No one likes to think about planning a funeral. 2 News Oklahoma's Cathy Tatom listenes to Consumer Reports advice about why doing so early helps take out some of the stress.

A funeral expert sparked debate after questioning high funeral costs, urging South Africans to rethink dignity, culture and ...

Medicare doesn’t cover funeral expenses. It’s a health insurance program primarily for individuals over 65 or those younger who live with certain disabilities or conditions. Medicare does provide ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - It’s not clear when coroners in Louisiana began charging grieving families a fee for the permit needed to cremate their loved ones, but a new legal opinion clearly spells out ...

Live-streaming technology has entered the funeral home. Increasing consumer demand, fueled by the ubiquity of popular streaming services like Netflix, is driving the relatively new practice of ...

The new $9 congestion fee is a real killer — even for the dead. Funeral home directors in Manhattan are already considering passing on the surcharge to those burying the dead, they told The Post ...

BEIJING/HONG KONG, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Some residents in Beijing face waiting days to cremate relatives or paying steep fees to secure timely services, funeral home workers said, indicating a growing ...

A company offering “designer” caskets hopes to transform an industry that has remained largely unchanged for over a century by using a direct-to-consumer model championed by Amazon. Titan Casket has ...