Dec, 2008 – Going for Brokers

The below article was published in the March, 2009 Rough Notes Magazine Fortify Your Agency Against Eroding Value By Christel L. Sarchet, CPA Mike was devastated. He and Steve had been friends since college. They had lost touch for a while but ten years ago, when Steve was between jobs, Mike had offered him a…

  PERPETUATION MATTERS Agents of Westfield Insurance get a big boost in planning for the future By Elisabeth Boone, CPCU Westfield Insurance partners from around the Midwest gathered at Westfield’s Blair Conference Center, where keynote speaker Kevin Donoghue (left), along with members of a five-person panel, discussed agency perpetuation needs and options. A company that’s…

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june2010caseforselling

The below article was published in the September, 2009 Rough Notes Magazine NAVIGATING THE WINDS OF CHANGE By Christel L. Sarchet, CPA & Robin C. Frost, ACA Have you been giving some thought as of late to changing the direction of your agency? Is the driver of this line of thought expansion, perpetuation, reducing management…

mayAABarticle WWW.AGENTANDBROKER.COM Few transactions are more important to agents and brokers than selling their business— or buying that of another party. For sellers, the transaction can represent an opportunity to remain in business in an improved position or the cashing in of a life’s work in preparation for retirement. For buyers, acquisitions represent the fastest…