BROWN & BROWN INC BRO
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 115236101 · ISIN US1152361010
American insurance company
- SectorFinancials
- IndustryInsurance Agents, Brokers & Service
- HeadquartersDaytona Beach, FL
- Founded1939
- Websitebbinsurance.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($28.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 283.6m as of 2023-04-24, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $57.36. Options: 7 managers hold calls ($3.0m notional), 8 hold puts ($2.2m).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 567 |
| Q4 2022 | 573 |
| Q1 2023 | 570 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 280 | 255 |
| Q1 2023 | 290 | 226 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $1.5m | $326.0k | 0.22 |
| Q4 2022 | $2.6m | $262.1k | 0.10 |
| Q1 2023 | $3.0m | $2.2m | 0.72 |
Biggest buyers
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC | Added | +1.4m |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC | New | +733.0k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +566.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Added | +528.1k |
| Brookfield Corp /ON/ | New | +382.8k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | Added | +351.7k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | Added | +294.2k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | Added | +265.0k |
| Candriam S.C.A. | Added | +243.2k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +218.9k |
Biggest sellers
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Sold out | -1.1m |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. | Reduced | -743.5k |
| Zimmer Partners, LP | Sold out | -500.0k |
| CHILTON INVESTMENT CO INC. | Reduced | -322.0k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -306.3k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | Sold out | -250.6k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP | Reduced | -246.8k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -245.7k |
| NATIXIS | Reduced | -229.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -225.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.4m24.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $924.5k16.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $579.9k10.1k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $57.4k1.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $28.0k500 shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Unchanged | $5.7k100 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | New | $861.3k15.0k shares |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC | New | $465.1k8.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $396.2k6.9k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $229.7k4.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $206.7k3.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Unchanged | $5.7k100 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $5.0k100 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.4% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-06 | 5.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Capital World Investors (4.9%, 2026-05-14), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 1 | $123.1k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 3 | $966.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $663.2k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 2 | $464.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-15 | Hays James Charles Director | Bought | $267.5k5.0k shares |
| 2023-02-10 | GELLERSTEDT LAWRENCE L III Director | Bought | $196.9k3.4k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 27.9m $1.6bn | Added +154.2k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 16.8m $962.6m | Added +218.9k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 3.58% of their portfolio | 16.5m $948.5m | Reduced -743.5k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.48% of their portfolio | 11.8m $674.7m | Added +528.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 10.9m $625.5m | Reduced -64.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.06% of their portfolio | 9.4m $539.7m | Reduced -92.2k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.55% of their portfolio | 5.8m $330.8m | Added +96.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 5.3m $303.4m | Added +108.5k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.73% of their portfolio | 4.8m $276.1m | Added +8.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.7m $212.5m | Reduced -92.1k |
| Clarkston Capital Partners, LLC 3.96% of their portfolio | 3.7m $212.4m | Added +64.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.3m $191.6m | Added +7.6k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.34% of their portfolio | 3.0m $159.7m | Added +58.2k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.52% of their portfolio | 3.0m $170.6m | Added +351.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.9m $169.3m | Added +75.2k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 2.9m $165.1m | Added +1.4m |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 4.06% of their portfolio | 2.7m $155.4m | Reduced -3.1k |
| NORGES BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.6m $147.4m | Added +77.3k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.2m $128.3m | Added +15.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.9m $109.9m | Reduced -32.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.9m $107.8m | Added +98.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.9m $106.6m | Added +36.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.6m $89.3m | Reduced -48.7k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.5m $86.7m | Reduced -101.0k |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP 1.27% of their portfolio | 1.5m $86.7m | Added +42.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $84.0m | Reduced -7.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $76.6m | Added +25.9k |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC 1.15% of their portfolio | 1.3m $75.5m | Reduced -10.7k |
