Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 5, 2024

The firm was founded in 2014 by Michael Fletcher and Al Sica, two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $17.5 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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Sica Fletcher

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sica | Fletcher is pleased to announce that we’ve topped the S&P Global rankings for the third consecutive year. The firm was founded in 2014 by Michael Fletcher and Al Sica, two of the industry’s leading insurance M&A advisors who have closed over $6 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 21, 2024

This experience has revealed that there's a common misunderstanding around what an ‘investment bank’ is and what an ‘investment banker’ actually does. Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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Sica Fletcher

APRIL 30, 2024

Selecting the Valuation Method Insurance agency valuations typically occur in one of the following four methodologies EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization): A calculation of an insurance agency's profitability calculated by subtracting taxes and operating expenses from its overall revenue.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 30, 2023

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $12,000,000,000 ($12 billion) in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. Learn more at , SicaFletcher.com.

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Sica Fletcher

JUNE 11, 2024

Last year's data saw PE firms acting as buyers in ~90% of all transactions. Sica | Fletcher’s team is the industry leader in insurance M&A, sitting at the top of the S&P Global charts for a decade. Whereas 2022 saw equity making up nearly 17.5% of payouts, this number has already grown to 33.3% as of H1 2024.

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OfficeHours

JULY 18, 2023

I started my career in 2014 as an investment banking analyst in an oil & gas coverage group. In June of 2014, when I finished training and first hit the desk, the price of oil was $105 per barrel (West Texas Intermediate, or WTI). By December of that year, prices had fallen to $59 per barrel.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 6, 2024

Founded in 2014, they have consistently ranked at the top of the S&P Global Data's rankings for investment banks, totaling an average of 100 deals per year. Their size also provides a hidden value for prospective clients in that it ensures that the firm's principals touch on every deal that they handle.

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Sica Fletcher

APRIL 2, 2024

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 8, 2024

EBITDA Multiples for Insurance Agencies, 2018-2024 (Projected) M&A Deal Volume for Insurance Agencies, 2018-2024 (Projected) *S&P Global Data taken from ,,, “Insurance Brokers and Servicers Sector View 2024” The most important news this data offers is that insurance M&A is not actually in the tailspin that many “experts” claim it to be.

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Sica Fletcher

MAY 15, 2024

In addition, third-party M&A institutions like S&P Global Data or Statista can provide more generalized data. Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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Sica Fletcher

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Sica Fletcher

JUNE 14, 2024

Factors Affecting EBITDA Because EBITDA refers to a general assessment of an insurance agency’s profitability, factors affecting it are those that relate to the agency's bottom line. S&P Global Data, PitchBook, PWC) or through M&A indexes provided by M&A advisory firms.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The process was first brought to the world’s attention in Michael Lewis’ 2014 novel ‘Flash Boys’ which unpacks the role of latency in trading in light of the shift to electronification. The first ETF to launch in the US was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) in 1993.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 14, 2024

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Sica Fletcher

APRIL 11, 2024

The most commonly used source for this is S&P Global data, which ranks the performance of M&A advisory firms across a variety of different metrics and industries. ( According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 11, 2024

However, the brokerage's tech stack now handles many of these job functions, which significantly improves the bottom line and increases profitability. Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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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. Think Long-Term.

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Sica Fletcher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Valuation M&A Insurance Advisory 52

Sica Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 2, 2024

Sica | Fletcher has been the leading name in the industry for the last decade since our founding in 2014. Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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Insurance M&A Private Equity Advisory 52

Sica Fletcher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As the Baby Boomer Generation enter their golden years, it's very likely that we will see increased valuations in the coming decade as more and more people seek retirement planning services. We see no reason to believe this trend will change, but robo-advisors will remain on the periphery, pushing RIAs to greater degrees of service.

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 23, 2024

Consult data sources like S&P Global data to get an idea of a firm’s activity within the industry. Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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M&A Insurance S&P Valuation 52

Sica Fletcher

MARCH 28, 2024

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 1, 2024

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Sica Fletcher

MAY 29, 2024

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 14, 2024

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Sica Fletcher

APRIL 18, 2024

It’s common to see deals completed in which earnouts make up the lion's share of payments to sellers. Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and agency transactions since 2014.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

It’s about risk management philosophy and methodology,” explains Papanichola. There’s us sitting in the middle of the room trading once a day maybe sometimes once a week but taking very big positions and actively providing information for the room as well.” I could literally trade any product if I wanted to.

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Sica Fletcher

MAY 8, 2024

seller's discretionary earnings, discounted cash flow), they are so rarely used in insurance M&A that we do not include them here. You can find these with most major M&A advisory firms (like Sica | Fletcher’s own SF Index ) or through 3rd party monitoring institutions like S&P Global Data or Pitchbook.

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InvestmentBank.com

MAY 26, 2021

According to Pitchbook, deal volume contracted by 26% compared to Q1 2019 and featured the lowest volume since Q2 2014 [4]. COVID-19’s impact on M&A activity varied across industries, with some reaping the benefits and others not being so lucky. 2020, January) COVID 19’s Influence on the US PE Market. L., & Jagat, P.

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Sica Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Financing options offered by the seller, based on the book's performance over time. Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. A single payment made at the time of closing.

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InvestmentBank.com

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Typical deals see hospitals acquire 100% of the physician practice assets and negotiate employment agreements to retain the physician(s) post transaction. Is Healthcare’s M&A Trend Softening? Retrieved May 20, 2019, from [link] [5] Chatfield, P., & T. 2014, March 25). 2014, September 12).

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 31, 2024

Get an Advisor Having observed the trend of buyers actively looking for self-represented agencies and brokerages, it's important – now more than ever – to ensure you retain adequate representation before taking your company to market. The following sections detail our team’s advice for agency owners considering a transaction.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 26, 2024

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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M&A Insurance Valuation Advisory 52

Sica Fletcher

MARCH 12, 2024

Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 14, 2024

But as of 2024, Big Tech is essentially driving the entire S&P 500 and has had incredible revenue growth over the past ~15 years (Google grew over 10x, and Facebook grew by over 100x). Think about how “useful” Facebook is today (ads, spam, high school friends posting stupid political commentary, etc.) vs. how much money it makes.

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