Location: Los Angeles, Ca.
Annual Revenue: $145,000
Asking Price: $250,000
Agency Description:
- Established and in same location since 1989
- Business is 50% Mercury - 50% Non Standard
- Office in busy intersection with lots of signage and foot traffic
- Annual Profit consistently between $85,000-$90,000
- Seller will assist with transition to ensure smooth handoff
- Agency Management System and networked office
Mercury Agents can contact us for more information and a confidentiality agreement.
Location: Los Angeles, Ca.
Annual Revenue: $51,000
Asking Price: $150,000
Agency Description:
- Consistent $51,000 in Annual Revenue since 1998
- Established in 1981 with same phone number and address
- 90% Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Perfect Fold in - No Employees, Office Leases of other debt to assume
- Seller will assist with transition to ensure policy retention
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Location: Los Angeles, Ca.
Annual Revenue: $85,000
Asking Price: $150,000
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We’ve mentioned in previous posts that 7 out of 10 businesses listed for sale never sell. This post will discuss these 3 points and give a brief explanation of each. Selling your Insurance Agency is no easy task and the first thing you should do is assemble a team of Professionals to assist. You won’t sell a home without a Real Estate Agent. You don’t do taxes without an Accountant or Tax Preparer. Why would you sell your business without professional representation? Read more
The biggest challenge we face on a daily basis is the ability to verify the income of an agency in order to list it for sale. Insurance Agency Owners have a good idea how much each carrier pays them each month, but lack the paper trail buyers need. We have various posts on this very topic and it’s important for sellers to organize their accounting in order to sell it. Read more
Ontario, Calif.-based Alpha Risk Insurance Services acquired Pacific Way Insurance Services, also of Ontario. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Pacific Way was founded in 2004 by Karen Cancilla as a small commercial lines agency, and has grown to more than 500 clients and 10 percent of its business in personal lines.
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Selling an insurance agency is not like selling a home or commercial building. An insurance agency is a business and the financial performance of the agency will make up 90% of its value. There are 2 formulas most buyers use to determine what they’ll pay for an agency. Read more
Los Angeles, Ca. LA’s Best Insurance Services acquired Mid-C Insurance Services on May 30th, 2008. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Mid-C Insurance was established 50 years ago and specializes in Personal Lines Insurance Coverage’s. Owner Christie Cummings said “We had several suitors interested in our agency but LA’s Best was the best candidate because they wanted to continue doing business the way our clients are accustomed to doing business.”LA’s Best Insurance has several locations in Southern California and specializes in Auto and Home Insurance. Broker/Owner Daniel Corchado was elated to complete this acquisition and added “In this soft market this acquisition will help us attain our growth goals for 2008 and we look forward to serving the clients of Mid-C without interruption”.
Ganis Consulting www.ganisco.com a Los Angeles based Insurance Consulting firm that specializes in selling insurance agencies brought the parties together and assisted in closing the transaction. “We’d like all Insurance Agency Owners to know that if they want to sell or are considering selling in the next year to give us a call”.
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Insurance Agency Sellers might encounter 1-2 qualified buyers after having an agency on the market for 2-3 months. You’ll talk to 50 interested buyers, but the people that can actually write a check are few and far between. When you sell your agency, the number one priority is preparation. The first impression a prospective buyer gets from your agency is you. The second impression is your accounting, bookkeeping and operational methods. Read more
By looking at our site you can guess our answer to this question is a definite yes. When you sell your business without an intermediary you’re not using every tool available. If you have a buyer with certain objections, they’ll never tell you their concerns and will most likely walk from the deal. When you have a 3rd party communicating with potential buyers, they’ll tell us all of their objections which we can overcome. Below are just a few of the benefits to using an intermediary when selling your agency. Read more