Funeral Director Daily
It’s a habit that I just can’t seem to let go of. I’m just business oriented and when I read something I have this habit of taking the information and transforming it into how it may or may not affect the business that I am in. As some of you know, I’m an early investor…
We gave you an article this morning that dealt with the State of Oregon. The following article is a terrific business article that comes from their neighbor state to the north, Washington. Here is a really interesting article that brings up many of the challenges of full-service funeral homes and what they face, especially those…
I came across a really good consumer information article the other day about the State of Oregon and its Mortuary and Cemetery Board. The point of the article was an information topic on how the funeral home, cremation, and cemetery industry is regulated in that state. You can read the article here. As my headline…
This article from the Sydney Morning Herald relates to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that, according to that article, commenced action last week against funeral and accident insurance company Select AFSL and its director, Russell Howden. The article mentions that the company faces a lawsuit from Australia’s corporate regulator over what they call…
Next week the United States Federal Reserve Board will meet in one of their eight yearly meetings. This group of monetary experts meets to discuss our country’s monetary policy and set the interest rate that the government charges banks for government funds. Virtually all other rates in the world are then set based on what…
So today, September 11, 2019, marks the 18th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks on America. For those of us who are baby boomers, that day is seared in our memory as are the days of the President John F. Kennedy assassination, the day that astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, and the day…
I came across this article the other day about the rise of crowdfunding to pay for funerals. Now, this is not the first time we have written about this subject, but this article is interesting because it points out some statistics and trends behind this phenomena. The article is a public relations article about the…
