I find the independent agencies that fit your buy box, reach the owner by phone, email and LinkedIn, and hand your M&A team qualified intro meetings. You run the deal. I keep the pipeline full and the records clean.
Straight answers, including the one gap.
The goal is the first qualified meeting inside week two, then one a week, every week, through the performance period.
Most owners hear from several acquirers a month. The messages that work sound like a peer, are short, and give the owner a reason to talk that isn't "sell to us."
Mike,
Saw Harbor Point Insurance has been independent since 1994, with you still on the license.
Most owners your size are fielding acquisition calls with no easy way to compare what the book is worth.
Our team helps owners benchmark that before anyone talks terms.
Worth a 15-minute conversation, even if a sale is years out?
We agree on the definition up front, so your leadership's time only goes to real conversations.
The owner or a principal who can make the decision is on the call. Not an office manager, not a producer.
Size, lines and geography match what you told me you acquire. Anything borderline I flag before booking.
The owner is open to discussing an exit, partnership or succession in a defined window, and knows why they're meeting you.
Fractional, as posted.
Against the 3-month performance period.
No extra seats or data spend on your side.
Ready to build the list this week.
Tell me what a great acquisition looks like for you and I'll come back with the first 50 agencies I'd go after.