Tag: Funerals

FTC Requests Public Comments on SCI’s Application to Approve Sale of Funeral Assets in Kansas, Missouri, and Texas to Signature Funeral and Cemetery Investments

Date

March 20, 2014

The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Service Corporation International (SCI) to sell certain funeral and cemetery assets, as required under the FTC...

FTC Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Nine States Test Compliance with Funeral Rule Disclosure Requirements

Date

March 11, 2014

Investigators working undercover in nine states found that, in 30 of the 122 funeral homes they visited during 2013, the funeral homes failed to disclose pricing information to consumers as required...

FTC: Scammers Hit New Low by Sending Fake “Funeral Notices”

Date

February 12, 2014

Scam artists are forever trying to trick people into clicking on links that will download malware to their computers. But the latest scam takes the trick to a new low. Scammers are sending bogus...

New York Funeral Home Will Pay $32,000 to Settle FTC Charges for Funeral Rule Violations

Date

January 8, 2014

A New York funeral home and its funeral director/owner agreed to pay a $32,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for violating the agency’s Funeral Rule, which requires funeral...

Harrison Funeral Home, Inc., and John Balsamo

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

January 8, 2014

FTC Matter/File Number

112 3017

X120051

FTC Puts Conditions on Service Corporation International’s Proposed $1.4 Billion Acquisition of Rival Funeral and Cemetery Services Provider

Date

December 23, 2013

Service Corporation International (SCI), the nation’s largest provider of funeral and cemetery services, has agreed to sell 53 funeral homes and 38 cemeteries to resolve Federal Trade Commission...

FTC Sues Funeral Home for Failing to Disclose Prices

Date

December 4, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission charged Ross-Clayton Funeral Home Inc. in Montgomery, Ala., and its owners, David C. Ross, Jr. and Eleanor Lewis Dawkins, with violating the FTC’s Funeral Rule, which...

FTC Conducts Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Eight States to Press Funeral Homes to Comply with Consumer Protection Law

Date

July 24, 2013

Investigators working undercover in eight states detected significant violations of Federal Trade Commission consumer protection requirements in 23 of 127 funeral homes they visited during 2012. The...

FTC Video Helps Funeral Providers Comply with the Funeral Rule

Date

April 10, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission has released a new video to help businesses that sell funeral goods and services comply with the Funeral Rule. The Rule applies to licensed funeral directors and funeral...

Opinion 13-1

Date

January 3, 2013

Clarifies how funeral providers should disclose additional charges for atypical services on the GPL and Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected.

Opinion 13-1 (26.22 KB)

Opinion 13-2

Date

January 3, 2013

Addresses Funeral Rule requirements for disclosing charges for collecting insurance or trust proceeds.

Opinion 13-2 (24.51 KB)

Opinion 12-1

Date

December 13, 2012

Clarifies that all caskets that do not require special ordering must be listed on the casket price list, even if offered temporarily or only to a select group of customers.

Opinion 12-1 (23.06 KB)

Carter III, Harry J., individually and d/b/a Carter Funeral Chapels, Ltd.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

September 19, 2012

FTC Matter/File Number

1123032

Plain Language Guidance

Complying with the Funeral Rule

Date

August 31, 2012

Table of Contents Introduction Who Must Comply With the Funeral Rule? Definition of “funeral provider” Definition of “funeral goods”and “funeral services” Does the Rule Apply to Pre-Need Arrangements...

Funeral Rule Price List Essentials (1.18 MB)

Sample 1 - General Price List (26.58 KB)

Sample 2 - Casket Price List (22.34 KB)

Sample 3 - Outer Burial Container Price List (19.86 KB)

Sample 4 - Funeral Good Services Statement (24.93 KB)

565A_Complying with Funeral Rule_2025_508.pdf (15.24 MB)

B.K. Henry Funeral Chapel, Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

July 20, 2012

FTC Matter/File Number

1123047

Andrew Torregrossa & Sons, Inc., Andrew L. Torregrossa, and John L. Torregrossa, U.S.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

June 27, 2012

FTC Matter/File Number

112 3132

Donmaz Ltd., d/b/a Blair-Mazzarella Funeral Home, et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

May 3, 2012

FTC Matter/File Number

1123016

FTC Conducts Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Nine States to Press Funeral Homes to Comply with Consumer Protection Law

Date

April 18, 2012

Investigators working undercover in nine states detected significant violations of Federal Trade Commission consumer protection requirements in 23 of 102 funeral homes they visited during 2011. The...

FTC Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Saint Joseph Abbey v. Castille

Date

December 27, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a case raising constitutional challenges to provisions of the Louisiana Embalming and...