Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  BANFIELD CAROLE J
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/06/2009		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Verisk Analytics, Inc. [VRSK]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
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 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

JERSEY CITY, NJ 07310-1686		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock 748,050
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (1)   (2) 03/01/2015 Class A Common Stock 17,500 $ 8.74 D  
Stock Option (1)   (3) 03/01/2016 Class A Common Stock 32,500 $ 11.3 D  
Stock Option (1)   (4) 03/01/2017 Class A Common Stock 41,250 $ 15.1 D  
Stock Option (1)   (5) 03/01/2018 Class A Common Stock 55,000 $ 17.24 D  
Stock Option (1)   (6) 04/01/2019 Class A Common Stock 60,000 $ 16.1 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
BANFIELD CAROLE J
C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.
545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07310-1686		       EVP- Info Serv&Govt Relations  

Signatures

/s/ Kenneth E. Thompson, Attorney-in-Fact 10/06/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Stock Options outstanding under the Issuer's 1996 Incentive Plan.
(2) Immediately
(3) 16,250 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Stock Option are immediately exercisable. The remaining 16,250 shares underlying the Stock Option will become exercisable on 3/1/2010.
(4) 13,750 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Stock Option are immediately exercisable. The remaining 27,500 shares underlying the Stock Option will become exercisable as follows: 13,750 shares on 3/1/2010, and 13,750 shares 3/1/2011.
(5) 13,750 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Stock Option are immediately exercisable. The remaining 41,250 shares underlying the Stock Option will become exercisable as follows: 13,750 shares on 3/1/2010, 13,750 shares on 3/1/2011, and 13,750 shares on 3/1/2012.
(6) 60,000 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Stock Option will become exercisable as follows: 15,000 shares on 4/1/2010, 15,000 shares on 4/1/2011, 15,000 shares on 4/1/2012, and 15,000 shares on 4/1/2013.

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