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Free Writing Prospectus   Filed pursuant to Rule
    433 under the Securities
(To the Preliminary   Act
Prospectus Supplement    
dated March 29, 2011)   Registration Statement
    No. 333-173135
Pricing Term Sheet
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
     
Issuer:
  Verisk Analytics, Inc.
Ticker:
  VRSK
Ratings:
  Ba1/BBB-/A
Size:
  $250,000,000 
Maturity:
  January 15, 2019
Coupon:
  4.875%
Price:
  99.041% of face amount
Yield to maturity:
  5.036%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
  T + 350 basis points
Benchmark Treasury:
  1.375% due November 30, 2018
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:
  98-30, 1.536%
Interest Payment Dates:
  January 15 and July 15, commencing July 15, 2012
Redemption Provisions:
   
Make-whole call
  At any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 50 basis points
Settlement:
  T+5; December 8, 2011
Denominations:
  $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 above that amount
CUSIP:
  92345Y AB2
Bookrunners:
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
 
 
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
Co-Managers:
  SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
RBS Securities Inc.
Santander Investment Securities Inc.
A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
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