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Audra Szollosy, a VP at investment banking firm Hales & Co., wrote a good wrap up of insurance agency merger & acquisition activity in 2009 for Leader’s Edge magazine.  The article also included a list of big deals from last year, and discussed both retail and wholesale operations.

While Szollosy was a bit pessimistic about 2009, she holds some hope for the remainder of 2010, provided the economy moves in the right direction and Congress comes to some finality regarding health care reform.