Funeral Insurance

American Enterprise Group grows with Great Western Acquisition

By Funeral Director Daily / February 22, 2018 /

An article from the Des Moines Register that you can read here gives some implications on the American Enterprise Group (AEG), a Des Moines based insurer, and its acquisition of Great Western Insurance Company of Utah.  As you recall we made you aware of this acquisition last month on Funeral Director Daily and now that…

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Pizza and Pre-Planning

By Funeral Director Daily / January 30, 2018 /

More than ever, in our transitionary society, funeral homes are depending on pre-arrangements, at a younger age,  to get families to choose their funeral home over a competitor.  People just don’t seem as loyal as years gone by and the thought is that the idea of getting some future business on the books can’t do…

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Pre-Arrangement Operations in the Cremation World

By Funeral Director Daily / December 15, 2017 /

Back in the 1990s as our State of Minnesota began allowing insurance policies to be a repository for pre-need funeral arrangement funding, many funeral homes, mine included, started insurance agencies in order to profit from the decision.  Since, Minnesota is a 100% trusting state, prior to that decision if a family gave you $5000 to…

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A.M. Best Upgrades Great Western Insurance Credit Rating

By Funeral Director Daily / August 9, 2017 /

A press release from BusinessWire has indicated that the Great Western Insurance Company (GWIC) of Ogden, Utah, has had  A.M. Best upgrade their Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb+” from “bbb”.  The outlook of the Long-Term ICR has been revised to stable from positive while the outlook of the Financial Strength Rating is stable. The…

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