John joined the claims team at Fenchurch Insurance Brokers Ltd in 1987, where he  specialised in International Property & Liability before moving to the North American claims team to manage complex Property and Energy claims. In 1999 he moved on to join a placing team that had left Fenchurch to start a Direct & Fac team at reinsurance broker Benfield.  Following 9/11 John moved from claims broking to working for insurer Faraday Syndicate 435, to assist them following the tragedy.  In 2006, following hurricanes, Katrina, Rita and Wilma, he moved to AXIS to strengthen their property claims offering. During his 12 years at AXIS John progressed to becoming Head of International Insurance Claims, Head of Claims for Syndicate 1686 and Head of Claims for AXIS Specialty Europe SE. In 2018 he joined DTW1991, a Syndicate specialising in Delegated Authority business as Head of Claims.