October 31, 2024
The total of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions as of the end of September was down 10% from the same period in 2023, according to investment banking and financial consulting firm OPTIS Partners. OPTIS Partners’ M&A database counted 535 announced …
July 24, 2019
There were 328 announced U.S. and Canadian insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first half of 2019, the second-highest six-month total, trailing only the first half of 2017 when 333 transactions were reported, according to OPTIS Partners’ M&A database. …
October 12, 2018
There were 463 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first three quarters of the year, the second-highest nine-month total. According to OPTIS Partners’ M&A database, the total trails only 2017 when 466 transactions were reported. There were 174 …
January 18, 2018
Mergers and acquisitions of insurance agencies last year broke all records in 2017, according to OPTIS Partners’ annual report. The OPTIS database recorded 604 deals in the United States and Canada in 2017, a 31 percent jump from 461 in …
October 20, 2017
The number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions over the first nine months of the year rose from 350 in 2016 to 457 this year, OPTIS Partners’ new quarterly report reveals. There were 132 deals announced during the third quarter, …
September 8, 2016
The number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2016 ranked as second-most-active six-month period since 2008. According to a new report on agency merger acivity by Chicago-based investment banking and consulting firm OPTIS Partners, which …