Funeral Director Daily
Some trends become tidal waves. This article from Great Britain insurer SunLife takes into account what they saw in 2020 as reported in their “Cost of Dying” report. You can access the company’s synopsis of the Great Britain death care market here. One of the findings, which is more than likely pandemic induced, but also…
Read MoreAs we head into the weekend I’m clearing off my desk and have some information from some of our favorite friends at Clifton Larson Allen, Roosevelt Investments, and the National Funeral Directors Association that may be of interest to you. In addition, I’m throwing a couple of articles out there that are not necessarily death…
Read MoreI recently came across a couple of surveys of of American workers and their career satisfaction and thoughts of career changes. One thing is certain. . .we are not in the 1960’s when young people were told to “get a good job, hold on to it, and retire with a pension”. We now know that…
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There is no doubt that 2020 has been a different year in so many ways. Even a hundred years from now it will be remembered as the COVID-19 pandemic year. And, in many ways, it has been a very rough year for funeral service. This radio and print report that you can read and/or listen…
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It didn’t take long into 2021 to hear of news on the acquisition front. This press release will tell you of the Foundation Partners Group (FPG) acquisition of three funeral homes in New Mexico. According to the press release the company acquired the Riverside Funeral Homes located in Albuquerque, Los Lunas, and Santa Fe, New…
Read MoreOver the last few days and weeks we have seen a surge in COVID related deaths in areas that had not necessarily had a surge in them yet. Over the course of the past ten months we have seen peaks and valleys in different localities during the course of this pandemic. We’ve also seen recent…
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Have you ever been really, really busy and then as you try to get something done, nothing seems to work correctly? It seems like that happens to me a lot. Well, it is happening to our colleagues in the state of Indiana where they have recently surpassed the 8,200 number of deaths from COVID-19. Not…
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In a report from last week, MarketBeat made comments about the stock of Carriage Services. You can read the article here where MarketBeat states that one analyst rates Carriage Services a “Sell”, one analyst reports Carriage Services a “Hold”, and three analysts rate the company a “Buy”. The report also points out, over the past…
Read MoreAs we move into the weekend we bring you some reading material including an article on how the indigent funeral program in Ohio has more requests than usual because of a combination of not only COVID-19 deaths, but an uptick in opioid deaths as well. We also bring you a video and news story out…
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