Wave of retiring insurance agency owners with no succession plan
Approximately 30,000 US insurance agency owners are approaching retirement age with no formal succession plan in place and no pipeline of qualified buyers. The average agency owner is 59, creating a compressed timeline for exits that the current M&A infrastructure is not equipped to handle at scale. This creates a structural gap for acquisition platforms, brokers, and transition advisors.
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