Funeral Home Stocks Surge, Death and Disability Payouts Soar

Funeral homes and life insurance companies have noted significant increases in death rates, particularly among younger, working-age people, since COVID-19 shots became widespread.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Business is booming at funeral homes across the U.S. as death rates creep up, particularly among young, working-age individuals

• Ex-Blackrock fund manager Ed Dowd has been analyzing data about mortality rates before and after COVID-19 shots became widespread, and found that death rates worsened in 2021 — after the shots became prevalent —…