Honoring the Past, Advancing the Future: Express Funeral Funding Acquires Ford Acceptance

EFF proudly carries forward Ford Acceptance’s 55-year legacy while expanding its commitment to innovation, compassion and service excellence.

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN – (For Release 10.13.25) Express Funeral Funding (EFF), the nation’s FASTEST. EASIEST. at-need insurance assignment funding company, is proud to announce its acquisition of Ford Acceptance, a trusted name in funeral funding known for exceptional service and strong client relationships since 1969.

This strategic move enhances EFF’s national presence and furthers its mission to deliver compassionate support, unmatched service, and innovative funding solutions to funeral professionals and the families they serve.

“With a shared commitment to integrity and customer care, Ford Acceptance was a natural fit for EFF,” said Andy Buckman, president of Express Funeral Funding. “We’re honored to carry forward their legacy and deliver even greater value through expanded resources, advanced technology, and our unwavering dedication to service.”

Owners David LeVine and Alan LeVine, expressed confidence in EFF’s ability to continue serving their clients with excellence:

“EFF was the clear choice when considering the future of our clients,” said the LeVines. “They share our values and commitment to customer care. We know our clients will be in the best of hands.”

Ford Acceptance clients will now benefit from a seamless transition to EFF’s comprehensive suite of services, including faster claims processing, personalized support from an experienced team, and access to intuitive, user-friendly technology designed to streamline the funding process.

This acquisition marks another milestone in EFF’s continued growth and reflects its deep commitment to empowering funeral professionals with the tools, technology and support they need to serve families with excellence and care.

For more information on EFF, please visit www.expressfuneralfunding.com, email sales@expff.com, call or text 415.949.2428. EFF has been providing funeral homes and cemeteries nationwide with the ultimate funding experience since 2002. EFF eliminates the challenges of working with insurance companies by limiting administration, providing immediate payment, and advancing complete policy funds. 

New products come to market all the time. The issues for companies with new products include how to make potential consumers aware of them and how to distribute the product to those consumers.

The Loop Biotech “Living Cocoon” is a new poduct for green burials.  According to an article in Funeral Service Times “The Loop Living Cocoon is a coffin grown from mycelium – the underground root network of mushrooms – which acts as “nature’s recycler”, breaking down organic matter and returning nutrients to the soil. The concept is simple yet revolutionary: instead of being buried in a material that takes decades to decompose, the mushroom biodegrades in as little as 45 days – enriching the soil and leaving no environmental footprint.”

Recently, the Netherlands developed product has found acceptance in Great Britain and has signed Poppy’s Funerals as one of their dealers.  According to the Funeral Service Times article, “Designed and developed by Loop Biotech in the Netherlands, this pioneering product is now available across the United Kingdom, offering a natural and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional coffins. Around 20 funerals have already taken place using the mushroom coffin in the UK.”

Perfect for Green Burials??  —  Again, according to the Funeral Service Times article, “The Living Cocoon is not only 100% biodegradable, but it also enhances biodiversity. It is grown in just seven days using a combination of mycelium and upcycled hemp fibers, and it can hold up to 200kg (about 440 lbs.) while itself weighing around 30kg (about 66 lbs.). Certified by the Funeral Furnishing Manufacturer’s Association (FFMA), it is both suitable for traditional and natural burials, as well as cremation. Its rapid decomposition process ensures that the body contributes to the regeneration of the earth, rather than polluting it.”

Tom Anderson
Funeral Director Daily

Funeral Director Daily take:  As green burials grow in popularity is the mycelium casket an option for those burials?  We think so and when you look at the reasons one might prefer a green burial its use seems to make a lot of sense.  It is just another in a host of products that are coming to market that create a growing “Death Care choice Optionality” that seems to be growing world-wide.

In that thought process, the mycelium casket is another one of the growing vairety of product that your funeral home should either have on hand or know how to acquire in a short period of time if or when it may be requested by a family.

An American mycelium company — Here’s a 2024 news video and article from Fox 43 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, about a mycelium based casket company operating in the United States.

• The Setas Eternal Rest mycelium casket company website

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