mortascreen

Mortascreen is one of the leading mortality suppression files in the UK, which is updated monthly with over 40,000 mortalities. Records are predominantly sourced from the Probate Registry, funeral directors and insurance companies as well as third party data contributors.

Any company carrying out a direct mail exercise should screen their mailing lists against Mortascreen, in addition to being wasteful and time-consuming, sending mail to deceased persons will portray a negative brand image – the most common complaint received by the Information Commissioner is from bereaved relatives who have received mail intended for a deceased loved one.

Mortascreen Suppression

When a file is cleansed against Mortascreen any records that are matched as deceased will be suppressed (removed) from the file, or, if the client so wishes, flagged. When a record is flagged by Mortascreen it remains in the file allowing the client to take any other appropriate action they feel necessary.

Whilst Mortascreen is ideal for marketing purposes, for deceased fraud prevention we utilise its related dataset, Halo, coupled with an enhanced version of our official Death Index database to create the most comprehensive mortality screening solution in the UK – Deathscreen. The combination of Halo records, the official Death Index and our sophisticated intuitive software creates dual-tiered mortality screening – checking for mortalities by name and date of birth as well as name and last known address.

Deathscreen is utilised in our data cleansing processes as well as being manually accessible via our Tracesmart Corporate people tracing tool and identity check solution, ID.

For further information on mortality screening, please contact us today.