Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 14, 2002

Cory Walker – Brown & Brown Inc (bro)

CORY T. WALKER is Chief Financial Officer of Brown & Brown, Inc. Prior to joining Brown & Brown he was a CPA with Ernst & Young from 1980-1992, which he left as an Audit Senior Manager. Mr. Walker was a licensed agent and Divisional Executive Vice President/Profit Center Manager from 1994 to 1999 with Brown & Brown. He has been Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer with Brown & Brown from 2000. Mr. Walker's designations include CPCU, CIC and ARM. He received an MBA degree in 1980 from Florida State University and a BS degree in Accounting and Finance in 1978. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief overview of the history and evolution

of Brown & Brown, Inc.?

Mr. Walker: The company began as Brown & Owens and was founded in 1939

by the father of