Funeral funding
I ran across this article the other day that is entitled, “Financing a Funeral: Crowdfunding, insurance, credit cards, loans, and payment plans”. The article comes from a publication called “The Enlightened Mindset” and appears directed towards the consumer. I don’t think it is a “bad” article, but you can also tell it is not…
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Allianz Life recently published a survey that was taken of a representative sample of 1,000 Americans detailing how they were financially affected by the pandemic that we are showing signs of emerging from. You can access an article about the survey here. In essence, the article states that there is a “significant gap in the…
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Worldwide insurance conglomerate Assurant reported both its 4Q 2020 and its Full Year 2020 results last week. The company reports in three distinctive segments — Global Housing, Global Lifestyle, and Global Preneed. The total Earned Premiums of the entire company for the Full Year 2020 combined to $9.52 billion which is a better than 2%…
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We continue to roll out the earnings reports of the public death care companies and today is no exception. Today we tell you about one of the quieter companies that is starting to make a name for themselves as they grow. That company is Utah based Security National Financial Corporation (SNFC) and divisions of the…
Read MoreToday’s Afternoon Edition will bring you some stories of American counties that are grappling with how to pay for increased requests for financial assistance for families that indicate that they need help in paying minimum cremation costs. We have one story from WFTS in Tampa Bay, Florida, that is very typical in telling that requests…
Read MoreI recently came across an article from TV 6 in Richmond, Virginia, about funeral crowdfunding being set up for a relative through GoFundMe when the family noticed that another account for the deceased had already been set up. The family became uneasy about it and asked TV 6 to investigate. Turns out that the first…
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