Funeral Director Daily

Technical difficulties, Seeking Alpha opinion on Service Corporation

By Funeral Director Daily / August 26, 2020 /

To our readers:  Before we get into our feature article of the day I want to apologize to readers who did not receive distributed copies of Funeral Director Daily last Wednesday and Thursday.  Unfortunately, we ran into issues where we simply outgrew our former distributor of Funeral Director Daily emails, Twitter, and Facebook postings.  The…

Read More

Looking for a new funeral coach — how about a Tesla?

By Funeral Director Daily / August 25, 2020 /

  For almost 35 years I operated a funeral home and most of what I did there I thoroughly enjoyed. . . especially the part that was directly working with the families that were in need of funeral service help at the time.  I felt privileged that they would let me into the family discussions…

Read More

Transamerica adds funeral planning benefit

By Funeral Director Daily / August 24, 2020 /

In a press release that we received last week from Insurance News Net we learned that Transamerica Insurance has partnered with Everest Funeral Package, LLC to provide “a new funeral concierge benefit at no direct cost for qualifying life insurance policyholders.”  The press release goes on to say that this “Concierge Planning Rider” will provide…

Read More

Security National has bang-up quarter, Memorial segment grows

By Funeral Director Daily / August 21, 2020 /

Security National Financial Corporation (SNFC) is a diverse, but integrated company.  They are diverse in that they have three distinct segments – Mortgages, Life Insurance, and Cemeteries/Mortuaries – under their umbrella.  They are an integrated company in that all segments report together to bring a bottom line to the company. And, the integration was good…

Read More

British funeral pricing policy investigation ends

By Funeral Director Daily / August 19, 2020 /

As you may know, the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) set out to investigate the pricing practices of the death care industry in that country in March of 2019.  They now have concluded the investigation with some findings but also indicated that “further change in the sector is necessary but some of the…

Read More

Afternoon edition: Like a wedding registry, “Tap’n Go” may be new addition to death care

By Funeral Director Daily / August 19, 2020 /

Today’s feature article in Funeral Director Daily’s Afternoon edition comes to us from the Lifestyle section of the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald.  It delves into the options for families and friends to contribute to funeral costs or charities at Sydney Funerals. Sydney Funerals has launched a free service they call “Tap a Little Contribution” (TLC). …

Read More

Park Lawn Corp reports 2Q 2020, CEO Green answers acquisition questions

By Funeral Director Daily / August 19, 2020 /

Toronto based Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) reported its 2nd Quarter 2020 financial situation last week.  In it they reported great success on revenue growth and Adjusted Net Earnings.  CEO Brad Green commented on the financial report in saying, “We have grown together as an organization and are poised to continue with our projected growth targets.”  …

Read More

Afternoon edition: News you can use from public companies to cemeteries to COVID

By Funeral Director Daily / August 18, 2020 /

In today’s Afternoon Edition we will bring you a myriad of different news from different parts of the death care spectrum.  We lead off with an article from the United Kingdom that highlights that country’s largest provider of funeral services and cremations, Dignity PLC.  As you may know, the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)…

Read More

Is the Demographer the most important person in the corporate funeral office complex

By Funeral Director Daily / August 18, 2020 /

I was talking to a colleague about a recent funeral home acquisition and asking what he thought of the transaction.  His comment startled me in that he said, “I hope they didn’t pay too much because no one dies in that community anymore.”  His implication was that the community we were discussing has became known…

Read More

Afternoon edition: Forbes offers Preneed advice to consumers

By Funeral Director Daily / August 17, 2020 /

In this day and age it seems that when you are reading a newspaper or watching television for the news, it is not only enough to read or watch, but you may find it necessary to know the political persuasion of the entity presenting the news to get an accurate read on it.  You have…

Read More

[mc4wp_form id=9607]
advertise here banner