Talk:Verisk Analytics

A fact from Verisk Analytics appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 October 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that risk management firm Verisk Analytics raised $1.9 billion in its October 7, 2009 initial public offering, making it the largest IPO in the United States to date in 2009?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/October.

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INTRO: FIRST PARAGRAPH, FIRST SENTENCE Remove “an American information services firm” and replace with “a data analytics and risk assessment firm” SOURCE http://www.verisk.com/About-Verisk/About/About-Verisk.html

Done CorporateM (Talk) 06:28, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

INTRO: FOURTH PARAGRAPH, FIRST SENTENCE ADD LINK TO: "The company’s Insurance Services Office (ISO) subsidiary..." SOURCE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance_Services_Office

Not done Wikipedia doesn't allow for external links in the body of the article. CorporateM (Talk) 06:28, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

INTRO: LAST PARAGRAPH, LAST SENTENCE Add this sentence about Verisk’s latest acquisition to end of paragraph: “In 2012, Verisk acquired Argus Information & Advisory Services, a premier provider of information, competitive benchmarking, scoring solutions, analytics, and customized services to financial institutions and regulators in North America, Latin America, and Europe.” SOURCE http://www.verisk.com/Press-Releases/2012/Verisk-Analytics-to-Acquire-Argus-Information-and-Advisory-Services.html

Not done Can you provide an independent secondary source? Any established news publications would do, for example. Also, language like "solutions", listing out each country it serves and providing a long list of services offered are all too promotional. Just saying they acquired an analytics company is adequate. CorporateM (Talk) 06:28, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PHOTO Remove current image and add image of logo to page SOURCE http://www.verisk.com/images/stories/verisk/xlogo_verisk-t1.gif.pagespeed.ic.TjSTfox25w.png

Please go ahead and upload the new logo image and keep the infobox up-to-date in this regard directly as a non-controversial edit allowed by WP:COI. CorporateM (Talk) 06:28, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

INFORMATION BOX INDUSTRY – Remove “Risk management” and replace with “Data analytics and risk assessment” SOURCE http://www.verisk.com/About-Verisk/About/About-Verisk.html KEY PEOPLE – Remove Frank J. Coyne (Chairman) and replace with Scott G. Stephenson (President & CEO) SOURCE http://www.verisk.com/About-Verisk/Leadership/Verisk-Leadership.html REVENUE AND NET INCOME - update to reflect 2013 annual report 2013 Revenue: $1.6 billion 2013 Consolidated EBITDA: $745 million SOURCES http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MjI4MDU1fENoaWxkSUQ9LTF8VHlwZT0z&t=1 http://investor.verisk.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=224676&p=irol-newsArticle&id=1952629 http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=VRSK

Same with these. Generally you can keep the infobox up to date as a non-controversial edit, as long as you don't create excessive lists of products or executives in the corresponding parameters. CorporateM (Talk) 06:28, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

CORPORATE LEADERSHIP Request update to align with the current leadership: REMOVE Frank Coyne UPDATE AS: Scott G. Stephenson, President and Chief Executive Officer Mark V. Anquillare, Group Executive, Risk Assessment and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Kenneth E. Thompson, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Nana Banerjee, Group Executive, Chief Analytics Officer and President, Argus Information & Advisory Services S. Ming Lee, President, AIR Worldwide and Chief Executive, Verisk Climate Jim Loveland, Group Executive, Senior Vice President, Verisk Analytics and President, Xactware Solutions Perry F. Rotella, Group Executive, Supply Chain Risk Analytics and Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Eva F. Huston, Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Knowledge Officer Mark S. Magath, Senior Vice President, Risk and Compliance Vince McCarthy, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy Patrick McLaughlin, Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility Christopher H. Perini, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Marlene P. Reisman, Vice President, Human Resources SOURCE: http://www.verisk.com/About-Verisk/Leadership/Verisk-Leadership.html

Not done I removed this entire section - highly inappropriate material for an encyclopedia. More appropriate for the company website. We do normally cover each change in CEO in the corporate history section, but there is no need for us to provide a complete list of execs to readers. CorporateM (Talk) 06:28, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ADD “COMPANIES” SECTION Provide list of Verisk's subsidiaries and business units: ISO 3E Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) AIR Worldwide Argus Information & Advisory Services Insurance Information Exchange (iiX) IntelliCorp National Equipment Register (NER) Verisk Health Xactware SOURCE: http://www.verisk.com/About-Verisk/Verisk-Family-of-Companies/Verisk-Family-of-Companies.html

Not done Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Long lists normally fall under this category. However if an independent secondary source summarized this information, we would probably include it. CorporateM (Talk) 06:28, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

70.108.254.237 (talk) 16:46, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]