---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-000930"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRO"
cik: "0000079282"
company_name: "BROWN & BROWN, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T13:35:36.807960+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brown & Brown appoints Jaymin Patel to board; Hugh Brown becomes emeritus

## Summary
- Board expanded from 12 to 13 directors; appointed Jaymin B. Patel (age 55), effective Jan 17, 2023.
- Hugh M. Brown will not seek re-election at the 2023 annual meeting; named director emeritus.
- Amended bylaws include proxy access for shareholders owning 3% of stock for 3+ years.
- Bylaws also add forum selection clause for Securities Act claims in federal courts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-000930
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRO
- cik: 0000079282
- company_name: BROWN & BROWN, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017023000930/0000950170-23-000930-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017023000930/bro-20230117.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-000930
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-000930.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-000930.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Hugh M. Brown changed role as Director Emeritus at BROWN & BROWN, INC..
  - Action: will not stand for re-election; named director emeritus
  - Role: Director Emeritus
  source text: On January 18, 2023, Hugh M. Brown informed the Company that he will not stand for re-election at the Company's 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017023000930/0000950170-23-000930-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jaymin B. Patel was appointed as Director at BROWN & BROWN, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Jaymin B. Patel, age 55, to serve as a director of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017023000930/0000950170-23-000930-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.