Funeral Directors Life Insurance Co. recently announced it has been approved to sell preneed life insurance in Michigan. This enables funeral providers there to explore the company’s flexible preneed products to see how these services can grow their business and improve their service to families.

“We are excited to bring our preneed funeral offerings to the incredible funeral homes in Michigan,” said Kris Seale, FDLIC president and CEO. “Our mission has always been to be the best, most respected provider of service to the funeral profession. We cannot wait to have meaningful conversations with Michigan funeral homes about all that we can do to help them achieve more success.”

In other news, FDLIC promoted Beth-Ann Carpenter to regional sales vice president for the southern region of the United States. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Texas A&M University and is experienced in preneed funeral sales and pharmaceutical sales.

Carpenter joined FDLIC in 2011 and has worked diligently to successfully grow its market share in south Texas, southeast Texas and Louisiana. She has mentored several FDLIC sales managers and is eager to continue helping the sales team succeed.

Said Carpenter about her new role: “Since joining FDLIC, I’ve been blessed to learn from many amazing people. They’ve inspired me and deepened my commitment to serving our great clients. I look forward to helping my fellow sales managers grow as they give our funeral homes the best tools available so they can give families the best and most respected service possible.” funeraldirectorslife.com