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{{Short description|Global data and analytics company}} {{for-multi|the sister legal research company|LexisNexis|the unrelated vehicle brand|Lexus}} {{Advert|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = LexisNexis Risk Solutions | logo = | type = [[Subsidiary]] | founded = {{start date and age|1997}} | location = [[Alpharetta, Georgia|Alpharetta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States|U.S.]] | key_people = Mark Kelsey ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]]) | industry = [[Service (economics)|Business Services]] | num_employees = 6,300 (2018)<ref name=20F2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929869/000119312518053616/d528576d20f.htm|title=US SEC: Form 20-F Relx Group|publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]|access-date=Jan 11, 2019}}</ref> | revenue = | products = Advanced Analytics; Compliance; Credit Risk; Customer Experience; Acquisition and Retention; Data Management; Identity Management; Fraud Prevention; Collections and Investigations | homepage = [https://risk.lexisnexis.com/ risk.lexisnexis.com] | parent = [[RELX]] }} '''LexisNexis Risk Solutions''' is a global data and analytics company that provides data and technology services, analytics, predictive insights, and fraud prevention for a wide range of industries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=142699969 |title=About LexisNexis Risk Solutions |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> It is headquartered in [[Alpharetta, Georgia]] (part of the [[Atlanta metropolitan area]]), and has offices throughout the U.S. and in Australia, Brazil, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom. The company's customers include businesses within the insurance, financial services, healthcare and corporate sectors as well as local, state and federal government, law enforcement and public safety. LexisNexis Risk Solutions operates within the Risk & Business Analytics market segment of [[RELX]], a [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] information and analytics company based in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.relx.com/~/media/Files/R/RELX-Group/documents/reports/annual-reports/2018-annual-report.pdf |title=RELX Annual Report |publisher=RELX |access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> ==Overview== ===Market segments=== LexisNexis Risk Solutions operates in four market segments: * Insurance Services * Business Services * Health Care Services * Government Services ===Portfolio=== LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides customers with information-based analytics, decisioning tools and data management services that help customers remain compliant, reduce risk and improve operations. They serve multiple industries and sectors with specialized industry Data Services including ICIS, Cirium, Brightmine(formerly XpertHR), EGTM and Nextens.<ref>https://risk.lexisnexis.co.uk/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> ===Technology=== LexisNexis Risk Solutions uses HPCC Systems, also known as DAS (Data Analytics Supercomputer), extensively<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/F-XpYsF5cZ0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200423132900/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-XpYsF5cZ0&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-XpYsF5cZ0|title=HPCC|date=14 December 2016 |publisher=SAIConference|access-date=17 April 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>—its [[software architecture]] runs from [[Commodity computing|commodity computing clusters]] to provide high-performance, data-parallel processing for [[big data]] applications. The HPCC Systems platform includes a [[Refinement (computing)|data refinery]] (Thor) and a rapid data delivery engine (ROXIE) that utilize the Enterprise Control Language (ECL).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.datanami.com/2013/06/18/lexisnexis_touts_hpcc_s_benefits_over_hadoop/|title=LexisNexis Touts HPCC's Benefits Over Hadoop|date=18 June 2013|publisher=Datanami|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> LexisNexis Risk Solutions open-sourced the HPCC Systems platform in 2011, and has seen some success with the adoption of this platform by diverse entities, an example being GuardHat, which makes smart hard hats with embedded HPCC Systems technology. ==History== A subsidiary of [[RELX ]](formerly Reed Elsevier), LexisNexis Risk Solutions first began as the Risk & Information Analytics Group (RIAG) within [[LexisNexis]], a corporation offering legal database services. In 2000, Reed Elsevier acquired RiskWise and PeopleWise, which together became the basis of RIAG.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/03/business/company-news-nexis-agrees-to-purchase-of-riskwise-international.html|title=Reed Elsevier Acquire RiskWise|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 June 2000|access-date=17 April 2019|last1=Jones|first1=Dow}}</ref> The creation of RIAG expanded LexisNexis offerings to include public records collections. In 2000, LexisNexis also launched [[HPCC]] Systems, its data-intensive computing system platform. In 1994, Reed Business Information (later Reed Elsevier and now RELX),acquired ICIS-LOR thereby adding extensive price reporting on chemicals and oil to the Reed Business Information chemicals portfolio.