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United States : Verisk to Acquire Rulebook
Publish Date : 10-Dec-2018
Verisk, a leading data analytics provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rulebook, an industry-leading provider of business intelligence and software solutions for the London Insurance Market.
Rulebooks proprietary, uniquely distinctive pricing engine can be used for internal pricing and underwriting as well as external distribution for the specialty insurance market through its Rulebook Hub platform. Rulebook also has a data analytics offering that develops business intelligence solutions for clients to enable historical, current, and predictive views of business operations.
Rulebooks pricing engine is used by some of the leading carriers in the London specialty insurance market to build underwriting rules for complex specialty insurance products through a simple, easy-to-use web-based platform. Through its platform, Rulebook provides clients with greater accuracy and better control over the pricing and distribution process, thus facilitating consistency and improving regulatory reporting and compliance.
The acquisition will expand Verisks existing offerings to the specialty insurance market by adding Rulebooks proprietary pricing and management information engines to Sequels specialized software suite, said Ian Summers, CEO of Sequel. These enhanced offerings will provide our customers with more efficient methods of distribution and significantly improved data analytics capabilities. The complementary applications give us a unique opportunity in our sector to complete the value chain, driving data through the process from broker to underwriter and quote through to claims settlement.
Were very excited to join Verisk, as this will accelerate our growing business by providing greater access to global markets and Verisks existing international customers, said Andy Galli, managing director of Rulebook. We offer a unique value proposition that will be further enhanced by leveraging synergies and collaborating with other Verisk businesses and their data analytics.
Mark Anquillare, chief operating officer of Verisk, added, Rulebook is a Verisk-like business that furthers our goal of providing leading solutions to the global insurance market, including a comprehensive chain of solutions to specialty insurers for mitigating risk and optimizing total cost of operations.
The purchase price is $87 million in cash, funded through cash on hand and existing bank facilities, subject to typical closing adjustments. The transaction is expected to be accretive to 2019 adjusted EPS. In addition, Verisk expects the acquisition to generate an attractive return in excess of Verisks cost of capital. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018, subject to the completion of customary closing conditions. Verisk will discuss the transaction and Rulebooks solutions and business in greater detail at its upcoming Investor Day on December 6, 2018.
