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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-091840"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRO"
cik: "0000079282"
company_name: "BROWN & BROWN, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T21:55:29.446403+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brown & Brown sets 2026 executive cash incentive targets and awards $19M in performance stock

## Summary
- 2026 cash incentive targets: CEO J. Powell Brown $5.5M; three other NEOs $1.1-1.4M each.
- Granted $17.5M in performance-based restricted stock to CEO, CFO, and President; max payout 805%.
- Granted $1.5M in performance stock units to EVP Chris L. Walker; max payout 299%.
- PSA/PSU vesting tied to 5-year CAGR of share price and EPS, with relative TSR vs S&P 500 modifier.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-091840
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRO
- cik: 0000079282
- company_name: BROWN & BROWN, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000119312526091840/0001193125-26-091840-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000119312526091840/bro-20260226.htm

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