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Business Combinations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Business Combinations

NOTE 5 Business Combinations

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, Brown & Brown acquired all of the stock of five insurance intermediaries, assets and assumed certain liabilities of one insurance intermediary, and one book of business (customer accounts) for a total of seven acquisitions. Additionally, adjustments were recorded to the purchase price allocation of certain prior acquisitions completed within the last 12 months as permitted by Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805 — Business Combinations (“ASC 805”). Such adjustments are presented in the “Other” category within the following two tables. The recorded purchase price for all acquisitions includes an estimation of the fair value of liabilities associated with any potential earn-out provisions. Subsequent changes in the fair value of earn-out obligations will be recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income when incurred.

The fair value of earn-out obligations is based on the present value of the expected future payments to be made to the sellers of the acquired businesses in accordance with the provisions outlined in the respective purchase agreements. In determining fair value, the acquired business’s future performance is estimated using financial projections developed by management for the acquired business and reflects market participant assumptions regarding revenue growth and/or profitability. The expected future payments are estimated on the basis of the earn-out formula and performance targets specified in each purchase agreement compared to the associated financial projections. These payments are then discounted to present value using a risk-adjusted rate that takes into consideration the likelihood that the forecasted earn-out payments will be made.

Based on the acquisition date and the complexity of the underlying valuation work, certain amounts included in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements may be provisional and thus subject to further adjustments within the permitted measurement period, as defined in ASC 805. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, adjustments were made within the permitted measurement period that resulted in an increase in the purchase price of the affected acquisitions of $2.9 million. These measurement period adjustments have been reflected as current period adjustments in the three months ended March 31, 2023 in accordance with the guidance in ASU 2015-16 “Business Combinations.” The measurement period adjustments primarily impacted goodwill, with no effect on earnings or cash in the current period.

Cash paid for the seven acquisitions was $44.7 million, or $37.6 million net of cash and fiduciary cash acquired, during the three months ended March 31, 2023. During the measurement periods, the Company will adjust assets or liabilities if new information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have resulted in the recognition of those assets and liabilities as of that date. These adjustments are made in the period in which the amounts are determined, and the current period income effect of such adjustments will be calculated as if the adjustments had been completed as of the acquisition date.

 

The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the aggregate assets and liabilities acquired through the three months ended March 31, 2023 as of the date of each acquisition and adjustments made during the measurement period of the prior year acquisitions.

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2023

 

(in millions)

 

Other (1)

 

 

Total

 

Cash paid

 

$

44.7

 

 

$

44.7

 

Other payable

 

 

0.2

 

 

 

0.2

 

Recorded earn-out payable

 

 

19.6

 

 

 

19.6

 

Total consideration

 

 

64.5

 

 

 

64.5

 

Maximum potential earn-out payable

 

 

21.1

 

 

 

21.1

 

Allocation of purchase price:

 

 

 

 

Cash and equivalents

 

 

3.3

 

 

 

3.3

 

Fiduciary cash

 

 

3.8

 

 

 

3.8

 

Fiduciary receivables

 

 

3.3

 

 

 

3.3

 

Other current assets

 

 

2.6

 

 

 

2.6

 

Fixed assets

 

 

0.2

 

 

 

0.2

 

Goodwill

 

 

23.0

 

 

 

23.0

 

Purchased customer accounts and other

 

 

16.6

 

 

 

16.6

 

Other assets

 

 

0.2

 

 

 

0.2

 

Total assets acquired

 

 

53.0

 

 

 

53.0

 

Fiduciary liabilities

 

 

(7.1

)

 

 

(7.1

)

Other current liabilities

 

 

(3.8

)

 

 

(3.8

)

Deferred income tax, net (2)

 

 

23.9

 

 

 

23.9

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

(1.5

)

 

 

(1.5

)

Total liabilities assumed

 

 

11.5

 

 

 

11.5

 

Net assets acquired

 

$

64.5

 

 

$

64.5

 

(1)
The other column represents current year acquisitions with total net assets acquired of less than $50.0 million and adjustments from prior year acquisitions that were made within the permitted measurement period.
(2)
The Company has revised the provisional amounts in the measurement period for items for which the accounting was incomplete. Additional time was needed to obtain the information necessary, present at the date of the acquisition, to recognize and measure all the items exchanged related to the acquisition of Orchid Underwriters Agency and CrossCover Insurance Services.

