Arthur J. Gallagher and Co. Promotes Gault to President, COO

Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. promoted James S. Gault to president and Chief Operating Officer of the Brokerage Services Division, reporting directly to J. Patrick Gallagher, president and CEO. Gault succeeds James J. Braniff III who will return to his hometown of Houston, Texas as a regional vice president.

Gault joined the company full-time in 1974 as a production professional and has held jobs as a unit manager, branch manager, regional manager and has been an officer of the company since 1992.