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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   CIALDELLA VINCENT 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) Senior Vice President - AISG 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 158,500 D Â

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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)	03/20/2012	Class A Common Stock	75,000	$ 2.16	D	Â
Stock Option (1)	  (2)	03/01/2013	Class A Common Stock	131,250	$ 2.88	D	Â
Stock Option (1)	  (2)	03/01/2014	Class A Common Stock	87,500	$ 4.62	D	Â
Stock Option (1)	  (2)	03/01/2015	Class A Common Stock	71,250	$ 8.74	D	Â
Stock Option (1)	  (3)	03/01/2016	Class A Common Stock	56,250	$ 11.3	D	Â
Stock Option (1)	  (4)	03/01/2017	Class A Common Stock	70,000	$ 15.1	D	Â
Stock Option (1)	  (5)	03/01/2018	Class A Common Stock	75,000	$ 17.24	D	Â
Stock Option (1)	  (6)	04/01/2019	Class A Common Stock	100,000	$ 16.1	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CIALDELLA VINCENT C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC. 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD JERSEY CITY, NJ 07310-1686	Â	Â	  Senior Vice President - AISG	Â

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)	37,500 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Stock Option are immediately exercisable. The remaining 18,750 shares underlying the Stock Option will become exercisable on 3/1/2010.
(4)	35,000 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Stock Option are immediately exercisable. The remaining 35,000 shares underlying the Stock Option will become exercisable as follows: 17,500 shares on 3/1/2010, and 17,500 shares 3/1/2011.
(5)	18,750 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Stock Option are immediately exercisable. The remaining 56,250 shares underlying the Stock Option will become exercisable as follows: 18,750 shares on 3/1/2010, 18,750 shares on 3/1/2011, and 18,750 shares on 3/1/2012.
(6)	100,000 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Stock Option will become exercisable as follows: 25,000 shares on 4/1/2010, 25,000 shares on 4/1/2011, 25,000 shares on 4/1/2012, and 25,000 shares on 4/1/2013.

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