Brooke Franchise Corporation Elects Officers

(Tuesday, June 05, 2007) - Brooke Franchise
Corporation, a subsidiary of Brooke Corporation (NASDAQ: BXXX), today
announced the election of Kyle L. Garst as its chairman and chief executive
officer, and Dane S. Devlin as its president and chief operating officer.

Kyle Garst, 37, was most recently national sales manager and senior vice
president of Brooke Franchise Corporation with responsibility for managing
its franchise sales activities. Garst joined Brooke as a sales representative
in 1994 and was a sales representative and profit center leader for Koch
Industries in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1997 to 1999. Garst returned to Brooke
in 1999 and has since served in various management positions, including vice
president, regional sales manager, investment sales manager, and investor
relations manager before becoming national sales manager in 2001 and senior
vice president in 2004. Garst has served as director of Brooke Franchise
Corporation since 2005. He is also a member of Brooke Corporation's
controlling shareholder group and serves on its board of directors. Garst has
a Bachelor of Science degree in business finance from Kansas State University.

Dane Devlin, 43, was most recently national operations manager and senior
vice president for Brooke Franchise Corporation. Devlin joined Brooke in 1986
as its first employee. Devlin was an operations officer for Brooke from 1986
to 1996, then owned and operated a Brooke franchise from 1996 to 2000 before
returning to Brooke in 2000. He served in various management positions
including vice president, Missouri state manager and Kansas City regional
manager before becoming national operations manager in 2001 and senior vice
president in 2004. Devlin has served as director of Brooke Franchise
Corporation since 2003. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural
economics from Kansas State University and is a Certified Insurance Counselor.

About our company ... Brooke Corporation is listed on the Nasdaq Global
Market under the symbol "BXXX". Its wholly owned subsidiary, Brooke Franchise
Corporation, distributes insurance services through a network of more than 800
franchise locations. Brooke Franchise was named the 22nd largest U.S.
insurance agency by Business Insurance magazine (2006) and the country's No.
37 top franchise by Entrepreneur magazine (2007). For more information, visit
http://www.brookeagent.com/.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements. All forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, and several factors could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results
to differ from those indicated in the forward-looking statements: the
uncertainty that the Company will achieve its short-term and long-term
profitability and growth goals, uncertainties associated with market
acceptance of and demand for the Company's products and services, the impact
of competitive products and pricing, the dependence on third-party suppliers
and their pricing, its ability to meet product demand, the availability of
funding sources, the exposure to market risks, uncertainties associated with
the development of technology, changes in the law and in economic, political
and regulatory environments, changes in management, the dependence on
intellectual property rights, the effectiveness of internal controls, and
risks and factors described from time to time in reports and registration
statements filed by Brooke Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. A more complete description of Brooke's business is provided in
Brooke Corporation's most recent annual, quarterly and current reports, which
are available from Brooke Corporation without charge or at
http://www.sec.gov/.

SOURCE: Brooke Franchise Corporation

CONTACT: Anita Larson of Brooke Corporation, +1-913-661-0123,
larsa@brookecorp.com

Web site: http://www.brookecorp.com/

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