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Verisk Analytics, Inc
(NASDAQ:VRSK) 

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Verisk Analytics, Inc. provides data analytics solutions in the United States and internationally. It provides predictive analytics and decision support solutions to customers in rating, underwriting, claims, catastrophe and weather risk, global risk analytics, natural resources intelligence, econom...

Founded: 1971
Full Time Employees: 9,060
CEO: Scott G. Stephenson  
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Consulting Services

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      revenues
    782,600,000 778,800,000 768,300,000 772,600,000 753,000,000 735,600,000 725,300,000 716,800,000 704,000,000 677,200,000 677,600,000 675,000,000 651,600,000 229,900,000 745,300,000 746,300,000 775,500,000 766,000,000 759,000,000 747,500,000 726,100,000 713,400,000 702,700,000 678,800,000 689,800,000 676,800,000 652,700,000 652,600,000 625,000,000 613,900,000 598,700,000 601,300,000 581,200,000 570,300,000 549,100,000 523,200,000 502,600,000 506,123,000 498,081,000 498,296,000 492,701,000 560,562,000 550,401,000 497,650,000 459,397,000 464,864,000 448,665,000 423,554,000 409,643,000 332,463,000 438,597,000 421,320,000  415,730,000 398,863,000 373,226,000 346,501,000 351,593,000 340,098,000 327,280,000 312,869,000 293,158,000 287,354,000 281,677,000 276,154,000 265,126,000 258,311,000 
      operating expenses:
                                                                       
      cost of revenues
    236,600,000 235,700,000 229,500,000 229,500,000 230,800,000 230,500,000 223,400,000 219,400,000 227,800,000 226,200,000 217,200,000 216,900,000 216,200,000 51,300,000 246,700,000 246,100,000 280,500,000 265,200,000 265,300,000 264,900,000 262,400,000 260,500,000 240,000,000 235,800,000 257,700,000 259,800,000 242,900,000 242,700,000 231,400,000 224,000,000 219,200,000 222,400,000 221,200,000 208,700,000 198,500,000 193,700,000 182,900,000 192,992,000 169,665,000 178,466,000 173,277,000 213,695,000 210,167,000 195,196,000 184,216,000 193,582,000 180,873,000 172,470,000 169,673,000 106,831,000 176,580,000 174,663,000 164,449,000 170,021,000 156,749,000 147,074,000 133,330,000 140,375,000 137,619,000 131,185,000 124,556,000 116,475,000 117,005,000 115,000,000 114,993,000 153,410,000 117,383,000 
      selling, general and administrative
    109,500,000 132,200,000 110,600,000 106,500,000 108,900,000 100,300,000 114,000,000 101,500,000 92,900,000 114,400,000 111,600,000 86,800,000 79,000,000 -5,600,000 125,900,000 125,900,000 135,300,000 76,400,000 115,100,000 111,400,000 119,800,000 109,100,000 96,400,000 96,400,000 112,100,000 124,800,000 255,000,000 112,300,000 111,400,000 97,700,000 95,700,000 93,000,000 91,800,000 87,200,000 80,900,000 78,800,000 75,900,000 77,192,000 77,814,000 75,557,000 71,037,000 83,782,000 79,310,000 91,292,000 58,306,000 56,934,000 56,164,000 57,074,000 57,134,000 49,472,000 59,330,000 61,152,000 59,028,000 56,200,000 58,707,000 62,473,000 53,979,000 52,829,000 51,475,000 55,909,000 49,256,000 45,240,000 40,982,000 42,638,000 37,514,000 51,879,000 38,500,000 
      depreciation and amortization of fixed assets
    69,900,000 61,800,000 64,000,000 66,000,000 67,400,000 59,100,000 58,100,000 59,000,000 57,400,000 67,600,000 48,100,000 46,500,000 44,600,000 13,100,000 51,700,000 49,800,000 49,600,000 53,000,000 52,100,000 53,300,000 48,500,000 50,900,000 49,400,000 45,900,000 46,100,000 47,700,000 45,800,000 45,700,000 46,600,000 43,700,000 39,500,000 41,600,000 40,500,000 36,200,000 33,800,000 31,800,000 33,800,000 28,324,000 29,501,000 29,388,000 31,887,000 34,049,000 33,501,000 28,628,000 24,442,000 23,051,000 21,951,000 20,723,000 19,781,000 16,461,000 17,704,000 16,811,000 15,214,000 13,176,000 12,714,000 13,090,000 11,644,000 10,869,000 10,798,000 10,855,000 11,305,000 10,820,000 10,035,000 9,944,000 9,929,000 10,044,000 9,621,000 
      amortization of intangible assets
    14,400,000 17,100,000 18,300,000 16,300,000 15,800,000 17,300,000 18,300,000 18,200,000 18,500,000 18,500,000 19,600,000 18,800,000 17,700,000 -46,600,000 36,600,000 39,800,000 44,600,000 43,600,000 37,600,000 50,500,000 45,000,000 42,300,000 41,500,000 41,000,000 41,000,000 37,900,000 33,300,000 33,600,000 33,200,000 32,300,000 33,200,000 32,000,000 33,200,000 28,200,000 27,500,000 23,900,000 22,300,000 22,145,000 22,679,000 23,806,000 23,871,000 33,368,000 18,543,000 28,812,000 14,141,000 14,250,000 14,187,000 14,221,000 14,212,000 13,945,000 15,393,000 17,196,000 17,207,000 17,359,000 15,442,000 12,187,000 8,587,000 8,663,000 8,797,000 8,877,000 8,455,000 6,916,000 6,158,000 7,020,000 7,304,000 7,635,000 8,012,000 
      total operating expenses
    430,400,000 465,200,000 422,400,000 418,300,000 422,900,000 419,300,000 413,800,000 398,100,000 396,600,000 426,700,000 396,500,000 369,000,000 357,500,000 11,700,000 468,700,000 477,200,000 132,900,000 572,200,000 470,100,000 480,100,000 475,700,000 462,800,000 427,300,000 419,100,000 437,500,000 476,400,000 577,000,000 434,300,000 422,600,000 397,700,000 387,600,000                                     
      operating income
    352,200,000 313,600,000 345,900,000 354,300,000 330,100,000 316,300,000 311,500,000 318,700,000 307,400,000 250,500,000 281,100,000 306,000,000 294,100,000 218,200,000 276,600,000 269,100,000 642,600,000 193,800,000 288,900,000 267,400,000 250,400,000 250,600,000 275,400,000 259,700,000 252,300,000 200,400,000 75,700,000 218,300,000 202,400,000 216,200,000 211,100,000 212,300,000 194,500,000 210,000,000 208,400,000 195,000,000 187,700,000 185,470,000 198,422,000 191,079,000 192,629,000 195,668,000 208,880,000 153,722,000 178,292,000 177,047,000 175,490,000 159,066,000 148,843,000 145,754,000 169,590,000 151,498,000 147,425,000 158,974,000 155,251,000 138,402,000 138,961,000 138,857,000 131,409,000 123,818,000 119,297,000 113,707,000 113,718,000 107,075,000 106,414,000 42,158,000 84,795,000 
      yoy
    6.69% -0.85% 11.04% 11.17% 7.38% 26.27% 10.81% 4.15% 4.52% 14.80% 1.63% 13.71% -54.23% 12.59% -4.26% 0.64% 156.63% -22.67% 4.90% 2.96% -0.75% 25.05% 263.80% 18.96% 24.65% -7.31% -64.14% 2.83% 4.06% 2.95% 1.30% 8.87% 3.62% 13.23% 5.03% 2.05% -2.56% -5.21% -5.01% 24.30% 8.04% 10.52% 19.03% -3.36% 19.79% 21.47% 3.48% 5.00% 0.96% -8.32% 9.24% 9.46% 6.09% 14.49% 18.14% 11.78% 16.48% 22.12% 15.56% 15.64% 12.11% 169.72% 34.11%     
      qoq
    12.31% -9.34% -2.37% 7.33% 4.36% 1.54% -2.26% 3.68% 22.71% -10.89% -8.14% 4.05% 34.78% -21.11% 2.79% -58.12% 231.58% -32.92% 8.04% 6.79% -0.08% -9.01% 6.05% 2.93% 25.90% 164.73% -65.32% 7.86% -6.38% 2.42% -0.57% 9.15% -7.38% 0.77% 6.87% 3.89% 1.20% -6.53% 3.84% -0.80% -1.55% -6.33% 35.88% -13.78% 0.70% 0.89% 10.33% 6.87% 2.12% -14.06% 11.94% 2.76% -7.26% 2.40% 12.17% -0.40% 0.07% 5.67% 6.13% 3.79% 4.92% -0.01% 6.20% 0.62% 152.42% -50.28%  
      other expense:
                                                                       
      investment gain
    -500,000 2,525,000 -1,600,000 9,100,000 2,600,000 25,600,000 5,900,000 99,800,000                                                            
      interest expense
    -43,200,000 -56,900,000 -42,200,000 -35,500,000 -36,300,000 -34,500,000 -32,100,000 -29,100,000 -28,900,000 -28,100,000 -29,400,000 -31,600,000 -26,400,000 -41,200,000 -34,500,000 -31,800,000 -31,300,000 -30,200,000 -29,900,000 -31,500,000 -35,400,000 -35,300,000 -35,300,000 -34,200,000 -33,500,000 -33,100,000 -31,300,000 -30,500,000 -31,900,000 -32,600,000 -32,400,000 -31,900,000 -32,800,000 -32,100,000 -30,300,000 -28,500,000 -28,400,000 -28,383,000 -28,150,000 -31,435,000 -32,032,000 -32,389,000 -33,003,000 -37,662,000 -18,262,000 -17,588,000 -17,498,000 -17,459,000 -17,439,000 -17,650,000 -18,692,000 -19,704,000 -20,090,000 -20,613,000 -18,133,000 -17,377,000 -16,385,000 -14,754,000 -14,593,000 -14,885,000 -9,615,000 -9,269,000 -8,484,000 -8,445,000 -8,466,000 -9,139,000 -9,449,000 
      total other expense
    -43,700,000    -33,700,000    -32,200,000 -7,800,000 -31,400,000 -37,800,000 -27,500,000 -53,900,000 -31,400,000 -27,100,000 -31,700,000 -29,600,000 -29,800,000 -32,000,000 -33,700,000 -34,600,000 -35,400,000 -34,900,000 -35,600,000 -28,300,000 -36,800,000 -31,000,000 -32,300,000 -36,600,000 -18,300,000 -27,300,000 -32,200,000 -30,800,000 -27,700,000 -25,100,000 -26,500,000    -31,988,000    -18,800,000 -13,118,000 -17,783,000 -17,259,000 -17,430,000 -14,567,500 -18,464,000 -19,571,000 -20,235,000 -20,544,000 -18,635,000             
      income before income taxes
    308,500,000 231,600,000 302,100,000 327,900,000          274,525,000 245,200,000 242,000,000 610,900,000 164,200,000 259,100,000 235,400,000 216,700,000 216,000,000 240,000,000 224,800,000 216,700,000 172,100,000 38,900,000 187,300,000 170,100,000 179,600,000 192,800,000 185,000,000 162,300,000         163,129,000 193,789,000 201,026,000 159,492,000 159,693,000 157,707,000 141,807,000 131,413,000 128,497,000 151,126,000 131,927,000 127,190,000 138,430,000 136,616,000 121,151,000 123,011,000 124,490,000 116,829,000 109,048,000 110,054,000 104,585,000 105,302,000 98,751,000 98,012,000 58,375,750 75,399,000 
      provision for income taxes
    -74,300,000 -47,700,000 -76,600,000 -74,600,000 -64,100,000 -71,600,000 -65,300,000 -85,200,000 -55,800,000 -60,400,000 -62,300,000 -63,900,000 -72,200,000 -15,300,000 -55,700,000 -44,200,000 -105,100,000 -22,400,000 -54,200,000 -83,800,000 -48,700,000 -39,800,000 -54,200,000 -45,800,000 -45,000,000 -39,900,000 -6,000,000 -36,900,000 -35,700,000 -33,400,000 -26,800,000 -31,500,000 -29,300,000 25,400,000 -60,000,000 -48,900,000 -52,400,000 -52,716,000 -44,819,000 -53,754,000 -50,911,000 -49,372,000 -61,975,000 -37,706,000 -60,806,000 -39,843,000 -58,692,000 -53,708,000 -46,972,000 -37,271,500 -54,685,000 -47,722,000 -46,679,000 -40,131,000 -53,705,000             
      net income
    234,200,000 197,200,000 225,500,000 253,300,000 232,300,000 210,300,000 220,000,000 307,800,000 219,400,000 173,800,000 187,400,000 196,800,000 56,400,000 61,200,000 189,500,000 197,800,000 505,800,000 141,800,000 204,900,000 151,600,000 168,000,000 176,200,000 185,800,000 179,000,000 171,700,000 132,200,000 32,900,000 150,400,000 134,400,000 146,200,000 166,000,000 153,500,000 133,000,000 204,600,000 120,700,000 121,000,000 108,800,000 109,248,000 127,577,000 261,736,000 92,639,000 113,757,000 131,814,000 163,320,000 98,686,000 97,370,000 99,015,000 88,099,000 115,558,000 87,223,000 96,441,000 84,205,000 80,511,000 98,299,000 82,911,000 73,331,000 74,601,000 80,318,000 70,987,000 65,577,000 65,876,000 65,893,000 62,880,000 58,404,000 55,375,000 -6,445,000 42,205,000 
      yoy
    0.82% -6.23% 2.50% -17.71% 5.88% 21.00% 17.40% 56.40% 289.01% 183.99% -1.11% -0.51% -88.85% -56.84% -7.52% 30.47% 201.07% -19.52% 10.28% -15.31% -2.15% 33.28% 464.74% 19.02% 27.75% -9.58% -80.18% -2.02% 1.05% -28.54% 37.53% 26.86% 22.24% 87.28% -5.39% -53.77% 17.45% -3.96% -3.21% 60.26% -6.13% 16.83% 33.13% 85.38% -14.60% 11.63% 2.67% 4.62% 43.53% -11.27% 16.32% 14.83% 7.92% 22.39% 16.80% 11.82% 13.24% 21.89% 12.89% 12.28% 18.96% -1122.39% 48.99%     
      qoq
    18.76% -12.55% -10.98% 9.04% 10.46% -4.41% -28.53% 40.29% 26.24% -7.26% -4.78% 248.94% -7.84% -67.70% -4.20% -60.89% 256.70% -30.80% 35.16% -9.76% -4.65% -5.17% 3.80% 4.25% 29.88% 301.82% -78.13% 11.90% -8.07% -11.93% 8.14% 15.41% -35.00% 69.51% -0.25% 11.21% -0.41% -14.37% -51.26% 182.53% -18.56% -13.70% -19.29% 65.49% 1.35% -1.66% 12.39% -23.76% 32.49% -9.56% 14.53% 4.59% -18.10% 18.56% 13.06% -1.70% -7.12% 13.14% 8.25% -0.45% -0.03% 4.79% 7.66% 5.47% -959.19% -115.27%  
      basic net income per share attributable to verisk:
    1.73 1.42 1.62 1.81 1.66 1.5 1.55 2.16 1.53 1.2 1.29 1.36 0.37                                                       
      diluted net income per share attributable to verisk:
    1.73 1.42 1.61 1.81 1.65 1.49 1.54 2.15 1.52 1.19 1.29 1.35 0.37                                                       
      weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                       
      basic
    135,020,391 139,667,160 139,509,985 139,818,324 140,294,117 142,154,655 141,778,551 142,705,508 143,298,163 146,623,989 145,011,020 144,834,494 152,032,255 157,905,718 156,940,608 157,972,755 160,680,955 161,841,441 161,366,544 162,007,784 162,641,819 162,610,586 162,502,191 162,371,920 162,894,306 163,535,438 163,580,563 163,743,835 163,528,343 164,808,110 164,829,250 165,015,642 165,043,047 165,168,224 164,577,575 164,922,237 166,442,991 168,248,304 168,874,129 168,296,318 168,453,750 165,090,380 168,739,437 164,141,804 158,087,919 165,823,803 166,187,540 166,343,630 166,981,982 168,031,412 168,044,100 168,147,069 168,078,589 165,890,258 165,978,080 165,946,009 164,836,992 166,015,238 164,195,325 166,960,806 169,030,227 177,733,503 178,687,236 180,492,106 180,053,550 174,767,795 172,796,400 
      diluted
    135,222,570 140,082,773 139,941,935 140,339,539 140,939,555 142,842,261 142,511,476 143,293,222 143,973,534 147,336,159 145,742,519 145,500,121 152,709,319 158,928,942 157,978,606 159,123,563 161,638,617 163,338,909 162,792,791 163,046,538 164,436,717 165,320,709 165,731,226 165,103,088 165,724,120 166,560,115 166,779,618 166,697,276 166,544,945 168,297,836 168,200,766 168,651,202 168,992,535 168,688,868 167,957,058 168,314,296 170,150,862 171,171,572 171,785,900 171,218,782 171,480,884 168,451,343 172,171,337 167,586,100 161,481,213 169,132,423 169,522,448 169,503,664 170,421,489 172,276,360 172,154,553 172,467,688 172,760,641 171,709,518 171,660,543 171,901,349 171,350,820 173,325,110 171,169,658 174,634,046 176,964,192 186,394,962 187,188,667 189,541,893 189,454,756 182,165,661 179,850,850 
      other income:
                                                                       
