FORM 8-A
                              
             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   Washington, D.C.  20549
                              
           _______________________________________
                              
    FOR THE REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
           PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
               SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                              
                              
                      POE & BROWN, INC.
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                              
          Florida                                   59-0864469
(State of Incorporation or Organization)  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


220 S. Ridgewood Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida            32114
(Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

      If this form relates to the registration of a class of
securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and
is  effective  pursuant to General Instruction A.(c),  check
the following box.    X
                   _______

      If this form relates to the registration of a class of
securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and
is  effective  pursuant to General Instruction A.(d),  check
the following box.
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     Title Of Each Class           Name Of Each Exchange On Which
     To Be So Registered           Each Class Is To Be Registered
     ___________________           _______________________________

Common Stock, $.10 Par Value       New York Stock Exchange

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
                              
                              
                            None
                       (Title of Class)

                              
       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered

      The  capital stock of Poe & Brown, Inc. (the "Company"
or  "Registrant")  to be registered on the  New  York  Stock
Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange"), is the Registrant's  Common
Stock  with a par value of $.10 per share.  Such shares  are
currently registered on The Nasdaq Stock Market, and will be
delisted  there  simultaneously with their  listing  on  the
Exchange.  Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one  vote
per  share at all meetings of shareholders.  Dividends  that
may be declared on the Common Stock will be paid in an equal
amount  to the holder of each share.  No pre-emptive  rights
are  conferred upon the holders of such stock and there  are
no   liquidation  or  conversion  rights.   There   are   no
redemption  or  sinking  fund provisions  and  there  is  no
liability  to  further  calls  or  to  assessments  by   the
Registrant.

Item 2.   Exhibits

          1.   All exhibits required by Instruction II to Item 2
               will be supplied to the New York Stock Exchange.



                         SIGNATURES
                              
      Pursuant  to  the requirements of Section  12  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934, the Registrant  has  duly
caused  this  registration statement to  be  signed  on  its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                              POE & BROWN, INC.


                              By:  /S/ WILLIAM A. ZIMMER
                                  ________________________________
                                   William A. Zimmer
                                   Vice President, Treasurer
                                     and Chief Financial Officer


Dated:  November 17, 1997