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Long-Term Debt - Long Term Debt Instrument (Parenthetical) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	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]
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 22

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

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-Section S99

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