      net gain on early extinguishment of debt
           3,600,000                                                            
      total other income
     -25,975,000 -43,800,000 -26,400,000  3,975,000 -26,200,000 74,300,000                              -22,150,750 -26,026,000 -30,589,000  3,353,250 -15,091,000 47,304,000            -17,251,000 -15,950,000 -14,367,000 -14,580,000 -14,770,000 -9,243,000 -9,122,000 -8,416,000 -8,324,000 -8,402,000 -11,056,000 -9,396,000 
      less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
         100,000 100,000 300,000 200,000   100,000    -100,000 -100,000                                                   
      net income attributable to verisk
     197,200,000 225,500,000 253,300,000 232,300,000 210,400,000 220,100,000 308,100,000 219,600,000 174,000,000 187,400,000 196,900,000 56,300,000 61,100,000 189,400,000 197,700,000 505,700,000 141,900,000 201,700,000 154,000,000 168,600,000                                               
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
        296,400,000 275,100,000 285,300,000 393,000,000 275,200,000 242,700,000 249,700,000 268,200,000 266,600,000                     127,950,000 180,700,000 169,900,000 161,200,000 123,381,750 172,396,000 160,490,000 160,641,000                           
      income from continuing operations
         203,500,000 220,000,000 307,800,000 219,400,000 182,300,000 187,400,000 204,300,000 194,400,000                     204,600,000 120,700,000 121,000,000 108,800,000 107,457,000 127,577,000 106,736,000 109,730,000 113,757,000 131,814,000 163,320,000 98,686,000 99,310,000 99,015,000 88,099,000 84,441,000                   
      loss from discontinued operations net of tax expense of 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, and
                                                                       
      loss from discontinued operations
                                                                       
      loss from discontinued operations net of tax benefit of 0.0, 0.9, 0.0, and
                                                                       
      investment loss
            -3,300,000 -2,325,000 -2,000,000 -6,200,000                                                        
      loss from discontinued operations net of tax expense of 0.0 and 1.1, respectively
                                                                       
      operating expenses
                                                                       
      other operating loss
                 -500,000 7,800,000 15,600,000                                                    
      income from discontinued operations net of tax expense of 0.0,
             -36,375,000                                                          
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                -100,000 -100,000 -100,000                                                     
      income from discontinued operations
             -0.248  -0.05 -0.91                         -3,525,000  254,745,000 1,780,000     -0.02   0.19                   
      income from discontinued operations net of tax benefit of 0.9,
               -7,500,000                                                        
      other operating income
                    -377,100,000        -19,400,000                                           
      investment loss and others
                -1,100,000           -700,000 -2,100,000                                           
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of 1.1, and 2.4, respectively
                -138,000,000                                                       
      investment income
                 1,850,000 3,100,000 4,700,000 -400,000                               74,000 20,000 386,000 227,000 40,000 48,000 63,000 136,000  105,000 102,000 99,000  10,000 122,000 59,000 92,000 32,000 74,000 29,000 
      basic net income per share attributable to verisk
                 1.408 1.21 1.25 3.15 0.88 1.25 0.95 1.04                                               
      diluted net income per share attributable to verisk
                 1.398 1.2 1.24 3.13 0.87 1.24 0.94 1.03                                               
      investment income and others
                     600,000 100,000 -500,000 1,700,000 700,000 -100,000   4,800,000 -5,500,000 -500,000 -400,000 -4,000,000 14,100,000 4,600,000 600,000 1,300,000 2,600,000 3,400,000 1,900,000 3,086,000 2,124,000 846,000 44,000 -150,000 17,912,000 -221,000 -538,000 234,000 -285,000                     
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                     -50,000 -3,200,000                                                 
      less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
                       2,400,000 -600,000                                               
      basic net income per share
                         1.08 1.14 1.1 1.05 0.81 0.2 0.92 0.82 0.89 1.01 0.93 0.81 1.24 0.73 0.73 0.65 0.65 0.76 1.56 0.55 0.66 0.78 0.99 0.62 0.59 0.6 0.53 0.69 0.52 0.57 0.5 0.48 0.59 0.5 0.44 0.45           
      diluted net income per share
                         1.07 1.12 1.08 1.04 0.79 0.2 0.9 0.81 0.88 0.99 0.91 0.79 1.21 0.72 0.72 0.64 0.64 0.74 1.53 0.54 0.65 0.77 0.97 0.61 0.59 0.58 0.52 0.68 0.51 0.56 0.49 0.47 0.58 0.48 0.43 0.44           
      expenses:
                                                                       
      total expenses
                                   389,000,000 386,700,000 360,300,000 340,700,000 328,200,000 314,900,000 320,653,000 299,659,000 307,217,000 300,072,000 364,894,000 341,521,000 343,928,000 281,105,000 287,817,000 273,175,000 264,488,000 260,800,000 186,709,000 269,007,000 269,822,000 255,898,000 256,756,000 243,612,000 234,824,000 207,540,000 212,736,000 208,689,000 203,462,000 193,572,000 179,451,000 173,636,000 174,602,000 169,740,000 222,968,000 173,516,000 
      discontinued operations:
                                                                       
      provision for income taxes from discontinued operations
                                         5,316,000  -99,745,000 -18,871,000                           
      basic net income per share:
                                                                       
      diluted net income per share:
                                                                       
      gain on derivative instruments
                                               85,187,000                        
      discontinued operations
                                                                       
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax of 0 and 23,365, for the three and nine months ended september 30, 2014, respectively
                                                                       
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax of 0 and 23,365, for the three and six months ended june 30, 2014, respectively
                                                                       
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax of 0 and 23,365, respectively
                                                                       
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax of 0 and 1,211, and 23,365 and 4,088, for the three and nine months ended september 30, 2014 and september 30, 2013, respectively
                                                 7,779,250                      
      realized gain on available-for-sale securities
                                                   126,000  7,000 1,000 93,000 -193,000               
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax of 0 and 2,042, and 23,365 and 2,877, for the three and six months ended june 30, 2014 and june 30, 2013, respectively
                                                                       
      realized loss on available-for-sale securities
                                                    -11,000                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax of 23,365 and 835, respectively
                                                    31,117,000                   
      acquisition related liabilities adjustment
                                                               -3,364,000   -544,000     
      realized gain on securities
                                                         6,000 -638,000  330,000   125,000        
      other income/
                                                                       
      investment income/
                                                           156,000            
      realized (loss)/gain on securities
                                                           -30,000  100,250 -86,000         
      benefit from income taxes
                                                           -47,820,000 -48,410,000 -44,172,000 -45,842,000 -43,471,000 -44,178,000 -38,692,000 -42,422,000 -40,347,000 -42,637,000 -37,547,000 -33,194,000 
      basic net income per share of class a and class b:
                                                             0.303 0.43 0.39 0.39       
      diluted net income per share of class a and class b:
                                                             0.29 0.41 0.38 0.37       
      investment (loss)/income
                                                               -10,000        
      realized gains on securities
                                                                362,000       
      realized gains/(losses) on securities
                                                                 25,000 9,000 29,000 32,000 -85,250 24,000 
      basic net income per share of class a and class b :
                                                                 0.245 0.35 0.32 0.31   
      diluted net income per share of class a and class b :
                                                                 0.235 0.34 0.31 0.29   
      basic net income per share of class a and class b
                                                                     0.193 0.24 
      diluted net income per share of class a and class b
                                                                     0.185 0.23 
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        assets:
                                                                        
        current assets:
                                                                        