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://icis.shorthandstories.com/icis-heritage-timeline/index.html | title=History of ICIS }}</ref> LexisNexis Risk Solutions moved into Collections after Reed Elsevier acquired the public records businesses of Dolan Media Company in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/LexisNexis-to-Buy-Dolan-Media-Records-7357572.php|title=LexisNexis to Buy Dolan Media Records|date=26 June 2003|newspaper=Huron Daily Tribune|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> That same year, the LexisNexis Special Services Inc. (LNSSI) was founded to provide government agencies with global sources of data fusion technology and analytics. LNSSI also granted Reed Elsevier the ability to participate in classified U.S. government programs as a foreign-owned entity. In 2004, Reed Elsevier purchased Seisint Inc., based in [[Boca Raton, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spectrumequity.com/news/reed-elseviers-lexisnexis-acquires-seisint-for-775-million|title=Reed Elsevier's LexisNexis Acquires Seisint for $775 Million|publisher=Spectrum Equity|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> Seisint housed and operated the [[Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange]] (MATRIX).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-05-20 |title=Privacy Backers Eye Matrix's Power - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/privacy-backers-eye-matrixs-power/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In September 2008, Reed Elsevier purchased [[data aggregator]] ChoicePoint.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-02-21 |title=Reed Elsevier to acquire ChoicePoint for $3.6 billion (Published 2008) |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/technology/21iht-reed.4.10279549.html |access-date=2024-03-04 |language=en}}</ref> This acquisition included an insurance business and the C.L.U.E. database, an underwriting database for the [[Vehicle insurance in the United States|U.S. auto insurance]] market. LexisNexis completed the migration of public records to [[HPCC Systems]] the same year. Reed assumed $600 million in debt with the acquisition.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Toby Anderson|agency=Associated Press |title=Reed Elsevier buys ChoicePoint for $4.1 billion in cash |url=https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/business/2008/02/21/reed-elsevier-buys-choicepoint-for/41339317007/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=MetroWest Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> ===Launch=== In September 2009, ChoicePoint was integrated with the Risk & Information Analytics Group (RIAG), and the combined new entity became LexisNexis Risk Solutions. In 2011, LexisNexis Risk Solutions was officially launched as a separate company within the Reed Elsevier portfolio. Mark Kelsey was named CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions in December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/business/lexisnexis-risk-solutions-names-new-ceo/gM7h3yvxin6aIsnjS7daWL/|title=LexisNexis Risk Solutions names new CEO|publisher=Dayton Daily News|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> Over the next two years the company purchased 12 companies, including WorldCompliance, Enclarity, Mapflow, Tracesmart, Wunelli and Health Market Science. ===Divestiture=== In January 2013, LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced it would sell its background screening business to the Palo Alto-based private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG). STG planned to combine LexisNexis screening with its portfolio company, First Advantage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stgpartners.com/2013/01/17/symphony-technology-group-to-acquire-the-lexisnexis-screening-business-from-reed-elsevier/|title=Symphony Technology Group to Acquire the LexisNexis Screening Business from Reed Elsevier|date=17 January 2013|publisher=STG|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> ===Coplogic (2014)=== In December 2014, LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquired Coplogic, a 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Haas| first=Regina |date=4 December 2014 |title=LexisNexis Acquires Coplogic, Adds Citizen Incident Reporting Capability to eCrash Solution |url=https://risk.lexisnexis.com/about-us/press-room/press-release/08-12-2014-acquires-coplogic |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref> ===Insurance Initiatives Ltd. (2016)=== In July 2016, LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquired Insurance Initiatives Ltd. (IIL), a data distribution platform that extracts, hosts and processes large quantities of data to deliver information into the point-of-quote in the U.K.'s Property and Casualty Insurance industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/65378/lexisnexis-risk-solutions-acquires-insurance-initiatives|title=LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires Insurance Initiatives|date=20 July 2016|publisher=FinExtra|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> ===Appriss (2016)=== In August 2016, LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquired the Crash and Project business group 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shabbir |first=Syed |date=8 August 2016 |title=LexisNexis Risk Solutions Completes Acquisition of Crash and Project business group of Appriss |url=https://risk.lexisnexis.com/about-us/press-room/press-release/08-10-2016-acquisition-of-crash |access-date=9 June 2023 |publisher=FinExtra}}</ref> ===ThreatMetrix (2018)=== RELX purchased ThreatMetrix, a digital identity and risk-based authenticator platform, in February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/29/relx-threatmetrix-risk-authentication-lexisnexis|title=RELX Acquires ThreatMetrix|date=29 January 2018 |publisher=TechCrunch|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> ===Lumen (2019)=== In May 2019, LexisNexis Risk Solutions purchased Lumen, an integrated data platform leveraged by public safety and law enforcement from Numerica Corporation.