Latest LexisNexis Headlines
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ChoicePoint to Allow People Access to Personal Records
Apr 18 2005 // An executive of embattled data broker ChoicePoint Inc. said the company is developing a system that would allow people to review their personal information that is sold to law enforcement agencies, employers, landlords and...
ChoicePoint to Allow People Access to Personal Records
Apr 4 2005 // An executive of embattled data broker ChoicePoint Inc. said the company is developing a system that would allow people to review their personal information that is sold to law enforcement agencies, employers, landlords and...
Regulators Look for a Clue
Apr 4 2005 // Was it Colonel ChoicePoint in the Conservatory With a Knife? When ChoicePoint Asset Co. finally disclosed Feb. 15 that criminals had gained access to the personal information of as many as 145,000 people in all 50 states,...
INSURERS MUST CONSIDER SECURITY BREACH
Mar 21 2005 // Insurers who use credit scoring in underwriting and rate setting must take into consideration the recent security breach at ChoicePoint Inc., according to a bulletin issued by the Texas Department of Insurance. TDI’s...
Texas AG Warns Businesses About Security Breaches and Consumer Identity Theft
Mar 15 2005 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on March 14 sent an urgent message to all Texas businesses that manage databases with sensitive personal information on citizens to immediately undertake measures to ensure the security...
AIA: Recent Security Breaches Increase Spotlight on Protection of Consumer Information for Insurers
Mar 11 2005 // Recent security breaches at companies that collect, store and sell personal data – such as ChoicePoint, LexisNexis and Bank of America – individually and collectively cast a spotlight on privacy and security...
LexisNexis Reports Customer ID Theft
Mar 10 2005 // Reed Elsevier today announced that LexisNexis, its global legal and business information business, has identified a number of incidents of potentially fraudulent access to information about U.S. individuals at its recently...
ChoicePoint: ‘Insurance Industry Databases Were Not Compromised’
Mar 7 2005 // ChoicePoint’s Clue Auto, Clue Property and Current Carrier insurance industry databases were not in any way involved or compromised by the fraud ring that obtained data from other ChoicePoint databases of public...
ChoicePoint Reported to Have Had Previous ID Theft
Mar 3 2005 // Two Nigerian-born siblings were arrested in 2002 on charges of tapping into ChoicePoint Inc.’s vast database of personal information, a security breach similar to one announced by the data warehouser last month, a...
TDI Issues Bulletin to Insurers Regarding ChoicePoint Inc. Release of Information
Mar 3 2005 // Insurers who use credit scoring in underwriting and rate setting must take into consideration a recent security breach at the data collection company ChoicePoint Inc., according to a bulletin issued by the Texas Department...
Texas Lawmaker Files Bill in Response to ChoicePoint Security Breach
Mar 2 2005 // The Texas House of Representatives reported that on the heels of the revelation of a major security breach at data broker ChoicePoint, State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, Austin, has introduced a measure to give Texas consumers...
ChoicePoint Notifies 144,778 of Theft; Nigerian Perpetrator Sentenced to 16 Months
Feb 21 2005 // ChoicePoint has confirmed in a written statement that criminals pretending to be legitimate companies stole credit reports, Social Security Numbers, driver’s license numbers and other personal information of...
ChoicePoint: ‘Insurance Industry Databases Were Not Compromised’
Feb 17 2005 // ChoicePoint’s Clue Auto, Clue Property and Current Carrier insurance industry databases were not in any way involved or compromised by the fraud ring that obtained data from other ChoicePoint databases of public...
ChoicePoint Acquires Priority Data Systems
Dec 3 2004 // ChoicePoint (NYSE: CPS), Alpharetta, Ga.-based provider of identification and credential verification services, has acquired Priority Data Systems, based of Omaha, Neb., a provider of comparative rating software solutions...
LexisNexis RiskWise Launches Service to Identify Application and Premium Fraud
Aug 29 2003 // LexisNexis RiskWise has developed a new service to more effectively fight the growing problem of insurance fraud. Using the LexisNexis(TM) Rate Evasion Evaluation service, insurance companies can now reportedly detect...
CAS Members Hear Direction of Credit Scoring
Apr 15 2003 // The increasing use of credit scoring by insurers in underwriting and rating personal lines of insurance has reportedly brought on increased interest, oversight and even some action by insurance regulators and state...
CT Broker Implements Xcipio’s Pilot Program for Single-Point-of-Entry Access System
Mar 18 2003 // Massachusetts-based Xcipio, announced that Burns, Brooks & McNeil, headquartered in Torrington, CT, one of New England’s largest independent insurance agencies, has implemented its XcelerRator(TM) system...
ISO Teams with LexisNexis for Policy Forms Distribution
Jul 12 2002 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) and LexisNexis have entered into an agreement that allows LexisNexis to distribute ISO policy forms to its customers, primarily lawyers and law firms. This is the first time that ISO...
LexisNexis™ Insurance Solutions
May 27 2002 // News and information provider LexisNexis™ launched an online investigative tool for insurers, LexisNexis™ Insurance Solutions, using public records collections to facilitate investigations and information verification....
LexisNexis™ Insurance Solutions Launched to Facilitate Investigations and Information Verification
May 9 2002 // News and information provider LexisNexis™ has launched an online investigative tool for insurers, LexisNexis™ Insurance Solutions, using public records’ collections to facilitate investigations and information...
