August 2019

Page B12 AUGUST 2019 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on For funeral and cemetery suppliers, business has never been more isolating. Often ideas are done in a vacuum. What you know is only what you know, which limits how far you can go. IMSA membership can change that. We’ve brought together some of the top industry experts to offer our members free one-on-one advice on marketing, business planning, legal issues and more. We also bring to our members insightful business-boosting webinars, meaningful trade resources and networking with other IMSA members. All this for just $175 a year. We’re the only association serving all funeral and cemetery suppliers. Because what’s good for the suppliers is good for the providers and that’s good for the families. IMSA. Supplying opportunity. Who Supplies the Suppliers? IMSA members now get free consultation with Dan Katz & Rolf Gutknecht of LA ads, Jake Johnson of Johnson Consulting, Ryan Thogmartin of Disrupt Media and Poul Lemasters of Lemasters Consulting. www.IMSA-Online.com www.funeralradio.com UNCUT ANDUNCENSORED ANALYSIS FORYOUR FUNERAL HOME Passare ® and CLAIMCHECK ® Announce Direct Integration ABILENE,TX— Passare ®, a leading fu- neral home management software com- pany, and CLAIMCHECK ® , a life in- surance assignment company, are proud to announce a new direct integration, which offers expedited payments on life insurance assignments for funeral homes and families following a loss. “This new integration with CLAIM- CHECK allows funeral directors to submit a life insurance assignment, check status updates, upload docu- ments, and access reporting without ever having to leave their case manage- ment software. This is truly a seamless experience for funeral directors,” said Passare CEO, Jay Thomas. “Passare already offers an integra- tion with Funeral Directors Life pre- need policies and recently added built- in credit card payment and electronic check payment options,” said Thomas. “Now, funeral homes can also accept life insurance assignments through the Passare platform, making Passare the only system that accommodates all of the major types of payment that funeral homes accept.” Funeral home owners and managers will also benefit from accurate and up- to-date financial reporting on all pay- ments within the system. “Processing payments within Passare improves the accuracy of reporting and saves time by eliminating duplicate data entry,” Thomas added. “With this new integration, our mu- tual clients will be able to save time and run more of their business through a sin- gle platform,” said Michelle Morgan, di- rector of business services for CLAIM- CHECK. “Our goal is to make it as simple as possible for our clients to do business. With this integration, they don’t have to Partnership with Aftercare.com Passare, Inc has partnered with After- care.com to provide their mutual cus- tomers a more efficient process for en- rolling their families into the Aftercare. com service. “We are pleased to partner with After- care.com to streamline the process of following up with families after a ser- vice,” Thomas said. “The easier we can make it for our clients to connect with the families they serve, the better. This is a big win for our mutual customers because it reduces duplicate data entry and helps our clients save time.” Funeral homes that use Passare and Af- tercare.com will be able to set up an au- tomated report that sends contact infor- mation for family and friends on new and archived cases directly to Aftercare.com to be enrolled into the Aftercare Card Pro- gram, or the Aftercare-By-Text program. With either program, funeral homes are able to let families know they are think- ing about them, which builds relation- ships and helps to create loyal families. “We are laser focused on creating an effortless experience when it comes to enrolling families,” said Ellery Bowk- er, founder, and CEO of Aftercare.com. “Partnering with Passare helps to make that possible, and that’s a win for every- one.” “We’re happy to team up with After- care.com, ” said Thomas. “Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for funer- al directors to run their businesses, and this is just one way we are helping to streamline funeral home processes. The beauty of this is that you can set it and forget it and rest assured that your fam- ilies are being served through a quality aftercare program.” Messenger Acquires Express Funeral Funding AUBURN,IN— Messen- ger is pleased to announce the acquisition of Express Funeral Funding (EFF). “After careful consider- ation, we sought the op- portunity to acquire one of the fastest growing companies in the funeral profession,” commented Kevin Keane, president of Messenger. “This will allow Messenger to broad- en our existing product line and services to funer- al homes and cemeteries, while providing innova- tive solutions for families during their most difficult time of need.” main dedicated to con- tinually providing world class solutions to funer- al homes, cemeteries and their families. “This is great for our customers. We are thrilled to have aligned with an organization which shares our same mission, to provide the funeral profession with unparalleled services,” explained Aaron Callo- way, executive vice pres- ident and co-founder of EFF. “Our goal has al- ways been to provide leading-edge solutions and total customer sat- isfaction to our funeral homes and cemeteries, and I am confident this acquisition will achieve this on a greater scale.” EFF utilized Midwest based investment bank Periculum Capital Com- pany as advisor for the sale of the company. Messenger LLC, head- quartered in Auburn, IN, was founded in 1913 by Frank Messenger who started in the religious calendar business and has since become the leading provider of stationery, fu- neral service items and personalization servic- es. For more information about Messenger, visit www.messengerllc.com, call 1-800-827-5151, or email messenger@ messengerllc.com. Express Funeral Fund- ing has been providing funeral homes and ceme- teries nationwide the ulti- mate funding experience since 2002. EFF elimi- nates the challenges of working with insurance companies by limiting administration, provid- ing immediate payment and advancing complete policy funds. For more in- formation on Express Fu- neral Funding, visit www. expressfuneralfunding.com, email contact@expff.com or call 1-812-949-9011. As the largest private- ly held insurance assign- ment funding company in the nation, Express Fu- neral Funding has been providing funeral homes and cemeteries the ulti- mate funding experience since 2002. “Our focus from the beginning was to be the best in the industry, not necessarily the biggest,” said Steve Calloway, president and co-founder of EFF. “We strongly be- lieve this acquisition will provide our partnering funeral homes and cem- eteries an even greater funding experience.” Both organizations re- log into multiple systems to check for status updates and upload documents.” To learn more about Pas- sare or CLAIMCHECK, visit www.passare.com or www.claimchecknow.com. Did You Mi ss the Adver t i s ing Deadl ine for the Funeral Home & Cemetery Di rectory? Nomis Publications, Inc. PO Box 5159, Youngstown OH 44514 800.321.7479 • Fax 800.321.9040 julie@nomispublications.com www.nomispublications.com will get you EXPOSURE TODAY! FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS DIRECTORY Shipping