Merger and aquisition activity is swirling around insurance agencies like never before through the first half of 2014, according to a report released Tuesday by OPTIS Partners, a financial services firm focused on the insurance-distribution industry.
In fact, the 165 deals announced so far this year rank as the second-most active six month period that OPTIS has ever recorded, with the agency M&A market 40% ahead of 2013 through the same time period.
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