UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):   January 5, 2010

 

Brown & Brown, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

 

220 South Ridgewood Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (386) 252-9601

 

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) 

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Item 5.02               Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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             (b)        On January 5, 2010, Brown & Brown, Inc. (the "Company") announced the retirement of Jim W. Henderson, its Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer and a member of its Board of Directors (the "Board"), from the Company effective in August 2010. This includes retirement from any director and officer positions held with any of the Company's subsidiaries.  As a result of his impending retirement, Mr. Henderson will not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company's 2010 annual meeting of shareholders.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	Brown & Brown, Inc.
		/S/ CORY T. WALKER
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		Cory T. Walker
		Sr. Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer