Brown & Brown Buys Asset of Rowlands & Barranca Agency

Charlie Lydecker, Retail Division President of Brown & Brown, Inc. BRO and Nick Dereszynski, Regional Vice President of Brown & Brown, Inc., together with Bruce Rowlands and Michael Barranca, the shareholders of Rowlands & Barranca Agency, Inc. ("RBA"), today announced the acquisition of certain assets of RBA by Brown & Brown of New York, Inc., subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc.