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Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 15 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Sep. 02, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Jul. 21, 2014 | Mar. 05, 2015
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased, authorized amount |  |  |  | $ 25,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 |  |
Total number of shares repurchased (in shares) | 5,052,820us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased, number of shares received initially (in shares) | 5,053,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares |  | 2,385,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares |  |  |
Fair value of common stock repurchased | 160,025,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue |  | 75,025,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue |  |  |
Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased, authorized amount |  |  |  |  | 200,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember |
Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreement |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased, aggregate repurchase amount |  | 50,000,000us-gaap_AcceleratedShareRepurchasesSettlementPaymentOrReceipt / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = bro_AcceleratedShareRepurchaseAgreementMember |  |  |  |
Total number of shares repurchased (in shares) |  | 1,539,760us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = bro_AcceleratedShareRepurchaseAgreementMember |  |  |  |
Second Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreement |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased, aggregate repurchase amount |  |  |  |  |  | 100,000,000us-gaap_AcceleratedShareRepurchasesSettlementPaymentOrReceipt / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = bro_SecondAcceleratedShareRepurchaseAgreementMember
Shares repurchased, number of shares received initially (in shares) |  |  |  |  |  | 2,667,992us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = bro_SecondAcceleratedShareRepurchaseAgreementMember
Fair value of common stock repurchased |  |  |  |  |  | 85,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = bro_SecondAcceleratedShareRepurchaseAgreementMember
Shares repurchased, remaining amount | $ 15,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1 / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = bro_SecondAcceleratedShareRepurchaseAgreementMember |  |  |  |  |

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