The Scarborough Council just announced increases in their funeral, cremation and burial prices. There are going to be nearly 80 different levels of charging Some of the charges depend on whether they involve cremation, burial, the times when funerals take place, the use of the service chapel and scattering the remains and whether the remains
February 2008
Iowa Personal Preference Legislation – Whose Funeral is it?
By Bill Stalter on
The Iowa had not one, but two personal preference bills pending before its Legislature for the 2007/08 term: SF 473 and HF 2088. The Senate version, SF 473, was backed by Iowa’s attorneys, and the House version, HF 2088, was backed by the Iowa Funeral Directors Association.
What caught my attention about these bills…
Preneed trusts and insurance investments
By Bill Stalter on
Posted in Preneed, Preneed Tax
One of the many issues facing regulators in the Clayton Smart debacle was the surrender of thousands of Forethought life insurance policies by a Forest Hill preneed trustee. New light will probably be shed on this issue with revelations that Robert Nelms and Clayton Smart may each have been using the same financial management company: Security…
Kentucky Perpetual Care legislation – Proceed to Go and collect $200
By Bill Stalter on
Posted in Cemeteries, Legislation
Kentucky’s city administrators claim that with House Bill 369 they can now see the light at the end of the tunnel. For the past 20 years, municipal cemeteries in the Blue Grass State have been forced to operate under the same rules that apply to commercial cemeteries when it came to perpetual care funding. For that…
NPS – Pushing the Envelope
By Bill Stalter on
Posted in Preneed
The Funeral Monitor and the Funeral Service Insider write to different segments of the death care industry, and rarely report on the same topics. So when each makes National Prearrangement Services their lead story in late January, readers should take notice.
NPS is a company that has always pushed the envelope. With preneed laws as…