Funeral Director Daily
Assurant Preneed, a component of Assurant, posted higher revenue and higher profits in their 3Q 2018 results that were made public after the market on Tuesday. You can read the company’s press release on its earnings report here. Assurant, a member of the Death Care Index (DCI), operates a world-wide conglomerate composed of three segments…
Many of us are pretty proud, and rightfully so, that we have helped families in our communities cope with the death of a loved one for over 100 years and maybe are into our 3rd, 4th, or 5th generation of family service. Funeral service is a noble profession and one that those of us who…
Here is a couple of articles that we found concerning items that have been in the news lately. . . An article that you can find here concerns a lawsuit filed in Wayne County, Michigan last July that a judge has now paved the way for the suit to be certified as a a Class…
Last week death care public company Carriage Services reported 3rd quarter 2018 financial results. It was the 3rd consecutive quarter that the company had came in with a report that was less than what analysts had expected. If you read the earnings report and the subsequent Call with Analysts that you can read in its…
On November 1, 2018, StoneMor Partners issued a press release that you can read here which reported it’s financial results for the 1st Quarter of 2018. That period covers the time period of January 1, 2018, until March 31, 2018. As you may know, the company is moving from a Master Limited Partnership to a…
For those readers in the United States of America it is the day we cherish. The day that we get to go to the polls and select who we believe will be the best at managing the public’s interest for the next several years. In some municipalities you can vote for positions that range from…
According to the Associated Press, in an article that you can read here, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced last Thursday that he is adding three new regulators to the State’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs mortuary team. That will bring the total to 7. The regulators have oversight over funeral homes, funeral directors, and…
Last week we examined the 3rd quarter financial results for Service Corporation International. When we did that we noticed, and told our readers, about the success that their preneed funeral services seemed to be having. We actually told readers to compare what they are doing in their own businesses to SCI to make sure that…
What started out as a challenge to me from a blogger in another industry has turned into the fastest growing death care publication that can be found. Funeral Director Daily was established as a simple way for me to relate what I have learned in 33 years on the front line of funeral service and…
