DAYTONA BEACH, FL and TAMPA, FL — (Marketwired) — 04/15/13 — Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO) today announced its preliminary, unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2013.
Net income for the first quarter of 2013 was $60,131,000, or $0.41 per share, compared with $49,433,000, or $0.34 per share for the same quarter of 2012, an increase of 21.6%. Total revenue for the first quarter was $335,012,000, compared with 2012 first-quarter revenue of $302,486,000, an increase of 10.8%.
J. Powell Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, noted, “We are pleased to have surpassed a quarterly milestone of $60 million of quarterly net income, and to have achieved a quarterly internal growth rate of our core commissions and fees revenue of 10.2%.”
Brown & Brown, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products and services. Additionally, certain Brown & Brown subsidiaries offer a variety of risk management, third-party administration, and other services. Serving business, public entity, individual, trade and professional association clients nationwide, the Company is ranked by Business Insurance magazine as the United States- sixth largest independent insurance intermediary. The Company-s Web address is .
This press release may contain certain statements relating to future results which are forward-looking statements, including those relating to the Company-s anticipated financial results for the first quarter of 2013. These statements are not historical facts, but instead represent only the Company-s current belief regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company-s control. It is possible that the Company-s actual results, financial condition and achievements may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results, financial condition and achievements contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the Company-s determination as it finalizes its financial results for the first quarter of 2013 that its financial results differ from the current preliminary unaudited numbers set forth herein, other factors that the Company may not have currently identified or quantified, and other risks, relevant factors and uncertainties identified in the Company-s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, and the Company-s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements made herein are made only as of the date of this release, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or correct any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur or of which the Company hereafter becomes aware.
Cory T. Walker
Chief Financial Officer
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