Tyler L. Gaynes, Partner
Snellings Walters (SWIA)
Commercial Insurance And Risk Management For Companies From $5 Million Through Multi-Billion Operations.
About
Industry Veteran Risk Manager, Broker, Agent, & True Partner For Middle To Large Clients
Tyler L. Gaynes is a commercial insurance broker focused on complex risk for middle-market companies across Georgia and the Southeast. The work is underwriting detail, claims advocacy, and policy structure—coverage that matches how the business actually operates.
He spends time on client education and plain communication: what the form does, where the gaps are, and what to do when a claim hits. He holds a degree in Risk Management. He is not an attorney; when a matter needs counsel or a CPA, he says so and helps make the introduction.
I'm thankful for every client, and for every deal that becomes family and friends. I treat their dollars as if they were my own, and I work that way until we come to what is best for that renewal.
Partner at Snellings Walters (SWIA)
Industry Perspective
Risk advice grounded in how the business actually operates.
Private Equity & M&A
Diligence, portfolio consistency, management liability, transactional risk, and integration planning.
View industry considerationsContractors & Construction
Contractual risk transfer, project-specific programs, casualty severity, and workforce exposures.
View industry considerationsRequest a construction reviewHealthcare Organizations
Professional liability, privacy, patient safety, regulatory response, and workforce risk.
View industry considerationsManufacturing & Distribution
Property, product, supply-chain, fleet, workforce, and claim-heavy operations.
View industry considerationsHabitational Real Estate
Portfolio property, premises risk, vendor contracts, catastrophe exposure, and retained risk.
View industry considerationsSurety and Bonding
Bid, performance, payment, and maintenance bonds. Capacity, indemnity, and backlog.
View industry considerationsStructural integrity
for the balance sheet.
A sophisticated approach to middle-market risk demands rigorous analysis, vigilance on coverage language, and an unwavering commitment to loss prevention.
Read full philosophyCoverage Review
Meticulous analysis of commercial policies to find coverage gaps and exclusions and match terms to how the business operates.
Policy Structuring
Engineering scalable insurance programs that bridge hidden gaps and keep up as the business grows.
Claims Management
Building the claim narrative and quantifying loss to confidently navigate complex negotiations with carriers.
Loss Prevention
Elevating risk mitigation from compliance to strategy, with attention to loss frequency, severity, and operational resilience.
98%
Client Retention
Relationships first. Everything else follows.
Organizations brought into this insurance family have stayed 98% of the time. That kind of retention is not won at the renewal table—it is earned by showing up in difficult claim years as consistently as in clean ones, and by treating every client relationship as the engagement's real deliverable.
Perspective & Insight
Professional commentary on navigating complex claims, bridging coverage gaps, and implementing strategic loss prevention frameworks.