<ref>{{cite press release| url = https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lexisnexis-risk-solutions-announces-threatmetrix-acquisition-close-300602421.html| title = LexisNexis Risk Solutions Announces ThreatMetrix Acquisition Close}}</ref> ===ID Analytics (2020)=== In January 2020, LexisNexis Risk Solutions closed its acquisition of ID Analytics, a provider of fraud and credit risk solutions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kobialka |first=Dan |date=2020-01-13 |title=LexisNexis Acquires NortonLifeLock's ID Analytics Business - |url=https://www.msspalert.com/news/lexisnexis-acquires-nortonlifelock-id-analytics |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=MSSP Alert |language=en}}</ref> Previously ID Analytics was a NortonLifeLock company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://risk.lexisnexis.com/about-us/press-room/press-release/20200131-id-analytics-close|title = LexisNexis Risk Solutions Announces ID Analytics Acquisition Close}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 January 2020 |title=Relx snaps up ID Analytics for $375 million |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/business/relx-snaps-up-id-analytics-for-375-million-idUSKBN1ZC1EW/ |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=Reuters}}</ref> ===Emailage (2020)=== In February 2020, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, announced that it would acquire Emailage, an Arizona-based fraud prevention and identity verification start-up for $500 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chernova |first=Yuliya |date=3 February 2020 |title=LexisNexis Parent to Pay About $500 Million for Arizona Startup Emailage |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/lexisnexis-parent-to-pay-about-500-million-for-arizona-startup-emailage-11580779456 |access-date=24 June 2024 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://risk.lexisnexis.com/about-us/press-room/press-release/20200319-emailage-close|title = LexisNexis Risk Solutions Announces Emailage Acquisition Close}}</ref> ===ICIS (2020)=== In 2020, ICIS (Independent Commodity Intelligence Services) acquired Chemical Data LLC (CDI), a leading provider of US petrochemical price benchmarks, market analysis and [[predictive analytics]] that complement ICIS’ existing US market coverage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of ICIS |url=https://icis.shorthandstories.com/icis-heritage-timeline/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=icis.shorthandstories.com |language=en}}</ref> ===Brightmine (2024)=== In April 2024, it was announced that XpertHR was to be renamed, Brightmine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Ashleigh |date=17 April 2024 |title=XpertHR becomes Brightmine in strategic rebrand |url=https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/xperthr-becomes-brightmine-in-strategic-rebrand/ |website=Personnel Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-17 |title=XpertHR Announces Strategic Change to Brightmine |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/xperthr-announces-strategic-change-brightmine-153000756.html |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Governance== LexisNexis Risk Solutions is a subsidiary of [[RELX]] (tickers: RELX and REL.UK) ==Corporate social responsibility==<!-- This section is linked from [[ChoicePoint]] --> ===Missing children=== ==== U.S. ==== LexisNexis Risk Solutions developed the ADAM ([[ADAM Program|Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing children]]) program in 2000 to help the [[National Center for Missing & Exploited Children]] (NCMEC) find missing children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/georgia/douglasville/finding-missing-kids-mission-georgia-based-company|title = Finding Missing Kids is Mission of Georgia-Based Company|date = 29 May 2018}}</ref> ADAM distributes missing child alert posters to law enforcement, hospitals, libraries and businesses within specific geographic search areas. The system was expanded in 2017 to allow individuals to receive an email alert when a child is reported missing near to them.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/1LZqfBz5D4w Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200424100630/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LZqfBz5D4w&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |title=ADAM: Cutting Edge Technology |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LZqfBz5D4w |website=YouTube| date=16 May 2017 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2017, a feature was added to ADAM to allow NCMEC to focus on a highway where a missing child and abductor may be travelling to distribute posters to recipients along the relevant corridor. Combining this filter along with the system's radius search allows for broad, yet targeted, poster coverage. Functionality was added to ADAM to allow members of the public to sign up for missing child email alerts in their area. More than 1.8 million individuals, private enterprises, hospitals, schools, news outlets and law agencies have signed up to receive automated ADAM alerts. ==== U.K. ==== In 2017, LexisNexis Risk Solutions began working with the charity Missing People and the UK National Crime Agency to support their Child Rescue Alert service, which disseminates missing alerts via text message. Along with Charlie Hedges Advisory (one of the U.K.’s foremost experts on missing persons), LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Missing People scoped a training course to assist law enforcement, schools, hospitals and others with missing cases, particularly those involving children who are abducted and/or trafficked.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Ella |date=2022-10-26 |title=LexisNexis Risk Solutions – celebrating our partnership |url=https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/lexisnexis-risk-solutions-celebrating-our-partnership |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Missing People |language=en-GB}}</ref> ===Food stamp fraud prevention=== Since 2013, the [[Florida Department of Children and Families]] used LexisNexis Risk Solutions for its identity management solutions to prevent food stamp fraud and improve operational efficiencies,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kolbasuk McGee |first=Marianne |date=9 June 2014 |title=Florida Fights Fraud with Authentication |url=https://www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/florida-fights-fraud-authentication-i-2339 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=www.govinfosecurity.com |language=en}}</ref> achieving a total cost avoidance of more than $843.7 million.