{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Optis Partners","provider_url":"https:\/\/optisins.com\/wp","author_name":"Daniel Menzer","author_url":"https:\/\/optisins.com\/wp\/author\/menzer\/","title":"March 2017 - M&A Report &#187; Optis Partners","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fTP1xwb9x1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/optisins.com\/wp\/2017\/04\/march-2017-ma-report\/\">March 2017 &#8211; M&#038;A Report<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/optisins.com\/wp\/2017\/04\/march-2017-ma-report\/embed\/#?secret=fTP1xwb9x1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;March 2017 &#8211; M&#038;A Report&#8221; &#8212; Optis Partners\" data-secret=\"fTP1xwb9x1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/optisins.com\/wp\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Insurance agency Merger & Acquisition (\u201cM&A\u201d) activity exploded during the 1st Quarter (\u201cQ1\u201d) of 2017 with 178 reported transactions in the US and Canada, up from 115 reported transactions in Q1-2016. The growth was impacted, in part, from the formation of Alera Group, a new private-equity backed firm that closed 24 separate deals on January 1, 2017. Notwithstanding this unique transaction, the number of Q1 transactions would still have out-paced any previous quarterly period."}