Brown&Brown Acquires Energy/Marine Underwriters

C. Roy Bridges, Regional Executive Vice President of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), and Geoffrey Hughes and Nancy D. Hughes, principals of Energy and Marine Underwriters, Inc., of Kenner (New Orleans), Louisiana, yesterday announced the asset acquisition of Energy and Marine Underwriters, Inc. by Brown & Brown, Inc. The transaction is effective December 1, 2003. Energy and Marine Underwriters, with annualized revenues of approximately $1.8 million, is an insurance wholesaling enterprise that focuses on the specialized needs of the energy and maritime industries and related suppliers....