Brown & Brown Settles Lawsuit Against Former Employees

Brown & Brown, Inc.

, today announced the settlement of its lawsuit against former employees, Jim W. Henderson, Thomas E. Riley, Eric A. Anderson, Stanley K. Kinnett, II, Paul A. Vredenburg, and their new company, AssuredPartners, Inc "We are satisfied with the settlement in this litigation, and we believe this matter was resolved appropriately within the judicial system," said J. Powell Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer of Brown & Brown, Inc. The amount of money to be paid by the Defendants pursuant to the settlement is confidential, but the parties agreed to an order to be entered by the court, which includes certain restrictions on the Defendants, the nature and scope of which are set forth in the Agreed Order.