LexisNexis to Join Forces with ChoicePoint
On February 21, 2008, Reed Elsevier announced its intention to acquire ChoicePoint Inc., a leading provider of information-based services to businesses and governments. Reed Elsevier will combine ChoicePoint with the LexisNexis® Risk & Information Analytics Group. This website is dedicated to keeping you informed of this acquisition.
A Beneficial Combination for Our Customers
The LexisNexis Risk & Information Analytics Group helps customers across many industries and government agencies and non-profits to authenticate identity, assess credit risk, prevent and detect fraud and money laundering, locate criminals and suspects, and find missing children.
ChoicePoint has a leading position in providing unique data and analytics to the attractive insurance sector and highly complementary products and new capabilities in the screening, authentication and public records areas.
The combination of ChoicePoint's highly regarded data and analytics assets with LexisNexis's market leading technology can be leveraged to create greater opportunities in addressing the growing risk information and analytics needs in insurance, financial, legal, screening, law enforcement, public safety, healthcare and other sectors.
The combination of LexisNexis and ChoicePoint will significantly improve the value and service we provide our customers – not just in the business unit, but across the LexisNexis Group domestically and internationally.
An Historic Step
This transaction marks an historic step in the transformation of LexisNexis from a research company to a business technology solutions provider. For more than 30 years, LexisNexis has been a pioneer in large-scale data management and analysis. Over the past six years, LexisNexis has been strategically shifting focus to take advantage of new and emerging markets, including the completion of more than two dozen acquisitions.
This acquisition is part of the LexisNexis transformation strategy to become a total solutions provider with authoritative content, services and technology delivered through a portfolio of industry-leading brands.
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