Finance

Carriage Services Enters Colorado Market

By Funeral Director Daily / November 13, 2017 /

Late on Thursday Carriage Services issued two press releases indicating that they had closed the purchases of two funeral firms in the corridor between Denver and Fort Collins, Colorado.  The public death care company announced that they had acquired Carroll-Lewellen Funeral and Cremation Services in Longmont, Colorado and also acquired the Viegut Funeral Home in…

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit against StoneMor

By Funeral Director Daily / November 8, 2017 /

U.S. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has dismissed a class action lawsuit against StoneMor Partners L.P. according to an article in the Delaware County Times.  In this lawsuit, lead plaintiffs Judson Anderson was trying to show that investors were misled and/or materially harmed by statements StoneMor made between March…

Assurant Posts Operating Loss of $76.3 Million for 3rd Qtr

By Funeral Director Daily / November 3, 2017 /

A net operating loss of $76.3 million was reported by global conglomerate Assurant yesterday.  While two – Global Lifestyle and Global Preneed – of their three operating units posted profits, they were far outweighed by the losses in the Global Housing segment to produce the loss.  The Global Housing unit loss of $110.3 million was…

Stonemor Partners Reports 2017 First Quarter

By Funeral Director Daily / November 1, 2017 /

Last Friday, October 27, StoneMor Partners L.P., finally reported its earnings from the 1st Quarter of 2017 which ended on March 31, 2017.  As reported earlier the Partnership is continuing to work on its delayed filing of periodic reports with the SEC.  You can read the full report of last Friday from StoneMor here. Here…

SCI Reports 3rd Quarter Earnings

By Funeral Director Daily / October 27, 2017 /

Service Corporation International announced their 3Q 2017 results on October 25.  The company, based in Houston, Texas – much like Carriage Services – announced that the results were somewhat skewed by the hurricanes that happened during the quarter and affected some of their locations in Texas and Florida.  In SCI’s case, they announced in their…

Carriage Services Announces 3rd Quarter Results

By Funeral Director Daily / October 26, 2017 /

Following the close of business yesterday Carriage Services announced their 3rd quarter results.  After a short note that two of their large market areas, Florida and Texas, were affected greatly by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey – which they contend more than likely affected results. Here are some of the notes from the report, which can…

Assurant Agrees to Buy The Warranty Group

By Funeral Director Daily / October 20, 2017 /

Assurant, a global leader in insurance coverage, covering things as diverse as appliances, autos, mobile devices, electronics, and funeral plans announced today that it will acquire The Warranty Group, a portfolio company of TPG Capital and restructure into a new organization still know as Assurant.  Assurant plans to spend about $2.5 billion in cash, stock,…

StoneMor Amends Credit, Hints at Dividend Cut, Reduction of Units

By Funeral Director Daily / October 9, 2017 /

StoneMor Parnters, LP, a publicly traded death care company that owns and operates both funeral homes and cemeteries announced in a        press release on Friday, October 6, 2017, that they will be amending their secured credit facility.  You can read about the modifications here. In reading the entire release, the Chairman of…

Zacks Upgrades Carriage Services Stock

By Funeral Director Daily / September 29, 2017 /

On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, Zacks Investment Research issued an upgrade on the stock of funeral industry public company Carriage Services.  You can read about that upgrade and more about Carriage Services in that news release here. [wpforms id=”436″ title=”true” description=”true”]

Assurant Estimates Hurricane Loses

By Funeral Director Daily / September 26, 2017 /

Assurant, a major player in the funeral pre-need insurance industry has estimated losses in its Global Housing segment due to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.  The company said in a statement, reported by MarketWatch, that it expects losses, net of reinsurance, for Hurricane Harvey in the Texas gulf to be in a range of up to…