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OUR JOURNEY
At ARU, we pride ourselves on doing things differently. Our culture is rooted in solutioning, asking the right questions, improving processes, and challenging conventional thinking to uncover new possibilities.
We’ve built our success in challenging markets by approaching problems with curiosity and a determination to find a way to make it work. This mindset has helped us diversify our portfolios, filling gaps in the marketplace with tailored solutions that address real needs.
OUR APPROACH
Modernizing & Innovating the Insurance Sphere
ARU’s underwriting and loss control harness fundamental scientific principles, granular weather metrics, proprietary technology, and niche expertise to maintain a sustainable and profitable portfolio of historically challenging risks, all while providing a superior experience to policyholders. ARU’s products and services serve a diverse network of retail producers, wholesalers, and carriers, providing not only traditional underwriting and loss control services, but also technology, product development, operational support, and reinsurance capacity.
NEWS
ARU in the News
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Our Team.
At ARU, our team combines niche expertise, precision, and efficiency with a personalized approach to service. As a fully remote workforce, we’re proud to attract and employ some of the brightest minds in the industry so we can continue to be on the forefront of excellence and innovation in specialty Property insurance.
Accounting & Billing
Carole Sackowitz
Director of Accounting
Logan Bass
Lead Billing Specialist
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Erin Mulligan
Sr. Staff Accountant
Taylor Campbell,
CPA, MSA, ABV
Chief Financial Officer
Karen Dugan
Sr. Staff Accountant
Operations & Technology
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Amanda Bryant,
CPCU, ARM, ANFI
Director of Operations
Hannah Hill,
ECBA
Business Analyst
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Katie Johnson,
PHR, SHRM
VP of People & Culture
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Trevor Smith
LGBC
Operations Specialist
Brooke Knepper
Marketing Associate
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Jeffrey Peters,
LGBC
Business Process Analyst
Nathan Lyons,
LGBC
Underwriting Ops Supervisor
Dana Useldinger,
AFIS, AINS, AIS
Broker Production Manager
Julien Dufourcq
VP of Technology and Data
Nithya Vijayan,
CSM, A-CSPO, SAFe 6 Agilist
Business Analyst
Underwriting & Loss Control
Brad Taylor,
AFIS, ARM, CPCU
Underwriting Manager
Courtney Reid
Sr. Loss Control Analyst
Hunter Gordon,
CPCU, ARM, AIDA, AIC, AFIS
Underwriter
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Jessica Todd
VP of Underwriting
Lindsey Tingler
Portfolio Underwriter
Paulo Monteiro,
AINS, API, AIS, AIC
Associate Underwriter, Loss Control
Ryan Lay,
MS, GSP, CRM, AINS
Loss Control Manager
Tony Pickens
Associate Underwriter
Brant Neal,
AIM, AFIS
Director of Admitted Products
Curtis Barham,
CPCU
Sr. Advisor
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Janelle Duffy,
AFIS
Farm Underwriting Manager
Joseph Strickland
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Azarigian,
MBA, AIC, CPCU
Director of Underwriting Services
Rivan Chowdhury,
AINS, AIS
Underwriting Assistant
Sierra Ready
Associate Underwriter
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Tyler Guilmette
Sr. Production Underwriting Manager
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Brock Hoskin,
ARM, CPCU, MRIS
Loss Control Underwriter
Elizabeth Ernst
Sr. Underwriting Quality Specialist
Jennifer Limper
Associate Underwriter
Larry Medrano,
ARM
Field Inspector
Paul DeMasi
Production Underwriter
Ryan Lamoreux
Associate Underwriter
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Suzanne Merced
Production Underwriter
Reinsurance & Specialty Services
Matt Rose,
CPCU, ARe
Sr. Advisor
