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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


As independent certified public accountants, we hereby consent to the inclusion
of our report dated January 19, 2001, on the consolidated financial statements
of Brown & Brown, Inc. (the "Company") as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2000, into Amendment
No. 1 to the Company's registration statement on Form S-4, Registration No.
333-67408, covering shares of common stock to be issued to the shareholders of
Raleigh, Schwarz & Powell, Inc., and to all references to our Firm included in
this registration statement.



/S/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Orlando, Florida,
September 27, 2001