**Exhibit 24**

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, oreither of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K forBrown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to doand perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, ortheir substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and inhis name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities andExchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as hemight or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ HUGH M. BROWN

Hugh M. Brown

Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and inhis name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities andExchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as hemight or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ J. HYATT BROWN
J. Hyatt Brown
Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and inhis name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities andExchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as hemight or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ J. POWELL BROWN
J. Powell Brown
Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and inhis name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities andExchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as hemight or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ BRADLEY CURREY, JR.
Bradley Currey, Jr.
Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and inhis name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities andExchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as hemight or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ JIM W. HENDERSON
Jim W. Henderson
Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and inhis name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities andExchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as hemight or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ THEODORE J. HOEPNER
Theodore J. Hoepner
Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, or either of them, as her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for her and inher name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities andExchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as shemight or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ TONI JENNINGS
Toni Jennings
Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and inhis name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities andExchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as hemight or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ WENDELL S. REILLY
Wendell S. Reilly
Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and inhis name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities andExchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as hemight or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ JOHN R. RIEDMAN
John R. Riedman
Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, or either of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and inhis name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities andExchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as hemight or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ JAN E. SMITH
Jan E. Smith
Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Cory T. Walker, or either of them, as her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for her and inher name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities andExchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as shemight or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ CHILTON D. VARNER
Chilton D. Varner
Dated: January 21, 2009 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

The undersigned constitutes and appoints Laurel L. Grammig and Thomas M. Donegan, Jr., or either of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for himand in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Brown & Brown, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with theSecurities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents andpurposes as he might or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

/S/ CORY T. WALKER
Cory T. Walker
Dated: January 21, 2009