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 or eliminates the need to transfer […]
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 audit industry has changed considerably in […]
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 of using CertiDeath® and CertiCensus® on […]
Bridgeway Benefit Technologies Forms Strategic Partnership with The Berwyn Group for Death Audit and Locate Solutions
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 industry-leading death audit and locate solutions […]
Continued Investment in CertiSuite Cybersecurity
We are excited to announce further advancement in our ongoing focus on cybersecurity by implementing field-level and per-client encryption. These updates layer on top of industry standard encryption at rest to further protect data even if an attacker achieved direct access to our database, further rendering the compromised data useless. Field-level Encryption: Allows encryption at […]
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 an increase in the percentage […]
Is your current death audit process providing a false sense of security?
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 deeper dive into how effective the […]
Why a one-time-run death audit service is not enough.
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. Here’s why: Deaths occur constantly […]
Your Guide to Choosing a Death Audit Vendor
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 process, we’ve compiled a comprehensive guide. […]
How missing and inaccurate participant data impacts a death audit
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. Obituaries are a non-uniform data source […]