If you're trying to be financially responsible and have your fiscal ducks all in a row, it might seem sensible to sign up for "pre-need" funeral insurance to (eventually) cover the cost of your ...

It's not right for many people, but here are tips on getting it if you must. You might also look into funeral or burial (or "final expense"), insurance, which is a form of life insurance. It typically ...

The passing of a loved one is not easy to handle, and having to deal with the financial and emotional stress of a funeral doesn’t help ease the pain. Even though death is inevitable, most people ...

If you have relatives who are getting older, they may be considering pre-paying for their funeral to make things easier for their survivors when they pass. Funeral directors will tell you prepaying ...

State Comptroller Daniel Hynes has ordered a Missouri company to stop selling prepaid funeral benefit contracts in Illinois, prompting area funeral homes and some of their customers to check their ...

For many, there comes a time when it seems appropriate to plan for future funeral needs. In West Virginia, it is legal for a family to handle a funeral at home and burial on their property. But most ...

A local funeral home owner lost his license to sell and produce pre-need funeral insurance after conducting pre-need business under an inactive license, according to state documents. Daniel Ciha of ...

Depending on your state's laws, you'll usually have to put the money into some sort of escrow. Life insurance policies and payable-on-death trusts are common options, but your state may have specific ...

The owner of the Geilenfeld Funeral Home in Oelwein agreed to surrender two licenses Wednesday because he didn't place customer's funds for future funeral or cemetery services in trusts, but instead, ...

Photo: Flickr user Steve Snodgrass. If you're trying to be financially responsible and have your fiscal ducks all in a row, it might seem sensible to sign up for "pre-need" funeral insurance to ...