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]
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]
The Berwyn Group, a leader in population data management and Bridgeway Benefit Technologies (Bridgeway), a provider of cloud-based benefits administration solutions for the Taft-Hartley community, announce a strategic partnership to provide Bridgeway’s customers a single-source, proactive pension plan population management experience. The Berwyn Group offers an end-to-end suite of [continue reading]
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 [continue reading]
Pension plans and insurance companies have a lot on their plate, so it isn’t uncommon for their death audit process to get overlooked. It may often be seen as checking a box to make sure there’s some form of a death audit process in place. However, not taking a [continue reading]
We often hear from organizations that run an annual or semi-annual death audit and think they are doing enough. However, they are likely choosing a path that ends up costing them more in overpayments and time. It’s important to have continuous monitoring of your population and take a proactive approach. [continue reading]
The continuing degradation of the Social Security Administration's Limited Access Death Master File (DMF) makes the choice of a death audit vendor increasingly important. What are the essential aspects to consider in this selection? What important questions should you ask potential vendors? To assist you in this important decision-making [continue reading]
The Death Master File (DMF) data continues to decline each year. In 2023, the DMF only provided 16% of death records. This degradation has caused conducting death audits for pension plans a much more complex task. Death audits now require the aggregation of thousands of data sources, primarily obituaries. [continue reading]
We see more and more companies who claim to be leaders in the death audit and locate industry. But what makes a company a true industry leader? We believe a true leader is the company on the leading edge, who offers services above and beyond what anyone else offers. [continue reading]
Since the acquisition of The Berwyn Group (Berwyn) in 2023, Longevity Holdings, the parent company, has continued making significant investments in population data management, bringing together the industry’s best solutions and resources. Going forward, Berwyn will share in these investments to better serve the industry in new and innovative [continue reading]
