Sica Fletcher

MARCH 26, 2024

Valuation For a more in-depth examination of the valuation process, consult our previous article on the subject here. Once an agency owner completes their initial preparations, the next step is to complete a full valuation of the agency. Valuation is a process in and of itself. Learn more at , ,, SicaFletcher.com.

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M&A Insurance Valuation Advisory 52

Sica Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Changes in the Valuation Process Valuation is the first formal step in the M&A deal process, taking place once the seller has gathered all their preliminary documents and made any necessary changes to the company's internal structure to make it more profitable. Family-specific financial arrangements.

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Insurance Valuation M&A S&P 52

Sica Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The following article details the process of selling an insurance agency book of business in 2024, including deviations from the process of selling an agency, the valuation process, and common payout structures. This means getting a formal valuation done - typically through your M&A advisor, but sometimes through a third party.

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Insurance Business Valuation M&A 52

Sica Fletcher

APRIL 2, 2024

Insurance M&A Deal Valuation, 2024 Starting out in 2024, EBITDA and revenue multiples are in a good place, experiencing modest YoY growth despite the economic downturn of the last 18 months. In deals with the highest earnout, business owners turn to a specialized M&A advisory firm to handle negotiations and oversee valuations.

Insurance 52

Insurance M&A S&P Broker 52

Sica Fletcher

MAY 15, 2024

essentially boils down to three major steps: Determine your insurance agency’s EBITDA Determine the standard valuation multiple for an agency of your size Multiply your EBITDA by the multiple to determine your expected payout (i.e., How Much Is My Insurance Agency Worth?” Learn more at SicaFletcher.com.

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Insurance M&A S&P Valuation 52

Sica Fletcher

JUNE 20, 2024

Conversely, when interest rates are high, valuations are supposed to decrease because buyers will try to make up what they are losing to interest. Ultimately, this paved the way for PE firms to take an increasingly larger share of the insurance M&A market starting about a decade ago. for insurance agencies. for insurance agencies.

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M&A Insurance Valuation Equities 52

Sica Fletcher

JULY 23, 2024

This means that they often lack the specialized industry knowledge to effectively negotiate your deal. This is because company B had a higher initial valuation of the brokerage as well as an official valuation of the equity in their company. Are you meeting the firm’s principals? Still Uncertain?

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Insurance M&A S&P Valuation 52

Sica Fletcher

JULY 31, 2024

With such a high level of competition, they face the double-edged sword of higher overall valuations vs. a relatively smaller initial payout as equity becomes an increasingly larger percentage of buyer offers. This has led to very high valuation multiples (~11.5x Learn more at SicaFletcher.com.

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M&A Insurance Debt Equities 52

Sica Fletcher

MARCH 10, 2020

The issue with this is that the valuation of insurance brokers is invariably calculated as Pro Forma EBITDA multiplied by the EBITDA multiple. It takes both variables to come up with an adequate valuation, and you need professional assistance to calculate the Pro Forma EBITDA properly.

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Private Equity Insurance Business Equities 52

Cooley M&A

MAY 5, 2020

2014) (“MFW”) and its progeny applies in a non- MFW scenario (i.e., Between October 5 th and 11 th , the special committee supervised a price negotiation with iSubscribed, which resulted in an increased offer of $3.68 from the outset). M&F Worldwide Corp., 3d 635 (Del. in a transaction without a conflicted controlling shareholder).

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Negotiation Mergers and Acquisitions Utilities IT 40

InvestmentBank.com

OCTOBER 24, 2019

With larger physician networks and access to specialist’s hospitals also gain negotiating leverage with insurers and can participate in alternative payment models, such as capitated and bundled payments, through vertical integration. Christopher Majdi, Director of Valuation & FMV Services at Premier, Inc. 2014, March 25).

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