        cash and cash equivalents
      2,178,200,000 2,107,900,000 628,700,000 1,112,100,000 291,200,000 458,000,000 632,100,000 352,400,000 302,700,000 416,800,000 308,700,000 231,900,000 112,500,000 276,800,000 480,700,000 397,900,000 280,300,000 302,100,000 276,300,000 390,900,000 218,800,000 221,800,000 309,400,000 204,400,000 184,600,000 311,800,000 153,300,000 179,500,000 139,500,000 147,600,000 132,000,000 149,800,000 142,300,000 142,000,000 140,700,000 155,000,000 135,100,000 164,787,000 196,402,000 131,818,000 138,348,000 168,825,000 145,491,000 152,847,000 39,359,000 432,490,000 419,448,000 427,376,000 165,801,000 180,203,000 172,587,000 267,358,000 89,819,000 97,770,000 97,198,000 114,930,000 191,603,000 52,846,000 51,970,000 101,238,000 54,974,000 107,255,000 106,827,000 130,992,000 71,527,000 60,560,000 
        accounts receivable
      422,200,000 436,800,000 612,000,000 564,400,000 434,400,000 446,100,000 479,100,000 486,600,000 334,200,000 353,400,000 381,300,000 433,300,000 290,100,000 458,400,000 488,900,000 528,300,000 446,300,000 468,000,000 467,400,000 519,500,000 432,400,000 433,400,000 454,500,000 523,300,000 441,600,000 405,500,000 442,600,000 438,600,000 356,400,000 324,200,000 347,800,000 424,100,000 345,500,000 285,800,000 266,400,000 298,700,000 263,900,000 229,939,000 241,326,000 297,312,000 320,099,000 266,000,000 267,379,000 226,637,000 220,668,000 188,711,000 177,973,000 173,451,000 158,547,000 167,767,000 186,549,000 190,917,000 178,430,000 175,520,000 173,607,000 194,540,000 153,339,000 152,803,000 145,632,000 163,888,000 126,564,000 130,360,000 118,470,000 132,896,000 89,436,000 104,083,000 
        prepaid expenses
      86,400,000 85,200,000 78,900,000 65,600,000 72,800,000 77,000,000 83,900,000 85,300,000 84,500,000 89,800,000 91,400,000 80,100,000 83,700,000 102,400,000 108,200,000 105,500,000 102,600,000 102,900,000 98,800,000 82,900,000 81,200,000 82,300,000 81,600,000 66,600,000 60,900,000 71,900,000 62,400,000 59,800,000 63,900,000 59,400,000 61,100,000 52,600,000 38,100,000 42,400,000 39,200,000 25,000,000 28,900,000 28,616,000 30,870,000 30,828,000 40,741,000 46,129,000 37,478,000 29,741,000 31,496,000 31,150,000 37,183,000 26,407,000 25,657,000 25,986,000 31,048,000 31,955,000 21,946,000 25,387,000 28,492,000 28,619,000 21,905,000 23,591,000 26,015,000 25,490,000 17,791,000 18,040,000 21,684,000 21,130,000 16,155,000 16,729,000 
        income taxes receivable
      48,600,000 35,800,000 29,500,000  83,300,000 80,500,000 76,100,000 32,200,000 23,500,000 16,600,000 20,800,000  44,200,000 40,400,000 64,700,000  36,700,000 21,000,000 30,800,000  25,400,000 26,000,000   25,900,000 23,300,000 25,400,000 6,000,000 34,000,000 11,900,000 22,400,000 8,100,000 28,800,000 34,300,000 52,100,000 3,300,000 49,300,000 11,236,000 5,748,000 8,561,000 48,853,000 45,209,000 65,182,000 12,793,000 65,512,000 30,112,000 28,500,000 7,499,000 67,346,000 42,191,000 54,013,000 15,080,000 45,975,000              
        other current assets
      30,000,000 29,400,000 28,300,000 30,000,000 29,900,000 31,000,000 36,000,000 60,500,000 65,200,000 51,600,000 52,600,000 45,500,000 32,000,000 40,400,000 44,100,000 36,000,000 36,700,000 40,100,000 45,400,000 48,300,000 36,400,000 36,200,000 33,200,000 19,700,000 17,800,000 18,500,000 26,600,000 51,000,000 50,700,000 46,600,000 58,000,000 70,200,000 39,100,000 36,500,000 20,800,000 28,200,000 20,300,000 26,266,000 19,199,000 52,307,000 52,952,000 83,200,000 85,962,000 23,350,000 18,875,000 14,383,000 32,546,000 35,478,000 34,681,000 28,709,000 34,695,000 31,629,000 39,109,000 33,613,000 46,460,000 39,536,000 41,248,000 28,268,000 29,155,000 7,705,000 7,066,000 7,566,000 7,962,000 20,880,000 21,656,000 22,630,000 
        total current assets
      2,765,400,000 2,695,100,000 1,377,400,000 1,772,100,000 911,600,000 1,092,600,000 1,307,200,000 1,017,000,000 810,100,000 928,200,000 854,800,000 790,800,000 925,100,000 918,400,000 1,186,600,000 1,119,400,000 902,600,000 934,100,000 918,700,000 1,041,600,000 794,200,000 799,700,000 878,700,000 814,000,000 744,900,000 831,000,000 710,300,000 734,900,000 644,500,000 593,700,000 625,100,000 708,600,000 597,600,000 544,700,000 522,800,000 513,800,000 500,900,000 464,301,000 496,917,000 586,783,000 604,569,000 617,762,000 609,987,000 453,993,000 384,483,000 705,652,000 704,563,000 679,204,000 474,845,000 461,330,000 493,609,000 552,543,000 390,559,000 361,337,000 397,495,000 419,840,000 453,654,000 271,764,000 295,477,000 311,698,000 240,435,000 285,772,000 285,490,000 315,849,000 225,345,000 220,763,000 
        noncurrent assets:
                                                                        
        fixed assets
      582,800,000 591,000,000 593,100,000 596,000,000 605,900,000 621,800,000 623,800,000 612,500,000 604,900,000 611,700,000 581,900,000 561,100,000 541,500,000 652,000,000 646,900,000 635,900,000 658,200,000 674,600,000 657,600,000 646,600,000 632,300,000 606,400,000 560,100,000 549,300,000 548,100,000 586,500,000 566,500,000 557,700,000 555,900,000 518,500,000 501,900,000 489,000,000 478,300,000 437,800,000 403,500,000 377,800,000 380,300,000 355,867,000 334,631,000 341,989,000 418,168,000 391,625,000 386,093,000 303,829,000 302,273,000 281,347,000 272,875,000 251,731,000 233,373,000 219,116,000 185,928,000 167,129,000 154,084,000 144,799,000 133,731,000 124,781,000 119,411,000 110,328,000 107,645,000 100,774,000 93,409,000 83,571,000 86,253,000 88,272,000 89,165,000 87,229,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      138,900,000 143,900,000 148,800,000 151,900,000 156,000,000 164,100,000 181,400,000 187,500,000 191,700,000 190,800,000 196,900,000 202,500,000 182,000,000 213,500,000 226,200,000 231,900,000 253,100,000 257,600,000 257,400,000 264,000,000 267,600,000 237,800,000 242,300,000 208,600,000 218,600,000 222,100,000 230,600,000 239,600,000                                       
        intangible assets
      346,600,000 447,600,000 387,900,000 381,600,000 392,400,000 422,600,000 433,100,000 452,100,000 471,700,000 481,500,000 508,000,000 505,900,000 504,800,000 1,090,500,000 1,183,400,000 1,280,100,000 1,225,900,000 1,265,300,000 1,319,000,000 1,355,700,000 1,384,800,000 1,316,300,000 1,264,300,000 1,306,600,000 1,398,900,000 1,141,200,000 1,193,900,000 1,249,000,000 1,227,800,000 1,254,400,000 1,289,500,000 1,356,600,000 1,345,300,000 1,256,200,000 1,052,000,000 1,027,200,000 1,010,800,000 1,069,089,000 1,104,262,000 1,191,470,000 1,376,745,000 1,415,566,000 1,655,565,000 392,335,000 406,476,000 406,560,000 420,747,000 434,968,000 447,618,000 471,139,000 486,532,000 503,728,000 520,935,000 530,023,000 363,555,000 375,742,000 226,424,000 232,533,000 241,330,000 191,774,000 200,229,000 94,113,000 100,228,000 107,248,000 108,526,000 118,338,000 
        goodwill
      1,878,200,000 1,878,600,000 1,809,400,000 1,748,700,000 1,726,600,000 1,792,800,000 1,758,500,000 1,760,600,000 1,760,800,000 1,731,800,000 1,755,200,000 1,705,500,000 1,676,000,000 3,655,600,000 3,820,400,000 3,957,600,000 4,331,200,000 4,129,500,000 4,168,900,000 4,135,600,000 4,108,100,000 3,924,900,000 3,744,100,000 3,742,600,000 3,864,300,000 3,367,000,000 3,400,700,000 3,431,700,000 3,361,500,000 3,339,000,000 3,372,700,000 3,454,200,000 3,368,700,000 3,188,800,000 2,733,800,000 2,653,300,000 2,578,100,000 2,632,178,000 2,629,941,000 2,703,914,000 3,134,826,000 3,119,485,000 3,057,642,000 1,207,144,000 1,207,146,000 1,184,374,000 1,184,374,000 1,184,374,000 1,181,681,000 1,250,888,000 1,249,271,000 1,248,261,000 1,247,459,000 1,220,384,000 934,762,000 933,298,000 709,944,000 712,561,000 712,561,000 632,668,000 632,668,000 503,240,000 501,996,000 494,283,000 490,829,000 489,245,000 
        deferred income tax assets
      36,600,000 36,700,000 37,300,000 35,300,000 34,300,000 32,300,000 30,600,000 30,500,000 30,800,000 32,000,000 33,200,000 32,400,000 31,700,000 4,200,000 4,500,000 5,000,000 6,600,000 8,700,000 9,100,000 9,000,000 9,100,000 9,500,000 9,100,000 9,100,000 9,800,000 10,700,000 11,100,000 11,400,000 11,100,000 15,400,000 15,700,000 16,600,000 15,900,000 16,900,000 16,400,000 15,800,000 15,600,000                              
        other noncurrent assets
      447,000,000 449,000,000 441,000,000 436,500,000 437,900,000 437,000,000 433,300,000 438,400,000 496,100,000 387,900,000 385,700,000 391,800,000 371,400,000 440,400,000 440,900,000 438,600,000 430,500,000 392,700,000 382,900,000 358,000,000 365,700,000 325,000,000 309,300,000 297,900,000 159,800,000                                          
        total assets
      6,195,500,000 6,241,900,000 4,794,900,000 5,122,100,000 4,264,700,000 4,563,200,000 4,767,900,000 4,498,600,000 4,366,100,000 4,363,900,000 4,315,700,000 4,190,000,000 6,961,100,000 6,974,600,000 7,508,900,000 8,159,000,000 7,808,100,000 7,662,500,000 7,713,600,000 7,810,500,000 7,561,800,000 7,219,600,000 7,007,900,000 6,928,100,000 7,055,200,000 6,289,100,000 6,234,000,000 6,341,100,000 5,900,300,000 5,851,100,000 6,039,600,000 6,246,900,000 6,020,300,000 5,628,200,000 4,898,700,000 4,748,700,000 4,631,200,000 4,685,051,000 4,725,063,000 5,459,147,000 5,615,927,000 5,619,097,000 5,775,663,000 2,404,499,000 2,345,330,000 2,677,700,000 2,675,277,000 2,640,004,000 2,504,451,000 2,429,872,000 2,439,351,000 2,516,347,000 2,360,336,000 2,303,433,000 1,853,343,000 1,892,043,000 1,541,106,000 1,379,933,000 1,408,089,000 1,286,431,000 1,217,090,000 1,049,411,000 1,053,268,000 1,085,679,000 996,953,000 1,019,376,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity:
                                                                        
        current liabilities:
                                                                        
        accounts payable and accrued liabilities
      319,100,000 229,200,000 175,600,000 206,700,000 249,800,000 282,400,000 244,900,000 240,700,000 340,800,000 300,900,000 283,700,000 257,400,000 292,800,000 312,200,000 276,200,000 251,200,000 320,700,000 440,000,000 386,900,000 380,200,000 406,700,000 369,300,000 322,400,000 315,600,000 375,000,000 362,800,000 236,700,000 236,300,000 263,500,000 243,700,000 216,400,000 223,800,000 225,400,000 210,200,000 161,400,000 162,100,000 183,100,000 192,301,000 163,413,000 179,671,000 245,664,000 266,467,000 246,361,000 142,471,000 180,726,000 164,288,000 157,350,000 156,893,000 188,264,000 171,285,000 157,961,000 150,261,000 187,648,000 176,464,000 153,684,000 144,974,000 162,992,000 146,358,000 121,285,000 88,458,000 111,995,000 99,285,000 81,571,000 78,001,000 101,401,000 100,979,000 
        short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt
      1,508,900,000 1,488,900,000 17,000,000 518,000,000 514,200,000 516,100,000 516,800,000 16,400,000 14,500,000 12,400,000 3,400,000 2,600,000 1,392,900,000 1,067,700,000 1,136,300,000 1,296,300,000 971,300,000 766,600,000 403,200,000 464,800,000 514,300,000 460,400,000 453,000,000 444,000,000 499,400,000 24,900,000 81,700,000 180,500,000 672,800,000 542,300,000 736,900,000 740,900,000 724,400,000 602,900,000 126,800,000 6,600,000 106,800,000 6,899,000 2,256,000 709,143,000 874,811,000 905,473,000 1,025,797,000 205,878,000 336,058,000 140,455,000 139,781,000 4,317,000 4,448,000 39,459,000 137,870,000 183,979,000 195,263,000 265,794,000 201,783,000 130,478,000 5,554,000 165,670,000 170,663,000 129,997,000 437,717,000 128,325,000 53,935,000  66,660,000 131,528,000 
        deferred revenues
      444,200,000 505,000,000 671,000,000 584,800,000 447,200,000 499,000,000 572,700,000 635,500,000 375,100,000 423,800,000 468,700,000 549,500,000 321,700,000 560,100,000 659,600,000 707,000,000 501,000,000 584,400,000 655,300,000 723,900,000 466,700,000 531,700,000 617,500,000 668,400,000 440,100,000 460,400,000 559,900,000 602,100,000 383,100,000 433,200,000 513,000,000 586,600,000 384,700,000 390,000,000 449,000,000 501,600,000 330,800,000 355,459,000 431,171,000 486,551,000 356,951,000                          
        operating lease liabilities
      26,300,000 26,700,000 27,800,000 29,100,000 26,000,000 26,700,000 26,900,000 26,700,000 33,100,000 43,900,000 43,200,000 36,000,000 29,500,000 35,200,000 36,300,000 35,900,000 41,200,000 41,300,000 38,800,000 37,500,000 38,700,000 39,200,000 37,900,000 38,700,000 40,600,000 39,400,000 38,300,000 37,000,000                                       
        income taxes payable
      1,800,000 9,200,000 8,000,000 59,500,000 1,700,000 10,900,000 10,000,000 10,500,000 7,900,000 3,100,000 1,800,000 44,600,000  5,100,000 4,100,000 93,900,000 9,000,000 10,800,000 9,700,000 16,500,000 3,800,000 9,600,000 47,400,000 21,700,000 6,800,000 4,800,000 4,200,000 2,500,000 5,200,000    3,100,000                                  
        total current liabilities
      2,300,300,000 2,259,000,000 899,400,000 1,398,100,000 1,238,900,000 1,335,100,000 1,371,300,000 929,800,000 771,400,000 784,100,000 800,800,000 890,100,000 2,319,200,000 1,980,300,000 2,112,500,000 2,404,600,000 1,843,200,000 1,843,100,000 1,493,900,000 1,622,900,000 1,430,800,000 1,422,900,000 1,490,300,000 1,597,900,000 1,491,800,000 973,600,000 920,800,000 1,058,400,000 1,324,600,000 1,219,200,000 1,466,300,000 1,558,100,000 1,337,600,000 1,203,100,000 737,200,000 672,400,000 621,600,000 556,490,000 615,166,000 1,416,879,000 1,479,257,000 1,540,758,000 1,710,053,000 709,770,000 771,270,000 561,340,000 608,743,000 515,640,000 431,179,000 456,638,000 585,136,000 650,422,000 585,350,000 668,257,000 612,259,000 567,556,000 349,650,000 506,001,000 511,600,000 492,470,000 720,882,000 392,978,000 323,609,000 325,132,000 300,279,000 391,319,000 
        noncurrent liabilities:
                                                                        
