Big ‘I’ and Reagan Consulting Release 2025 Best Practices Study
Best Practices agencies continue excellent organic growth and profitability, according to the 2025 Best Practices Study by the Big “I” and Reagan Consulting.

Best Practices agencies continue excellent organic growth and profitability, according to the 2025 Best Practices Study by the Big “I” and Reagan Consulting.
Just because the economy is unpredictable doesn’t mean it’s time to pull up the drawbridge and hide. Making smart moves to drive growth, both organic and inorganic, can keep a business thriving.
Independent insurance agency mergers and acquisitions are stabilizing after years of frenzied activity, but remain above pre-pandemic levels.
An independent agency valuation is the key to determining your agency value, and can also help you understand what levers you can pull to increase value over time.
The recently enacted tariffs have introduced uncertainty into the insurance industry, including the agency mergers & acquisitions market. Here are three areas to monitor over the coming months.
Mergers and acquisition insurance sector deals dropped 15% to 141 in the first quarter of 2025, a decline from 166 in the first quarter of 2024.
On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, Peter van Aartrijk, executive vice president with insurance branding firm Aartrijk, hosts a discussion on best practices when making an agency acquisition—whether it’s your first purchase or just your most recent acquisition.
While no one enters marriage with the prospect of divorce, it happens and can wreak havoc on an agency both operationally and strategically.
Our industry has been witnessing intense consolidation for at least the last decade, but we have never seen this type of activity at the top of the market. Will these mega deals usher in a new era of deal-making?
By Scott Freiday In the highly competitive and evolving insurance landscape, independent agency owners face a unique set of challenges and myriad capital needs to sustain their growth. As we head into 2025, there is a greater sense of urgency for agencies to invest in technology and talent and make strategic mergers & acquisitions (M&A). The average…