Sica Fletcher

MARCH 8, 2024

Having advised on a record number of insurance agency M&A transactions, we have used our unusually large dataset in tandem with access to third-party M&A databases to provide up-to-date averages of EBITDA multiples for insurance brokerages in 2024. What Is Affecting Insurance Agency EBITDA Multiples?

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 31, 2024

The 2024 insurance M&A market has changed substantially from just a few years ago, with potentially staggering implications for the future of insurance M&A transactions. Insurance M&A Transactions in 2024 The insurance M&A transactions we have observed thus far in 2024 indicate larger trends in the sector.

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Sica Fletcher

MAY 8, 2024

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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Sica Fletcher

MAY 29, 2024

M&A transactions for insurance companies are part of a robust but complicated market that requires ingesting a great deal of data in order to fully understand. While insurance M&A did see slight dips in deal volume and average value (Fig.2) While insurance M&A did see slight dips in deal volume and average value (Fig.2)

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 11, 2024

The following report details insurance brokerage M&A multiple averages for H1 2024. Our research team averaged the information using data from our Sica | Fletcher index, which monitors approximately 70% of insurance sector transactions. Because several kinds of insurance are legally required (e.g.,

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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. Selling an insurance agency book of business has a few advantages over selling the agency in total. Policy Assignment.

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Sica Fletcher

MAY 15, 2024

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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Sica Fletcher

JULY 23, 2024

In it, we provide readers with a quick and simple overview of the current insurance brokerage M&A market , after which we discuss several macroeconomic and industry-specific factors that could drastically affect transactions in the next six months. The market is already highly competitive, but it’s also limited to what buyers can afford.

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Sica Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In recent posts, we outlined the background of and reasons for the dramatic upsurge of private equity investment in the insurance brokerage industry , how the combination of private equity and low interest rates have dramatically raised valuations , and how private equity sponsored agencies increasingly dominate the insurance agency business.

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McCombie Group

OCTOBER 11, 2024

For nearly two decades, private equity (PE) has been a transformative force in the insurance agency sector, driving consolidation and increasing valuations. Currently, 72% of all agency transactions involve private equity buyers.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 26, 2024

This article outlines how to sell an insurance agency by chronological steps, with a quick overview of the process in the table immediately following. We also include some key insights we’ve gathered over several decades of selling insurance agencies. This usually leads to equity-based payouts. A Quick Turnaround.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 6, 2024

Our research team’s latest report compares the top insurance agency investment banks of 2024. Insurance Agency Investment Banks: Investment banks that specialize in the insurance industry. Insurance Agency Investment Banks: Investment banks that specialize in the insurance industry.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 3, 2023

To be fair, in some industries – like commercial banks and insurance within FIG – the DDM is a core valuation methodology. And it values the company today based on the present value of its dividends and that potential future value (either the stock price or the Equity Value via the Terminal Value calculation).

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Sica Fletcher

APRIL 11, 2024

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.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 17, 2023

Ever since the 2008 financial crisis, there has been massive hype about both private equity and technology. Over the past few decades, technology private equity has gone from “barely existing” to representing the largest single sector in PE by both deal value and deal count. Why Did PE Firms Start Buying Tech Companies?

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 26, 2024

For top private equity firms, there’s a lot to like about SaaS. Top Software Private Equity Firms Here is a select list of the most active PE investors in the SaaS and software industry over the past year (data taken from the SEG 2024 Annual SaaS Report ). The firm currently employs 31 professionals. The firm employs 93 professionals.

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Focus Investment Banking

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The 6th annual Midwest M&A/Private Equity Forum sponsored by the Thomson Reuters Institute was held in early December in Columbus, Ohio, and for your humble correspondent, this was not only my second time as one of the participants, but my first time as a moderator of a panel! More on that later.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 26, 2020

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.

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How2Exit

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Kip, an experienced M&A attorney, shares his expertise on how business owners can prepare their companies for acquisition by private equity firms and strategic buyers, ensuring they are poised for a successful exit. Expect thorough negotiations even if it's a smaller deal, especially with a private equity buyer."

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 15, 2025

In this article, well outline the key privacy, security, and compliance documentation that buyers especially private equity firms and strategic acquirers expect to see during due diligence. Well also explore how early preparation in these areas can materially impact valuation and deal certainty.

