Brown & Brown, Inc. Announces the Asset Acquisition of the Hoffman Company.

Business Editors

DAYTONA BEACH & TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2003

Kenneth D. Kirk, Regional Executive Vice President of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO), and Hugh C. Hoffman, President of The Hoffman Company, of Gardena, California, today announced the asset acquisition of The Hoffman Company by a California subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc. The transaction is effective August 1, 2003.

The Hoffman Company, with annualized revenues of approximately $1.4 million, is an agency that specializes in group health insurance programs. The company serves a broad spectrum of businesses throughout the greater Los Angeles area, and the State of California. Hugh Hoffman and his staff will be combining their operations with Brown & Brown's existing Orange County, California retail office at a new Orange County location.

Mr. Kirk, who is responsible for Brown & Brown's operations in the Western United States, commenting on the transaction said, "We are pleased to have Hugh and his staff of insurance professionals join us. Their operation adds strength to our growing Southern California presence and provides an important addition in our goal to better serve the insurance needs of our clients throughout the region."

Brown & Brown, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products and services, as well as risk management, employee benefit administration, and managed health care services through offices located across the United States. The Company is ranked by Business Insurance magazine as one of the nation's largest independent insurance intermediary organizations. Our Web address is http://www.bbinsurance.com.

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