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M&A Blog #06 – debt (Part I – role and trade-offs, categories and key characteristics)

Francine Way

To be explicitly clear, I am recommending the use of the following ranked capital sources when paying for an acquisition: cash (from the balance sheet), debt (at a reasonable level), and equity. Similarly, not all corporate debt instruments are created equal and each comes with pros and cons.

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Should I Sell My Insurance Agency?

Sica Fletcher

Quite a few articles already detail the process of “how” to sell an insurance agency (you can read our article on that subject here ), but very few get to the bare bones of “why.” If you’re asking, “ should I sell my insurance agency,” the three big questions you must answer first are: Why Do I Want To Sell?

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How Much Is My Insurance Agency Worth?

Sica Fletcher

This article breaks down the question, “how much is my insurance agency worth” in further detail, but the table below provides a surface-level overview based on varying degrees of revenue and operating expense: How Much Is My Insurance Agency Worth: A Breakdown Answering the question, “how much is my insurance agency worth?”

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Credit Sales: Definition, Mechanics, and Benefits to Buyer/Seller

Peak Frameworks

Understanding the Basics of Credit Sales Credit sales are purchases in which the buyer delays providing the actual payment. Under a credit sale, the buyer agrees to pay the price of a good over a period of time.

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Common Types of Insurance Agency Sellers

Sica Fletcher

This article examines the most common types of insurance agency sellers, which we break down into two distinct categories: the owners - agency CEOs and founders - and the partners - professionals in charge of overseeing a sale to ensure the best outcome. Financial Need. Urgent financial requirements (e.g.,

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Business Sale: Prepare to Show Your Financials

IBG

In most business sales, the purchase price is largely based on some multiple of the subject company’s net revenues and adjusted earning capacity. Strengthen your ratios: working capital, debt-to-equity, “quick,” price-to-earnings, return on equity, etc.

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COVID-19 and the Insurance Brokerage M&A Market

Sica Fletcher

Many of our clients have asked us about the impact on insurance brokerage M&A of the pandemic and the resultant containment efforts. The Largest Strategic Players Tell Us Full Steam Ahead – The major strategic acquirors have informed us that they plan to continue to aggressively pursue acquisitions of insurance brokers.