ARU Promotes Tyler Guilmette to Loss Control Underwriting Manager to Lead Continued Portfolio Resilience

Guilmette will lead the team that assesses field inspector findings, identifies elevated risks, and collaborates with customers to reduce the risk of loss.

WINSTON-SALEM, NC, UNITED STATES, May 13, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- ARU, the U.S. leader in specialty Property insurance product development, underwriting, loss control, and technology, announced today the promotion of Tyler Guilmette to Loss Control Underwriting Manager. In this role, Guilmette will lead the company’s internal team that assesses the findings of field inspectors, identifies elevated risks, and collaborates with customers to reduce the risk of loss. Heavy investment in loss control has been a core company priority since ARU’s founding in 2016, and this has been a critical contributor to ARU’s consistent portfolio profitability, even as the broader industry has suffered substantial volatility.

Guilmette is a fifteen-year insurance industry veteran, having begun his career as a claims adjuster before transitioning into underwriting. Since joining ARU in early 2022, he has held key positions of increasing responsibility during a period of substantial growth in the company’s premium volume and product offerings. Most recently, Guilmette served as Production Underwriter for ARU’s flagship Poultry Confinement division, where he personally reviewed each and every incoming new business submission. In addition to his underwriting duties, he worked closely with ARU’s existing and prospective retail brokers, where Guilmette focused on identifying and executing opportunities for mutually beneficial growth. Guilmette also organized and presented ARU’s most recent Poultry Confinement Webinar, which attracted over 120 brokers nationwide and covered specialized industry topics such as poultry house construction, biosecurity, and emerging risks.

ARU CEO William G. (“Will”) Johnson III said, "I vividly remember how excited we were to get to know Tyler during the ARU hiring process. He initially caught our attention by acing our pre-employment assessment, and we loved that he came from a Claims background, which we believe is an incredibly fertile ground for seeding sharp underwriting minds. Further, Tyler was a fellow founder and entrepreneur, having previously started and run his own brewing company."

Johnson continued, “We threw Tyler right into assessing risks in one of the insurance industry’s most notoriously-difficult classes of business: Poultry Confinement. Even though he had no previous Poultry experience, Tyler’s analytical mind, natural curiosity, and speed of learning quickly positioned him as a rising leader in this company. Tyler consistently asked the right questions, challenged assumptions, and sought ways to enhance our processes. In his new role, we look forward to Tyler’s contribution and leadership continuing to make a growing impact across our entire E&S portfolio.”

Tyler Guilmette, Loss Control Underwriting Manager, said, “It’s been incredibly rewarding to contribute, alongside the amazing team at ARU, toward another year of remarkable growth. Our shared ambition for learning and continuous improvement makes this company a truly special place to work. As I step into this new role, I’m eager to collaborate across our lines of business to maintain ARU’s position as an industry leader and find new ways to add value to a complex segment of the market.”

ARU was founded in 2016 and quickly established itself as the U.S. leader in poultry confinement product development, underwriting, loss control, and technology. From there the company has steadily added occupancies and expanded into serving larger and more sophisticated risks, both on a shared / layered and ground-up basis. ARU’s underwriting and loss control harnesses 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.

Chandler Griffith
ARU
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