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MarshBerry Launches New 360 Seminars

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Feb 25, 2014, 10:30 ET

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio, Feb. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MarshBerry is hosting four full day regional seminars focusing on best practices for merger & acquisition (M&A) and organic growth strategies. These seminars will enable insurance professionals, property & casualty, employee benefit and wholesale/managing general agents/ managing general underwriters to understand the strategies they should consider as they work to lead their firm to growth and profitability and to maximize shareholder value over the long term.

The 2014 seminar schedule is:

Thursday, May 1: San Francisco, CA - Merchants Exchange Club
Thursday, May 8: New York, NY – Convene Conference Center
Thursday, May 15: Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Executive Conference Center
Wednesday, May 21: Chicago, IL – Trump International Hotel & Tower

Seminar key topics include:

Current State of the Industry
M&A Review & Future Outlook
Organic Growth and Producer Recruitment Strategies
Transaction Pricing, Earn-outs and Deal Structure
Independent Ownership Perpetuation
Understanding the Legal Process in an M&A Transaction
Employee Benefits: Key Initiatives for 2014 and Beyond
Marketplace Update for Wholesale Firms

According to John Wepler, President – MarshBerry, "The MarshBerry 360 Seminar Series enables insurance distribution professionals to understand the strategies needed to lead their firm to growth and profitability – as well as help to maximize shareholder value. Whether and agency, carrier or wholesaler is considering buying or selling an agency, is looking for new strategies to drive organic growth – this is the event they should attend."

Registration & Cost:

Register online at www.MarshBerry.com/360
Cost is $850.00 per person. Register by April 1 and save $250

About MarshBerry:
Founded in 1981, MarshBerry is a merger & acquisition advisory and consulting firm to the insurance distribution system. Ranked #1 by SNL Financial for each of the past 15 years in terms of number of M&A transactions, MarshBerry's primary objective is to help insurance distributors maximize their value through our industry-specific services that include: merger and acquisition advisory*, financial consulting, valuations, performance benchmarking, peer-to-peer exchange networks, organic growth consulting and producer recruiting. Visit www.marshberry.com to learn more.

MarshBerry 360 Sponsors:
The MarshBerry 360 Seminars are supported by the following partners:

Platinum Sponsor: First Insurance Funding. Visit www.firstinsurancefunding.com to learn more.
Gold: Selective: Visit www.selective.com to learn more.
Bronze:
- LexisNexis: Visit www.LexisNexis.com to learn more.
- PatraCorp: Visit www.patracorp.com to learn more.

*Securities offered though MarshBerry Capital, Inc., Member FINRA and SIPC, and an affiliate of Marsh, Berry & Co., Inc. 4420 Sherwin Road, Willoughby, Ohio 44094, 440-354-3230

Contact:
Lauren Byers, Director – Marketing
Phone: 440.392.6546
Email: [email protected]

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SOURCE MarshBerry