RELX PLC provides information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers across risk, scientific and medical research, legal, and events markets. Company news often centers on LexisNexis Risk Solutions, including fraud and identity analytics, insurance underwriting data, electronic health record access, provider data management, and reports based on digital transaction and industry survey data.
RELX updates also cover RX trade exhibitions, such as packaging industry events, and the company’s use of data sets, advanced analytics platforms, and AI-enabled tools in customer workflows. Recurring themes include partnerships, product integrations, cybercrime and fraud trend research, healthcare identity verification, and commercial insurance risk selection.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions (NYSE:RELX) has released a comprehensive survey revealing significant challenges in healthcare provider directory accuracy and usability. The Ipsos survey of 3,014 U.S. adults found that while 82% of adults use healthcare directories, 33% have encountered outdated or incorrect information, and 21% found directories difficult to navigate.
The study highlights that 58% of users consider network coverage as a crucial factor in provider selection, while 49% use directories to find specialists. Additionally, 56% of users prioritize finding providers who can deliver specific types of care needed, emphasizing the equal importance of clinical and financial factors in provider selection.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions (NYSE:RELX) has appointed Katie James as the new Head of Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) Solutions. James brings over 20 years of government sector experience and will lead solution development and customer engagement across the DMV portfolio, focusing on fraud prevention, payment processing, and vital records modernization.
James currently serves as Treasurer of the Industry Advisory Board at AAMVA and has previously served as its Chair. She holds a degree from Texas A&M University and has worked at Verisk Analytics and Incode Technologies. The appointment demonstrates LexisNexis Risk Solutions' commitment to enhancing DMV operations nationwide through digital transformation and operational excellence.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions (NYSE:RELX) reports strong auto insurance market activity in Q2 2025, with shopping rates increasing 9.4% year-over-year and new policies growing 3.6%. The company's Insurance Demand Meter showed a record 46.5% of policies-in-force were shopped within the past 12 months.
Key markets including New Jersey (33%), Texas (17%), California (16%), and Florida (9%) led shopping growth. Among top 25 auto insurers, 40% of Q2 rate filings were reductions, averaging -4%. Direct channel growth dominated with 22.8% year-over-year increase. Single-driver policies and those with fewer vehicles showed the strongest shopping activity, while new vehicle-related insurance shopping rose 9% since January 2022.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions (NYSE:RELX) has appointed Amy Simon as Head of Labor and Workforce Solutions, effective August 11, 2025. Simon, a nationally recognized workforce policy expert, joins from Simon Advisory, which she founded in 2021, and previously served as Acting Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Labor.
In her prior role at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, Simon managed a $10 billion portfolio of workforce investment, unemployment insurance, and grant programs. Her appointment aims to strengthen LexisNexis' strategic focus on supporting state agencies with data, identity, and fraud prevention solutions.
Simon brings significant expertise in workforce innovation and public policy, having testified before Congress on pandemic unemployment fraud and contributed extensively to unemployment insurance modernization initiatives.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions (NYSE:RELX) has released a comprehensive analysis of mental health provider distribution trends in the United States from 2020 to 2024. The study reveals an overall 11.4% increase in mental health providers nationwide, but with significant regional disparities.
Key findings show Montana leading with a 209.6% increase in providers, while Nevada experienced the largest decline of -45.2%. The analysis also found that 24% of providers with prescribing privileges had changes in their license or contact information during Q1 2025, highlighting the importance of maintaining current provider data for effective patient care access.
Cirium, a subsidiary of RELX, has appointed Stephen Burnside as the new Global Head of Consultancy at Cirium Ascend Consultancy, effective September 30, 2025. Burnside joins from Rolls-Royce, where he served as Chief Economist and VP of Strategic Intelligence.
The appointment comes as current Global Head of Consultancy, Rob Morris, prepares to retire on August 31, 2025. Burnside brings extensive experience in strategic data analysis and digitization within the aviation sector, positioning him to lead Ascend Consultancy's next growth phase in providing data-driven advisory services to aviation industry stakeholders.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has unveiled a new AI-driven Interactive Dashboard for the ADAM Program, enhancing efforts to recover missing children. Launched on National Missing Children's Day and marking the program's 25th anniversary, this tool enables public access to geo-targeted alerts and missing child posters through location-based filters.
The ADAM (Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children) Program, in collaboration with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), distributes geo-targeted posters containing photos and case details of missing children nationwide. The new dashboard allows users to browse real-time cases and share information on social media, facilitating broader community engagement in child recovery efforts.