Regulations
An NFDA Convention Discussion Topic The mid-term congressional and senatorial elections are right around the corner taking place one week from today. The direction and results of those elections will help America chart our next course . . . . including the thought processes that could lead to new rules and regulations for…
An NFDA Convention Discussion Issue One of the issues that we have in America right now is that utility companies need to “store electricity” to help meet peak demand periods. Here’s how a recent article in the Wall Street Journal explained why this is so imprtant to utility companies at this time, “Battery…
Today’s Article includes an NFDA Convention Preview Who says Death Care is not “innovative”? Just this week I learned that ASD – Answering Service for Directors was named to Fortune‘s 2026 list of America’s Most Innovative Companies. This honor puts them right up there with Apple and SpaceX in a grouping of…
In August of this past summer (2026) 56 decomposed bodies were found improperly stored in a funeral home in Chicago. It’s not the first time or the first place something like this has happened, but when cases like this hit the news it does paint the Death Care profession in a bad light…
I came across an interesting article the other day that reminded me of the unease that I always had in selecting our funeral home’s preneed insurance partner. My unease had nothing to do with how we sold preneed and our expected acceptance of it at the time of death. My unease came…
Back in August the Worcester (Maryland) County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) approved Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) firm Earth Burial’s request to spread NOR soil on a 14-acre property in the county. According to this recent article from the Ocean City (MD) Today-Dispatch, the Worcester County Attorney has now filed a petition for judicial…
It’s been over 20 years since the advent of Health Savings Accounts were swept into law during the George W. Bush administration. And, a bill (HR 2436) which moves them into the Death Care realm, which still sits in committee, was introduced into the U.S. Congress in 2025. That bill, introduced by Oklahoma Representative…
If you are a college football fan the argument over the last three years with the advent of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) money, the open Transfer Portal, and the expansion of the major conferences is whether the Big Ten Conference or the Southeastern Conference (SEC) is now the dominant conference in college…
I’m not a macro economist. I’m just a common sense business person who tries to square big numbers into more household like comparisons. When I look at last week’s analysis that the United States inflation rate is rising 3.4% in a year over year comparison I see that as a signal that our country’s…
Recently I received a press release from Parting Stone, the solidified remains company, that enlightened me as to some of the reasons so many survivors continue to hold on to cremated remains in the home rather than pursue permanent placement for them. I’ve always thought that the main reason that families continue…
