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The 40-year evolution of a brand to reach the pinnacle in its industry.

Steve Jobs once said, “Innovation distinguishes between a follower and a leader. “ In the death audit and participant locate market, PBI Research is the clear leader and constant innovation has been the catalyst. But it didn’t happen overnight. It started 40 years ago when the company began helping pension funds find unreported pension decedents and locate missing plan participants and beneficiaries. This unrelenting focus to provide accurate data on a consistent basis propelled [...]

2024-05-01T14:27:01-05:00May 31st, 2023|News|
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The Ultimate Guide to Finding Decedents in the Insurance Industry

How to identify decedents efficiently and effectively without a single and comprehensive data source. Insurance companies deal with a variety of challenges when managing their policyholders (life, long term care, PRT, structured settlements, annuitants), with inaccurate or missing participant data being the most impactful. Incorrect information affects how insurance companies communicate with policyholders, accurate forecasting of risk, the number of overpayments made, access to information when a Department of Labor [...]

2024-04-26T15:04:57-05:00April 12th, 2023|Death Audit & CertiDeath, Insurance|
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Case Study: PBI Research Services Helps Corporate Pension Fund Stop Overpayments

Challenge: XYZ company had been manually managing their employee pension plan with over 790 participants. The process was a resource-heavy task to stay up -to-date on deceased participants and required mailings. In addition, with internal audits coming up, a new benefits team was concerned about not meeting the Department of Labor (DOL) guidelines for missing participants and making overpayments. Solution: In February 2022, the company reached out to PBI Research Services about proactive pension [...]

2023-06-15T10:24:42-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Case Studies, Pensions, Population Management & CertiCensus|
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Case Study: PBI Research Services Saves Michigan Public Employee Union Pension Thousands

The Michigan Education Association (MEA) is a self-governing education association representing about 120,000 teachers, education support professionals and higher-education employees throughout the state. The association has grown from their inception in 1852. Today, they offer public school employees healthcare through MESSA, as well as retirement and insurance programs through Michigan Education Association Financial Services (MEA Financial Services). Challenge Over the past few years, the MEA pension system, the Staff Retirement Plan (SRP), has struggled [...]

2023-06-15T10:28:39-05:00February 21st, 2023|Case Studies, Death Audit & CertiDeath, Pensions|
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You received PBGC SFA funds, now what?

You have conducted your Death Audit based on the PBGC guidelines. You have gone through the SFA application checklist, and you finally receive an approval notice from the PBGC for your requested SFA funds. Now what? Although the PBGC does not expect SFA fund recipients to repay the awarded cash, these funds come with a catch. There are several terms and conditions that apply to awarded SFA funds. Many of these can be found [...]

2023-12-12T10:15:46-06:00February 15th, 2023|Pensions, Webinar Recaps|
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