In a $1.3 billion deal announced on March 9, 2021, CUNA Mutual Group is acquiring the preneed business of Assurant, an exclusive, longtime partner of Service Corporation International...
The Connecting Directors 2021 Deathcare Survey netted 399 responses and an incredible amount of information. Your feedback presents an amazing snapshot of the state of deathcare today: who...
It’s a record no one wanted to break: 500,000 deaths officially attributed to COVID. On February 23, the United States reached that milestone. Unfortunately, that “official” number is...
If you’ve had the time (which, considering the state of the things right now you probably haven’t) you may have caught at least a few episodes of the...
We cover a lot of unusual and unconventional death-related topics here at Connecting Directors, but this is a new one. It seems a man from Tampa, Florida who...
Our goal at Connecting Directors is to provide superior deathcare industry content and free tools to help our readers advance your careers and grow your business. To support...
Thanks to Connecting Directors contributing author Eric Pereira for this story. We’d like to think of cemeteries as safe sanctuaries where families can mourn and remember their loved...
Customarily, funerals and memorial services for deceased celebrities are star-studded, widely-publicized, and well-photographed events. Last year, though, was different — as you well know. The pandemic changed memorialization...
If you attended the 2019 NFDA Convention and Expo in Chicago, chances are you noticed the Coasson. It’s hard not to. This sleek pull-behind innovation attracts attention in...
The message from our recent Connecting Directors COVID Vaccine Priority Survey is loud and clear: The deathcare profession is not being consistently treated with the urgency and understanding...