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|FORM 3 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
|________| Washington, D.C.
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address |2. Date of Event | 4. Issuer Name and Ticker |
of Reporting Person | Requiring | or Trading Symbol |
| Statement | |
| (Month/Day/Year) | |
| | Brown & Brown, Inc. |
| 2/15/00 | (BRO) |
|____________________|_______________________________|
| | | 6. If |
Walker Cory T. |3.IRS or Social |5. Relationship of | Amend- |
(Last) (First) (Middle)| Security Number | Person to Issuer | Date of|
| of Reporting | (Check all appli- | Original|
| Person (Voluntary)| cable) | (Month/|
__________________________| | | Date/ |
220 S. Ridgewood Ave. | | __ Director | Year) |
(Street) | ###-##-#### | _X Officer | |
| | __ 10% Owner | |
| | __ Other (specify | |
| | below) | |
| |Officer, Vice Presi-| |
| | dent and Treasurer)| |
__________________________|____________________|_______________________________|
Daytona Beach FL 32114 | Table I Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially |
(City) (State) (Zip)| Owned |
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1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities |3. Ownership |4.Nature |
(Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Forms | of |
| (Instr. 4) | Direct (D) | Indirect|
| | or | Bene- |
| | Indirect (I)| ficial |
| | (Instr. 5) | Owner- |
| | | ship |
| | | (Instr 5)|
__________________________|__________________________|______________|__________|
Common Stock, $.10 par | 3,898 | D | Joint w/ |
value | | | Spouse |
__________________________|__________________________|______________|__________|
Common Stock, $.10 par | 12,000 | I(1) |Stock Per-|
value | | |formance |
| | |Plan |
__________________________|__________________________|______________|__________|
Common Stock, $.10 par | 3,300 | I | IRA |
value | | | Account |
| | | Joint |
__________________________|__________________________|______________|__________|
Common Stock, $.10 par value 3,568 | I(2) | 401(k) |
__________________________|__________________________|______________|__________|
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Form 3 (continued) Table II Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible
securities)
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1. Title of |2. Date Exer- |3. Title and |4. Conversion|5.Ownership|6. Nature |
Derivative| cisable and| Amount of | or Exercise |Form of | of Indire|
Security | Expiration | Securities| Price of |Derivative | Indirect |
(Instr. 4)| Date | Underlying| Derivative |Security: | Benefi- |
| (Month/Day | Derivative| Security |Direct (D) | cial |
| Year) | Security | |or | Owner- |
| | (Instr. 4)| |Indirect | ship |
|______________|_____________| |(I) |(Instr. 5)|
|Date |Expir-|Title|Amount | |(Instr. 5) | |
|Exer- |ation | |or Num-| | | |
|cisable|Date | |ber of | | | |
| | | |Shares | | | |
_____________|_______|______|_____|_______|_____________|___________|__________|
| | | | | | |
None. | | | | | | |
_____________|_______|______|_____________|_____________|___________|__________|
_____________|_______|______|_____________|_____________|___________|__________|
Explanations of Responses:
(1) These securities were awarded at various dates pursuant to to the Company's
Stock Performance Plan based upon the satisfaction of conditions contained
in that Plan. The recipient has voting rights and dividend entitlement with
respect to these shares, but full ownership will not vest until the
satisfaction of additional conditions.
(2) Based upon information supplied as of 12/31/99 by the Plan's recordkeeper.
Number of shares varies periodically based on contributions to plan.
/S/ CORY T. WALKER 2/22/00
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of ___________________ ________
facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. **Signature of Date
SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Reporting Person
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is sufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
