UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 1, 2017
VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-34480 | 26-2994223 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 545 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ | 07310 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 469-2000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
Effective January 1, 2017, Verisk Analytics, Inc. (the “Company”) designated Glenn A. McConnell as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. McConnell will also continue to serve in his current role as Senior Vice President and Controller.
Mr. McConnell, age 54, joined the Company’s Insurance Services Office subsidiary in 2001 as assistant controller. He was instrumental in assisting with the Company’s initial public offering in 2009 and has directed the accounting diligence on a number of major acquisitions. Before joining the Company, Mr. McConnell was controller of Innovex (a division of Quintiles Transnational Corp.), Pharmaceutical Resources, Inc., and Richard A. Eisner & Company.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| VERISK ANALYTICS, INC. | ||||||||||
| Date: January 6, 2017 | By: | /s/ Kenneth E. Thompson | ||||||||
| Name: | Kenneth E. Thompson | |||||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||||||