Top Line Medical References Added To LexisNexis^™
New Content Resources Aid Insurance Practitioners in Evaluation of Bodily Injury and Other Health-Related Claims

DAYTON, OH, June 03, 2002 - LexisNexis™, the global leader in legal, news and business information services, today announced the addition of several highly-regarded, specialized medical sources for the insurance practitioner. NewsRx, AM Best Company Reports, Tabers “Cyclopedic” Medical Dictionary and Webster’s Medical Dictionary have been added to LexisNexis at www.lexis.com to assist attorneys in the evaluation of insurance claims.

According to a survey published by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the vast majority of all insurance litigation has an underlying medical or health issue. Therefore, “it is critical that LexisNexis supply its insurance customers with a variety of medical references to enable them to fully evaluate, understand and successfully litigate the medical claims at the heart of the case,” said Paul Gazzolo, vice president, Large Law Firm Marketing.

NewsRx is a leading database of online health reports for business and consumer on drugs, chemicals, biotechnology, science, medicine and health. Described in the New York Times as “the world’s largest producer of weekly health information,” NewsRx rates among the top 10 sites for “Hot Medical News” as ranked by the American College of Physicians. Alta Vista recently ranked NewsRx as the “number one site for AIDS and world disease information.”

NewsRx titles now available are AIDS Weekly, Angiogenesis Weekly, Biotech Week, Blood Weekly, Cancer Weekly, Drug Week, Gene Therapy Weekly, Genomics & Genetics Weekly, Health & Medicine Week, Heart Disease Weekly, Hepatitis Weekly, Immunotherapy Weekly, Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week, Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA, Obesity Fitness & Wellness Week, Pain & Central Nervous System Week, TB & Outbreaks Week, Vaccine Weekly, Virus Weekly and Women's Health Weekly.

LexisNexis has also added two medical dictionaries to its insurance offerings. Tabers “Cyclopedic” Medical Dictionary and Webster’s Medical Dictionary complement the Matthew Bender Attorneys’ Dictionary of Medicine, which contains over 57,000 definitions of medical terms with examples and practical analogies and over 700 illustrations of anatomical features, body movements, medical equipment and injuries.

In addition, AM Best Company Reports are also now available on LexisNexis. Updated monthly, AM Best Company Reports analyze the financial strength and health of insurers and offers quantitative and qualitative analysis and ratings. These reports give quick access to all the financial facts and operating results of nearly 6,000 insurance companies. Each report includes a company’s Best’s Rating and rationale, key financial statistics, business overview, company history and key performance ratios for both companies and groups just as they appear in Best’s Insurance Reports, one of the most highly regarded references in the industry.

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LexisNexis™ is the global leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. Its online services combine searchable access to over three billion documents from thousands of sources. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE:  ENL; NYSE:  RUK], LexisNexis is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, USA, and does business in 100 countries with 12,000 employees worldwide. The company offers an extensive range of online and print legal and regulatory information products, tools, customized Web applications and critical filing services that help legal professionals reach confident decisions and comply with the law. In addition to LexisNexis at www.lexis.com, the leading Web-based legal research service, LexisNexis includes some the world's most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, Les Editions du Juris-Classeur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.

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