Funeral planning is hard, but consumer advocates say you still need to keep your guard up, especially when it comes to buying a casket. Joshua Slocum with the Funeral Consumers Alliance says some ...

Data: National Funeral Directors Association; Chart: Axios Visuals Cremations are now twice as common as burials in the U.S., ...

Britain's obesity crisis is leading to a rise in coffins that are simply too large to be cremated, funeral directors have warned. The growing number of overweight, obese and morbidly obese people is ...

— -- An Indiana company was center stage at pop superstar Michael Jackson's funeral this week with a product no one could miss: a gleaming golden casket, shined to a mirror finish. Batesville ...