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Long-Term Debt - Long Term Debt Instrument (Parenthetical) (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Current Portion of 5-Year Term Loan Facility Expires 2019 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Line of credit facility, expiration period | 5 years |
Debt instrument maturity year | 2019 |
6.080% Senior Notes, Series B, Semi-Annual Interest Payments, Balloon Due 2014 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage |  | 6.08%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = bro_SixPointZeroEightZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandFourteenMember
Debt instrument maturity year |  | 2014
5.370% Senior Notes, Series D, Quarterly Interest Payments, Balloon Due 2015 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 5.37%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = bro_FivePointThreeSevenZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandFifteenMember |
Debt instrument maturity year | 2015 |
5.660% Senior Notes, Series C, Semi-Annual Interest Payments, Balloon Due 2016 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 5.66%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = bro_FivePointSixSixZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember | 5.66%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = bro_FivePointSixSixZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandSixteenMember
Debt instrument maturity year | 2016 | 2016
4.500% Senior Notes, Series E, Quarterly Interest Payments, Balloon Due 2018 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 4.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = bro_FourPointFiveZeroZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandEighteenMember | 4.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = bro_FourPointFiveZeroZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandEighteenMember
Debt instrument maturity year | 2018 | 2018
4.200% Senior Notes, Semi-Annual Interest Payments, Balloon Due 2024 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 4.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = bro_FourPointTwoZeroZeroPercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyFourMember |
Debt instrument maturity year | 2024 |
Periodic Payments of Interest, LIBOR Plus 1.00%, Expires December 31, 2016 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Line of credit facility, expiration date |  | Dec. 31, 2016
Periodic Payments of Interest, LIBOR Plus 1.00%, Expires December 31, 2016 [Member] | LIBOR [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable interest rate |  | 1.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = bro_CreditAgreementOneExpiresInTwoThousandSixteenMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
Quarterly Payments of Interest, LIBOR Plus 1.00%, Expires December 31, 2016 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Line of credit facility, expiration date |  | Dec. 31, 2016
Quarterly Payments of Interest, LIBOR Plus 1.00%, Expires December 31, 2016 [Member] | LIBOR [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable interest rate |  | 1.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = bro_CreditAgreementTwoExpiresInTwoThousandSixteenMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
Periodic Payments of Interest, LIBOR Plus 1.00%, Expires December 31, 2016 [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Line of credit facility, expiration date |  | Dec. 31, 2016
Periodic Payments of Interest, LIBOR Plus 1.00%, Expires December 31, 2016 [Member] | LIBOR [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable interest rate |  | 1.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = bro_CreditAgreementThreeExpiresInTwoThousandSixteenMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
5-Year Term-Loan Facility, Periodic Interest and Principal Payments, Currently LIBOR Plus 1.375%, Expires May 20, 2019 |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Line of credit facility, expiration period | 5 years |
Line of credit facility, expiration date | May 20, 2019 |
5-Year Term-Loan Facility, Periodic Interest and Principal Payments, Currently LIBOR Plus 1.375%, Expires May 20, 2019 | LIBOR [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, variable interest rate | 1.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = bro_FiveYearTermLoanFacilityExpiresInTwoThousandNineteenMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember |

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