Funeral Director Daily
Smith Family Funeral Homes of North Little Rock, Arkansas announced last week that they have acquired American Home Life Insurance Company, also of North Little Rock. Interestingly enough, American Home Life Insurance Company was founded by the grandfather of Smith Family Funeral Homes current President Jeff Smith. Smith was quoted in this article from Arkansas…
I believe that I’m now in my 8th month of living in the COVID world. And, in that world a lot has changed about how I do things. Even with the change, however, things seem to be slowly returning to normal in my state of Minnesota. Our students are in school, our high school football…
In a press release that we received last week, Foundation Partners Group announced that they had expanded and repositioned their leadership team. According to the release that you can read here, this will “position the company for continued growth and innovation.” The release explains that Bob Bukala, formerly the President and CEO, will remain CEO…
As you know we have been dedicating the Thursday Afternoon Edition to our new feature, “Get to Know Them”. This feature tries to bring forth the many facets of the death care profession and differing occupations within such. I’ve learned that not all of our readers are funeral home owners or funeral home directors and…
*Re-printed with permission from Pure Cremation. Before 2015 the funeral industry in Great Britain still looked and felt very Victorian. Most ceremonies were still rooted in 200-year old traditions and any deviation from the norm was frowned upon by both funeral directors and mourners. However, this was set to change when veteran undertaker Bryan Powell…
Ask ten different consumers and you will get ten different opinions on “insurance”. Especially, life insurance. Some think it is necessary, some think it is a waste of time, some love the peace of mind it can bring, some will say let my survivors deal with the money after my death. You get the idea.…
In today’s Afternoon Edition of Funeral Director Daily we bring you some interesting articles. Included among them is an article aimed at consumers that takes note on 10 misconceptions about cremation. We also have an article where politicians are wondering what they can do with a cemetery that is located in an area that they…
In today’s Afternoon Edition we bring you opportunities to continue to learn with a webinar from Disrupt Media and the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), a new podcast from the National Funeral Directors Association, and a useful article from Clifton Larson Allen on planning an exit from your business. We also have a couple…
Last week Vrishali Bagree of Zacks presented an article that appeared on Nasdaq.com. It was entitled “Rising demand keeps funeral industry going: Four stocks to watch”. You can read that article here. In essence the article tells that the Zacks Funeral Services industry is housed within the broader Zacks Consumer Staples sector. According to the…