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 1, 2020

Update on Private Equity and Insurance Brokerages In our ,, previous article , we reported that the COVID-19 pandemic had not diminished the pace of mergers and acquisitions transactions we are seeing in the insurance agency and brokerage sector. The number of transactions we are working on has not abated. Dry powder reached $1.4

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Sica Fletcher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Who Performs A Valuation? RIA valuations are typically performed by one of three parties: The M&A Advisor A Third-Party Specialist The Seller Themselves Although many sellers attempt to perform their own valuations, we strongly recommend against this.

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OfficeHours

JULY 14, 2023

This generally means that the interviewer already has confidence that you can handle the basic technical aspects of the job (modeling, finance / accounting, valuation work), and will likely want to focus the interview on learning more about your commercial knowledge. Hour By Hour In Growth Equity Want to learn about OfficeHours?

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Sica Fletcher

DECEMBER 12, 2019

(Otherwise Known as “How Acquisitions Are Structured”) Our November blog post asked how a smaller agency can take advantage of the tsunami of private equity investment in insurance brokerages. Barring extenuating circumstances, 100% of the “value” of the equity is usually paid at the closing of the transaction.

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OfficeHours

JULY 20, 2023

This generally means that the interviewer already has confidence that you can handle the basic technica l aspects of the job (modeling, finance / accounting, valuation work), and will likely want to focus the interview on learning more about your commercial knowledge. Private equity giants are still racing to fill 2024 associate seats.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 10, 2025

I worked with the family business under the family’s ownership for three years and then with the private equity group who acquired and partnered with the family business as a platform for another three years. There’s also continued insurance challenges and a whole lot more. This is a tough business.

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Impact on Cost Structure Determining when the title of goods changes hands affects revenue recognition, insurance liabilities, and transportation costs. FOB is just one of these terms, with others like CIF (Cost, Insurance, and Freight) or DDP (Delivery Duty Paid) offering alternative distributions of risks and costs.

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How2Exit

MARCH 24, 2023

To do this, he obtained his insurance and securities licenses and started helping developers raise money. Concept 3: Equity in Exchange For Value Equity in exchange for value is a concept that has become increasingly popular in recent years. He wanted to be able to invest in larger projects and help developers raise money.

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InvestmentBank.com

OCTOBER 24, 2019

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]. In fact, acquisitions by hospitals and private equity in provider services broke records last year according to Bain & Co’s 2019 global healthcare report.

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Francine Way

JULY 8, 2017

Many of these causes have their equivalences to the reasons behind the sale of a company (also known as a divestiture): Liquidity: As the equity holding period matured, investors (private equity funds behind companies) will look to sell. the house failed to increase in expected value), mature market (i.e. divorce, etc.).

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Sica Fletcher

JUNE 2, 2020

Insurance Agency & Brokerage M&A Update Many of our clients have been asking us “now that the first phase of the coronavirus pandemic seems to be ending, where do things stand with insurance brokerage M&A?” As a result, they had and continue to have large pools of equity and debt capital to deploy in acquisitions.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

Banks’ lending activities are constrained by: Regulatory Capital – All banks must maintain a certain amount of common shareholders’ equity to absorb unexpected losses on loans and other assets. These are marked to market value and do affect the bank’s common equity and regulatory capital ratios, such as its CET 1 Ratio.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Any stock-for-stock combination of two companies with relatively similar valuations is typically referred to as a merger of equals transaction, and even some stock-for-stock acquisitions where the “acquirer” is valued significantly higher than the “target” share some key elements of a merger of equals transaction. 2.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Technical Questions – You could get standard questions about accounting and valuation or VC-specific questions about cap tables, key metrics in your industry, or how to value startups. Q: Why not private equity, growth equity, hedge funds, or entrepreneurship? Q: Which current startup would you invest in?

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RKJ Partners

AUGUST 6, 2017

Making equity dollars last is particularly important since they come at a high price. Although the price is high, these precious equity dollars are often a critical factor in an emerging company's success. From a financial planning point of view, venture loans can be an attractive insurance policy.

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Peak Frameworks

MAY 8, 2024

If you're interested in breaking into finance, check out our Private Equity Course and Investment Banking Course , which help thousands of candidates land top jobs every year. Insurance Purposes: For insurance coverage, the salvage value of assets is often considered to determine the appropriate level of insurance needed.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 17, 2025

After college and a foray into investment banking, Strandberg joined the family business, and remained with it after it was acquired by a private equity group. That valuation, depending on how you look at it, boils down to 193% of sales, or about 15 times EBITDA. Strandberg talked more about private equity and the SBA.

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