Distefano Ins Services INC

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Independent agency

Offices: Canal Fulton · Ohio

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Distefano Ins Services INC is an independent insurance agency licensed in Canal Fulton, OH. Lines listed: Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurance, Employee Benefits, Medicare. Founding or history: 1931. Agency Match assessments based on public information: Business Partnerships medium. 32 publicly sourced facts with links.

How we determined the info on this profile

License record: taken from the state license roster.
Offices: based on offices listed on the agency's website. More than one office can count toward the Looking to Buy score.
Lines of business: based on text on the agency's website. They can count toward the Strategic Partnership score.
Leadership: based on text on the agency's website. It can count toward the Mentorship & Peer Connection score.
Carrier partnerships: based on carrier logos on the agency's website.
Looking to Buy: not enough public facts for a score.
Open to Selling: not enough public facts for a score.
Mentorship & Peer Connections: not enough public facts for a score.
Business Partnerships: scored from carrier logos on the agency's website and from other public facts.

Research

Detailed profile

Geography

1 documented offices

Ownership events

None documented

Ownership

Not confirmed

Agency Match assessments

Agency Match uses public information and a proprietary scoring model to identify possible business opportunities. Ratings indicate potential, not confirmed interest, unless explicitly noted.

Looking to Buy

Insufficient Evidence

Public signs the agency buys or absorbs other agencies: past acquisitions, growth by acquisition, added offices and the depth to integrate a book.

Why: Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry

Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry · 1931disagency.com

What this rating was based on (1 factor)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+5 pts
- 1931disagency.com

Total: 5 points → Insufficient Evidence: a rating needs at least two facts including one core factor for this assessment.

Confidence (separate from the rating): not given without a rating · 1 facts from 1 website.

Not known publicly: Whether the agency is buying now and at what size; Financing and integration capacity.

Open to Selling

Acquisition Research Fit

Low · 8

Acquisition Research Fit is low. Formation year 1931 is on a verified record (95 years in operation). The rating stays Low because years in operation and size are a business profile, not a transition. This is not a statement that the agency wants to sell.

Formation year 1931 is on a verified record (95 years in operation). Verified · +8 ptsdisagency.com

Confidence: low. Separate from the rating.

Not on file: Owner tenure is not established; No internal succession document; Confirmed sale interest is unknown.

Confirmed sale interest: Unknown

Mentorship & Peer Connections

Insufficient Evidence

Public signs of industry standing and willingness to share know-how: association leadership, teaching, memberships, recognition and tenure.

Why: Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry

Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry · 1931disagency.com

What this rating was based on (1 factor)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Public history of 15+ years in business or in the industry (supporting)+10 pts
- 1931disagency.com

Total: 10 points → Insufficient Evidence: a rating needs at least two facts including one core factor for this assessment.

Confidence (separate from the rating): not given without a rating · 1 facts from 1 website.

Not known publicly: Whether the principals want to mentor or be mentored.

Business Partnerships

Medium · 45

Public signs the agency would complement others: niche specialties, referral or partner relationships, broad carrier access, both personal and commercial lines, and regional reach.

Agency Match score: 45/100 · Medium confidence: 3+ public facts

Why: Niche specialty line documented; three or more carriers named; several documented lines of business

Niche specialty line documented · Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurance, Employee Benefits, Medicaredisagency.com
Three or more carriers named · Berkshire Hathaway GUARDdisagency.com
Several documented lines of business · Home, Auto, Renters, Boat, Flood, Tradesmen, Lawyersdisagency.com

What this rating was based on (3 factors)

Based on public information. Points come from a fixed rubric. The score is a sum of points, not a probability. Confidence is shown separately and does not change the rating.

Niche specialty line documented+20 pts
- Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurance, Employee Benefits, Medicaredisagency.com
Three or more carriers named+15 pts
- Berkshire Hathaway GUARDdisagency.com
- Celinadisagency.com
- CNAdisagency.com
- Donegaldisagency.com
- Foremostdisagency.com
- Grangedisagency.com
- Harleysvilledisagency.com
- Nationwidedisagency.com
- Progressivedisagency.com
- Safecodisagency.com
- Selectivedisagency.com
- Travelersdisagency.com
Several documented lines of business (supporting)+10 pts
- Home, Auto, Renters, Boat, Flood, Tradesmen, Lawyersdisagency.com
- personal insurance, commercial property/casualty, employee benefitsdisagency.com
- Lines of business: Commercial & Business Owners Insurancedisagency.com
- Lines of business: Contractors Insurancedisagency.com
- Lines of business: General Liabilitydisagency.com
- Lines of business: Professional Liabilitydisagency.com
- Lines of business: Commercial Autodisagency.com
- Lines of business: Cyber Liability Insurancedisagency.com
- Lines of business: Surety Bond Insurancedisagency.com
- Lines of business: Probate Bond Insurancedisagency.com

Total: 45 points → Agency Match score 45/100, rated Medium (High at 60+, Medium at 35+).

Confidence (separate from the rating): Medium confidence: 3+ public facts · 23 facts from 1 website.

Not known publicly: Which partnerships the agency would welcome; Carrier appointments not published online.

Record & channel

License recordPublicly sourced

Ohio resident business-entity license (NPN 2425581), licensed at Canal Fulton, OH

gateway.insurance.ohio.gov

ChannelPublicly sourced

Independent agency

“Being an independent agency means we shop and compare the best insurance options on your behalf to find the best combination of cost and coverage.”

Distefano Ins Services INC

Agency Match assessments

Looking to Buy

Open to Selling

Mentorship & Peer Connections

Business Partnerships

Record & channel

Locations & footprint

Highlights

People & affiliations

Names & entities

Facts from published sources (32 verified)