BROWN & BROWN, INC. Segments Disclosure
NOTE 15 Segment Information
In conjunction with the acquisition of Accession in the third quarter of 2025, the Company realigned its business from three to two segments. As a result of the segment reorganization, the Company consolidated its Programs and Wholesale Brokerage segments into a new Specialty Distribution segment. Beginning in the third quarter of 2025, the Company reports its financial results in the following two reportable segments: (i) the Retail segment, which provides a broad range of insurance products and services to commercial, public and quasi-public entities, and to professional and individual customers, and non-insurance risk-mitigating products through our F&I businesses; and (ii) the Specialty Distribution segment, which consists of our programs, wholesale brokerage and specialty businesses. Our programs businesses which act as MGUs, provide targeted products and services designated for specific industries, trade groups, governmental entities and market niches, which are delivered to the insured directly, to affinity groups, through wholesale brokers or through a global network of independent agents, including Brown & Brown retail agents. Our wholesale brokerage businesses underwrite and place excess and surplus commercial and personal lines insurance, typically for specialized or hard-to-place types of risks, primarily through a global network of independent agents and brokers, including Brown & Brown retail agents. Our specialty business offers solutions across affinity and administrative services, captives, reinsurance, travel/accident, warranty, and life & health.
The balances presented for periods prior to December 31, 2025 have been recast to align with the two-segment structure.
Brown & Brown conducts most of its operations within the U.S. International retail operations include businesses based in Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, India, the Netherlands, Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom; specialty distribution operations are in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. These operations earned $843 million, $665 million and $527 million of total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 1. The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based upon revenues and income before income taxes. Intersegment revenues are eliminated.
The Company's chief operating decision maker (""), the president and chief executive officer, regularly receives total revenue, income before income taxes and earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and change in estimated acquisition earn-out payables ("EBITDAC"). The metrics are used to review operating trends, to perform analytical comparisons between periods and to monitor budget to actual variances. The Company's CODM does not use segment assets to make resource allocation decisions; therefore, they have not been presented.
Summarized financial information concerning the Company’s reportable segments is shown in the following table.
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Year Ended December 31, 2025 |
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(in millions) |
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Retail |
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Specialty Distribution |
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Total |
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Total segment revenues |
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$ |
3,406 |
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$ |
2,409 |
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$ |
5,815 |
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Reconciliation of revenues |
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Other (1) |
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87 |
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Total consolidated revenues |
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$ |
5,902 |
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Less: (2) |
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Employee compensation and benefits |
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1,848 |
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919 |
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Other operating expenses |
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563 |
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458 |
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(Gain)/loss on disposal |
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2 |
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— |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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250 |
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112 |
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Interest expense |
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28 |
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38 |
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Change in estimated acquisition earn-out payables |
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8 |
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17 |
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Segment Income before income taxes |
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$ |
707 |
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$ |
865 |
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$ |
1,572 |
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Reconciliation of income before income taxes |
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Other (1) |
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(201 |
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Consolidated Income before income taxes |
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$ |
1,371 |
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Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
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(in millions) |
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Retail |
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Specialty Distribution |
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Total |
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Total segment revenues |
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$ |
2,729 |
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$ |
2,016 |
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$ |
4,745 |
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Reconciliation of revenues |
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Other (1) |
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60 |
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Total consolidated revenues |
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$ |
4,805 |
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Less: (2) |
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Employee compensation and benefits |
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1,462 |
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772 |
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Other operating expenses |
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449 |
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382 |
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(Gain)/loss on disposal |
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(3 |
) |
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(28 |
) |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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140 |
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77 |
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Interest expense |
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71 |
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41 |
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Change in estimated acquisition earn-out payables |
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8 |
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(6 |
) |
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Segment Income before income taxes |
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$ |
602 |
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$ |
778 |
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$ |
1,380 |
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Reconciliation of income before income taxes |
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Other (1) |
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(77 |
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Consolidated Income before income taxes |
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$ |
1,303 |
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Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
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(in millions) |
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Retail |
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Specialty Distribution |
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Total |
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Total segment revenues |
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$ |
2,508 |
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$ |
1,714 |
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$ |
4,222 |
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Reconciliation of revenues |
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Other (1) |
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35 |
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Total consolidated revenues |
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$ |
4,257 |
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Less: (2) |
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Employee compensation and benefits |
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1,336 |
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709 |
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Other operating expenses |
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421 |
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332 |
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(Gain)/loss on disposal |
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(3 |
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(141 |
) |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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131 |
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69 |
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Interest expense |
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85 |
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48 |
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Change in estimated acquisition earn-out payables |
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1 |
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20 |
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Segment Income before income taxes |
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$ |
537 |
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$ |
677 |
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$ |
1,214 |
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Reconciliation of income before income taxes |
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Other (1) |
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(68 |
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Consolidated Income before income taxes |
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$ |
1,146 |
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(1) "Other" includes any income and expenses not allocated to reportable segments and corporate-related items.
(2) Significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 12, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 22, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 27, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 23, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Feb 23, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Feb 24, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Feb 28, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 24, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Feb 26, 2016 | |
About Segments Disclosures
Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.
Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.