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Death Audit Compliance: How Insurance Professionals Can Stay Ahead of Evolving Regulations

Death Audit Compliance: How Insurance Professionals Can Stay Ahead of Evolving Regulations

Insurance professionals are all too familiar with the investigations and lawsuits targeting the industry. State insurance departments and other regulators have intensified their audits of insurers to ensure proper identification of deceased policyholders and timely benefit disbursement. Non-compliance with both RSAs (Regulatory Settlement Agreements) and GRAs (Global Regulatory Agreements) can [continue reading]

berwyngroup2025-04-03T11:54:40-05:00April 3, 2025|Death Audit & CertiDeath, Insurance Industry|

CertiDeath Paragon Introduction: Death Audits Without the Risk – Webinar Recap

CertiDeath Paragon Introduction: Death Audits Without the Risk – Webinar Recap

The Berwyn Group isn’t just participating in the death audit industry’s evolution – we are leading it. We are thrilled to release a new death audit solution that redefines the way organizations identify decedents with CertiDeath® Paragon™. During a March 2025 webinar, we discussed how CertiDeath Paragon significantly reduces [continue reading]

berwyngroup2025-03-28T11:41:30-05:00March 28, 2025|Death Audit & CertiDeath|

What Plan Administrators Need to Know About the 2025 RMD Age Increase

What Plan Administrators Need to Know About the 2025 RMD Age Increase

With upcoming Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) changes on the horizon, plan administrators are shifting their focus from death dates to birthdates—because even static data points like birthdates can pose challenges if they’re incorrect. With the RMD age increase going into effect on April 1, 2025, accurate participant records have never [continue reading]

berwyngroup2025-03-27T12:47:23-05:00March 27, 2025|Death Audit & CertiDeath, Locating Missing Participants & CertiSearch, Participant Data Cleansing & Cleanup, Population Management & CertiCensus|

Retiree Data Accuracy in the Spotlight: Addressing Challenges and Enhancing Efficiency

Retiree Data Accuracy in the Spotlight: Addressing Challenges and Enhancing Efficiency 

Recent discussions about data accuracy in retirement systems have captured widespread attention, bringing renewed focus to the broader issue of maintaining up-to-date retiree records. The challenge of managing participant data and keeping records accurate is a very real concern.   With over 30 years of assisting plans in managing their [continue reading]

berwyngroup2025-03-18T12:58:15-05:00March 18, 2025|Death Audit & CertiDeath, Participant Data Cleansing & Cleanup|

The Berwyn Group Launches CertiDeath Paragon, a Revolutionary Product in the Death Audit Industry

The Berwyn Group Launches CertiDeath Paragon, a Revolutionary Product in the Death Audit Industry

Death Audit clients will mitigate security risk by significantly reducing or eliminating the transfer of sensitive PII. [Independence, Ohio] -- The Berwyn Group (Berwyn), announces CertiDeath® Paragon™, a first-of-its-kind death audit solution. This revolutionary product will significantly reduce or eliminate the need to transfer sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII), [continue reading]

berwyngroup2025-03-25T08:32:43-05:00February 19, 2025|Death Audit & CertiDeath, News|

Why are deaths missed during mortality verifications and death audits?

Why are deaths missed during mortality verifications and death audits?

What does playing a piano and validating decedents have in common? They both look simple to do from a spectator perspective, but to actually perform well is another story. It takes years of experience and vast knowledge to become accomplished at playing the piano or validating decedents. The death [continue reading]

berwyngroup2025-02-26T11:09:27-06:00December 18, 2024|Death Audit & CertiDeath|

About the Bridgeway and Berwyn Partnership – Webinar Recap and Transcript

About the Bridgeway and Berwyn Partnership – Webinar Recap and Transcript

Bridgeway Benefit Technologies (Bridgeway) and The Berwyn Group (Berwyn) are excited to partner together to revolutionize benefits administration by integrating Berwyn’s population data management expertise with Bridgeway’s cutting-edge platform, enhancing data accuracy, improving compliance, and streamlining plan management. In a recent webinar, we discussed why we partnered, the power [continue reading]

berwyngroup2025-02-26T11:10:56-06:00November 26, 2024|Death Audit & CertiDeath, Population Management & CertiCensus|

Overpayments: Regulations, Response, and Ramifications – Webinar Recap

Overpayments: Regulations, Response, and Ramifications – Webinar Recap

Unreported deaths are increasing. The decline of the Death Master File and the rise of disparate data sources have made it more challenging than ever for pension plans to identify decedents and locate missing participants/beneficiaries. But inaccurate data can lead to costly overpayments that could threaten the longevity of [continue reading]

berwyngroup2024-10-30T14:46:18-05:00August 21, 2024|Berwyn University, Death Audit & CertiDeath|

Continued Investment in CertiSuite Cybersecurity

Continued Investment in CertiSuite Cybersecurity

We are excited to announce further advancement in our ongoing focus on cybersecurity. With significant time and investment, we’ve implemented field-level and per-client encryption. These updates layer on top of industry standard Transparent Database Encryption (TDE) to further protect data even if an attacker achieved direct access to our database, [continue reading]

berwyngroup2024-08-13T15:57:33-05:00August 13, 2024|Beneficiaries & BeneSearch, Death Audit & CertiDeath, Locating Missing Participants & CertiSearch, News, Participant Data Cleansing & Cleanup, Population Management & CertiCensus|

We find over 96% of deaths. Here’s the proof.

We find over 96% of deaths. Here’s the proof.

It seems more and more death matching services are making claims about how many deaths they find while presenting nothing to back up their numbers. At Berwyn, we do an analysis every year to make sure our CertiDeath® claims are current and verified. In fact, our most recent analysis revealed [continue reading]

berwyngroup2025-02-27T09:26:35-06:00June 25, 2024|Death Audit & CertiDeath|