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Insurance Agency Valuation 101: Understanding the Essentials

Sica Fletcher

As one of the most active M&A firms in the insurance sector, we are frequently asked how insurance agency valuations work. This article discusses the fundamentals of insurance agency valuations, plus a few lesser-known factors that play into these processes before we give an overview of the insurance M&A market in 2024.

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The Cooley Outlook for 2018 M&A

Cooley M&A

What’s on tap for 2018 M&A? Approval of gross-ups in connection with a transaction typically involves a prior negotiation with the buyer. Nevertheless, as gross-up arrangements are typically negotiated after the deal price is negotiated, we do not believe that these arrangements are impacting overall stockholder consideration.

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It’s Not DE, It’s You: 55 Billion Reasons Tesla is Not ‘Your Company’

Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

The Tesla board fell short on many – seemingly, all – levels: directors were not independent, their process was flawed in terms of timeline, negotiation etiquette, and a failure to conduct appropriate benchmarking, they did not fully inform their shareholders, and did not properly justify the scope of Musk’s staggering compensation.

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Physician Practice Acquisitions: A Primer on Hospital & Private Equity Consolidation

InvestmentBank.com

For the better part of the last decade, physician practices have seen a wave of consolidation by hospitals and private equity with 2018 being no exception [1]. toped 5,000 from 2015 to 2016 alone [22] , with the total number of hospital owned physician practices increasing to 80,000 by 2018 [15]. of GDP or $2.5

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Ophthalmology – 2024 Update: Entering a Mature Stage

Focus Investment Banking

A typical ophthalmology PPM was founded in 2018 and has completed ten total acquisitions since (and thus, is now partnered with ten practices). Some PPMs have gotten very large, with partnerships across a broad geographic area and valuations likely north of $1B. The typical ophthalmology PPM is also regionally focused.

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Highlights from Cooley’s M&A Dealmakers Roundtable: SPACs!

Cooley M&A

As reflected in Chart 1 , 102 SPAC IPOs have been announced this year as of September 18, 2020—almost double the number of SPAC IPOs in all of last year (and more than double the number of SPAC IPOs in 2018). Valuation Certainty. Competition / Variation. Another feature of SPAC 3.0 is the competition among SPACs for potential targets.

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Whataday for Special Committees: Salladay v. Lev Clarifies Committee Formation Requirements in Non-MFW Scenarios

Cooley M&A

In 2017, the Company began experiencing financial difficulty as it worked to update its flagship product, and in early 2018 it formed a special committee of its three independent directors to consider options for additional ways to raise capital. Noting iSubscribed’s initial offer of $3.50 per share, and the eventual merger price of $3.68