BRO Brown and Brown Inc

Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO) today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.075 per share. The dividend is payable on August 19, 2009, to shareholders of record on August 12, 2009.

Brown & Brown, Inc. and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products and services, as well as risk management, third-party administration, managed health care, and Medicare set-aside services and programs. Providing service to business, public entity, individual, trade and professional association clients nationwide, the Company is ranked by Business Insurance magazine as the seventh largest independent insurance intermediary in the United States, and ninth largest in the world. The Company's web address is www.bbinsurance.com.

Contact: Cory T. Walker Chief Financial Officer (386) 239-7250