About Insurance Agency Trader
The specialized marketplace for buying and selling P&C insurance agencies - built by the Insurance Dudes team.
From the Front Lines of P&C
Insurance Agency Trader is a marketplace purpose-built for a fragmented industry. Most agency sales happen behind closed doors - through brokers charging 5-10% commissions, through private PE approaches, or through quiet handshake deals that leave sellers wondering if they got fair value.
We built this platform to change that. Transparent listings, seller carryback financing structured into the product, and AI/LLM-optimized discoverability so qualified buyers actually find your agency.
The marketplace is run by the Insurance Dudes team - the same group behind The Insurance Dudes Podcast, with 800+ episodes, 1M+ downloads, and thousands of insurance agents who have shared what works and what doesn't in building, buying, and selling P&C agencies.
Who Writes and Reviews This Site
Published under the Insurance Dudes Research Team byline, the research library and every deal resource on this site are produced and reviewed by the founders:
Craig Pretzinger
Co-founder of Insurance Agency Trader and co-host of The Insurance Dudes Podcast (805 episodes). P&C agency owner and licensed insurance agent with over a decade running captive and independent operations, co-author of the best-selling Million Dollar Agency playbook.
Full bio at The Insurance DudesJason Feltman
Co-founder of Insurance Agency Trader and co-host of The Insurance Dudes Podcast. Licensed P&C agency owner and builder of the Telefunnel telesales system, with hands-on experience scaling, valuing, and transitioning agency books.
Full bio at The Insurance DudesCorrections: if you spot an error in any article, use the contact page. Verified corrections are applied and stamped on the affected post.
What We Do
- • Marketplace listings for P&C insurance agencies
- • Built-in seller carryback financing tools
- • EBITDA-based agency valuation calculator
- • Deal structure comparison (cash vs carryback)
- • NDA-gated buyer access to confidential details
- • Content library covering valuation, M&A, and transitions
Who We Serve
- • Independent agency owners planning to sell
- • Captive agents evaluating their exit options
- • Buyers seeking P&C agencies with clean financials
- • Investors targeting recurring-revenue assets
- • CPAs and attorneys serving agency clients
- • Younger agents looking to acquire rather than build
Editorial Policy
We are an expert aggregator, not an expert. Every factual claim in our content - every statistic, multiple, percentage, or timeline - is either sourced to a named industry authority (MarshBerry, OPTIS Partners, Sica Fletcher, NAPAA, Insurance Journal, SBA, IRS) or clearly qualified as based on agents we've worked with.
We don't tell readers what to do. We present the data, cite the sources, and let agency owners make informed decisions with their own attorneys, CPAs, and valuators. Every blog post ends with a disclaimer reminding readers that our content is informational only.
This is the standard the insurance M&A space has been missing - and the one our audience has asked us to hold.
The Insurance Dudes Ecosystem
Insurance Agency Trader is part of a broader platform built for P&C agents:
The Insurance Dudes Podcast -
Watch on YouTube. 800+ episodes of battle-tested strategies from agents who've built million-dollar agencies.
The Insurance Dudes Blog -
blog.theidudes.com. Operational knowledge, hiring systems, sales frameworks, leadership strategies.
Insurance Agency Trader (this site) - The marketplace for agency transactions. Built to give sellers transparency and buyers real options.