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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

As independent certified public accountants, we hereby consent to the inclusion
of our report dated January 19, 2001, on the consolidated financial statements
of Brown & Brown, Inc. (the "Company") as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2000, in the Company's
registration statement on Form S-4 dated August 13, 2001, covering shares of
common stock to be issued to the shareholders of Golden Gate Holdings, Inc., and
to all references to our Firm included in this registration statement.

/S/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Orlando, Florida,
August 13, 2001




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