Chapter 2: A Preneed Overview

Oct 17, 2022 | Resources for Funeral Homes

The first large-scale speech I gave at an NFDA convention was in Orlando in the 1980s. In the room next to me was an industry “expert” whose presentation denounced the use of funeral directors as salespeople and asserted that preneed was an inferior way of promoting funeral home services.

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