NAFD sets out its preferred regulatory solution for funeral plan sales
Today (26 April 2018), the NAFD welcomed the second Fairer Finance report into how the sale of funeral plans should be regulated, having been involved in shaping its findings, and set out the Association’s preferred options for the future regulation of the sector. In launching the report, which was sponsored by Co-op Funeralcare, Dignity, Ecclesiastical…
Scotland introduces index-linked funeral payments – when will rest of UK follow suit?
The Scottish Parliament has signalled the first step to fairness, voting to introduce index-linked funeral payments, signalling a major step forward in the fight to help bereaved families. The NAFD, which has been campaigning strongly for the move at Holyrood and Westminster for a number of years, welcomed the news from Edinburgh. Interim CEO Graham Lymn said…
Buy your funeral plan from a funeral director – not Google
A new report, highlighted in today’s Daily Mail (How cheap funeral plans flogged online leave families facing a nasty bill), has highlighted concerns, shared by the National Association of Funeral Directors, about the pressure selling tactics of sales agents acting for less scrupulous funeral plan providers. Funeral plans can provide peace of mind to families…