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Professional Biography

James Vassallo is a Regional Consultant at YA Group with more than a decade of experience in the construction and insurance industries. His work spans a diverse range of property types including commercial, industrial, healthcare, historic, municipal, religious, governmental, and high-net-worth private properties, covering both residential losses and large-scale, complex losses throughout the United States.

James has extensive experience in damage assessments, estimating, and clerking services, with specialized involvement in catastrophe response efforts. His catastrophe experience includes Western freeze events, hail losses throughout the Midwest, California wildfires, and Hurricanes Laura, Ida, Ian, Helene, and Milton.

Professional Experience

  • Regional Consultant | YA Group | 2026
  • Senior Consultant | JS Held | 2019 - 2025

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts (BA), Business Administration, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2019