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Jun 1, 2022

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires property insurtech Flyreel

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, part of RELX, announced it has acquired Flyreel, a Denver-based property insurtech that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to enable self-service property inspections, which provide additional visibility into a property's interior and exterior to improve and automate new business and renewal underwriting and claims processes. Flyreel will become part of the insurance business within LexisNexis Risk Solutions, complementing the insurance data and analytics leader's existing breadth of data assets and models that help assess risk for a structure's inhabitants and location.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions]

May 3, 2022

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires behavioral biometric innovator BehavioSec

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, part of RELX, has announced the acquisition of BehavioSec, an advanced behavioral biometrics technology provider. Founded in Sweden in 2008 with a presence in the U.S., Canada and EMEA, BehavioSec provides a highly predictive behavioral biometrics solution that uses behavior analysis for continuous authentication to establish identity trust and help prevent fraud. Solutions from BehavioSec will become a part of the Business Services group within LexisNexis Risk Solutions and enhance its device and digital identity-focused offerings, such as LexisNexis ThreatMetrix.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions]

Aug 25, 2021

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires TruNarrative

LexisNexis Risk Solutions , part of RELX, has acquired TruNarrative, which provides a cloud-based orchestration platform that detects and prevents financial crime and fraud. TruNarrative will become a part of the Business Services group of LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions] [TruNarrative]

Feb 16, 2021

LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Accuity merge operations

Accuity and LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced they are merging operations. Both businesses are RELX companies and leaders in their respective focus areas in the global financial crime compliance sector with complementary solutions. Accuity is part of the LexisNexis Risk Solutions group of companies.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions]

Feb 3, 2020

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires Emailage

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, part of RELX, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Emailage, a global provider of fraud prevention and risk management solutions. Emailage will become a part of the Business Services group of LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Founded in 2012 and based in the Phoenix metro area with offices across the globe, Emailage helps organizations reduce online fraud by building multi-dimensional profiles associated with customer email addresses to render predictive risk scores.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions] [Emailage]

Jan 21, 2020

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires ID Analytics

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a global data and advanced analytics leader and part of RELX, announced that it has closed the acquisition of ID Analytics, the San Diego-based provider of fraud and credit risk solutions. ID Analytics utilizes advanced technology, data and analytics to deliver actionable insights for enterprises. Previously ID Analytics was a NortonLifeLock company.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions] [ID Analytics]

May 7, 2019

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires Lumen from Numerica Corporation

LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced it is further expanding its public safety solutions with the acquisition of all Lumen assets, a product line owned by Numerica Corporation, a Colorado-based company. Lumen is an integrated data platform leveraged by public safety analysts, investigators, patrol officers and commanders to help solve cases faster. Lumen will become part of the product line of the Government group of LexisNexis Risk Solutions and its public safety and law enforcement solutions.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions]

Jan 22, 2018

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires ThreatMetrix

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a global data technology and advanced analytics leader, announced that its parent company, RELX Group, has closed the acquisition of ThreatMetrix. ThreatMetrix will become part of RELX Group’s Risk & Business Analytics segment, which includes LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions] [ThreatMetrix]

Aug 8, 2016

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires Crash and Project business group of Appriss

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, part of RELX Group, announced it is acquiring the Crash and Project business group of Appriss, a public safety business that provides technology solutions for the efficient collection of crash reports and electronic citations. LexisNexis will utilize the acquired technology within its LexisNexis Coplogic Solutions portfolio, a comprehensive electronic crash and incident reporting suite, to enhance its capabilities to provide a more complete solution to the law enforcement community.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions]

Jul 20, 2016

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires Insurance Initiatives

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, part of RELX Group, has acquired Insurance Initiatives, a business which provides a data distribution platform that extracts, hosts and processes large quantities of data to deliver information predominantly into the point-of-quote in the UK's Property & Casualty Insurance industry. The acquisition of IIL will help UK insurers to transform business performance and continue to win new opportunities with data and advanced analytics from experienced insurance industry experts.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions]

