Illustration of M&A over aerial view of city. Patriot Growth Insurance Services led all insurance agency buyers with 18 transactions during the first quarter of 2019. (Image: Shutterstock)

The pace of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions (M&A) hasn't cooled in the United States and Canada during early 2019.

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One more deal than was announced in Q1 2018.

There were 151 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first quarter of 2019, according to OPTIS Partners' M&A database. That was one more deal than was announced in Q1 2018.

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