Jim is President and COO of Brown & Brown and also has direct regional responsibilities for portions of each of the Company’s four business segments.

A graduate of Florida State University, BS and BA Accounting, Jim was an Audit Supervisor with Ernst & Whinney and then Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Ormond Reinsurance Group, prior to joining Brown & Brown as Chief Financial Officer in 1985. He has earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designations.

Jim serves as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, and of the Company’s Executive and Acquisition Committees. In addition to his myriad of managerial responsibilities, he personally maintains a book of commercial accounts that generate in excess of $1,000,000 in revenue annually.

Jim serves on the Board of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, on the Board of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, and on the Business School Advisory Board of Stetson University. He is former Co-Chairman of the Insurance Accounting & Systems Association Property & Casualty Committee, and past President of the Financial Executives’ Institute of Central Florida. On the civic side, Jim’s involvement has included Director of the United Way of Volusia County, Board of Directors – Ronald McDonald House, and he is a former Outstanding Jaycee of the Orlando Jaycees.