Private Equity Targets Insurance Agencies For M&A Activity

February 22, 2019 by John Hilton

Insurance agencies and brokerages are hot properties and 2018 merger-and-acquisition activity was the busiest in at least a decade, OPTIS Partners reported.

The OPTIS database logged a record 626 deals in the United States and Canada in 2018, including 330 transactions in the second half of the year and 148 transactions during the fourth quarter.

There were 611 M&A deals in 2017, previously the most active year.

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Originally Posted at InsuranceNewsNet on February 21, 2019 by John Hilton.