Oct 27, 2015

Reed Business Information acquires Adaptris Group Limited

Reed Business Information, part of RELX Group's Risk and Business Information division, has acquired the entire issued share capital of software business Adaptris Group Limited.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions] [Adaptris Group]

Jan 6, 2015

LexisNexis acquires BAIR Analytics

LexisNexis Risk Solutions to acquire BAIR Analytics, a provider of analytics solutions for public safety. BAIR Analytics deploys strong technology, robust analytics, mapping, and visual tools to identify and predict patterns of crime.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions]

Nov 13, 2014

LexisNexis to acquire Health Market Science

LexisNexis Risk Solutions to acquire Health Market Science, a leading supplier of high-quality data on health care professionals and an administrator of one of the largest practitioner-level medical claims databases in the U.S.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions] [Health Market Science]

Sep 3, 2014

Reed Elsevier acquires FircoSoft

Reed Elsevier to acquire FircoSoft, the Paris-based global sanctions screening software group. Reed Elsevier intends that FircoSoft will be combined with Accuity, its leading provider of global payment routing data and anti-money laundering solutions to banks and businesses worldwide.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions]

Aug 12, 2014

LexisNexis acquires Coplogic

exisNexis Risk Solutions acquired Coplogic, a leading provider of citizen self-reporting software solutions to law enforcement agencies. The acquisition, which includes Coplogic's technology, staff and book of business, adds a citizen incident reporting capability to the LexisNexis eCrash solution. As a result of the acquisition, law enforcement agencies will experience significant time savings and efficiencies that enable them to better allocate resources to pursue other public safety activities and better meet the needs of the community. Agencies using the Coplogic solution have reported citizens filing up to 30 percent of all reports online, eliminating the need to dispatch officers for minor non-threatening incidents.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions] [Coplogic]

Aug 4, 2014

LexisNexis acquires PoliceReports.US

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquired PoliceReports.US, an online distributor of vehicle accident reports currently in use by 29 states. Finalized on August 4, the acquisition – which includes PoliceReports.US technology, staff and book of business – will complement the LexisNexis eCrash solution with enhanced crash report data, analytics and distribution capabilities. This acquisition follows closely to the company's purchase of iyeTek in May – an innovative software development company that creates mobile and handheld software solutions – strengthening the capabilities of the LexisNexis eCrash solution and expanding its market presence.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions] [PoliceReports.US]

May 20, 2014

LexisNexis acquires Wunelli

LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced it is expanding its global usage-based insurance solutions with the acquisition of Wunelli, a telematics data services company based in the United Kingdom. Together, the companies will empower insurers to leverage telematics data to make timely, informed decisions, reduce risk exposure and improve consumers' experience with usage-based insurance.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions]

Apr 1, 2014

LexisNexis acquires Tracesmart

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has acquired United Kingdom-based Tracesmart. Founded in 1999, Tracesmart is a provider of consumer data and identity, risk and trace solutions serving UK clients by delivering web-based software for tracing, identity verification/fraud prevention, anti-money laundering, debt collection and data cleansing.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions]

Sep 16, 2013

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires Mapflow

LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquired Dublin-based Mapflow to help commercial and home insurers better understand geographic peril risk at the property level to make more informed underwriting decisions and better manage their portfolio exposure. Mapflow is an industry-leading geographic risk assessment technology company with solutions that complement the comprehensive data, advanced analytics, supercomputing platform and linking capabilities offered by LexisNexis.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions]

Sep 26, 2011

Reed Elsevier acquires Accuity Holdings from Investcorp for £343 million

Reed Elsevier announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Accuity Holdings Inc. from Investcorp, a global investment firm, for a consideration of £343m payable in cash. Accuity will be integrated with Bankers' Almanac and will share the combined data assets with LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions] [Accuity Holdings]

Sep 19, 2008

Reed Elsevier acquires ChoicePoint for $4.1 billion

Reed Elsevier acquires ChoicePoint for a total cost of $4.1 billion. ChoicePoint brings to Reed Elsevier's risk management business a leading position in providing unique data and analytics to the insurance sector and highly complementary products in the screening, authentication and public records areas.

Company: [RELX] [LexisNexis Risk Solutions] [ChoicePoint]