Brown & Brown Unanimously Elect Hugh M. Brown to Board

Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), announces the election, by unanimous vote of the Board, of Hugh M. Brown, Founder, and President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), of BAMSI, Inc., of Titusville, Florida, to Brown & Brown, Inc.'s Board of Directors, effective March 15, 2004. Commenting on Hugh Brown's talents, J. Hyatt Brown, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Hugh has long been a proven advocate of success achievement through a 'can do' attitude. He believes in the ethic of hard work and treating people with respect, which makes him an appropriate addit...