Funeral costs
I came across an interesting article the other day from The Pantagraph of Bloomington, Illinois. The article, that you can read here, simply relates to an 1893 funeral bill that was donated to the McLean County Museum of History. It’s interesting to look at the billing statement which is illustrated in the article and see…
Read MoreAn article that you can see here from Choice indicates that Australian funeral market leader InvoCare will back down on an “administrative fee” that is added to all funeral statements. According to the article, InvoCare’s Keiron Humbler, when asked about the removal of this fee commented, “That’s the plan”. Funeral Director Daily first told…
Read MoreIn America we have been fortunate that in my lifetime forces have kept the economy stable. Yes, I can remember when I started in the business that bank certificate of deposits on funeral trust funds paid 16% annually – but that was for a very short period of time. The economic stability of America lets…
Read MoreIt’s a habit that I just can’t seem to let go of. I’m just business oriented and when I read something I have this habit of taking the information and transforming it into how it may or may not affect the business that I am in. As some of you know, I’m an early investor…
Read MoreGreat Britain’s leading purveyor of death care services reported that for the first 13 weeks of 2019 that they have had fewer services and lower profits than the first quarter of 2018. In a statement very similar to first quarter United States public death care companies, Service Corporation International and Carriage Services, Dignity Plc said…
Read MoreIn an article published earlier today on Bloomberg.com that you can read here, it is reported that the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) of Great Britain report that “price increases over the past decade, particularly by larger chains, can’t be justified by higher costs or quality improvements”. The CMA goes on to suggest a proposal…
Read MoreAbout a year ago Funeral Director Daily ran an article when we learned that some people were using crowdfunding sites to help raise the money needed to pay for the memorial expenses that they chose for their loved ones. We recently read an article in the United Kingdom’s Independent entitled, “We had to beg…
Read MoreThe United States Department of Labor published rates on the rising cost of death as their October 31 piece in the Economics Daily platform. From here you can see the full article with a graph which indicates some of the following: From December 1986 to September 2017 funeral expenses rose 227.1% In that same time…
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