James W Lauro
Wealth Management Advisor|ChFC®, CLU®
Personal
I have lived in San Clemente the past 25 years with my wife Nathalie of 33 years. I have two kids, Brianna and Spenser. I enjoy traveling with my Nathalie as well as spending time with my family at home.
I am an avid golfer and enjoy going on golf trips with my golf buddies. I also enjoy watching the Dodgers, Lakers and the Ducks.
I graduated from Whittier College with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Business Administration and made the decision to represent Northwestern Mutual over 25 years ago.
Professional
Designations
I have received my CLU® and ChFC® designations.
Awards
- Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)
- Qualifying/Life Member 1986 - 1987, 1996, 2001 - 2014
- Qualifying Member 1978 - 1985, 1991 - 1995, 1997 - 2000
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.

Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.

Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Insurance Protection Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Disability Planning
Multigenerational Planning
Estate Planning
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
