Funeral Director Daily

Debating the Federal Trade Commission “Funeral Rule”

By Funeral Director Daily / December 7, 2022 /

I was a little bit flattered and humbled when death care experts Alan Creedy and Danny Jefferson picked up Funeral Director Daily’s article on the upcoming process of “retaining and modernizing” the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) “Funeral Rule” as the topic for their latest “Two Guys and a Question” podcast. You can click here to…

Online price lists are showing up

By Funeral Director Daily / November 17, 2022 /

Earlier this week I was informed by a Funeral Director Daily reader that online price lists have started to appear on the websites of Service Corporation International (SCI) funeral homes. Just to be clear, I’m not sure that this is news or not — because I’ve never taken the time to check out individual SCI…

Dollars and Sense — The great debate over online pricing

By Funeral Director Daily / February 17, 2020 /

I noticed last week that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be seeking comment on whether to make changes to the Funeral Rule. This is probably the least the FTC will do and there probably could be more to come. In their notice, they mentioned areas of funeral services and pricing where they explicitly seek…