"This return to a 'normal' number of deals is to be expected considering the surge in deals last year along with the fact that a lot of the agency owners contemplating whether or not to sell pulled the trigger on it in the last few years. The inventory has shrunk," Dan Menzer, partner at OPTIS, said in a release. (Credit: Feodora/Adobe Stock)

Through the first three quarters of 2022, there have been 627 insurance agency mergers and acquisitions, a 6% decline compared with the same period the year prior, according to OPTIS Partners.

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