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Table of Contents 0 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number 001-13619 Florida ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) 300 North Beach Street , Daytona Beach , FL ( Address of principal executive offices ) BROWN & BROWN , INC . ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Brown Brown INSURANCE Registrant's telephone number , including area code : ( 386 ) 252-9601 Registrant's Website : www.bbinsurance.com Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading Symbol ( s ) BRO Title of each class COMMON STOCK , $ 0.10 PAR VALUE Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None 59-0864469 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification Number ) 32114 ( Zip Code ) Name of each exchange on which registered NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes No Note - Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Exchange Act from their obligations under those Sections . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes > No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( § 232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of “ large accelerated filer , ” “ accelerated filer , ” “ smaller reporting company ” and “ emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act : Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . Yes No n The aggregate market value of the voting common stock held by non - affiliates of the registrant , computed by reference to the price at which the stock was last sold on June 30 , 2020 ( the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter ) was $ 9,600,807,597 . The number of shares of the Registrant's common stock , $ 0.10 par value , outstanding as of February 22 , 2021 was 282,089,166 . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of Brown & Brown , Inc.'s Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Report .