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... Blog Photos Group Connections Reviews IMMS Library Immerse yourself in our stacks. Take some time and browse through our library. We have thousands of articles, checklists, tip sheets, sales letters, and more! Communications Marketing Customer Service Planning Finance/Accounting Risk Management Human Resources Selling Legal and E&O Technology Life/Financial Services Glossaries Management Resources & Links Categories Popular Recent All Back Automation's Impact On Mergers And Acquisitions 4/30/2013 12:00:00 AM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Angela Bemiss This content has not been rated yet. The agency management system of both players plays a critical role in making the deal. With so many agencies looking to merge with or acquire other agencies, automation has become increasingly important-so important, in fact, that an agency's automation can play a critical ... in making or breaking a deal. The fair market value of an agency is affected by its automation level to the extent that it improves productivity. Agency values are affected positively if automation use improves the quality of client service, account retention, carrier relationships, and the sales process. Timely and meaningful information that helps management to run an agency more effectively provides an extra bonus. Automation should have these impacts on agency value: Increased productivity and profitability Better quality of service to clients, resulting in increased account retention Improved communications, submissions, and relationships with carriers More effective sales processes More information for better decision making AUTOMATION: A KEY FACTOR During the past 10 years, agents and brokers have become much more dependent on automation. Today's agents not only depend on the traditional agency automation system for ...
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Automation's Impact On Mergers And Acquisitions
With so many age...be taught the actual agency procedures and code numbers to be used with the ne...
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Automation's Impact On Mergers And Acquisitions
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... Employees Articles Blog Photos Group Connections Reviews IMMS Library Immerse yourself in our stacks. Take some time and browse through our library. We have thousands of articles, checklists, tip sheets, sales letters, and more! Communications Marketing Customer Service Planning Finance/Accounting Risk Management Human Resources Selling Legal and E&O Technology Life/Financial Services Glossaries Management Resources & Links Categories Popular Recent All Back Best Mergers & Acquisitions Practices 4/30/2013 12:00:00 AM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Tom Doran This content has not been rated yet. Two in three transactions erode shareholder value rather than increase it. Given these odds, how can you succeed with an agency acquisition strategy? This document by Tom Doran gives you a head start, with Best Practices principles to will help ensure successful ... and profitable — acquisitions. Several recent studies indicate that approximately two-thirds of business combinations prove to be economically dilutive for the acquirer's shareholders. In our Mergers & Acquisitions practice, we have the opportunity to observe a number of agency buyers who can truly be described as best-in-class. Although their strategies and tactics vary widely, these buyers exhibit certain common characteristics that result in highly effective acquisition programs, creating significant and tangible competitive advantages in a very crowded acquisition field. What exactly are the Best Practices that set this group of buyers apart? They have a plan and they can tell a story. Best-in-class buyers are strategic. They have specific plans for their businesses and evaluate potential agency acquisitions to ensure that they support the overall business strategy. These buyers don't acquire revenues — they acquire strategic partners. The best ...
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Hidden Liabilities In Mergers And Acquisitions
HIDDEN LIABILITIES IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS by Arthur Parry ...ly examine the potential for liability and weigh the possible risks that can b...
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... Blog Photos Group Connections Reviews IMMS Library Immerse yourself in our stacks. Take some time and browse through our library. We have thousands of articles, checklists, tip sheets, sales letters, and more! Communications Marketing Customer Service Planning Finance/Accounting Risk Management Human Resources Selling Legal and E&O Technology Life/Financial Services Glossaries Management Resources & Links Categories Popular Recent All Back Agency Valuation, Mergers & Acquisitions: Is It A New Day?4/30/2013 10:46:13 PM by CompleteMarkets Editor , Robert Smith This content has not been rated yet. AGENCY VALUATION, MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: IS IT A NEW DAY? by Robbie Smith The significant loss of surplus from the 9/11 catastrophe, together with an already compelling need for rate relief for carriers, ... led to frenzy in the marketplace. In this document, Robbie Smith describes the problems and opportunities for brokers and independent agents in the merger and acquisition arena. &# 160 The tragic events of September 11 accelerated changes in the insurance business that had begun months earlier. Increases in Property/Casualty pricing, combined with the softening in the general economy, were already impacting insurance carriers, agents, and brokers. The problems created by the marketplace for agencies derive from the significant work needed to find replacement coverages with adequate limits and appropriate coverages while trying to control consumer costs. Re-marketing activities, coverage analysis and comparisons, and the search for alternative solutions have created a significant increase in the workload of the typical agency. Opportunities are created by the enhancement of income from selling commissionable products at higher ...
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Mergers And Acquisitions: Making The Dealsand how sellers might gain the greatest...
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Agency Valuation, Mergers & Acquisitions: Is It A New Day?
AGENCY VALUATION, MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: IS IT A NEW DAY? by...y appeared in the National Underwriter and is reproduced by permission.
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...e With Caution
Six reasons why mergers and acquisitions fail.
Few busines...eople anticipate or avoid the pitfalls and are more likely to pull off a succe...