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} ===Humanitarian emergency education === In 2017, LexisNexis Risk Solutions developed the Global Business Coalition for Education's Rapid Education Action (REACT) database to record private sector educational contributions and assets that can be deployed quickly in the wake of a humanitarian emergency. === Law enforcement === ====PSDE database==== The Public Safety Data Exchange (PSDEX) is a contributory database that of more than 1,300 law enforcement agencies across the U.S. that was created by LexisNexis Risk Solutions. PSDEX helps its participants solve crimes, identify threats and anticipate future threats. LexisNexis Risk Solutions created an Advisory Committee to advise on policy and governance of PSDEX data, to help assure adherence to federal Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS), state and local standards for security and privacy of law enforcement-provided data. The PSDEX Advisory Committee is composed of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Secret Service, metropolitan police department and other criminal justice experts, in partnership with LexisNexis Risk Solutions leaders. ====LexisNexis Accurint Virtual Crime Center==== The LexisNexis Accurint Virtual Crime Center gives law enforcement “greater visibility into crime in both their jurisdictions and nationwide by linking billions of public records with agency-provided data.” It links to PSDEX and brings together disconnected data to provide a more comprehensive view of people's identities so that law enforcement agencies can better target investigations, identify patterns, predict upcoming events and deploy resources more efficiently. ==COVID-19== ===COVID-19 analyzer=== In April, 2020, LexisNexis Risk Solutions created a free tracking tool<ref>https://covid19.hpccsystems.com/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> to monitor and report the progress of the COVID-19 virus and provide better contextual understanding of the pandemic's evolution. Using data from [[Johns Hopkins University]] (daily cases and deaths), the [[US Census Bureau]] (US population) and the [[UN DESA]] (world population), the tracker provides metrics and analysis for locations across the globe, with maps that drill down to country and regional levels, helping to understand how the virus is propagating.<ref>HPCC Systems Blog, July 20, 2020 https://hpccsystems.com/blog/COVID-19-Is-there-a-better-way-to-tell-the-story</ref> In July 2020, researchers from [[Florida Atlantic University]]'s College of Engineering and Computer Science in collaboration with LexisNexis Risk Solutions, received a grant for Rapid Research (RAPID)<ref>[https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09034/nsf09034.jsp Rapid Research (RAPID)]</ref> from the [[National Science Foundation]] to develop a model of COVID-19 spread using innovative big data analytics techniques and tools. The project leverages prior experience in modeling [[Ebola]] spread to successfully model the spread of COVID-19.<ref>Big Data Analytics Enables Scientists to Model COVID-19 Spread, Giselle Galoustian, FAU News Desk, July 14, 2020 https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/big-data-analytics-covid.php</ref> === COVID-19 Data Resource Center === The Health Care segment of LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced in April 2020 the launch of a free [https://covid19.lexisnexisrisk.com/ COVID-19 Data Resource Center] to provide county-level insights on at-risk populations and potential care capacity gaps to support the U.S. healthcare industry's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. By combining its own data and analytics with those of other industry stakeholders, the company created insights to be used by healthcare organizations, public health officials and health researchers to help allocate resources to the populations with the greatest need.<ref>LexisNexis Risk Solutions Launches COVID-19 National Data Resource Center, April 22, 2020, PR Newswire https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lexisnexis-risk-solutions-launches-covid-19-national-data-resource-center-301045286.html</ref> The COVID-19 Data Resource Center features heat maps with insights that identify at-risk populations and correlated gaps in provider coverage. Each county is assigned a percentile rank on a scale of 0 (low-risk) to 100 (high-risk) across various parameters. The map is updated regularly to quickly address the care needs of the community. In June 2020, the group added national [[telehealth]] trending insights to its COVID-19 Data Resource Center to show exponential growth of telehealth adoption resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>LexisNexis Risk Solutions Publishes Telehealth Statistics via COVID-19 Data Resource Center; Executive Biz, June 18, 2020 https://blog.executivebiz.com/2020/06/lexisnexis-risk-solutions-publishes-telehealth-statistics-via-covid-19-data-resource-center-josh-schoeller-quoted/</ref> ==See also== *[[LexisNexis]] *[[RELX]] *[[National Center for Missing and Exploited Children]] == References == {{reflist}} {{Reed Elsevier}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Business services companies of the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Fulton County, Georgia]] [[Category:Data brokers]] [[Category:2008 mergers and acquisitions]] [[Category:American subsidiaries of foreign companies]]
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