        long-term debt
      3,228,300,000 3,229,200,000 3,233,200,000 3,234,500,000 2,546,900,000 2,546,900,000 2,552,400,000 2,860,300,000 2,852,200,000 2,854,400,000 2,842,100,000 2,837,900,000 2,343,200,000 2,343,700,000 2,342,900,000 2,342,800,000 2,342,800,000 2,343,100,000 2,700,300,000 2,699,600,000 2,699,600,000 2,698,900,000 2,690,700,000 2,652,400,000 2,651,600,000 2,668,400,000 2,447,200,000 2,443,300,000 2,050,500,000 2,044,900,000 2,044,200,000 2,041,100,000 2,284,400,000 2,278,800,000 2,276,600,000 2,281,000,000 2,280,200,000 2,279,443,000 2,273,032,000 2,271,879,000 2,293,179,000 2,292,892,000 2,293,864,000 1,100,358,000 1,100,874,000 1,136,205,000 1,135,645,000 1,270,992,000 1,271,439,000 1,271,170,000 1,266,910,000 1,266,467,000 1,266,162,000 1,301,683,000 1,054,395,000 1,099,285,000 1,100,332,000 853,580,000 854,499,000 700,520,000 401,826,000 401,879,000 476,767,000 527,076,000 527,509,000 527,894,000 
        deferred income tax liabilities
      193,400,000 209,800,000 180,500,000 183,700,000 191,600,000 187,500,000 192,900,000 202,500,000 210,100,000 129,200,000 139,300,000 141,400,000 145,600,000 384,500,000 410,100,000 435,000,000 470,500,000 434,800,000 436,200,000 399,600,000 396,900,000 369,200,000 348,200,000 349,600,000 356,000,000 322,200,000 351,000,000 354,200,000 350,600,000 341,600,000 349,600,000 356,500,000 337,800,000    322,200,000                              
        other noncurrent liabilities
      26,800,000 22,400,000 19,400,000 28,200,000 23,600,000 20,200,000 22,600,000 21,100,000 14,600,000 16,400,000 36,800,000 37,000,000 17,900,000 42,200,000 42,400,000 47,500,000 54,400,000 48,700,000 51,200,000 47,300,000 64,700,000    48,600,000                                          
        total liabilities
      5,885,700,000 5,864,400,000 4,482,300,000 4,998,300,000 4,159,700,000 4,258,500,000 4,332,600,000 4,210,800,000 4,043,900,000 3,968,700,000 4,009,900,000 4,110,400,000 5,193,400,000 4,968,600,000 5,138,900,000 5,483,100,000 4,965,600,000 4,928,700,000 4,943,400,000 5,039,000,000 4,863,600,000 4,798,300,000 4,831,800,000 4,847,600,000 4,794,400,000 4,225,400,000 4,023,300,000 4,170,600,000 3,829,700,000 3,709,900,000 3,966,000,000 4,062,600,000 4,094,900,000 3,955,600,000 3,432,800,000 3,363,100,000 3,298,800,000 3,209,621,000 3,275,199,000 4,168,682,000 4,243,916,000 4,305,461,000 4,531,341,000 2,072,777,000 2,134,287,000 1,951,716,000 1,998,992,000 2,040,478,000 1,956,862,000 1,946,870,000 2,073,846,000 2,163,823,000 2,104,745,000 2,161,385,000 1,806,661,000 1,902,301,000 1,639,596,000 1,538,806,000 1,552,529,000 1,395,522,000 1,331,532,000 987,267,000 999,693,000 1,057,427,000 1,031,902,000 1,155,824,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                        
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                        
        common stock, .001 par value...
      100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000       100,000  100,000 100,000 100,000  137,000 137,000 137,000  137,000 137,000           137,000 137,000 137,000           
        additional paid-in capital
      3,113,200,000 3,095,800,000 3,080,300,000 3,025,400,000 2,994,000,000 2,957,700,000 2,942,800,000 2,895,600,000 2,872,300,000 2,396,200,000 2,367,700,000 2,315,500,000 2,720,800,000 2,733,500,000 2,707,100,000 2,632,500,000 2,608,700,000 2,567,400,000 2,534,900,000 2,515,300,000 2,490,900,000 2,464,600,000 2,432,800,000 2,404,600,000 2,369,100,000 2,357,300,000 2,336,900,000 2,301,900,000 2,283,000,000 2,265,300,000 2,235,000,000 2,201,900,000 2,180,100,000 2,165,800,000 2,153,800,000 2,134,100,000 2,121,600,000 2,100,989,000 2,071,497,000 2,038,747,000 2,023,390,000 1,999,779,000 1,971,270,000 1,190,490,000 1,171,196,000 1,256,541,000 1,240,862,000 1,224,122,000 1,202,106,000 1,156,175,000 1,116,948,000 1,077,758,000 1,044,746,000 991,739,000 963,052,000 917,884,000 874,808,000 837,473,000 807,855,000 766,528,000 754,708,000 705,698,000 690,635,000 659,392,000 652,573,000  
        treasury stock
      -10,721,800,000 -10,497,000,000 -10,397,600,000 -10,271,200,000 -10,062,400,000 -9,747,300,000 -9,389,200,000 -9,238,000,000 -9,037,500,000 -8,319,400,000 -8,273,300,000 -8,283,300,000 -6,239,500,000 -5,814,600,000 -5,517,400,000 -5,205,900,000 -4,638,100,000 -4,570,200,000 -4,423,600,000 -4,277,000,000 -4,179,300,000 -4,132,900,000 -4,088,400,000 -4,018,900,000 -3,849,900,000 -3,751,900,000 -3,679,400,000 -3,635,200,000 -3,563,200,000 -3,411,000,000 -3,317,700,000 -3,185,300,000 -3,150,500,000 -3,153,400,000 -3,144,300,000 -2,993,400,000 -2,891,400,000 -2,750,440,000 -2,680,728,000 -2,686,007,000 -2,571,190,000 -2,554,832,000 -2,559,263,000 -2,531,547,000 -2,533,764,000 -2,044,415,000 -1,979,871,000 -1,951,306,000 -1,864,967,000 -1,753,231,000 -1,733,283,000 -1,622,240,000 -1,605,376,000 -1,579,859,000 -1,563,079,000 -1,501,414,000 -1,471,042,000 -1,438,315,000 -1,323,368,000 -1,179,704,000 -1,106,321,000 -819,564,000 -748,895,000 -683,994,000 -683,994,000  
        retained earnings
      7,810,500,000 7,675,900,000 7,513,200,000 7,322,900,000 7,153,400,000 6,998,100,000 6,833,300,000 6,580,900,000 6,416,900,000 6,291,800,000 6,153,800,000 6,006,700,000 5,999,100,000 5,986,100,000 5,845,500,000 5,696,900,000 5,240,400,000 5,145,700,000 4,991,000,000 4,884,100,000 4,762,200,000 4,630,400,000 4,488,800,000 4,353,400,000 4,228,400,000 4,136,600,000 4,145,300,000 4,036,000,000 3,942,600,000 3,796,400,000 3,630,400,000 3,476,900,000 3,308,000,000 3,103,400,000 2,982,700,000 2,861,700,000 2,752,900,000 2,643,678,000 2,516,101,000 2,254,365,000 2,161,726,000 2,047,969,000 1,916,155,000 1,752,835,000 1,654,149,000 1,556,779,000 1,457,764,000 1,369,665,000 1,254,107,000 1,166,884,000 1,070,443,000 986,238,000 905,727,000 807,428,000 724,517,000 651,186,000 576,585,000 496,267,000 425,280,000 359,703,000 293,827,000 227,934,000 165,054,000 106,650,000   
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      107,000,000 101,900,000 115,700,000 45,800,000 15,000,000 91,000,000 43,300,000 43,600,000 58,200,000 15,800,000 45,700,000                                                        
        total verisk stockholders' equity
      309,000,000 376,700,000 311,700,000 123,000,000 100,100,000 299,600,000 430,300,000 282,200,000 310,000,000 384,500,000 294,000,000 68,400,000 1,749,300,000 1,989,000,000 2,351,900,000 2,658,600,000 2,816,500,000 2,714,400,000 2,753,500,000 2,756,300,000                                               
        noncontrolling interests
      800,000 800,000 900,000 800,000 4,900,000 5,100,000 5,000,000 5,600,000 12,200,000 10,700,000 11,800,000 11,200,000 18,400,000 17,000,000 18,100,000 17,300,000 26,000,000                                                  
        total stockholders’ equity
      309,800,000 377,500,000 312,600,000 123,800,000 105,000,000 304,700,000 435,300,000 287,800,000 322,200,000 395,200,000 305,800,000 79,600,000 1,767,700,000 2,006,000,000 2,370,000,000 2,675,900,000 2,842,500,000 2,733,800,000 2,770,200,000 2,771,500,000 2,698,200,000 2,421,300,000 2,176,100,000 2,080,500,000 2,260,800,000 2,063,700,000 2,210,700,000 2,170,500,000 2,070,600,000 2,141,200,000 2,073,600,000 2,184,300,000 1,925,400,000 1,672,600,000 1,465,900,000 1,385,600,000 1,332,400,000 1,475,430,000 1,449,864,000 1,290,465,000 1,372,011,000 1,313,636,000 1,244,322,000 331,722,000 211,043,000 725,984,000 676,285,000 599,526,000 547,589,000 483,002,000 365,505,000 352,524,000 255,591,000 142,048,000             
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      6,195,500,000 6,241,900,000 4,794,900,000 5,122,100,000 4,264,700,000 4,563,200,000 4,767,900,000 4,498,600,000 4,366,100,000 4,363,900,000 4,315,700,000 4,190,000,000 6,961,100,000 6,974,600,000 7,508,900,000 8,159,000,000 7,808,100,000 7,662,500,000 7,713,600,000 7,810,500,000 7,561,800,000 7,219,600,000 7,007,900,000 6,928,100,000 7,055,200,000 6,289,100,000 6,234,000,000 6,341,100,000 5,900,300,000 5,851,100,000 6,039,600,000 6,246,900,000 6,020,300,000 5,628,200,000 4,898,700,000 4,748,700,000 4,631,200,000 4,685,051,000 4,725,063,000 5,459,147,000 5,615,927,000 5,619,097,000 5,775,663,000 2,404,499,000 2,345,330,000 2,677,700,000 2,675,277,000 2,640,004,000 2,504,451,000 2,429,872,000 2,439,351,000 2,516,347,000 2,360,336,000 2,303,433,000             
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                        
        current assets held-for-sale
                  362,600,000                           62,485,000         13,825,000                  
        noncurrent assets held for sale
                  2,728,600,000   490,500,000         110,800,000                                          
        current liabilities held-for-sale
                  282,300,000                           31,765,000         9,449,000                  
        noncurrent liabilities held-for-sale
                  177,600,000                           69,660,000         4,529,000                  
        assets
                                                                        
