Brown & Brown, Inc. Names Freebourn VP

January 26, 2004

The Board of Directors of Florida-based Brown & Brown, Inc. announced the election of Richard Freebourn as vice president of internal operations.

Freebourn has served in many key and progressively senior financial management capacities during his 20 years with Brown & Brown, most recently as director of internal audit, operations and quality control. As vice president of internal operations, he will continue to be responsible for these three key corporate level units.

Brown & Brown, Inc. and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products and services, as well as risk management, employee benefit administration, and managed health care programs.