---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-057368"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRO"
cik: "0000079282"
company_name: "BROWN & BROWN, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T04:26:37.829954+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brown & Brown annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, auditor ratified

## Summary
- All 14 director nominees elected; J. Hyatt Brown received 231.7M votes in favor.
- Deloitte & Touche LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2024 with 252.5M votes for.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 228.7M votes for.
- Approximately 263M shares (92% of 285.3M outstanding) represented at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-057368
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRO
- cik: 0000079282
- company_name: BROWN & BROWN, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/bro-20240508.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director Wendell S. Reilly at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers. Of the shares voted, 228,748,624 voted in favor, 10,177,711 voted against and 3,656,232 abstained. There were also 20,411,396 broker non-votes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director J. Hyatt Brown at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director H. Palmer Proctor, Jr. at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director Toni Jennings at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director Kathleen A. Savio at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director Chilton D. Varner at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director James S. Hunt at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director Jaymin B. Patel at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director Timothy R.M. Main at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accountants at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. Of the shares voted, 252,495,249 voted in favor, 10,266,642 voted against and 232,072 abstained.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director J. Powell Brown at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director Paul J. Krump at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director Theodore J. Hoepner at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Hyatt Brown 231,735,835 10,846,750 20,411,378 J. Powell Brown 239,770,552 2,812,033 20,411,378 Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III 233,176,731 9,405,854 20,411,378 Theodore J.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BROWN & BROWN, INC. shareholders approved Election of Director Bronislaw E. Masojada at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Masojada 241,404,409 1,178,176 20,411,238 Jaymin B. Patel 241,565,285 1,017,300 20,411,378 H.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000095017024057368/0000950170-24-057368-index.htm

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