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. 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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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

What’s on tap for 2018 M&A? We also note that while institutional stockholders and proxy advisory firms remain opposed to gross-ups as a matter of policy, the inclusion of deal specific gross-ups has not appeared to have any practical impact on the outcome of transactions to date. Use of Earn-Outs in Life Sciences Deals.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 8, 2024

Starting in H2 2022, the insurance M&A market has seen a notably difficult 18-month period, afflicted with high interest rates, lowered deal volumes, and lowered valuations. If they do, then we can expect to see valuations and, by extent, EBITDA multiples for insurance agencies rise.

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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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Sica Fletcher

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Let’s break down how this is paid: Valuation The valuation is invariably calculated as Pro Forma EBITDA multiplied by the EBITDA multiple. About Us Among the brokerage community, Sica | Fletcher is well known as the leading strategic advisory firm in the U.S.

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Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The court found that the board, rather than negotiating against Musk, cooperated with him, working alongside him “almost as an advisory body.” [12] Musk himself even approved the projections of his grant that would be presented at the meetings, and the Compensation Committee did not include valuations for any other alternatives.

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Growth Business

MARCH 1, 2024

Capital is available, valuations have started to normalise and the debt markets are still supportive – albeit with greater scrutiny and higher costs. This meant that when it came to it, the thorny issue of valuation was well thought through and understood by all parties. Our discussions led to Bridges investing £8.5

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