Funeral Director Daily

Making this Cemetery Great Again

By Funeral Director Daily / January 25, 2019 /

Even though this is a real news story with real valid reasoning for two people doing what they are doing, I had to chuckle just a tad when the on scene reporter started his report by saying, “These two guys are making this cemetery great again”. Regardless of your political persuasion, if you have not…

Assurant posts higher Preneed Sales and Profits

By Funeral Director Daily / November 9, 2018 /

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…

Being Determined to Stay the Course

By Funeral Director Daily / August 15, 2018 /

Business decisions are generally not made lightly in the death care industry. The same is true of public relations events put on by funeral homes and cemeteries. Usually, these types of businesses are very thorough in their thought process so as not to annoy and/or lose a potential customer. So once you have made a…

Thinking of adding a Crematory?

By Funeral Director Daily / August 13, 2018 /

Over thirty-five years as an owner operator of a community funeral home I made hundreds of business decisions. Some were easy, some were hard, some worked out, some didn’t. The one common denominator is that I did my research and thought that I was doing the right thing to either help the community or gain…