ARU
Sarah Young, AFIS, LGBC is an experienced professional in claims operations and brand marketing, currently serving as a Claims Operations Supervisor at Agribusiness Risk Underwriters since April 2023. Prior to this role, Sarah worked at Elephant Insurance from September 2015 to April 2023, initially as a Claims Manager overseeing customer-facing teams and later as a Brand Marketing Specialist, where Sarah founded the ROSIE Employee Research Group to promote women's leadership and support diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Sarah's career began in education at Weinstein JCC, where responsibilities included teaching and leading within a nationally accredited program. Education was completed at Virginia Commonwealth University.
ARU
ARU was founded in 2016 and has quickly risen to become the U.S. leader in specialty Farm / Ag product development, underwriting, loss control, and technology. ARU uses fundamental scientific principles, granular weather metrics, proprietary technology, and niche expertise to maintain a sustainable and profitable risk portfolio of historically challenging Farm / Ag risks, all while providing a superior experience to policyholders. ARU serves 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.