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A post by me on the (mis)use of cARR, how founders can inflate revenue numbers using the metric & how ARR can be easily gamed to raise more money.

Hello,

I am looking for research material for insurance brokerages(Aon, Browns, Gallgher, etc)

I am insurance advisor & account manager myself and considering recent slump in industry valuation I want to find long thesis for individual plays in the sector, but I am lacking valuation books/paper specifically for Insurance Brokerages/wealth managers(even my mom & pop shop has WM department)

r/SecurityAnalysis index has couple materials about carriers but for some reason(I believe I know why) brokerages being ignored completely

On the outside(and inside) brokers are similar to any other "subscription" based business, where you have retention ratio + cost per acquisition=cogs and for revenue we have Value at Risk inflation from carriers + approx customer growth in new market(if entered)

Oiled up with m&a or basic book acquisition.

I can definitely start working with that, but I will appreciate if anyone can reference some good material for industry valuation

Thank you, Finn