Experts & Advisors
Jason P. Cables
Managing Director

2 Houston Center, 909 Fannin Street, Suite 2450
Houston, TX 77010
+1.713.646.5045 Direct
+1.312.502.6654 Mobile
Jason P. Cables is a Managing Director at Ankura, based in Houston. He focuses on managing client engagements, including business interruption, property damage, cybersecurity, builder’s risk, product recall, product liability, fidelity, and FEMA claims for corporate policyholders. Jason also specializes in business interruption value assessments for corporate policyholders, lost profits claims, litigation support, and expert witness services.
Experience
Jason has over twenty years of experience in the analysis, measurement, preparation, submission, and settlement of insurance claims for companies impacted by catastrophic events. He has a unique ability to take complicated matters, prepare customized and detailed loss calculations, and communicate his analyses understandably, resulting in successful resolutions in the normal adjustment process on most engagements. His industry experience includes hospitality, real estate and land development, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, chemicals and petrochemicals, food processing, healthcare, and warehousing, among others.
Jason is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Illinois and Texas. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Texas and Illinois CPA Societies (TSCPA, ICPAS), the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), and the Houston and DFW Chapters of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS).
Since 2023, Jason has been a board member of the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX), a non-profit unincorporated organization that functions to ensure the integrity and proper operation of the surplus lines insurance market in Texas.
Since 2018, Jason has been a board member of the Dallas/Fort Worth (2018–2020) and Houston Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) organizations. In 2025, Jason was nominated for the role of Treasurer, which has traditionally only been held by Risk Managers.
- Education
- BS, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Honors & Awards
- 40 Under Forty, Financial Forensics for 2014 by the NACVA, Award Recipient
- Distinguished Associate of 2015, DFW Risk and Insurance Management Society Chapter
- 2016 Rising Star, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Top Fundraising Individual, DFW Tour de Cure, raising funds for the American Diabetes Association. 4th Place in 2016 & 2017, 10th Place in 2015
- Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (Ankura is not a CPA firm)
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
- Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
- Licensed CPA in Texas & Illinois
- Affiliations
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
- Illinois & Texas CPA Societies (ICPAS, TSCPA)
- American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA)
- Houston & DFW Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS)
- Young Risk Professionals (YRP)