Funeral Director Daily
“Synergy” is an interesting word and one that is almost always used when companies align, merge, or are aquired. It is defined as such, “the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects”. That’s exactly…
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Tonight, Tuesday, July 16 at 8 pm Eastern Time (7 pm Central Time) the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) presents its monthly Funeral Professionals Peer Support Group virtual meeting. This month’s talking point will be facilitated by Peer Support US Program Director Kim Zavrotny and will deal with your working environment. Here’s…
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We’ve all heard the saying, “The grass is greener on the other side of the street“. And, what that pertains to is that wherever you are, in whatever situation you are in, it always appears that life would be a little easier somewhere else. However, until you have tried that “somewhere else” do…
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In what is probably a first for Funeral Director Daily, our “Finance” story headings took four of the top five spaces in “most-read” articles this past month. That is however, certainly understandable when you consider the potential take private movement of Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) and the commentary that development has brought about in…
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I’m guessing that if somebody asked you to picture an “old time mortician” in your mind, you might think somewhat like I do and picture that pioneer mortician so often portrayed from the days of the United States westward expansion during the 2nd half of the 1800’s. That time period between…
Read MoreAll states have some type of restriction on who can fill in and file death certificates online. And, in most states, that responsibility lies many times with licensed funeral directors and morticians. This article from Delaware Public Radio WDDE tells us of a discrimination lawsuit being filed by the American Civil Liberties Union…
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For the past three days Funeral Director Daily has ran feature articles that deal with the major public companies in our profession — Matthews International, Service Corporation International, and Carriage Services. While lots of attention goes to those big companies I continually remind myself that “Death Care” is a local and home-grown business. …
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It’s been less than a month since a partnership of Homesteaders Life and private equity firm Birch Hill Partners announced their intention to acquire 100% of public funeral home and cemetery operator Park Lawn Corporation. As a matter of fact we are still about three weeks out from the July 29 stockholder vote…
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It was announced in this press release yesterday from Global Atlantic Financial Group (Global Atlantic) that the company had formed a partnership with the largest provider of funeral, cemetery, and cremation services in North America, Service Corporation International (SCI). Announced in the press release as a “10-year partnership, Global Atlantic says it…
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A quote from John R. Dijulius III goes like this “If you want to see how a company is doing today, look at their current sales; if you want to know how a company will perform in the future, look at their current Customer Satisfaction scores”. Customer satisfaction has always been a goal…
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