HOUSTON, TEXAS (MARKET WIRE) July 30, 2007 Brown & Brown of Texas, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO - News), today announced the release of CertServ , a new client service innovation. With CertServ, Brown & Brown of Texas’ commercial clients can quickly and easily fulfill their own certificate of insurance documentation needs and satisfy certificate holders almost instantly by managing their company’s certificate issuance program on-line at www.bbtexas.com. The program allows a customer to generate a certificate in PDF format, in real time, from Brown & Brown of Texas’ website and subsequently, print, e-mail or fax that certificate to the intended certificate holder or any other recipients the client may choose. Each client’s certificates are archived and managed in a searchable database accessible to them from Brown & Brown of Texas’ website for future reference. For those few custom needs certificates that cannot be instantly created, CertServ automatically forwards a request to that client’s Brown & Brown service team prompting them to take immediate action. Client users can enroll multiple employees allowing them to use the system, as needed, from any location. Commenting on its latest client focused service, Michael A. Garguilo, President & Chief Operating Officer of Brown & Brown of Texas, Inc. said, "This fantastic new tool will allow our existing Commercial Lines clients to simply visit our website and produce Certificates of Insurance for themselves; then print, e-mail or fax them wherever they need them to go in just seconds, in most cases. Getting their certificate needs met might otherwise take hours or days if handled in the traditional fashion through another agent or broker. We are thrilled to provide this unique time saving service to our clients." Patrick J. Garner, Business Technology Manager for Brown & Brown of Texas, stated, "Those clients who have tested our system simply love it because it saves them tremendous time and allows them to satisfy their customers and certificate holders much faster. After actively using CertServ our clients tell us that they could no longer fathom doing business with an agent or broker that didn’t offer them this capability. We are pleased to offer this value added service which we believe is a competitive advantage both for Brown & Brown and for each of its commercial customers." Mr. Garner who was instrumental to the development of the system advises that it will soon be available to customers of other Brown & Brown retail office locations in the very near future. Brown & Brown of Texas, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO - News), one of the world’s largest insurance brokers. Brown & Brown, Inc. and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products and services, as well as risk management, third-party administration, managed health care, and Medicare set-aside services and programs. Providing service to 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 www.bbinsurance.com.
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