $1.30 trillion, versus $1.13 trillion at mid‑2025. Net investment gains increased to $59.6 billion and net income after taxes rose 53% to $77.8 billion. Despite improved profitability, Verisk highlights ongoing challenges from elevated catastrophe exposure, affordability pressures, and worsening bodily injury and commercial liability losses, with performance varying significantly by line of business and state.