Cost guides

Final expense cost guides

What a funeral costs, what Social Security pays, and how final expense coverage works. Each guide answers first and lists its sources.

What the NFDA median funeral includes, the cemetery costs it leaves out, and how to use your FTC price-list rights.

How final expense insurance works, how it differs from term life and a prepaid funeral plan, and what to check in a policy.

How guaranteed issue life insurance works, why the first years pay a limited benefit, and how it compares with simplified issue.

The factors that move a final expense premium as you age, a worked example for sizing the benefit, and a checklist for comparing policies.

Want it all in one place?

The free Final Expense Cost Guide collects the numbers, rights and questions from these guides, with a worksheet.