        noncurrent assets held-for-sale
                                             574,245,000         85,945,000                  
        accumulated other comprehensive losses
                 29,400,000 -731,200,000 -916,100,000 -683,400,000 -465,000,000 -394,600,000 -428,600,000 -348,900,000 -366,200,000  -540,900,000 -657,200,000 -658,700,000  -678,400,000 -592,200,000 -532,300,000 -591,900,000 -509,600,000 -474,200,000 -309,300,000 -412,300,000 -443,300,000 -526,400,000 -616,900,000 -650,800,000 -518,934,000 -457,143,000 -316,777,000 -242,052,000 -179,417,000 -83,873,000 -80,058,000 -80,514,000 -42,861,000 -42,377,000 -42,822,000 -43,488,000 -86,592,000 -88,338,000 -88,927,000 -89,160,000 -76,853,000 -77,354,000 -77,403,000 -78,287,000 -53,656,000 -53,508,000        
        current assets held for sale
                     51,700,000         14,100,000                                          
        current liabilities held for sale
                     20,300,000         18,700,000                                          
        noncurrent liabilities held for sale
                     14,600,000         38,100,000                                          
        noncontrolling interest
                       19,400,000 16,700,000 15,200,000                                               
        acquisition-related liabilities
                          600,000 12,700,000 12,100,000 109,500,000 111,200,000 81,300,000                                         
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                          -375,700,000    -486,900,000                                   -54,837,000 -55,803,000 -50,952,000 -52,184,000 -52,685,000 -53,628,000 -75,561,000 
        other liabilities
                           67,100,000 57,000,000 49,100,000  48,700,000 83,700,000 84,200,000 104,000,000 104,200,000 105,900,000 106,900,000 135,100,000 89,600,000 81,500,000 80,300,000 60,500,000 54,061,000 57,730,000 53,302,000 60,098,000 54,501,000 47,985,000 43,095,000 43,388,000 43,288,000 43,917,000 44,425,000 36,043,000 45,174,000 52,138,000 74,484,000 78,190,000 82,799,000 62,506,000 80,043,000 61,866,000 79,806,000 80,232,000 89,605,000 90,213,000 78,668,000 80,831,000 81,219,000 76,960,000 77,258,000 
        other assets
                               130,600,000 120,900,000 116,800,000 99,500,000 130,100,000 234,700,000 221,900,000 214,500,000 183,800,000 170,200,000 160,800,000 125,900,000 121,092,000 119,778,000 24,558,000 48,697,000 43,414,000 39,350,000 24,475,000 26,363,000 27,255,000 24,059,000 24,926,000 20,034,000 27,399,000 24,011,000 44,686,000 47,299,000 46,890,000 23,800,000 38,382,000 21,193,000 27,699,000 28,326,000 26,196,000 26,697,000 11,728,000 10,448,000 11,146,000 10,295,000 12,379,000 
        verisk common stock, .001 par value...
                               100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000    100,000    100,000    137,000                          
        available-for-sale securities
                                   4,000,000 3,800,000 3,800,000 3,800,000 3,700,000 3,600,000 3,600,000 3,400,000 3,457,000 3,372,000 3,472,000 3,576,000 3,630,000 3,725,000 3,855,000 3,801,000 3,730,000 3,837,000 3,918,000 3,911,000 4,514,000 4,254,000 5,141,000 4,883,000 4,895,000 4,782,000 4,968,000 5,066,000 4,828,000 5,351,000 5,603,000 5,653,000 5,350,000 5,067,000 5,546,000 5,445,000 5,352,000 
        common stock, 0.001 par value per share...
                                   100,000 100,000                                    
        income tax payable
                                     6,800,000    2,100,000   16,495,000 7,918,000                           
        deferred income taxes
                                       384,100,000 337,500,000 329,400,000  305,694,000 314,705,000 342,166,000  4,769,000 4,770,000 4,770,000 4,772,000 5,076,000 5,076,000 5,075,000 5,077,000 11,960,000 10,463,000 10,463,000 10,397,000 15,614,000 15,613,000 13,500,000 3,818,000 3,681,000 3,681,000 3,681,000 3,681,000 4,405,000 4,405,000 4,405,000 4,405,000 4,490,000 
        pension assets
                                          19,600,000 42,524,000 39,534,000 36,188,000 32,922,000 31,245,000 27,026,000 22,723,000 18,589,000 72,512,000 68,659,000 64,801,000 60,955,000                  
        pension and postretirement benefits, current
                                          900,000 1,831,000 1,831,000 1,831,000 1,831,000 1,894,000 1,894,000 1,894,000 1,894,000 2,437,000 2,437,000 2,437,000 2,437,000 1,734,000 1,734,000 1,734,000 1,734,000 2,912,000 2,912,000 2,912,000 4,012,000 4,663,000 4,663,000 4,663,000 4,663,000 5,284,000 5,284,000 5,284,000 5,284,000 5,397,000 
        pension benefits
                                          12,600,000 12,526,000 12,698,000 12,781,000 12,971,000 13,413,000 13,576,000 13,721,000 13,805,000 12,401,000 13,024,000 12,957,000 13,007,000 28,534,000 32,138,000 35,386,000 38,655,000 22,522,000 24,997,000 99,757,000 109,161,000 78,090,000 83,995,000 89,908,000 95,528,000 90,670,000 94,900,000 99,327,000 102,046,000 137,417,000 
        postretirement benefits
                                          1,700,000 1,407,000 1,868,000 2,015,000 1,981,000 2,475,000 2,302,000 2,450,000 2,410,000 3,611,000 3,140,000 2,159,000 2,061,000 1,922,000 2,267,000 2,565,000 2,627,000 5,369,000 10,624,000 15,792,000 18,587,000 21,329,000 22,203,000 23,019,000 23,083,000 23,072,000 23,586,000 24,673,000 25,108,000 21,936,000 
        unearned ksop contributions
                                                -104,000 -135,000 -161,000 -197,000 -230,000 -270,000 -306,000 -371,000 -402,000 -442,000 -483,000 -544,000 -591,000 -648,000 -691,000 -779,000 -836,000 -917,000 -988,000 -1,104,000 -1,167,000 -1,241,000 -1,305,000  
        fees received in advance
                                               366,924,000 436,001,000 359,527,000 252,592,000 254,160,000 309,175,000 343,827,000 226,581,000 244,160,000 287,571,000 314,448,000 200,705,000 219,800,000 253,880,000 288,942,000 176,842,000 189,310,000 214,989,000 247,064,000 163,007,000 155,867,000 182,275,000 214,295,000 125,520,000 153,415,000 
        class a common stock, .001 par value...
                                                 137,000  137,000 137,000 137,000  137,000 137,000 137,000               
        verisk class a common stock, .001 par value...
                                                  137,000    137,000    137,000    137,000 88,000 88,000 40,000 39,000 32,000 32,000 30,000 30,000  
        federal and foreign taxes payable
                                                     8,166,000                   
        acquisition related liabilities
                                                             250,000 250,000   3,500,000 3,500,000 2,000,000 544,000 544,000   
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                        
        federal and foreign income taxes receivable
                                                           8,538,000 27,705,000 18,891,000 25,242,000 2,141,000 24,610,000  15,783,000 12,796,000 19,206,000  16,721,000 2,935,000 
        state and local income taxes receivable
                                                            3,638,000 4,856,000 11,433,000 3,606,000 9,063,000 4,093,000 8,923,000  1,869,000   3,984,000 
        state and local income taxes payable
                                                           3,287,000        2,217,000  6,069,000 1,414,000  
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity/
                                                                        
        stockholders’ equity/
                                                                        
        total stockholders’ equity/
                                                            46,682,000       62,144,000 53,575,000 28,252,000   
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity/
                                                            1,853,343,000       1,049,411,000 1,053,268,000 1,085,679,000   
        liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
                                                                        
        stockholders’ deficit:
                                                                        
        total stockholders’ deficit
                                                             -10,258,000  -158,873,000 -144,440,000 -109,091,000 -114,442,000    -34,949,000 -1,198,517,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
                                                             1,892,043,000 1,541,106,000 1,379,933,000 1,408,089,000 1,286,431,000 1,217,090,000      
        state income taxes receivable
                                                               1,708,000 1,773,000 1,773,000 1,773,000 4,933,000 4,933,000 4,933,000 6,536,000 7,793,000 
        liabilities and stockholders' deficit
                                                                        
        verisk class b (series 1) common stock, .001 par value...
                                                                 47,000 47,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000  
        verisk class b (series 2) common stock, .001 par value...
                                                               49,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000  
        total stockholders' deficit
                                                              -98,490,000          
        federal and foreign income taxes payable
                                                                 18,788,000    16,216,000   
        short-term debt
                                                                     4,723,000   
        liabilities, redeemable common stock and stockholders’ deficit
                                                                        
        redeemable common stock:
                                                                        
        iso class a redeemable common stock, stated at redemption value, .0002 par value; 335,000,000 shares authorized; 150,388,050 shares issued and 37,306,950 outstanding as of december 31, 2008 and vested options at intrinsic value
                                                                        
        iso class a unearned common stock ksop shares
                                                                        
        total redeemable common stock
                                                                       1,062,069,000 
        iso class b common stock, .0002 par value; 1,000,000,000 shares authorized; 500,225,000 shares issued and 143,187,100 outstanding as of december 31, 2008
                                                                        
        retained earning/
                                                                      51,275,000  
        total liabilities, redeemable common stock and stockholders’ deficit
                                                                      996,953,000 1,019,376,000 
        class a redeemable common stock, stated at redemption value, .0002 par value; 335,000,000 shares authorized; 150,882,000 and 150,388,050 shares issued and 34,768,750 and 37,306,950 outstanding as of september 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively, and vested options at intrinsic value
                                                                       1,064,896,000 
        class a unearned common stock ksop shares
                                                                       -2,827,000 
        class b common stock
                                                                       100,000 
        accumulated deficit
                                                                       -439,062,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
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          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                             
          net income
        234,200,000 682,800,000 -27,800,000 21,000,000 232,300,000 737,500,000 -87,800,000 88,400,000 219,400,000 427,000,000 -9,400,000 140,400,000 56,400,000 764,800,000 -8,300,000 -308,000,000 505,800,000 461,400,000 53,300,000 -16,400,000 168,000,000 526,900,000 6,800,000 7,300,000 171,700,000 417,000,000 -117,500,000 452,500,000 286,500,000 133,000,000 350,500,000 229,800,000 108,800,000 481,952,000 354,375,000 92,639,000 393,820,000 262,006,000 98,686,000 302,672,000 203,657,000 115,558,000 261,157,000 164,716,000 80,511,000 230,843,000 147,932,000 74,601,000 202,440,000 131,453,000 176,659,000 113,779,000 55,375,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                             
          depreciation and amortization of fixed assets
        69,900,000 195,200,000 -2,000,000 -1,400,000 67,400,000 175,500,000 -900,000 1,600,000 57,400,000 158,700,000 1,600,000 1,900,000 44,600,000 145,400,000 1,900,000 200,000 49,600,000 154,800,000 -1,200,000 4,800,000 48,500,000 142,800,000 3,500,000 -200,000 46,100,000 139,900,000 100,000 121,600,000 82,000,000 40,500,000 99,400,000 65,600,000 33,800,000 97,832,000 68,331,000 38,874,000 86,571,000 53,070,000 24,442,000 63,450,000 41,499,000 20,776,000 49,729,000 32,025,000 15,214,000 37,448,000 24,734,000 11,644,000 32,958,000 22,160,000 29,908,000 19,873,000 9,929,000 
          amortization of intangible assets
        14,400,000 49,200,000 2,000,000 500,000 15,800,000 54,000,000 100,000 -300,000 18,500,000 55,000,000 800,000 1,100,000 17,700,000 106,300,000 -3,200,000 -4,800,000 44,600,000 139,100,000 -12,900,000 5,500,000 45,000,000 124,400,000 500,000 41,000,000 104,700,000 -300,000 98,500,000 65,200,000 33,200,000 73,600,000 46,200,000 22,300,000 76,259,000 53,581,000 29,775,000 61,496,000 42,953,000 14,141,000 42,731,000 28,544,000 14,323,000 49,796,000 34,403,000 17,207,000 36,216,000 20,774,000 8,587,000 26,129,000 17,332,000 20,482,000 14,324,000 7,304,000 
          amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, net of original issue premium
        800,000 22,200,000 100,000 200,000 600,000 1,700,000 500,000 400,000 1,100,000 -100,000 400,000 100,000 900,000 -200,000 100,000 300,000 1,000,000 100,000 -100,000 400,000 1,300,000 200,000 300,000 2,300,000                            
          provision for doubtful accounts
        4,800,000 15,100,000 -3,600,000 800,000 5,300,000 9,000,000 800,000 100,000 3,400,000 5,300,000 500,000 300,000 2,600,000 5,500,000 300,000 -500,000 1,700,000 13,400,000 -1,200,000 2,300,000 3,200,000 11,700,000 -2,500,000 2,400,000 1,500,000 5,400,000 -300,000 4,100,000 2,800,000 1,500,000                        
          stock-based compensation expense
        18,400,000 42,100,000 -2,000,000 -1,500,000 15,600,000 36,300,000 -800,000 -800,000 13,200,000 41,600,000 2,400,000 -13,900,000 23,900,000 45,200,000 -7,100,000 -2,100,000 20,500,000 44,500,000 400,000 -14,600,000 25,400,000    19,600,000                             
          deferred income taxes
        4,000,000 11,400,000 39,500,000 100,000 -9,700,000 -12,500,000 1,300,000 -1,200,000 -8,300,000 61,900,000 -11,500,000 21,300,000 -19,000,000 -249,100,000 400,000 24,800,000 -37,100,000 48,500,000 -32,000,000 34,000,000 -700,000 18,700,000 13,800,000 -1,300,000 -100,000 -1,900,000 -24,100,000 -8,700,000 -1,100,000 -600,000 -4,100,000 -100,000 -700,000 -1,733,000 6,123,000 17,807,000 1,498,000 -7,390,000 506,000 -3,348,000 -3,519,000 -3,640,000 5,888,000 1,007,000 622,000 -526,000 -535,000 -349,000 -2,083,000 1,660,000 -1,893,000 507,000 973,000 
          acquisition related liability adjustment
        1,100,000                                                     
          other operating
        200,000 -14,600,000 14,100,000                                           215,000 -18,000 10,000 133,000 30,000 183,000 30,000 15,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
                                                             
