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Demand for UK insurance businesses is outstripping supply. This is continuing to support pricing in M&A deals, which has sharply risen in recent years and is being maintained, in spite of arguably less benign market conditions. Download MarshBerry’s Annual Insurance Distribution Market Report – M&A Market Structure & Review for the UK to gain key insights for 2024 including: >Market Highlights & Key Observations >2023 M&A Review & Transaction Analysis >Valuation Insights >2024 Outlook and Beyond https://hubs.ly/Q02qs2Gn0 #MarshBerry #MarshBerryEurope #MergersAndAcquisitions #CorporateFinance #BusinessPlanning #MarketIntelligence #Broking

Demand for UK insurance businesses is outstripping supply. This is continuing to support pricing in M&A deals, which has sharply risen in recent years and is being maintained, in spite of arguably less benign market conditions. Download MarshBerry’s Annual Insurance Distribution Market Report – M&A Market Structure & Review to gain key insights for 2024 in the UK including: >Market Highlights & Key Observations >2023 M&A Review & Transaction Analysis >Valuation Insights >2024 Outlook and Beyond #MarshBerry #MarshBerryEurope #MergersAndAcquisitions #CorporateFinance #BusinessPlanning #MarketIntelligence #Broking https://hubs.ly/Q02rbtqq0

Demand for UK insurance businesses is outstripping supply. This is continuing to support pricing in M&A deals, which has sharply risen in recent years and is being maintained, in spite of arguably less benign market conditions. Download MarshBerry’s Annual Insurance Distribution Market Report – M&A Market Structure & Review to gain key insights for 2024 in the UK including: >Market Highlights & Key Observations >2023 M&A Review & Transaction Analysis >Valuation Insights >2024 Outlook and Beyond #MarshBerry #MarshBerryEurope #MergersAndAcquisitions #CorporateFinance #BusinessPlanning #MarketIntelligence #Broking https://hubs.ly/Q02rbzM70

What’s Next? What trends should those in the UK be anticipating in 2024? 1. Continued high deal volume but for smaller targets. 2. More frequent divestments of non–core assets by the major groups. 3. Deal pricing likely to remain robust but unlikely to go any higher (and may in fact begin to decline). Download MarshBerry’s Annual Insurance Distribution Market Report – M&A Market Structure & Review to learn more about UK insurance distribution M&A in 2023. #MarshBerry #MarshBerryEurope #MergersAndAcquisitions #CorporateFinance #BusinessPlanning #MarketIntelligence #Broking https://hubs.ly/Q02rbCnY0

Buyers are reluctant to shave ‘headline’ multiples for fear of losing out — but are using deal structure (earnout, hurdles for contingent consideration, reinvestment, etc.) to help shift balance in their offers. Download MarshBerry’s Annual Insurance Distribution Market Report – M&A Market Structure & Review to learn more about UK insurance distribution M&A in 2023. #MarshBerry #MarshBerryEurope #MergersAndAcquisitions #CorporateFinance #BusinessPlanning #MarketIntelligence #Broking https://hubs.ly/Q02rlnPp0

Buyers are reluctant to shave ‘headline’ multiples for fear of losing out — but are using deal structure (earnout, hurdles for contingent consideration, reinvestment, etc.) to help shift balance in their offers. Download MarshBerry’s Annual Insurance Distribution Market Report – M&A Market Structure & Review to learn more about UK insurance distribution M&A in 2023. #MarshBerry #MarshBerryEurope #MergersAndAcquisitions #CorporateFinance #BusinessPlanning #MarketIntelligence #Broking https://hubs.ly/Q02rlnV70

Brown & Brown (Europe) led the pack as the most active acquirer by some margin — a position (formerly as GRP) it has held for five of the past eight years. Among ‘all other’ there were 46 separate buyers, of which 11 announced two or more transactions during the year. Download MarshBerry’s Annual Insurance Distribution Market Report – M&A Market Structure & Review to learn more about UK insurance distribution M&A in 2023. #MarshBerry #MarshBerryEurope #MergersAndAcquisitions #CorporateFinance #BusinessPlanning #MarketIntelligence #Broking https://hubs.ly/Q02rbB1P0

Strategies for M&A driven growth are evolving — higher volumes of smaller deals, more MGA deals, new adjacencies, overseas expansion. Download MarshBerry’s Annual Insurance Distribution Market Report – M&A Market Structure & Review to gain key insights for 2024 in the UK including: >Market Highlights & Key Observations >2023 M&A Review & Transaction Analysis >Valuation Insights >2024 Outlook and Beyond #MarshBerry #MarshBerryEurope #MergersAndAcquisitions #CorporateFinance #BusinessPlanning #MarketIntelligence #Broking https://hubs.ly/Q02rbS3N0

Strategies for M&A driven growth are evolving — higher volumes of smaller deals, more MGA deals, new adjacencies, overseas expansion. Download MarshBerry’s Annual Insurance Distribution Market Report – M&A Market Structure & Review to gain key insights for 2024 in the UK including: >Market Highlights & Key Observations >2023 M&A Review & Transaction Analysis >Valuation Insights >2024 Outlook and Beyond #MarshBerry #MarshBerryEurope #MergersAndAcquisitions #CorporateFinance #BusinessPlanning #MarketIntelligence #Broking https://hubs.ly/Q02rbD3-0

With two quarters in the books, 2024’s economic identity is starting to emerge. With it, deal activity in the U.S. insurance brokerage sector maintains a strong pace, with mid-year total transactions telling an optimistic story. Download MarshBerry’s Q2 M&A Trends report for the latest M&A deal data as well as insights from Phillip Trem on who’s buying, who’s selling and what to expect for the rest of the year. https://hubs.ly/Q02H4QX10 #MarshBerry #FirstChoice #Insurance #Agents #Brokers #MergersAndAcquisitions