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.

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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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Adnan Lacevic
UI Designer

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
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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
Skunkworks

Amanda Constanza,
AIDA, MPH
VP of Program Operations

Brittnee Beevers, LVN, LGBC, CPOSP, ACPMPO
Risk Control Supervisor

Edwin Waruguru
IT Systems Manager

Lejla Kusari
Programmer Analyst

Muhammad Aleem Asghar
Quality Assurance Engineer

Shaheer Arshad
Mobile Developer

Andrei Bernovski
Software Development Manager

Chandler Griffith,
AINS
Marketing & Brand Manager

Faizan Ali
Full Stack Developer

Madeline Thomas
Operations Assistant

Muneeb Zia
Full Stack Developer
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Tamar McMahon
Operations Assistant
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Bilal Khan
Quality Assurance Engineer
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Colin Principe
Technical Business Analyst

Farid Nagji
Chief Operating Officer
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Madhuri Jadhav
Senior Data Warehouse Developer

Nelson Carneiro
Senior Software Engineer
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Will Johnson,
CIC, AFIS
Co-Founder
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

Rivan Chowdhury,
AINS, AIS
Underwriting Assistant

Sierra Ready
Associate Underwriter
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Tyler Guilmette
Sr. Production Underwriting Manager

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

Ryan Lamoreux
Associate Underwriter
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Suzanne Merced
Production Underwriter
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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

Paulo Monteiro,
AINS, API, AIS, AIC
Associate Underwriter, Loss Control

Ryan Lay,
MS, GSP, CRM, AINS
Loss Control Manager

Tony Pickens
Associate Underwriter
Reinsurance & Specialty Services

Matt Rose,
CPCU, ARe
Sr. Advisor
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