          accounts receivable
        -138,600,000 -174,400,000 219,200,000 87,500,000 -133,600,000 -148,200,000 27,500,000 160,000,000 -155,900,000 -105,900,000 -35,300,000 243,600,000 -185,400,000 -78,700,000 -8,800,000 162,900,000 -133,100,000 -21,800,000 -56,400,000 138,000,000 -89,500,000 -25,000,000 -39,300,000 162,600,000 -96,500,000 -105,500,000 43,300,000 15,700,000 -2,800,000 -74,700,000 4,000,000 6,300,000 -31,000,000 32,608,000 21,179,000 -34,016,000 39,651,000 37,981,000 -6,094,000 -23,530,000 -12,186,000 -7,078,000 9,475,000 -8,752,000 -12,785,000 -3,026,000 -13,652,000 -34,479,000 -24,445,000 -16,979,000 -40,654,000 -28,694,000 -42,699,000 
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        -16,200,000 5,500,000 -400,000 -19,100,000 11,100,000 11,500,000 -8,500,000 16,100,000 300,000 -57,500,000 5,100,000 28,400,000 -32,900,000 -14,400,000 24,900,000 -20,300,000 1,400,000 -29,200,000 14,500,000 -14,700,000 -4,200,000 -58,200,000 27,000,000 -16,800,000 -18,500,000 -10,500,000 -19,000,000 -22,400,000 -20,000,000 -6,900,000 -26,400,000 -18,200,000 -4,700,000 -15,053,000 -1,503,000 4,088,000 2,662,000 9,747,000 2,861,000 -12,102,000 -13,593,000 -2,632,000 -4,727,000 -1,696,000 -2,624,000 7,126,000 4,289,000 -2,881,000 -3,229,000 -8,082,000 -1,331,000 -5,504,000 -4,591,000 
          operating lease right-of-use assets
        1,800,000 17,300,000 800,000 200,000 5,600,000 19,300,000 2,400,000 500,000 6,600,000 18,300,000 -1,500,000 7,100,000 2,900,000 30,000,000 8,300,000 -2,100,000 10,400,000 31,400,000 -700,000 200,000 10,400,000 33,800,000 -700,000 700,000 9,300,000 41,400,000 18,400,000                           
          income taxes
        64,000,000 3,600,000 75,600,000 -221,700,000 141,100,000 5,100,000 37,200,000 -98,700,000 58,000,000 -61,300,000 79,700,000 -156,400,000 82,200,000 700,000 178,500,000 -284,600,000 131,000,000 -16,600,000 48,700,000 -76,200,000 38,400,000 62,800,000 -88,900,000 -15,400,000 41,000,000 12,300,000 16,800,000 13,900,000 3,200,000 24,400,000 14,100,000 -3,300,000 48,100,000 45,258,000 61,707,000 49,613,000 44,716,000 11,858,000 56,951,000 45,369,000 44,808,000 71,276,000 48,554,000 24,171,000 47,600,000         
          accounts payable and accrued liabilities
        -117,200,000 -6,600,000 79,100,000 19,900,000 -44,500,000 -93,700,000 32,500,000 99,800,000 -99,400,000 8,200,000 6,800,000 63,900,000 -32,400,000 -57,600,000 30,000,000 76,400,000 -70,000,000 -130,000,000 43,300,000 31,800,000 -25,900,000 -15,000,000 28,700,000 72,600,000 -62,000,000 12,200,000 105,500,000 43,200,000 1,800,000 -3,000,000 21,700,000 -16,600,000 -28,300,000 -7,205,000 -26,399,000 -46,156,000 -1,175,000 -27,393,000 -33,169,000 -2,164,000 -26,674,000 -32,886,000 12,267,000 -12,833,000 -36,206,000 3,168,000 -24,124,000 -20,966,000 12,509,000 -15,190,000 -3,255,000 -18,327,000 -25,415,000 
          deferred revenues
        238,100,000 163,300,000 -246,700,000 -55,300,000 136,700,000 148,800,000 -12,800,000 -323,700,000 260,800,000 124,800,000 43,000,000 -347,900,000 261,300,000 157,900,000 -55,000,000 -304,500,000 266,100,000 103,600,000 -2,000,000 -326,100,000 256,900,000 111,700,000 -37,700,000 -290,400,000 237,600,000 106,700,000 -44,400,000 51,300,000 123,800,000 199,100,000 47,200,000 111,000,000 168,100,000 14,655,000 92,581,000 146,477,000                  
          operating lease liabilities
        -8,700,000 -19,800,000 100,000 -4,700,000 -3,700,000 -20,100,000 -10,400,000 2,800,000 -7,300,000 -19,000,000 2,400,000 -7,900,000 -2,600,000 -25,900,000 -8,100,000 400,000 -10,300,000 -30,800,000 -100,000 -300,000 -10,100,000 -20,900,000 -11,300,000 13,100,000 -10,500,000 -40,800,000 700,000                           
          other liabilities
        19,400,000  9,400,000 -13,900,000 4,700,000 8,500,000 -3,400,000 -2,900,000 4,100,000 33,400,000 -38,300,000 -17,800,000 17,600,000 -28,900,000 4,800,000 -700,000 -4,200,000 -33,100,000 -1,900,000 16,300,000 -17,100,000 4,300,000 -6,700,000 7,700,000 500,000 600,000 -8,100,000 -29,500,000 -29,100,000 -29,300,000 -16,500,000 -9,200,000 -6,900,000 -3,170,000 131,000 -4,218,000 2,148,000 -2,990,000 -391,000 -522,000 -848,000 -280,000 -33,016,000 -26,052,000 -3,706,000 -8,133,000 -7,617,000 -2,269,000 -20,809,000 -14,913,000 -8,874,000 -3,316,000 1,049,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        390,400,000 1,032,500,000 159,000,000 -200,200,000 444,700,000 847,800,000 84,500,000 -160,500,000 372,200,000 810,600,000 57,200,000 -172,400,000 365,300,000 778,800,000 150,000,000 -269,400,000 399,600,000 870,500,000 52,000,000 -215,500,000 448,700,000 861,100,000 -42,400,000 -113,100,000 362,600,000 742,700,000 13,300,000 761,000,000 534,200,000 327,000,000 592,100,000 429,800,000 317,900,000 463,671,000 378,485,000 303,879,000 520,044,000 355,501,000 270,990,000 378,635,000 286,835,000 232,828,000 386,452,000 246,691,000 191,257,000 320,997,000 187,435,000 189,613,000 323,754,000 187,087,000 241,807,000 173,034,000 137,189,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                             
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 0.0 and 0.0, respectively
                                                             
          investments in non-public companies
        -900,000 -2,500,000 500,000    -2,700,000                                               
          capital expenditures
        -64,000,000 -176,700,000 -11,600,000 -2,100,000 -53,700,000 -168,400,000 2,300,000 -2,600,000 -55,200,000 -175,700,000 3,900,000 3,000,000 -61,200,000 -208,900,000 3,400,000 -9,200,000 -60,000,000 -207,000,000 1,100,000 -3,300,000 -59,200,000 -182,000,000 -8,100,000 -3,800,000 -52,900,000 -156,100,000 -13,800,000 -154,500,000 -99,300,000 -43,200,000 -113,800,000 -72,500,000 -31,100,000 -98,570,000 -62,231,000 -30,763,000 -105,765,000 -60,092,000 -24,760,000 
          free cash flows
        326,400,000 855,800,000 147,400,000 -202,300,000 391,000,000 679,400,000 86,800,000 -163,100,000 317,000,000 634,900,000 61,100,000 -169,400,000 304,100,000 569,900,000 153,400,000 -278,600,000 339,600,000 663,500,000 53,100,000 -218,800,000 389,500,000 679,100,000 -50,500,000 -116,900,000 309,700,000 586,600,000 -500,000 606,500,000 434,900,000 283,800,000 478,300,000 357,300,000 286,800,000 365,101,000 316,254,000 273,116,000 414,279,000 295,409,000 246,230,000 378,635,000 286,835,000 232,828,000 386,452,000 246,691,000 191,257,000 320,997,000 187,435,000 189,613,000 323,754,000 187,087,000 241,807,000 173,034,000 137,189,000 
          escrow release associated with acquisitions
        500,000                                                     
          net cash from investing activities
        -64,400,000 -123,600,000 -153,900,000 -22,800,000 -57,800,000 -72,200,000 -108,700,000 136,000,000 -79,900,000 2,801,800,000 53,000,000 -3,075,400,000 2,967,100,000 369,300,000 -492,700,000 398,500,000 26,300,000 -504,300,000 12,100,000 -26,100,000 -73,700,000 -376,800,000 -160,800,000 29,300,000 -87,500,000 -821,500,000 -58,600,000 -103,800,000 -170,000,000 -68,500,000 -823,900,000 -194,700,000 -107,400,000 579,326,000 650,581,000 -31,290,000 -2,895,202,000 -2,865,258,000 -25,225,000 39,475,000 70,484,000 109,865,000 -107,357,000 -62,998,000 -27,608,000 -838,704,000 -387,037,000 -367,112,000 -186,406,000 -172,586,000 -29,488,000 -22,924,000 -14,929,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                             
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of original discount
        999,000,000                                                     
          proceeds from syndicated revolving credit facility
        750,000,000                                                     
          repayment of syndicated revolving credit facility
        -750,000,000                                                     
          proceeds from term loan facility
        500,000,000                                                     
          repayment of term loan facility
        -250,000,000                                                     
          repayment of short-term debt, inclusive of special mandatory redemption fee
        -1,515,000,000                                                     
          payment of debt issuance costs
        -8,900,000 -6,200,000   -6,200,000     -6,700,000 1,900,000 4,300,000 -5,500,000         -5,600,000 5,500,000   -5,100,000    -500,000 -500,000  -475,000   -23,942,000 -23,053,000 -9,100,000       -3,623,000        
          repurchases of common stock
        -1,401,800,000 -523,900,000 -100,000 70,100,000 -170,100,000 -665,000,000 -212,500,000 42,500,000 -170,000,000 -2,712,500,000   -2,000,000,000 -1,362,500,000 25,000,000 246,300,000 -571,300,000 -325,000,000 -50,000,000 -100,000,000 -298,800,000 25,000,000 98,800,000 -173,800,000 -225,000,000 -25,000,000 -282,200,000 -179,400,000 -36,200,000 -276,200,000 -266,100,000 -99,300,000 -182,533,000 -116,363,000 -116,363,000                  
          common stock repurchases not yet settled
        -225,100,000                                                     
          proceeds from stock options exercised
        10,600,000 53,200,000 -19,200,000 -1,800,000 24,700,000 77,400,000 12,400,000 6,800,000 28,200,000 122,500,000 -37,100,000 -1,900,000 58,400,000 113,900,000 -58,600,000 61,400,000 15,800,000 60,400,000 10,500,000 5,800,000 7,600,000 62,000,000 3,100,000 3,700,000 19,200,000 38,900,000 -7,200,000 74,700,000 47,000,000 17,500,000 26,000,000 22,400,000 7,500,000 32,591,000 16,326,000 4,727,000 31,283,000 18,103,000 8,336,000 20,855,000 14,923,000 7,804,000 51,326,000 30,528,000 12,455,000 43,571,000 33,453,000 14,589,000 28,433,000 18,032,000 20,161,000 16,733,000  
          net share settlement of taxes from rsas and psus
        -14,300,000                                                     
          dividends paid
        -65,500,000 -188,500,000 400,000 -63,000,000 -166,000,000 200,000 300,000 -55,800,000 -147,600,000 300,000 -300,000 -49,200,000 -146,600,000 600,000 200,000 -49,400,000 -141,400,000 300,000 -47,100,000 -131,900,000 100,000 -100,000 -43,900,000 -122,700,000 200,000                           
          other financing activities
        -6,900,000 -9,200,000 -10,200,000 -1,200,000 -2,500,000 -8,900,000 -9,900,000 -300,000 -2,800,000 -5,300,000 -9,200,000 400,000 -1,600,000 -4,900,000 -7,700,000 700,000 -2,400,000 -7,100,000 -9,300,000 100,000 -1,900,000 -5,900,000 -6,100,000 -500,000 -1,900,000 -9,000,000 -3,700,000 -7,500,000 -6,200,000 -500,000 -7,100,000 -5,700,000 -500,000 -4,399,000 -3,536,000 -1,169,000 -4,784,000 -2,569,000 -1,293,000 -4,448,000 -2,095,000 -1,268,000 -5,350,000 -4,111,000 -2,157,000         
          net cash from financing activities
        -1,977,900,000 -510,100,000 1,964,300,000 -1,092,300,000 433,300,000 -607,200,000 -435,400,000 256,600,000 -242,500,000 -3,696,900,000 -92,800,000 3,408,200,000 -3,405,000,000 -930,400,000 67,600,000 -173,800,000 -293,600,000 -329,700,000 79,500,000 -49,500,000 -199,200,000 -368,700,000 10,500,000 168,400,000 -255,400,000 -40,500,000 231,200,000 -648,500,000 -377,100,000 -254,200,000 234,300,000 -232,800,000 -192,300,000 -1,007,118,000 -969,933,000 -277,805,000 2,503,235,000 2,603,364,000 -132,057,000 -151,634,000 -104,432,000 -81,625,000 -188,305,000 -100,244,000 14,296,000 424,004,000   -139,494,000 -18,078,000 -176,580,000 -114,617,000 -62,798,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes
        -1,800,000 9,000,000 -6,800,000 11,000,000 700,000 -5,800,000 5,800,000 -2,100,000 -100,000 -13,600,000 13,900,000 -22,800,000 11,800,000 -1,400,000 -3,500,000 -6,300,000 -6,600,000 -800,000 -3,200,000 4,400,000 -3,700,000 5,900,000 100,000 900,000 -200,000 6,200,000 -1,200,000 -3,400,000 2,600,000 3,200,000 4,400,000 3,300,000 1,700,000 -9,440,000 -1,079,000 -1,314,000 1,389,000 12,525,000 -220,000 213,000 760,000 507,000 -406,000 -681,000 -406,000 -130,000 -134,000 153,000 18,000 573,000 -11,000 -193,000 3,000 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        -1,653,700,000  1,962,600,000 -1,304,300,000 820,900,000  -453,800,000 230,000,000 49,700,000  31,300,000 137,600,000 -60,800,000  -278,600,000 -51,000,000 125,700,000  140,400,000 -286,700,000 172,100,000                                 
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
        2,178,200,000 -337,500,000 -483,400,000 820,900,000 291,200,000 -329,400,000 279,700,000 49,700,000 302,700,000 -16,000,000 76,800,000 -60,800,000 292,700,000 -200,400,000 74,700,000 125,700,000 280,300,000 -57,500,000 -114,600,000 172,100,000 218,800,000 -124,800,000 105,000,000 19,800,000 184,600,000 -13,800,000 -26,200,000 142,300,000 142,300,000 142,300,000 135,100,000 135,100,000 135,100,000 138,348,000 138,348,000 138,348,000 39,359,000 39,359,000 39,359,000 165,801,000 165,801,000 165,801,000 89,819,000 89,819,000 89,819,000 191,603,000 191,603,000 191,603,000 54,974,000 54,974,000 71,527,000 71,527,000 71,527,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
        524,500,000 70,300,000 1,479,200,000 -483,400,000 1,112,100,000 -166,800,000 -174,100,000 279,700,000 352,400,000 -114,100,000 108,100,000 76,800,000 231,900,000 15,900,000 -203,900,000 74,700,000 406,000,000 -21,800,000 25,800,000 -114,600,000 390,900,000 -3,000,000 -87,600,000 105,000,000 204,400,000 -127,200,000 158,500,000 147,600,000 132,000,000 149,800,000 142,000,000 140,700,000 155,000,000 164,787,000 196,402,000 131,818,000 168,825,000 145,491,000 152,847,000 432,490,000 419,448,000 427,376,000 180,203,000 172,587,000 267,358,000 97,770,000 97,198,000 114,930,000 52,846,000 51,970,000 107,255,000 106,827,000 130,992,000 
          supplemental disclosures:
                                                             
