Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	NOTE 12· Subsequent Events On October 19, 2011, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million worth of shares of our common stock during the following twelve month period. As of November 9, 2011, no shares have been repurchased. Additionally, from October 1, 2011 through November 9, 2011, Brown & Brown acquired the assets and assumed certain liabilities of two insurance intermediaries and an operation that provides property tax services, primarily to financial institutions. The aggregate minimum purchase price of these acquisitions was approximately $57.6 million, all of which will be paid in cash. The potential aggregate maximum purchase price of these acquisitions over a three-year earn-out period is $86.4 million. The insurance intermediaries were acquired primarily to expand Brown & Brown's core retail business. The property tax service operation was acquired to create a new program within our National Programs division and to provide synergistic servicing capabilities with certain of the Company's other National Programs operations.

Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

NOTE 12· Subsequent Events

On October 19, 2011, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million worth of shares of our common stock during the following twelve month period. As of November 9, 2011, no shares have been repurchased.

Additionally, from October 1, 2011 through November 9, 2011, Brown & Brown acquired the assets and assumed certain liabilities of two insurance intermediaries and an operation that provides property tax services, primarily to financial institutions. The aggregate minimum purchase price of these acquisitions was approximately $57.6 million, all of which will be paid in cash. The potential aggregate maximum purchase price of these acquisitions over a three-year earn-out period is $86.4 million. The insurance intermediaries were acquired primarily to expand Brown & Brown's core retail business. The property tax service operation was acquired to create a new program within our National Programs division and to provide synergistic servicing capabilities with certain of the Company's other National Programs operations.