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Insurance agency M&A

Data room for selling an insurance agency

ClosingVault is a data room for selling an independent insurance agency or brokerage, for any lower-middle-market deal up to $50 million. Agency-management exports, carrier agreements and commission statements are filed to the checklist as they arrive, and account numbers on the statements are removed before a buyer looks.

Last updated: 2026-11-03

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What do buyers of an insurance agency ask for in diligence?

An agency is bought for its book, so buyers want to see the book, what it pays and who controls it.

  • Book of business

    Policies in force by line, personal, commercial and benefits, with premium, commission and carrier, and retention history.

  • Carrier agreements and commission schedules

    The agreement with each carrier, the commission schedule, and any contingent or profit-sharing commission.

  • Commission statements

    Carrier commission statements reconciled to the revenue in the financial statements.

  • Producer agreements

    Who owns or controls each book, producer compensation, and non-solicit agreements.

  • Agency-management system data

    Exports showing policy counts, renewal dates and accounts by producer.

  • E&O and licenses

    The agency’s errors-and-omissions policy, claims history, and agency and producer licenses.

What do buyers look hardest at in an agency sale?

Who controls the book. When producers have their own arrangements over the accounts they write, a buyer needs to know which revenue stays with the agency, and the producer agreements answer it.

Then the quality of the commission: contingent income that swings year to year, carrier agreements that need the carrier’s approval for a new owner, and commission statements that don’t reconcile to the books. Statements filed by carrier and period make that reconciliation a task, not a hunt.

How does ClosingVault handle an agency sale?

The book filed by carrier and period; the valuation stays yours.

Automatic sortingAgency-management exports and carrier statements go in by the batch; each is filed by topic and period. Automatic redactionThe agency’s bank account numbers on carrier commission statements are removed, keeping the last four. Owner-majority LOIs and exclusivityA producer with a stake votes when the room admin enters them as an owner with their share. Bring your own checklistAn aggregator doing several deals a year saves its request list on Professional and reuses it. Stage-by-stage buyer accessProducer agreements can be hidden from buyers in one click until you choose. Ask the Data RoomFinds the documents a question asks for; it never says what the book is worth.

How long does it take to open a room for an agency sale?

About 3 minutes with the standard checklist. It already asks for Commission & Bonus Plans, Key Employee & Executive Agreements, the Non-Compete, Non-Solicit & Confidentiality Agreements, the Professional Liability (E&O) policy, Business Operating Licenses & Permits and the Joint Venture, Referral & Reseller Agreements. Add carrier and book-of-business items from your own Excel list. From there it’s fully customizable for any lower-middle-market deal up to $50 million: phases and dates, who can download, and when each buyer’s access ends. The free due diligence checklist is the same standard checklist, as an Excel download.

What does it cost?

Plans start at $79 a month, billed yearly (founding price). The firm that opens the room pays. Invited buyers, sellers, owners and their teams are always free and unlimited. Every plan and price, or see ClosingVault next to seven low-cost data rooms, step by step.

Insurance agencies data room questions

I own an independent P&C agency with about $4 million in commissions and an aggregator wants our book by carrier. Can I upload exports from our agency-management system?

Yes. Upload spreadsheet and CSV exports in batches of any size; each is filed by topic and period and stays in its own format, even after redaction.

Our carrier commission statements show the agency’s bank account numbers. Will buyers see them?

No. Bank account numbers on statements are removed automatically, keeping the last four digits, before any buyer sees the document.

I’m a producer with a 20% stake in the agency. Do I get a vote on the LOI?

Yes, when the room admin enters you as an owner with your share. Each vote counts by ownership until owners holding more than half of the company approve.

I’m buying agencies as a platform and do several deals a year. Can I reuse my request list?

Yes, on Professional, which saves checklists you can reuse on every deal. On Starter and Plus you upload the workbook when you open each room.

Can I keep our producer agreements hidden from buyers until we have an accepted LOI?

Yes. The room admin can hide any single document from buyers in one click, and diligence opens to a buyer only after a submitted LOI.

Will ClosingVault tell the buyer what my book is worth?

No. ClosingVault’s AI organizes, never opines: it files and finds the documents, and the valuation stays with the buyer and your advisors.

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