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What percentage of yearly premiums should I pay to buy Allstate BOB from established agent who is retiring?
Thanks,
What's the point of taking over a book of business to break even? There isn't one. You may as well start on your own from scratch.
One Agent that already had a buyer said a few years ago they were getting 3.0.
Allstate will buy back at 1.5 from the info I have gotten this past week.
One Agent that already had a buyer said a few years ago they were getting 3.0.
Now it depends, but it is looking like 2-2.5
One of the tricks with buying a book of business is to make sure there is a retention clause, and policies that have been on the books for a while are worth more than policies written in the last 6 months.
One of the tricks with buying a book of business is to make sure there is a retention clause, and policies that have been on the books for a while are worth more than policies written in the last 6 months.
You also have to know what the likelihood of customers leaving is. In some areas, Allstate is imposing pretty significant rate increases on homeowners, which will cause a percentage of the book to shrink. In some areas, they are limited on what they can write, which limits growth opportunities.
1.5 to 2.5 times the annual commission is pretty norm, but there are things that can make it worth more or less.
Lots of variables to think about. One thing you want to make sure of though, if you buy a book of business, that it comes with the phone number that the agent has had for the last xxx years that clients call on. If possible, you want the agents cell phone number as well, don't try to retrain clients to call a new number. Dan