The weighted average useful lives for the acquired amortizable intangible assets are as follows: purchased customer accounts, 15.0 years; and non-compete agreements, 5.0 years.

Goodwill of $23.0 million, which is net of any opening balance sheet adjustments within the allowable measurement period, was allocated to the Retail and National Programs segments in the amounts of $44.6 million and ($21.6) million, respectively. Of the total goodwill of $23.0 million, $21.7 million relates to goodwill that will not be deductible for income tax purposes from acquisitions where we acquired the stock of the company. The amount of goodwill currently deductible for income tax purposes is $1.1 million and the remaining $0.2 million relates to recorded earn-out payables which will not be deductible for income tax purposes until it is earned and paid.

For the acquisitions completed during 2023, the results of operations since the acquisition dates have been combined with those of the Company. The total revenues from the acquisitions completed through March 31, 2023, included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2023, was $2.6 million. The income before income taxes from the acquisitions completed through March 31, 2023, included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2023, was $1.0 million. If the acquisitions had occurred as of the beginning of the respective periods, the Company’s estimated results of operations would be as shown in the following table. These unaudited pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of the actual results of operations that would have occurred had the acquisitions actually been made at the beginning of the respective periods.

 

(UNAUDITED)

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(in millions, except per share data)

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Total revenues

 

$

1,116.3

 

 

$

907.7

 

Income before income taxes

 

$

294.3

 

 

$

265.8

 

Net income

 

$

235.6

 

 

$

221.0

 

Net income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.83

 

 

$

0.78

 

Diluted

 

$

0.83

 

 

$

0.78

 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

278.6

 

 

 

277.1

 

Diluted

 

 

279.4

 

 

 

278.6

 

 

As of March 31, 2023 and 2022, the fair values of the estimated acquisition earn-out payables were re-evaluated and measured at fair value on a recurring basis using unobservable inputs (Level 3) as defined in ASC 820- Fair Value Measurement. The resulting additions, payments, and net changes, as well as the interest expense accretion on the estimated acquisition earn-out payables, for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, were as follows:

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Balance as of the beginning of the period

 

$

251.6

 

 

$

291.0

 

Additions to estimated acquisition earn-out payables

 

 

19.6

 

 

 

10.8

 

Payments for estimated acquisition earn-out payables

 

 

(16.1

)

 

 

(46.9

)

Subtotal

 

 

255.1

 

 

 

254.9

 

Net change in earnings from estimated acquisition earn-out payables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in fair value on estimated acquisition earn-out payables

 

 

(4.2

)

 

 

(4.8

)

Interest expense accretion

 

 

1.9

 

 

 

1.4

 

Net change in earnings from estimated acquisition
   earn-out payables

 

 

(2.3

)

 

 

(3.4

)

Foreign currency translation adjustments during the year

 

 

1.4

 

 

 

(0.6

)

Balance as of March 31,

 

$

254.2

 

 

$

250.9

 

 

Of the $254.2 million estimated acquisition earn-out payables as of March 31, 2023, $144.6 million was recorded as accounts payable and $109.6 million was recorded as other non-current liabilities. As of March 31, 2023, the maximum future acquisition contingency payments related to all acquisitions was $535.9 million, inclusive of the $254.2 million estimated acquisition earn-out payables as of March 31, 2023. Four of the estimated acquisition earn-out payables assumed in connection with the acquisition of GRP (Jersey) Holdco Limited and its businesses ("GRP") included provisions with no maximum potential earn-out amount. The amount recorded for these acquisitions as of March 31, 2023 is $3.6 million. The Company deems a significant increase to this amount to be unlikely. Included within the additions to estimated acquisition earn-out payables are any adjustments to opening balance sheet items within the allowable measurement period, which may therefore differ from previously reported amounts.