DAYTONA BEACH, FL and TAMPA, FL, Feb 27, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- J. Powell Brown, President of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), will
speak at the 34th Annual Conference of The Association of Insurance
and Financial Analysts at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa
at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona on Monday, March 2, 2009. Mr.
Brown is scheduled to present at 1:50 p.m. ET.
Mr. Brown's presentation can be heard live by logging onto the Brown
& Brown, Inc. website at www.bbinsurance.com then clicking on Investor
Relations and then Calendar of Events. Playback of the presentation
will be available at the same address for ten days after the event.
Brown & Brown, Inc. and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of
insurance and reinsurance products and services, as well as risk
management, third party administration, managed health care, and
Medicare set-aside services and programs. Providing service to
business, public entity, individual, trade and professional
association clients nationwide, the Company is ranked by Business
Insurance magazine as the United States' seventh largest independent
insurance intermediary. The Company's Web address is
www.bbinsurance.com.
Comments made during this presentation and any following question and
answer session may contain certain statements relating to future
results which are forward-looking statements, including those relating
to continuing our revenue, earnings and operating growth, as well as
identifying and consummating attractive acquisition opportunities.
These statements are not historical facts, but instead represent only
the Company's current belief regarding future events, many of which,
by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the
Company's control. It is possible that the Company's actual results,
financial condition and achievements may differ, possibly materially,
from the anticipated results, financial condition and achievements
contemplated by these forward-looking statements. Further information
concerning the Company and its business, including factors that
potentially could materially affect the Company's financial results
and condition, as well as its other achievements, are contained in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Some factors include: general economic conditions around the country;
downward commercial property and casualty premium pressures; the
effects of recent legislative and regulatory changes in Florida
pertaining to the insurance industry; the competitive environment; the
integration of the Company's operations with those of businesses or
assets the Company has acquired or may acquire in the future and the
failure to realize the expected benefits of such integration; the
potential occurrence of a disaster that affects certain areas of the
States of California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania and/or Washington, where significant portions of the
Company's business are concentrated; the actual costs of resolution
of contingent liabilities; those factors relevant to Brown & Brown's
consummation and integration of announced acquisitions, including any
matters analyzed in the due diligence process, material adverse
changes in the customers of the companies whose operations are
acquired, and material adverse changes in the business and financial
condition of either or both companies and their respective customers;
and the cost and impact on the Company of previously disclosed
regulatory inquiries regarding industry and Company practices with
respect to compensation received from insurance carriers. All
forward-looking statements made herein are made only as of the date of
this release, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to
publicly update or correct any forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances that subsequently occur or of which the
Company hereafter becomes aware.
Contact:
Cory T. Walker
Chief Financial Officer
(386) 239-7250
SOURCE: Brown & Brown, Inc.