Future Agency Partners

Selling your business with confidence, why AssuredPartners could be right for you. At AssuredPartners, we’re not just in the insurance business. We’re in the business of developing strong, lasting relationships.

AssuredPartners Ireland offers something different for our insurance acquisitions – We want our business leaders to be entrepreneurs and to continue showing that entrepreneurial spirit long after they have joined the AP family.

Our aim is not to simply swallow up businesses, we want them to retain the autonomy and the spark that made them attractive to us in the first place. We are not overbearing and do not want wholesale change.

“When I think about the culture at AssuredPartners the best way of describing it is “Client not Corporate”. The people here almost without exception come from a client-focused background, which is very different to having spent most of their time in a boardroom, and that in itself epitomises the way in which AssuredPartners operates from top to bottom.

“If you are thinking about a new chapter for your business but shudder at the thought of being told how you should handle your clients, some of which you probably consider to be friends, we would be delighted to meet and chat about how we might work together in the future through insurance acquisitions.”

David Heathfield CEO – AssuredPartners International

We do things differently

In an industry filled with consolidators, AssuredPartners is different.

Our focus is on relationships and people. We understand that the best way to get the most out of an acquisition is to build on the core values that attracted us in the first place. We might acquire your business, but we know that clients cannot be so easily bought.

We want the leaders of businesses we acquire to stay; buying into our vision and taking ownership of their own growth. We want these businesses to retain their autonomy and not look to us to make wholesale change.

Not every opportunity will be the right for an insurance acquisition.

It’s important that both sides can see the potential benefits of working together from the outset. The partnership and the culture needs to feel right and we recognise that the type of synergies we look for cannot be achieved simply by writing the largest cheque.

Our approach to insurance acquisitions

We have a very simple approach to achieving successful insurance acquisitions; it’s all about fit.

The best deals are those that work for all stakeholders; owners, clients and staff alike.

As an organisation, we want to work alongside management teams in order to support their long-term growth. This is what sets us apart from the competition. For us, the acquisition of a business should be seen as the start of an exciting new journey, rather than the end.

Financial performance is always important, but our view is that profitability is a product of good culture. If we can invest in and nurture a good culture, we firmly believe we will benefit from sustainable profitability over the long term.

What we look for

Passionate Management Teams

who are keen to remain involved with the business post-deal.

Sector Specialism

and a reputation for being thought leaders in a niche area.

Innovative approach

and a new view to running the business (for example processes, automation or technology)

Opportunities for synergies

and overlaps in expertise that can lead to accretive growth for both sides.