| TrinityBridge Ltd 3.69% of their portfolio | 1.3m $74.6m | Unchanged |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.2m $70.2m | Reduced -245.7k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $70.0m | Added +294.2k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $69.8m | Added +566.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $69.1m | Added +12.1k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $66.1m | Added +61.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $65.3m | Added +187.8k |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.22% of their portfolio | 959.2k $55.1m | Added +195.9k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.04% of their portfolio | 955.5k $54.9m | Reduced -20.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 929.3k $53.4m | Added +8.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 815.4k $46.8m | Reduced -25.6k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.68% of their portfolio | 805.1k $46.2m | Reduced -10.3k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.66% of their portfolio | 733.0k $42.1m | New |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 728.8k $41.8m | Added +11.1k |
| Tandem Investment Advisors, Inc. 1.92% of their portfolio | 697.0k $40.0m | Added +48.0k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 672.3k $38.6m | Added +32.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 647.3k $37.2m | Added +7.2k |
| BOSTON FINANCIAL MANGEMENT LLC 1.43% of their portfolio | 638.9k $36.7m | Reduced -702 |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.53% of their portfolio | 623.3k $35.8m | Added +12.0k |
| SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.73% of their portfolio | 622.4k $35.7m | Reduced -183.7k |
| FIL Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 587.5k $33.7m | Added +5.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.03% of their portfolio | 557.5k $32.0m | Added +34.0k |
| SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P 0.63% of their portfolio | 513.5k $29.5m | Reduced -12.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 499.7k $28.7m | Added +65.7k |
| Prana Capital Management, LP 2.33% of their portfolio | 477.9k $27.4m | Reduced -3.3k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 476.4k $27.4m | Added +2.1k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 462.9k $27.2m | Added +183.6k |
| SCHWARTZ INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 1.14% of their portfolio | 452.1k $26.0m | Added +104.7k |
| Dundas Partners LLP 2.63% of their portfolio | 438.0k $25.1m | Added +11 |
| Motley Fool Wealth Management, LLC 1.48% of their portfolio | 412.3k $23.7m | Added +15.6k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 411.2k $23.6m | Reduced -2.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 407.1k $23.4m | Reduced -9.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 397.4k $22.8m | Reduced -3.0k |
| OSTERWEIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 1.53% of their portfolio | 392.9k $22.6m | Added +108.8k |
| National Pension Service 0.04% of their portfolio | 387.9k $22.0m | Reduced -30 |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 387.3k $22.2m | Reduced -25.8k |
| Brookfield Corp /ON/ 0.09% of their portfolio | 382.8k $22.0m | New |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 381.1k $21.9m | Reduced -5.3k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 372.6k $21.4m | Added +52.6k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 371.9k $21.4m | Added +176.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 362.9k $20.8m | Added +105.7k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LTD 0.11% of their portfolio | 354.5k $20.4m | Added +90.8k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 338.3k $19.4m | Added +7.8k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 332.2k $19.1m | Added +195.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 331.9k $19.1m | Reduced -9.8k |
| PhiloSmith Capital Corp 6.90% of their portfolio | 325.4k $18.7m | Unchanged |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 319.1k $18.3m | Reduced -306.3k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 306.3k $17.6m | Added +9.2k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.05% of their portfolio | 304.2k $17.5m | Added +22.2k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 300.8k $17.3m | Added +15.1k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 296.0k $17.0m | Reduced -1.6k |
| FERGUSON WELLMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC 0.42% of their portfolio | 292.4k $16.8m | Added +10.5k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 292.2k $16.8m | Reduced -168.9k |
| PROSPECTOR PARTNERS LLC 2.39% of their portfolio | 287.2k $16.5m | Reduced -47.5k |
| Summit Wealth Partners, LLC 4.11% of their portfolio | 278.3k $16.0m | Unchanged |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 272.7k $15.7m | Added +265.0k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 267.2k $15.3m | Unchanged |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 264.3k $15.5m | Added +3.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 262.7k $15.1m | Reduced -10.6k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.10% of their portfolio | 259.4k $13.7m | Added +243.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.03% of their portfolio | 257.8k $14.8m | Added +7.3k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 255.0k $14.6m | Added +165.7k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 249.3k $14.3m | Reduced -33.0k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 248.3k $14.3m | Added +3.8k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 242.3k $13.9m | Reduced -9.6k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 234.6k $13.5m | Added +193.3k |
| Vancity Investment Management Ltd 1.85% of their portfolio | 229.5k $13.2m | Added +17.5k |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 227.2k $13.0m | Added +8.7k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 225.6k $13.0m | Reduced -133.1k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 224.8k $12.9m | Reduced -22.8k |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) 0.06% of their portfolio | 221.9k $12.7m | Reduced -1.9k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 218.1k $12.5m | Added +1.0k |