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How Funeral Service Leaders Exemplify Compassion and Excellence: Honoring Great Bosses

In the funeral profession, leadership means much more than simply managing day-to-day operations. It involves guiding grieving families, supporting employees and maintaining a strong connection with the community. Funeral service leaders are often called upon to embody compassion, understanding and resilience – qualities that inspire their teams to give their best each day.

Boost Your Preneed Efficiency with the myHomesteaders Policy App

What would you do with extra time in your workday? As funeral professionals, the possibility of reclaiming precious hours to dedicate to families is especially appealing. That’s why it’s so important to have the right resources that help reduce the time you spend on administrative tasks so you can focus your talent on the work you do best.

At Homesteaders, we recognize this need and continuously improve the tools we develop to manage your preneed program. Our newly updated myHomesteaders^® policy app is designed specifically to help streamline your operations and provide the business insights you need, right at your fingertips.

What to Know About Using a Case Management System as a Funeral Professional

As a funeral professional, you use many tools to help your business run smoothly and best serve your client families in their time of need. One tool you may find beneficial is a case management system. In this blog post, we provide information on this tool and tips for using the Gather integration with Homesteaders.

What Funeral Professionals Can Learn from Elevia’s Aftercare Approach

In the ever-evolving landscape of funeral service, funeral professionals need solutions for a compassionate and innovative approach to aftercare and client-family support. Elevia, formerly known as Domanicare, is an aftercare solution that recently rebranded to better reflect its mission of elevating connections, supporting communities and driving business growth. This transformation is not just a change in name but a testament to Elevia’s dedication to providing exceptional aftercare and client-family experiences. Here’s what you, as a funeral professional, can learn from Elevia’s successful approach.

Rowing Together: Lessons from The Boys In the Boat for Funeral Professionals

Every four years we get to watch the world’s best athletes represent our country in the Summer Olympics. Watching these athletes pour their years of hard work and entire talent into one performance is motivating; and as funeral professionals, we can relate to some of the daily challenges these athletes face. Inspired by the start of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, our marketing team read the book The Boys In the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. This story takes place in Washington during the Great Depression and follows the lives of the nine boys who rowed their way to gold at the Olympics.

This book includes many themes that you can bring into your day-to-day work as a funeral professional. Recommended by Board Chair, President and CEO of Homesteaders Steve Shaffer, this book serves as a beautiful demonstration of the power of teamwork and the value of everyone pulling their weight to reach a common goal.

Let’s explore each theme and unpack some takeaways for any funeral professional.

Reflecting on 10 years of the Homesteaders Life Company Blog

Funeral service professionals need and deserve reliable sources of information that they can depend on to help them better serve their customers, stay up to date on the latest trends and continue to develop their skills. Ten years ago, our team established the Homesteaders Blog to help bring those insights to anyone who can benefit from that expertise.

What Nature Teaches Us About Death and Grief

In the journey of life, death and grief are threads we all must weave into our existence. While daunting or painful, these experiences also hold profound lessons, many of which nature imparts to us. From the cycle of seasons to the delicate dance of life and death in ecosystems, nature offers insights that can guide us through the labyrinth of loss and sorrow.

Resources to Help Your Funeral Home Stay Ahead in 2024

Homesteaders’ 2023 annual report is now available, and we’re grateful to share what we accomplished during another outstanding year at Homesteaders. We have a lot to celebrate, including offering double-digit growth rate increases in the first quarter of 2023 and again in January of 2024. It’s just one example of how our solid financial position helps our customers get – and stay – ahead.

3 Unexpected Roles of a Funeral Director

Funeral directors’ jobs are sometimes characterized by their most visible role: ensuring funeral services run smoothly for families who have lost a loved one. But funeral professionals wear many hats as they help families through some of the most difficult times. We are going to unpack some of the unexpected roles that funeral professionals have, and why those traits are so important to their work.

What We’re Looking Forward to at 2024 Conventions

2024 convention season has arrived, and we are excited for what’s in store this year! From thoughts on why conventions are important to what we’re looking forward to and which conventions we will attend, some of Homesteaders’ senior account executives share their thoughts below.