James is currently the Property Package Underwriting Manager in the London office for Burns & Wilcox United Kingdom. In January 2012, James joined Barbican Insurance Group as an underwriter up to the point of the H.W. Kaufman Group acquisition of Barbican Protect and formation of Burns & Wilcox United Kingdom in 2020. Prior to this point James spent nine years underwriting at Allianz UK. James has a degree in Mathematics with Engineering from the University of Nottingham and is ACII qualified, holding Chartered Insurer status.