          income taxes paid
        6,100,000 166,300,000 -113,000,000 232,100,000 -67,400,000 210,700,000 -58,300,000 129,200,000 6,100,000 210,000,000 -68,900,000 124,900,000 10,000,000 281,900,000 -167,500,000 198,400,000 11,700,000 129,200,000 -42,300,000 77,300,000 10,800,000 49,400,000 85,500,000 17,500,000 4,100,000 102,300,000 -16,400,000 81,700,000 58,000,000 5,100,000 150,600,000 105,700,000                      
          interest paid
        60,000,000 125,400,000 -24,600,000 39,100,000 10,400,000 123,700,000 -38,100,000 36,900,000 9,100,000 102,700,000 -27,600,000 19,800,000 16,300,000 120,600,000 -25,800,000 18,400,000 21,100,000 107,800,000 -29,000,000 30,700,000 19,500,000 115,100,000 -21,900,000 18,500,000 22,600,000 103,400,000 -28,800,000 81,400,000 63,900,000 19,300,000 68,800,000 54,700,000 13,800,000 75,845,000 62,902,000 17,517,000 56,583,000 37,977,000 17,328,000 50,567,000 34,002,000 16,957,000 58,018,000 39,029,000 19,619,000 41,431,000 26,619,000 6,359,000 25,876,000 17,997,000 24,351,000 16,299,000 8,228,000 
          noncash investing and financing activities:
                                                             
          finance lease additions
        4,400,000  1,600,000 -600,000 1,200,000  -4,200,000 -2,300,000 12,400,000  23,700,000 700,000 6,200,000  -700,000 2,100,000  1,300,000 -1,400,000 2,000,000                                 
          operating lease (terminations) additions
        -3,700,000     5,100,000                                                
          fixed assets included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
            100,000    200,000 2,400,000 -300,000 -100,000 200,000   300,000 -5,200,000 9,100,000 500,000 900,000 -300,000 400,000 700,000 1,100,000 100,000 1,800,000 900,000 1,000,000                        
          net loss on early extinguishment of debt
                                                             
          loss on sale of assets
                   -121,500,000 128,400,000  -7,800,000                                       
          impairment of cost-based investments
                1,000,000                                             
          net gain upon settlement of investment in non-public companies
                                                             
          impairment of long-lived assets
                        73,700,000                                     
          loss on disposal of fixed assets
             -1,000,000 7,300,000   1,400,000   -100,000 1,000,000 -600,000   300,000    500,000 -200,000 300,000   200,000 100,000     851,000 811,000 -93,000 -2,000 -3,000 15,000 510,000 735,000 683,000 476,000 428,000 426,000         
          gain on lease modification
                                                            
          acquisitions and purchases of controlling interests, net of cash acquired of 4.9, 1.8, and 8.0, respectively
                                                             
          proceeds from sale of businesses
                                                             
          proceeds received upon settlement of investment in non-public companies
                                                             
          escrow (funding) release associated with acquisitions
                                                            
          other investing activities
                 -500,000 100,000 -100,000 -100,000       400,000 2,100,000 7,200,000 -7,600,000 6,100,000 -6,600,000 600,000 -3,100,000 -3,100,000 -3,100,000    -620,000 -620,000 -620,000       439,000 439,000 439,000         
          proceeds from (repayment of) short-term debt
                                                             
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, inclusive of original issue premium and net of original issue discount
                                 397,900,000                            
          repayment of current portion of long-term debt
                                            -170,000,000 -170,000,000     -145,000,000 -45,000,000     -125,000,000 -50,000,000    
          payment on early extinguishment of debt
                                                             
          treasury stock repurchased not yet settled
                                                             
          payment of excise tax
                                                             
          net share settlement of taxes from restricted stock and performance share awards
         -26,200,000 7,100,000 10,300,000 -17,900,000 -14,500,000 100,000 11,600,000 -12,100,000 -15,000,000 1,100,000 10,900,000 -12,300,000 -20,300,000 8,300,000 2,600,000 -11,300,000 -11,600,000 3,000,000 4,600,000 -7,800,000                                 
          payment of contingent liability related to acquisition
                            -1,200,000                                 
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
                             121,800,000 -192,600,000 85,500,000 19,500,000 -113,400,000 184,700,000 5,300,000 -10,300,000 7,500,000 6,900,000 5,600,000 19,900,000 26,439,000 58,054,000 -6,530,000 129,466,000 106,132,000 113,488,000 266,689,000 253,647,000 261,575,000 90,384,000 82,768,000 177,539,000      35,728,000 35,300,000 59,465,000 
          deferred tax liability established on date of acquisitions
                                                             
          net assets sold as part of the dispositions, net of cash sold
                                                             
          finance lease additions, net of disposals
                                                             
          operating lease additions
           400,000 600,000   -1,600,000 2,700,000  4,100,000 -26,800,000 26,300,000  1,000,000                                       
          net gain on early extinguishment of debt
                                                             
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 4.6, 0.0, 4.9, and 1.8, respectively
                                                             
          proceeds from the issuance of short-term debt
                                                             
          share repurchases not yet settled
            -30,000,000  -37,500,000 7,500,000 -30,000,000    -500,000,000                                         
          deferred tax liability established on date of acquisition
                1,400,000   4,100,000 3,100,000   -15,700,000 16,100,000  -1,100,000 2,200,000       5,100,000 5,100,000 1,600,000 53,200,000 8,000,000 5,900,000 3,765,000 293,000        -1,187,000    40,358,000 40,358,000   -349,000 -732,000 -732,000 
          operating lease additions (terminations)
                                                             
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 0.3, 0.0, 0.3, and 1.8, respectively
                                                             
          proceeds from issuance of long term debt, net of original discount
            698,300,000                                                 
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 0.0, and 1.8, respectively
            -4,100,000                                                 
          acquisitions and purchases of controlling interests, net of cash acquired of 1.8, 8.0, and 17.4, respectively
                                                             
          investments in nonpublic companies
                -1,300,000 -1,300,000   -800,000 -43,900,000 -1,300,000 40,200,000 -41,000,000 -17,600,000 9,100,000                                   
          escrow funding associated with acquisitions
                2,500,000        -2,300,000 -6,800,000 2,400,000   -1,300,000     -6,300,000 -6,300,000 -400,000 -30,900,000               -37,800,000 -17,000,000 -17,000,000 -19,560,000 -19,560,000 -1,500,000 -1,500,000 -1,500,000 
          (repayment of) proceeds from short-term debt
                                                             
          repayments of current portion of long-term debt
                                                             
          proceeds from issuance of short-term debt with original maturities less than three months
                        125,000,000                                     
          repayment of short-term debt with original maturities greater than three months
                    -125,000,000                                         
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 0.0, 0.0, 1.8, and 8.0, respectively
                                                             
          proceeds from sale of assets
                    3,066,400,000   -76,700,000 575,000,000        23,100,000                             
          escrow release (funding) associated with acquisitions
                                                             
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of original issue discount
                    495,200,000                        1,243,966,000 1,243,966,000        347,224,000   448,956,000 448,956,000    
          repayment of short-term debt
                                     -235,000,000   -100,000,000 -870,000,000   -90,000,000  -130,000,000            -65,230,000 -64,069,000 -62,945,000 
          deferred tax (asset) liability established on date of acquisition
                                                             
          net assets sold as part of disposition
                    3,211,800,000                                         
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 0.0, 7.0, 1.8, and 8.0, respectively
                                                             
          gain on disposal of fixed assets
                                                             
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 1.8 and 1.0, respectively
                -25,900,000                                             
          repayment from short-term debt
                                                             
          acquisitions and purchases of controlling interests, net of cash acquired of 8.0, 17.4, and 9.3, respectively
                                                             
          payment of contingent liability related to acquisitions
                                                             
          treasury stock shares repurchased not yet settled
                                                             
          operating lease additions, net of terminations
                        1,700,000 10,800,000 8,900,000 -4,000,000 6,700,000 85,500,000 -41,300,000 42,000,000 1,600,000                             
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 0.0, 0.0, 8.0, and 17.4, respectively
                                                             
          proceeds (repayment) of short-term debt
                                      40,000,000 20,000,000                      
          repayment of long-term-debt
                                                             
          net assets sold as part of the disposition
                       371,700,000 124,200,000                                     
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 7.0, 0.0, 8.0, and 17.4, respectively
                                                             
          (repayment) proceeds of short-term debt
                                          -870,000,000        -10,000,000 -10,000,000          
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 1.0 and 17.4 respectively
                    -37,200,000                                         
          (repayment) proceeds from short-term debt
                    -1,265,000,000                                         
          gain on sale of assets
                        -450,800,000        -19,400,000                             
          impairment of long lived assets
                                                             
          acquisition-related liabilities
                             -76,900,000 63,400,000 -63,700,000 200,000 25,500,000                            
          acquisitions and purchases of controlling interests, net of cash acquired of 17.4, 9.3, and 11.1, respectively
                                                             
          proceeds from issuance of short-term debt with original maturities less than three month
                                                             
          proceeds from issuance of short-term debt with original maturities greater than three months
                                20,000,000      455,000,000      830,000,000 830,000,000                
          noncash contribution of assets for a nonpublic company
                                                             
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 0.0 and 0.0; 17.4 and 5.7 respectively
                                                             
          proceeds from short-term debt
                        200,000,000                             462,224,000        
          repayment of current portion of long-term-debt
                                                             
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 17.4 and 1.9; 17.4 and 5.7 respectively
                                                             
          (repayments of) proceeds from short-term debt
                                                             
          acquisitions and purchase of additional controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 17.4 and 3.8, respectively
                        -445,400,000                                     
          loss from sale of assets
                                                             
          realized gain on available-for-sale securities
                                  100,000 -300,000 -100,000         -14,000                
          acquisitions and purchases of controlling interests, net of cash acquired of 9.3, 11.1, and 10.4, respectively
                                                             
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents, including cash classified within current assets held for sale
                                                             
          increase in cash classified within current assets held for sale
                                                             
          right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities
                                                             
          tenant improvements included in operating lease right-of-use assets
                                                             
          acquisitions and purchase of controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 0.0 and 5.2; and 5.7 and 5.2, respectively
                                                             
          proceeds (repayments) from short-term debt
                          -375,000,000                                   
          cash and cash equivalents classified within current assets held for sale, beginning of period
                                300,000                             
          gain on sale of assets included in other current and long-term assets
                                                             
          held for sale assets contributed to a nonpublic company
                                65,900,000                             
          acquisitions and purchase of controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 1.9 and 0.0; and 5.7 and 0.0, respectively
                                                             
          repayments of short-term debt with original maturities greater than three months
                                                             
          debt issuance costs included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                                            
          dividends included in accrued liabilities and other liabilities
                           400,000                                 
          realized loss on available-for-sale securities
                                500,000      -100,000   311,000 274,000 190,000 19,000  6,000 -122,000 -115,000 11,000 99,000 100,000 193,000         
          acquisitions and purchase of controlling interest, net of cash acquired of 3.8 and 0.0, respectively
                            -13,700,000                                 
          repayments of short-term debt
                            -50,000,000   -345,000,000 -75,000,000  40,000,000         -165,000,000                  
          realized gain on subordinated promissory note
                                   -12,300,000                          
          other operating expenses
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 11.1 million, 10.4 million and 3.1 million, respectively
                                                             
          proceeds from subordinated promissory note
                                   121,400,000                          
          net share settlement of taxes from restricted stock awards
                                                             
          less: increase in cash classified within current assets held for sale
                                                             
          non-cash contribution of assets for a non-public company
                                                             
          dividend payable included in other liabilities
                             600,000   1,000,000 -200,000 700,000                           
          stock-based compensation
                              500,000    -9,600,000 30,100,000 19,800,000 8,800,000                   17,288,000 12,331,000 15,990,000 10,284,000 3,886,000 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 5.2 and 3.1 and 5.2 and 6.8, respectively
                                                             
          purchase of investments in a nonpublic company
                                -63,800,000                             
          net share settlement from restricted stock awards
                                   -3,500,000 -3,500,000                         
          finance lease obligations
                              23,700,000 -1,400,000 1,500,000  2,100,000                           
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 0 and 0, and 0 and 3.7, respectively
                                                             
          deferred tax asset established on date of acquisition
                                                             
          tenant improvements
                                  200,000                           
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 0 and 3.7, respectively
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 10.4 million, 3.1 million and 29.9 million, respectively
                                                             
          less: decrease in cash classified within current assets held for sale
                                                             
          tenant improvement
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 3.1 and 0, and 6.8 and 3.1, respectively
                                                             
          operating lease obligations
                                  700,000                           
          amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount
                                   3,100,000 2,100,000 1,000,000 3,100,000 2,100,000 1,100,000 3,999,000 2,472,000 1,128,000 11,770,000 10,634,000 1,195,000 1,989,000 1,322,000 661,000 2,048,000 1,368,000 688,000 1,649,000 1,096,000 545,000      
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 0 and 0.8, and 3.7 and 3.1, respectively
                                                             
          purchases of available-for-sale securities
                                   -100,000 -100,000 -100,000 -300,000 -200,000 -100,000 -158,000 -25,000 -3,000 -54,000 -29,000 -8,000 -83,000 -32,000 -6,000 -5,003,000 -4,967,000 -3,747,000 -1,317,000 -1,128,000 -791,000 -1,422,000 -1,338,000 -324,000 -262,000 -252,000 
          proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities
                                   200,000 200,000 100,000 400,000 300,000 100,000 441,000 283,000 96,000 281,000 230,000 49,000 381,000 281,000 16,000 5,825,000 5,826,000 3,765,000 1,478,000 1,203,000 898,000 1,722,000 1,704,000 645,000 511,000 335,000 
          repurchases of common stock included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                    1,000,000 3,600,000            3,605,000            
          deferred tax liability (asset) established on date of acquisition
                                                             
