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ChoicePoint Enters Strategic Alliance with Injury Sciences LLC to Help Reduce Insurance Claims Losses


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ALPHARETTA, Ga. and SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 7 -- ChoicePoint(R) and Injury Sciences LLC today announced a strategic alliance which will enable insurers to reduce total claims losses while enhancing operating efficiencies through the use of their combined predictive modeling and forensic intelligence solutions.

  -- ChoicePoint is a premier provider of data-driven analytics solutions
     that insurers use to imbed automated business intelligence within
     existing claims processes to identify potential fraud, leakage, and
     subrogation recovery opportunities.

  -- Injury Sciences is the leader in the forensic analysis of material
     damage estimate and event data recorder (EDR) information, which are
     used to scientifically evaluate injury causality, severity and verify
     accident facts.

Through the strategic alliance, a combined solution will provide insurers with access to ChoicePoint's data-driven analytics solutions and Injury Science's forensic analysis tools via a single interface.

"Injury Sciences is very excited about our alliance with ChoicePoint," said Scott Palmer, President and CEO of Injury Sciences. "Integrating ChoicePoint's robust analytics platform with Injury Sciences' Crash Severity Scoring(TM) and EDR Triage(TM) capabilities will provide insurance customers the ability to identify claims that require additional attention and review based on the auto accident forensics with more precision, effectiveness, and consistency."

"At ChoicePoint, we are always looking to partner with quality analytic solution providers that complement our suite of fraud, subrogation and severity services," said Peter Lynch, ChoicePoint's senior vice president of Claims Solutions. "We believe that the synergies of ChoicePoint's analytics capabilities and Injury Science's forensic intelligence will create benefits that continuously improve claims workflow and claims outcomes for our shared clients."

About ChoicePoint:

ChoicePoint helps businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations make better decisions through information and technology solutions. Each year, ChoicePoint helps more than 7 million people get the jobs they deserve and more than 100 million people get fairly priced home and auto insurance. Small businesses can obtain affordable commercial insurance because of our products. Businesses grow revenue with our marketing services and cut costs through our authentication and anti-fraud tools. Government agencies use our data and technology to fulfill their missions in all parts of the world. Visit http://www.choicepoint.com/ for more information.

About Injury Sciences LLC:

Injury Sciences LLC is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and is the leader in software and services which provide claims professionals with objective, scientific information for use in the evaluation of an auto claim. Injury Sciences' software and services are the result of over 20 years of research and analysis of vehicular collisions and injury outcomes. Injury Sciences' team of leading forensic scientist has conducted extensive research regarding human response to auto collision events. Many of these studies have been published in peer-reviewed scientific publications and are internationally recognized and referenced in the scientific community. Injury Sciences software and services are currently used by more than 50 different insurance carriers. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.injurysciences.com/ or contact Joe Jensen of Injury Sciences at 830-868-2589.

ChoicePoint is a registered trademark of ChoicePoint Asset Company.