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The MOVEit Cyberattack – What happened. PBI’s response. What’s next.

As the leading provider of proactive death audit and locate services, PBI Research Services (PBI) partners with pensions plans, insurance companies, and other organizations to improve the accuracy of their data. PBI solutions have saved plans over $200 million in overpayments, releasing billions in unnecessary funding liability, meeting regulatory obligations, and helping ensure participants, policyholders, and beneficiaries receive what they’ve earned and deserve. What happened? In late May 2023, the federal government, state governments, [...]

2023-08-25T13:12:37-05:00August 25th, 2023|News|

PBI finds missing beneficiaries with life changing benefits.

For over 40 years, PBI has been working with pensions across the nation to identify decedents. Not only does quick decedent identification eliminate overpayments, minimize fraud, and preserve the longevity of the plan, but it also satisfies the fiduciary duty to participants and beneficiaries. PBI can help ensure you’re doing what’s best for the participant/beneficiary and build trust with your participant population. PBI’s ability to find the hard to find can be life changing, especially [...]

2023-06-15T15:58:43-05:00June 15th, 2023|Beneficiaries & BeneSearch, Case Studies|

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 the [...]

2023-06-01T09:10:21-05:00May 31st, 2023|News|

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 [...]

2023-06-21T13:26:26-05:00April 12th, 2023|Death Audit & CertiDeath, Insurance|

Case Study: PBI Research Services Helps Company Find 375 Participants with Wrong Addresses and Missing Retirees Who Were Due Benefits

A 125-year-old analytics company, is no stranger to data. They understand the power and impact it can have – which is why PBI Research Service’s CertiCensus® caught their attention. The company uses deep data insights and analytics to solve business challenges for Fortune 500 clients. Their portfolio of B2B companies increases customer loyalty, employee experience and sales performance through a variety of services and software solutions. The company has been a client of PBI’s [...]