Employee Savings Plan	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Employee Savings Plan	NOTE 10 Employee Savings Plan The Company has an Employee Savings Plan (401(k)) in which substantially all employees with more than 30 days of service are eligible to participate. Under this plan, Brown & Brown makes matching contributions, of up to 2.5% of each participant’s annual compensation. Further, the Plan authorizes the Company to make a discretionary profit-sharing contribution each year, which equaled 1.5% of each eligible employee’s compensation in each of the past three years years. The Company’s contributions to the plan totaled $14,266,000 in 2012, $11,866,000 in 2011, and $11,376,000 in 2010.

Employee Savings Plan

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

NOTE 10 Employee Savings Plan

The Company has an Employee Savings Plan (401(k)) in which substantially all employees with more than 30 days of service are eligible to participate. Under this plan, Brown & Brown makes matching contributions, of up to 2.5% of each participant’s annual compensation. Further, the Plan authorizes the Company to make a discretionary profit-sharing contribution each year, which equaled 1.5% of each eligible employee’s compensation in each of the past three years years. The Company’s contributions to the plan totaled $14,266,000 in 2012, $11,866,000 in 2011, and $11,376,000 in 2010.