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Employee Savings Plan	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011
Employee Savings Plan [Abstract]
Employee Savings Plan	NOTE 10 Employee Savings Plan The Company has an Employee Savings Plan (401(k)) under which substantially all employees with more than 30 days of service are eligible to participate. Under this plan, Brown & Brown makes matching contributions, subject to a maximum of 2.5% of each participant's salary. Further, the Company provides for a discretionary profit-sharing contribution of 1.5% of the employee's salary for all eligible employees. The Company's contributions to the plan totaled $11,866,000 in 2011, $11,376,000 in 2010, and $11,750,000 in 2009.

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