Funeral Director Daily
I read an article published on Friday by Samuel Leathers and featured on the site, Seeking Alpha. The crux of the article, which you can read here, is the author’s opinion that a better way to play the “Graying of America” demographic in the stock market than senior housing and the nursing home industry is…
Since the 1st of the year we have been busy telling you what happened with the public companies, where we think the public companies are going, what we think will happen in the industry in 2018, reminiscing about an old lawsuit in the industry, and giving some advice on getting positive public relations for your…
Last week a jury was seated and opening statements were begun in the criminal trial of Arthur Rathburn, age 64, of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. Rathburn is accused of fraudulently misrepresenting his unusual product, that of parts of bodies that had been donated for research. According to an article on the case that you can…
In an article from the Think Advisor which you can read here it was reported that Ogden, Utah based pre-need life insurer Great Western Life Insurance is going to be acquired by American Republic Insurance of Des Moines, Iowa. Great Western is a privately held life insurance company, specializing in Pre-Need funeral insurance started by…
When I left off on Friday the now over 20 year old case of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Homes v. The Loewen Group was our topic. As I told you, it was an incredibly interesting drama unfolding in a Mississippi courtroom – all over the aggressive expansion plans and tactics of a Canadian based funeral home consolidator.…
Over the New Year’s Holiday I noticed a small blip in a Mississippi newspaper, the Sun Herald, which announced the fact that Jeffrey O’Keefe, Jr. of Gulfport has been named President of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Homes. It goes on to say, as you can read here, that Mr. O’Keefe is a sixth generation family member in…
It is always fun when the ball drops in Times Square at the rise of the New Year to think about how the future will be affecting you. Thinking about what will happen in the death care industry in North America is not something that comes to everybody’s mind, but if you make your livelihood…
Yesterday we gave you a recap of the death care public companies that make up the Death Care Index and their performance in 2017. We also promised that we would bring you some ideas that we have where those companies may be headed in the year ahead. Again, please couch your thoughts with the fact…
