Rest in peace, Death Master File. You were limited in so many ways.

An industry-standard death file that keeps the dead alive in your data. Ironic? There’s a quiet irony at the center of how most organizations identify deceased individuals in their data. The tool they rely on—the government’s primary mortality data source—was built specifically to find the dead. And yet, 8 out of 10 deaths never make […]
What is the BerwynDMF? The LADMF Alternative Delivering 4x Death Coverage

BerwynDMF is a proprietary mortality data file developed by The Berwyn Group as a direct alternative to the Social Security Administration’s Limited Access Death Master File (LADMF). It delivers approximately 70% weekly U.S. death coverage, more than four times the LADMF’s current rate of less than 16%, in an identical file format that requires no […]
Berwyn Group Launches BerwynDMF, Delivering Four Times the Coverage of the Limited Access Death Master File

New mortality data product provides a substantially more complete alternative to the outdated standard. Independence, OH — May 12, 2026 — The Berwyn Group (Berwyn), the leading provider of population management and death audit solutions, today announced the launch of the BerwynDMF, a comprehensive death data product built as a substantially more complete alternative to […]