Experian Announces New Commercial Credit Monitoring Plan

Experian®, a global information solutions company, today announced a new subscription-based credit monitoring plan that provides business owners with unlimited access to their commercial credit reports. Available through Experian's SmartBusinessReports.com™ Web site, Credit Insure(SM) allows users to more closely monitor business information to help them protect their business and reduce credit risk.

By using Credit Insure, business owners can monitor their company's credit, as well as the credit of companies they may do business with. The new plan's structure allows users to have unlimited access to their subscribed credit reports instead of having to pay each time a report is pulled. Credit Insure also includes an e-mail alert system that notifies business owners of significant changes in their credit status that may affect their overall credit rating, such as inquiries, late trade payments, or major events like liens, judgments and bankruptcies.

"Organizations need the most up-to-date information when making business decisions, extending credit, or researching partners, competitors or potential suppliers," said Mark Zablan, president, Experian's Business Information Solutions group. "Credit Insure was designed to not only assist business owners in managing risk, but also to provide them with a comprehensive resource to track business performance and protect themselves against identity theft."

Experian's recently redesigned SmartBusinessReports.com homepage includes an easy-to-read credit dashboard displaying the monitored companies' current credit score. The dashboard also includes a graphic indicator representing how the score has changed over the previous three months, providing Credit Insure subscribers with a quick look at the scoring trends of that business. Additionally, the new site includes a comprehensive library of materials designed to educate business owners on a variety of commercial credit topics.