The Essential Planning Group is a nationwide preneed and endowment care master trust and trust administration service. Our expertise is comprehensive, efficient, compliant service to funeral and cremation providers, cemeteries, state funeral associations and financial institutions ─ helping them maintain focus on their clients and communities while improving preneed business outcomes. Our services include American Funeral & Cemetery Trust Services (AFCTS), American Prepaid Cremation Services (APCS), preneed insurance, third party administration (TPA), and Worldwide Travel Protection Plan.