Aftercare Report: Death care industry news, read for you.
Regulation & licensing
Florida bans exclusive funeral-service deals with hospice and end-of-life providers
Why this mattersThe exclusivity ban and the licensure changes point opposite directions: one closes a channel some providers used to lock in referrals, the other lowers the bar to enter the Florida market.
Regulation & licensing
Missouri board revokes Butler County funeral director's license over death certificates
Cremation & alternatives
NFDA report puts 2025 US cremation rate at 63.4%, projects 82.3% by 2045
Why this mattersThese are NFDA's projections, not a count of what already happened by 2045. The state-level detail is what operators should watch, since the report projects universal state-level majority cremation by 2035, a full decade before the national 82.3% figure.