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"MetLife agrees that periodic matching of administrative records against available external sources such as the Social Security Death Master File is a best practice and the company is implementing a monthly matching process," the company said.
MetLife agrees to multistate settlement over death benefit claims
only 75% of claims appeared in the SSDMF.
Accuracy of vital status ascertainment using the Social Security Death Master File in a deceased population. - PubMed - NCBI
I was thinking more of this one:
MetLife settles suit, earmarks $1.7 billion for deception claims