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. 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 (Independent Chemical Information Service–London Oil Report), subsequently known as ICIS (Independent Commodity Intelligence Services), thereby adding extensive price reporting on chemicals and oil to the Reed Business Information chemicals portfolio. LexisNexis Risk Solutions moved into Collections after Reed Elsevier acquired the public records businesses of Dolan Media Company in 2003. 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. Seisint housed and operated the
Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX). In February 2008, Reed Elsevier purchased
data aggregator ChoicePoint. This acquisition included an insurance business and the C.L.U.E. database, an underwriting database for the
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
ThreatMetrix (2018) RELX purchased ThreatMetrix, a digital identity and risk-based authenticator platform, in February 2018.
Lumen (2019) In May 2019, LexisNexis Risk Solutions purchased Lumen, an integrated data platform leveraged by public safety and law enforcement from Numerica Corporation.
ID Analytics (2020) In January 2020, LexisNexis Risk Solutions closed its acquisition of ID Analytics, a provider of fraud and credit risk solutions. Previously ID Analytics was a NortonLifeLock company.
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.
ICIS (2020) In 2020, LexisNexis Risk Solutions' subsidiary ICIS 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.
Brightmine (2024) In April 2024, it was announced that XpertHR was to be renamed, Brightmine.
IDVerse (2025) In February 2025 LexisNexis Risk Solutions completed its acquisition of IDVerse, an
identity verification and
fraud detection company, powered by
artificial intelligence. ==Governance==