funeral rules
When the New York Times starts writing articles that include thoughts on the Federal Trade Commission’s “Funeral Rule” I think it is time to say that the issue has caught some attention. My wife and I spend the months of January, February, and March in a rented condo in South Florida and…
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The Federal Trade Commission issued the “Funeral Rule” in 1982 with an effective date of September 1984. Since that time it has operated as a consumer tool for price comparison in the funeral home market. This recent communication from the FTC asks for additional comments on several items by January 3, 2023, as the FTC…
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It was news in February 2002 when a player in one of North America’s most sacred occupations was discovered to have stored, what is believed to be, 344 dead human bodies that were poised for cremation. It was what became known to many of us as the “Tri-State Crematory Scandal.” Led to discovery from an…
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The funeral profession has long had its critics. Those of us in the profession have to understand that and know that from time to time we are going to be broadsided by those critics’ calls for change. Recently this article entitled “How ‘Big Funeral’ made the afterlife so expensive” was published in Wired. It’s a…
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I’ve operated and managed a thriving funeral home. If you’ve been there and done it. . . you know it is 24/7/365. . . .not many days go by when you don’t worry about something. And, I’ve dealt with grieving family members, regulators, and the consumer movement too. When you operate a community funeral home,…
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Only a couple of days after I gave you my thoughts on what new companies might be winners in the death care profession I stumbled across an article from Forbes entitled, “The Future of Death Tech”. Today’s afternoon edition of Funeral Director Daily brings you that article as well as information on an apparent financial…
Read MoreOn Monday the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in a case that was partly brought to that court from a Michigan funeral home lawsuit alleging discrimination in employment as it pertains to gay, lesbian, and transgender people. Here is what an article from Real Clear Politics (RCP) says of this decision. “The Supreme…
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 MoreThere has been a lot of news in the death care profession in 2019. There is always the finance news and what is happening with the public companies on the merger and acquisition front. And, this year we are seeing the fight that StoneMor Partners is putting up to try to become relevant in the…
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