Sica Fletcher

MARCH 12, 2024

As one of the most active M&A firms in the insurance sector, we are frequently asked how insurance agency valuations work. Insurance Agency Valuations 101 The Insurance Agency Valuation Process The most common question we get, especially from first-time sellers, is, “How do insurance agency valuations actually work?”

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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)

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Sica Fletcher

JUNE 20, 2024

The insurance M&A market in 2024 is significantly more complex now than it was 20 years ago. However, this report seeks to make sense of these qualities as a whole to provide an overview of the 2024 insurance M&A market.

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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

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

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.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 14, 2024

Disclaimer: The article below contains a quick and easy method for calculating the ballpark value of an insurance agency using standardized market information. Readers should note that the actual value of your insurance agency may vary considerably from what this estimate might provide.

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Sica Fletcher

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Since the dramatic uptick in interest rates last year, a number of articles appeared in the press arguing that the insurance brokerage M&A market would slow due to higher interest rates. This prediction that the market would slow was simply incorrect. The full article can be downloaded here.

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How2Exit

MARCH 12, 2023

Ron Concept 1: Have Legal Documents Ready When it comes to buying or selling a business, having the right legal documents in place is essential. Without the appropriate legal documents, the process of acquiring or merging with another business can be difficult, time-consuming, and costly.

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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. The two most common types of M&A buyers are: Strategic. Retirement.

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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

APRIL 30, 2024

This article presents a step-by-step guide on how to value an insurance agency - both in the sense of how a valuation agency/M&A advisor goes about valuation, and also in terms of what insurance agency owners can do to maximize their valuation prior to running an M&A deal.

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Sica Fletcher

JUNE 14, 2024

Insurance agency owners who are considering the prospect of running an M&A deal process often have many concerns about the fate of their agencies, but the most common by far are those surrounding the agency’s purchase price at closing. We’ll also detail some of the factors affecting these calculations.

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Sica Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

When insurance agency sellers have already met with prospective buyers, they may have been offered a valuation based on their “adjusted EBITDA.” The following article provides a brief overview of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA valuations for insurance agencies. What Is EBITDA? What Is Adjusted EBITDA?

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How2Exit

OCTOBER 14, 2024

E248: Setting Yourself Up for Success: Essential Steps, Tips, and Strategies for a Profitable Exit - Watch Here About the Guest(s): Kip Wallen is a seasoned M&A attorney with over a decade of experience in live mergers and acquisitions deals, primarily within the lower middle market, involving transactions up to $50 million.

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Sica Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Although insurance agencies are not always family affairs, the 2024 insurance landscape reveals that between 50% and 70% of agencies are family-owned. The valuation process has a few additional considerations when selling a family insurance agency. Family-specific financial arrangements.

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How2Exit

MARCH 1, 2023

Ron Concept 1: Bring the Lawyer in Last When buying or selling a small business, Joel recommends bringing the lawyer in last. He believes that attorneys often have a reputation for killing deals and that they should only be brought in once the deal is nearly done and due diligence needs to be completed.

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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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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 8, 2024

The inherent uncertainty of the M&A market over the last 18 months has underscored the importance of context for supplementing a full understanding before we can gain a better sense of what to expect in 2024. What Is Affecting Insurance Agency EBITDA Multiples? So, how did we get here?

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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

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

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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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 1, 2024

Selling an insurance brokerage is not altogether that much different than selling an insurance agency or even an insurance company. specialized regulatory and licensing requirements that are different from those of insurance agencies. That being said, brokerage owners need to consider a.)

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Sica Fletcher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The following article examines valuation multiples for registered investment advisor (RIA) firms as of 2024, based on data gathered from our SF Index and available third-party sources. By Fee The following table outlines just a few key takeaways about various fee structures commonly found in RIAs as they apply to M&A transactions.

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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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How2Exit

MARCH 24, 2023

To do this, he obtained his insurance and securities licenses and started helping developers raise money. Ron Concept 1: Play A Bigger Game In today's society, it's easy to get stuck in a rut. We often feel content with the status quo, and don't want to challenge ourselves to do more.

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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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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Car insurance is a crucial sector belonging to the insurance sector. It is notably impacted by regulatory needs, growing vehicle ownership, and increasing awareness about the benefits of insurance coverage. Car insurance is a crucial sector belonging to the insurance sector.

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M&A Leadership Council

JUNE 18, 2024

A Step-by-Step Guide By M&A Leadership Council An M&A risk assessment is a systematic evaluation process used to identify, analyze, and mitigate potential risks associated with a merger or acquisition. Key Components of an M&A Risk Assessment 1. Steps in Conducting an M&A Risk Assessment 1.

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Sica Fletcher

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The S&P Global Market Intelligence League Table reveals that Sica | Fletcher closed 101 M&A deals in 2023, with a significant focus on insurance-related transactions. Sica | Fletcher’s robust performance in 2023 and its positive outlook for 2024 reaffirm its position as the forefront leader in the insurance M&A market.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

General trends in tech M&A. Despite everyone’s efforts in 2021, including the rollout of vaccines and varying rounds of lockdowns and work-from-home mandates, a true “return to normal” for M&A dealmakers was foiled anew by COVID-19 and its variants. Tech M&A surged to a staggering $1.1 trillion(!)

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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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M&A Leadership Council

JUNE 18, 2024

A Step-by-Step Guide By M&A Leadership Council An M&A risk assessment is a systematic evaluation process used to identify, analyze, and mitigate potential risks associated with a merger or acquisition. Key Components of an M&A Risk Assessment 1. Steps in Conducting an M&A Risk Assessment 1.

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Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Over the last decade the use of R&W insurance in merger and acquisition transactions has grown exponentially. From 2008 to 2018, the total R&W policies bound per year in North America rose from 40 deals, providing $541 million of coverage to 1500+ R&W insurance transactions, providing aggregate coverage of $38.6 Advantages.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The evaluation process used by M&A professionals to transact a business sale is often quite different from the processes used by owners and executives to manage those businesses. If you’re getting involved with a merger or an acquisition, this book will help you gain a thorough understanding of what the heck is going on.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

Despite dealmaking anxieties in the first half of the year, valuations remained strong, and discount opportunities were few and far between. M&A transactions have always been a balancing act of allocating burdens and risks. A Tale of Two Years. While initial deal flow was merely a trickle (although notably included Alexion’s $1.4

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