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As acknowledged experts in their respective fields, the professionals of Reagan Consulting regularly contribute articles, analyses and insights to the industry’s major trade publications. Journalists and editors are welcome to contact us at 404.233.5545 or info@reaganconsulting.com.
2009 Articles
- Planning in a Challenging Environment
- M&A Freeze Showing Signs of Thawing
- Community Banks are Positioned for Growth in Insurance Distribution
- Agencies Can Hold the Fort On Valuation Despite Recession
- The Agency Acquisition Market is Down, But Not Out
- Agency Earnings Alert: Contingent Income At Risk!
- Best Practices-A Must in 2009
2008 Articles
- Looking Back at 2008 and Ahead to 2009
- Five Reasons for Optimism for Insurance Agents and Brokers
- Bank-Insurance at a Crossroads
- Soft Market Spurs Some Brokerage M&As, but Other Agencies Put Off Making Deals
- Internal Agency Perpetuation in Fearful Times
- The Sky Is Not Falling For Independent Agencies
- How Will Banking Turmoil Impact Agency M&A Trends?
- Soft Market Strategies
- How Do Public Broker Valuations Affect Your Independent Agency?
- McDonald's Not Best Model for Ideal Insurance Agencies
- A Lesson in Value Enhancement from Third-Party Buyers
- Changes in the Agency Mergers & Acquisitions Landscape
2007 Articles
- Fertile Soil for Success
- Personal Lines Profits Fuel Agency Growth
- Best Practices Agencies Grow Despite Hard Times
- Will Community Banks be the Winners in Bank-Insurance?
- Internal Perpetuation in an M&A-Hungry World
- Is the Agency M&A Craze Coming to an End?
- New Respect for the Red-Headed Stepchild
- Private Equity Gets Serious About the Insurance Brokerage Business
- The Most Critical Metric - Great Employees
- Have Agency Buyers Lost Their Minds?
2006 Articles
- Best Practices for Christmas Gift Giving
- Best Practices and Your Agency's Value
- Merger & Acquisition Realities and the Independent Agent
- Are Your Financial Statements Accurate?
- Are Banks Losing Interest in Agency Acquisitions?
- The Increasingly Common Alternative to Agency Acquisitions
- M&A in May
- If I'd Known Then What I Know Now...
- Interest Rates are Rising - Let's Revisit the Value of Investment Income
- The New Debate In Bank-Insurance
2005 Articles
- Has your agency's cholesterol been checked lately?
- Direct Bill Do's & Don'ts
- Lessons from Bank Leaders in Commercial Insurance
- Leadership is the Key
- The High Multiple Agency
- The Reason Behind the Renaissance in Agency Values
- Eliot Spitzer's Lasting Legacy
- Preparing to Win in a Soft Market
- Have Agency Acquisitions Paid Off for Banks?
- Internal Perpetuation Strategies
2004 Articles
- Does your Agency/Brokerage Possess a Sales Culture?
- Top Agencies Share Secrets of Their Success
- Lessons from Successful Bank-Owned Agencies
- Agency M&A - Separating Fact from Fiction
- Agencies Face Crossroads on Perpetuation Planning
- How to Score High on the "Trust Equation"
- Evolutionary Trends in Producer Compensation for Mid-Large Agencies
- Growing & Improving Your Commercial Lines Book
- Impressing Vince Lombardi
2003 Articles
- Do Banks Overpay for P-C Agencies?
- Sales-Driven Agencies Benefit Clients
- Best Practices Update
- What's the Health of Your Agency System?
- Creating Value - Winning the Talent War
- Producers Need to Re-Evaluate Their Sense of Self-Worth
- Redefining Success in Business Insurance
- Management Best Practices: Looking Beyond the Numbers
- What To Do With These Prosperous Times?
- Sales Success
2002 Articles
- Year-end Perspectives on the Agency/Brokerage Business
- Is Bank-Insurance Working?
- The 10 Year Results
- Agency Survivor: Out Sell, Out Market, Out Compete
- Revenge of the Buggy-Whip Maker
- Selling in a Hard Market: Survival Tips for the Agent and Broker
2001 Articles
- Best Mergers & Acquisitions Practices
- Agency Valuation, Mergers & Acquisitions: Is it a New Day?
- 2001 Best Practices Study Released to Industry
- The Future of the Insurance Agent/Broker
- Proposed Purchase Accounting Changes: What's the Big Deal?
- The Insurance Agency Bull Market
- What's the Key to Successful Bank-Owned Insurance Agencies? Integration Management
2000 Articles
- An Answer to Your Producer-Hiring Woes
- Banks Learning Lessons from Joint Ventures and Acquisition of Agencies
- Are you a Deadbeat Shareholder?
1999 Articles
- Beyond Best Practices: Are You Exceptional?
- Changing Environment Makes High Valued Agencies Easier to Recognize
- Thinking About Hiring a Producer? Read This First!
- Best Practices for Personal Lines
- After A Slow Start, Banks are Making Rapid Inroads Into Insurance Brokerage
- 1998 Best Practices Study Results