Agency Network Renaissance purchases Consolidated Insurance Agents based in Buffalo.

[Chris]

Renaissance's strategic expansion through acquisitions like that of CIA highlights a significant trend of consolidation within the insurance agency network sector. While such growth can provide member agencies with enhanced market access and resources, it also raises questions about the potential impact on the autonomy and local focus of individual agencies.

How do you perceive the balance between the benefits of joining larger networks and the preservation of independent agency identity? Do you believe that such consolidations ultimately serve the best interests of clients and local communities?

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[annon123]

In other business sectors consolidated reduces competition and if the industry is consolidated enough makes it harder for independents to compete (usually they have to enter in a niche the big companies are ignoring because otherwise they can make life more difficult for the small and startup companies - in this case agencies).

It would give the consolidated companies more negotiating power with insurance companies/government with respect to commissions, etc. which could help independents depending on how that was structured.

They'd have more money to advertise and have freebie events to bring in clients in and likely would focus on areas where their market share is less (and independents have a larger market share - although some of the "battling" would be between the big companies which would still result in small agency collateral damage).

Clients woul likely be collateral damage with higher prices to pay for all of this.