          benefit from doubtful accounts
                                                             
          stock based compensation
                                      24,200,000 15,400,000 6,500,000 23,822,000 16,468,000 5,547,000 25,471,000 19,047,000 4,224,000 16,323,000 11,057,000 4,983,000 16,745,000 10,955,000 4,571,000 19,303,000 13,653,000 4,446,000      
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 3.7 and 2.3, respectively
                                                             
          dividend included in other liabilities
                                                             
          ksop stock based compensation expense
                                                             
          realized gain on settlement of subordinated promissory note
                                                             
          gain on sale of subsidiary
                                                             
          realized loss on securities
                                                     338,000        
          gain on sale of non-controlling equity investments in non-public companies
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 3.3 million, 29.9 million and 2.1 million, respectively
                                                             
          proceeds from sale of subsidiary
                                                             
          (repayments) proceeds from short-term debt
                                                             
          promissory note received for sale of discontinued operations
                                         82,900,000 82,900,000                   
          equity interest received for sale of discontinued operations
                                         8,400,000 8,400,000                   
          deferred tax liability established on the date of acquisitions
                                                             
          tenant improvement allowance
                                   100,000                          
          capital lease obligations
                                   12,800,000 11,400,000 7,700,000 4,200,000 500,000  11,502,000 637,000 347,000 1,158,000 905,000 416,000 4,682,000 1,274,000 510,000 9,014,000 2,106,000 998,000 3,544,000 3,043,000 422,000 7,683,000 8,013,000 1,265,000 602,000 575,000 
          capital expenditures included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                      1,300,000 2,300,000 1,700,000 2,336,000 1,629,000 1,681,000 605,000 4,658,000 856,000 1,662,000 1,247,000 622,000 2,890,000 3,426,000 4,410,000 998,000 1,864,000 1,505,000 778,000 307,000 743,000 668,000 815,000 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 3.1 and 22.1, respectively
                                   -61,400,000                          
          purchase of equity method investments in nonpublic companies
                                                             
          (repayments) proceeds of short-term debt
                                   -430,000,000 -235,000,000                -10,000,000         
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 3.1 and 4.0, respectively
                                    -61,400,000                         
          non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 2.3 and 3.6, respectively
                                     -21,800,000                        
          gain on derivative instruments
                                            -85,187,000 -85,187,000                
          gain on exercise of common stock warrants
                                         -1,464,000   -15,602,000                 
          loss on extinguishment of convertible note
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 29.9 million, 2.1 million and 41.4 million, respectively
                                                             
          proceeds from extinguishment of convertible note
                                                             
          proceeds from the settlement of derivative instruments
                                            85,187,000 85,187,000                
          cash received from the exercise of common stock warrants
                                                             
          repayments of long-term debt
                                                             
          proceeds from issuance of stock as part of a public offering
                                            720,848,000 720,848,000                
          allowance for doubtful accounts
                                      1,400,000 800,000 800,000 1,483,000 1,327,000 518,000 1,151,000 456,000 125,000 953,000 347,000 -227,000 1,188,000 633,000 298,000 576,000 461,000 355,000 852,000 557,000 562,000 526,000 105,000 
          gain on sale of discontinued operations
                                         -269,385,000 -269,385,000     -65,410,000 -65,410,000 -65,410,000            
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 22.1 and 1.0, respectively
                                      -674,300,000                       
          purchase of equity method investments in non-public companies
                                      -5,000,000                       
          sale of non-controlling equity investments in non-public companies
                                         8,464,000   101,000                 
          proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
                                         719,374,000 719,374,000     151,170,000 155,000,000 155,000,000            
          net share settlement of restricted stock awards
                                      -2,900,000 -2,900,000  -3,065,000 -2,930,000  -2,350,000 -2,350,000  -1,613,000 -1,234,000             
          tenant improvement included in other liabilities
                                         74,000 34,000 34,000 1,168,000 448,000  8,856,000 8,859,000 8,799,000            
          ksop compensation expense
                                         11,386,000 8,214,000 4,286,000 10,575,000 7,969,000 3,821,000 11,613,000 7,703,000 3,901,000 11,174,000 7,357,000 3,570,000 9,481,000 6,186,000 2,931,000 9,630,000 6,408,000 8,651,000 5,729,000 2,850,000 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 4.0 and 1.0, respectively
                                       -109,800,000                      
          escrow funding associated with acquisition
                                       -12,500,000 -9,800,000 -4,444,000   -78,694,000 -78,694,000                
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 3.6 and 0, respectively
                                        -66,500,000                     
          taxes paid
                                        4,800,000 221,419,000 149,597,000 2,780,000 111,867,000 87,914,000 3,258,000 140,462,000 82,624,000 2,592,000 102,203,000 71,029,000 189,000 51,017,000 37,736,000 1,239,000 82,526,000 80,924,000 96,745,000 63,545,000 616,000 
          repurchase of common stock included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                        11,200,000 7,274,000         2,622,000 3,550,000 915,000         
          excess tax benefits from exercised stock options
                                                  -81,689,000 -63,934,000 -36,128,000 -55,056,000 -31,624,000  -5,470,000 -5,470,000 -15,083,000 -10,036,000 -147,000 
          pension and postretirement benefits
                                         -7,972,000 -5,232,000 -2,580,000 -10,552,000 -7,129,000 -3,264,000 -9,763,000 -6,064,000 -3,509,000 -6,532,000 -4,099,000 -1,930,000 -97,809,000 -90,808,000 -11,590,000      
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 2.1 million, 41.4 million and 0.3 million, respectively
                                                             
          purchase of non-controlling equity investments in non-public companies
                                                             
          excess tax benefits from exercised stock options and restricted stock awards
                                         -20,763,000 -6,570,000  -18,214,000 -8,419,000  -16,665,000 -6,094,000             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 1,034 and 35,398, respectively
                                         -45,161,000 -6,200,000                   
          purchase of non-controlling interest in non-public companies
                                            -101,000 -101,000 -101,000 -5,000,000 -5,000,000 -5,000,000            
          cash received from exercise of common stock warrants
                                            15,602,000                 
          repayment of long-term debt
                                            -50,000,000 -50,000,000                
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 0 and 232, respectively
                                                             
          other operating activities
                                                  448,000 28,000 -7,000         
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 40,803, 304 and 0, respectively
                                                             
          proceeds from release of acquisition related escrows
                                                  280,000 192,000       283,000 283,000 213,000 
          fees received in advance
                                            -30,772,000 38,305,000 106,935,000 26,651,000 81,666,000 116,318,000 43,372,000 86,866,000 113,743,000 39,588,000 77,038,000 112,100,000 24,841,000 50,520,000 29,551,000 55,959,000 88,273,000 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 35,398 and 0, respectively
                                            -2,811,759,000 -2,811,759,000                
          proceeds of short-term debt
                                             30,000,000                
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 232 and 0, respectively
                                              -405,000               
          repurchases of class a common stock
                                               -183,093,000 -122,120,000 -88,161,000            
          repurchases of class a common stock included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                               4,878,000              
          contractual obligations
                                                             
          long-term debt, current portion of long-term debt and interest
                                                             
          operating leases
                                                             
          pension and postretirement plans
                                                             
          other long-term liabilities
                                                             
          total
                                                             
          acquisitions
                                               -4,001,000 -4,001,000 -4,001,000            
          purchases of fixed assets
                                               -102,992,000 -75,764,000 -36,144,000 -107,915,000 -63,505,000 -28,065,000 -55,724,000 -36,532,000 -17,442,000 -41,925,000 -28,171,000 -22,206,000 -15,570,000 -7,498,000 
          long-term debt and interest
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 0 and 36,113, respectively
                                                  -983,000           
          earnout payments
                                                     -250,000 -250,000  -3,500,000 -3,500,000    
          repayment of short-term debt refinanced on a long-term basis
                                                     -347,224,000   -295,000,000 -295,000,000    
          repurchase of common stock
                                                  -160,970,000 -135,595,000 -22,130,000         
          increase in goodwill due to acquisition related escrow distributions
                                                     4,128,000     6,996,000 6,996,000 489,000 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 0 and 29,387, respectively
                                                   -983,000          
          deferred tax asset (liability) established on date of acquisition
                                                   343,000 343,000         
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired for 2012 of 29,387
                                                             
          noncash charges associated with performance based appreciation awards
                                                             
          acquisition related liabilities adjustment
                                                        -3,364,000 -3,364,000 -544,000   
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 36,113, 590 and 10,524, respectively
                                                             
          payment of debt issuance cost
                                                        -4,542,000 -4,434,000 -1,781,000   
          repurchase of class a common stock
                                                     -128,073,000 -106,305,000 -36,792,000      
          repurchase of class b-1 common stock
                                                             
          repurchase of class b-2 common stock
                                                             
          net share settlement of taxes upon exercise of stock options
                                                          -15,051,000 -15,051,000  
          repurchase of class a common stock included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                                     953,000 1,936,000 3,332,000      
          deferred tax (liability) asset established on the date of acquisitions
                                                             
          increase in goodwill due to accrual of acquisition related liabilities
                                                             
          noncash charges associated with performance-based appreciation awards
                                                             
          loss on disposal of assets
                                                     88,000 21,000  635,000 221,000 81,000 38,000 11,000 
          federal and foreign income taxes
                                                     84,621,000 51,957,000 40,511,000 48,925,000 7,703,000 27,005,000 17,929,000 32,937,000 
          state and local income taxes
                                                     14,887,000 7,972,000 6,754,000 5,382,000 -140,000 2,768,000 -1,387,000 6,405,000 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired for 2012 and 2011 of 36,113 and 590, respectively
                                                     -743,091,000        
          purchase of non-controlling equity investment in non-public companies
                                                     -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000      
          other financing
                                                     -5,151,000 -3,441,000 -2,124,000      
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                     -93,833,000 -94,405,000       
          deferred tax (liability) asset established on date of acquisition
                                                     -78,832,000        
          realized gain on securities
                                                      -300,000 -330,000 -401,000 -487,000    
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired for 2012 and 2011 of 29,387 and 590, respectively
                                                      -331,330,000       
          proceeds/(repayments) of short-term debt
                                                      150,000,000 125,000,000 22,311,000 72,919,000    
          net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
                                                      105,331,000 100,673,000      
          (gain)/loss on disposal of assets
                                                       -7,000      
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired for 2012 and 2011 of 29,387 and 0, respectively
                                                       -330,777,000      
          (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                       -76,673,000 -2,128,000 -3,004,000    
          non-cash charges associated with performance based appreciation awards
                                                        627,000 583,000 515,000 792,000 566,000 
          realized (gain)/loss on securities
                                                             
          non-cash charges associated with lease termination
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 590, 10,524 and 9,477, respectively
                                                             
          redemption of iso class a common stock
                                                             
          repurchase of verisk class a common stock
                                                        -340,122,000 -214,021,000 -129,762,000 -62,266,000  
          repurchase of verisk class b-1 common stock
                                                             
          repurchase of verisk class b-2 common stock
                                                             
          increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                             
          repurchase of verisk class a common stock included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                                        2,244,000 5,292,000 5,808,000 2,635,000  
          redemption of iso class a common stock used to fund the exercise of stock options
                                                             
          deferred tax asset/(liability) established on the date of acquisitions
                                                             
          decrease in goodwill due to finalization of acquisition related liabilities
                                                             
          amortization of debt issuance costs
                                                        1,155,000 729,000 1,156,000 789,000 395,000 
          amortization of debt original issue discount
                                                        51,000 25,000    
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 590 and 1,556, respectively
                                                        -121,721,000 -121,721,000    
          proceeds from issuance of short-term debt with original maturities of three months or greater
                                                        120,000,000     
          deferred tax asset/(liability) established on date of acquisition
                                                        1,280,000 1,280,000    
          accrual of acquisition related liabilities
                                                          2,000,000   
          realized gains on securities
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 1,556 in 2010
                                                             
          acquisition related compensation expense
                                                             
          non-cash charges/(credits) associated with performance based appreciation awards
                                                             
          interest income on notes receivable from stockholders
                                                             
          proceeds from repayment of interest on notes receivable from stockholders
                                                             
          realized (gains)/losses on securities
                                                          -70,000 -61,000 -32,000 
          acquisition related liabilities
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 10,524, 9,477 and 365, respectively
                                                             
          purchase of noncontrolling interest in non-public companies
                                                             
          proceeds from repayment of notes receivable from stockholders
                                                             
          issuance of notes receivable from stockholders
                                                             
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                                             
          repurchase of iso class b common stock
                                                             
          proceeds from repayment of exercise price loans classified as a component of redeemable common stock
                                                             
          loans made to directors and officers in connection with the exercise of stock options
                                                             
          redemption of iso class a common stock used to repay maturities of notes receivable from stockholders
                                                             
          deferred tax liabilities established as a result of acquisitions
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 1,556 and 9,477
                                                          -6,386,000 -6,386,000 -6,227,000 
          proceeds from issuance of short-term debt
                                                             
          goodwill impairment
                                                             
          realized losses/(gains) on securities
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 9,477, 365 and 120, respectively
                                                             
          purchase of cost-based investments
                                                             
          proceeds from release of contingent escrows
                                                             
          debt issuance cost
                                                             
          ksop stock redemption funded in the prior year
                                                             
          deferred tax (liability)/asset established on date of acquisition
                                                             
          realized losses on securities
                                                             
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired of 9,477 in 2009
                                                             
          redemption of class a common stock
                                                             
          repurchase of class b common stock
                                                             
          redemption of class a common stock used to repay maturities of notes receivable from stockholders
                                                             
          redemption of class a common stock used to fund the exercise of stock options