{"id":11469,"date":"2026-04-23T13:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/?p=11469"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:08:11","slug":"safelease-opens-specialty-self-storage-insurance-program-to-retail-agents-and-brokers-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/safelease-opens-specialty-self-storage-insurance-program-to-retail-agents-and-brokers-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"SafeLease Opens Specialty Self-Storage Insurance Program to Retail Agents and Brokers Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1794622\/SafeLease_Logo.jpg?p=publish\" width=\"649\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">SafeLease, a leading insurance provider for the self-storage industry, today opened its specialty property and casualty programs to independent retail agents and brokers across the 48 contiguous United States. Producers writing commercial self-storage lines now have a dedicated nationwide market\u2014fast quotes, broad appetite, and one team from submission through claims. Get appointed at safelease.com\/agents-brokers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Coverage, Capacity, and Flexibility<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Standard TIV capacity runs to $30M per facility, with higher amounts available. Appetite spans climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled facilities, boat and RV storage, multi-story buildings, and coastal\/CAT-zone locations\u2014all on AM Best rated &#8220;A- VIII&#8221; or better paper. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Property: Building and business personal property at replacement cost, 18 months of business income, and equipment breakdown.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Liability: Commercial general liability ($1M \/ $2M standard, higher available), customer goods legal liability, sale and disposal liability, and terrorism.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Umbrella: $5M standard, with higher limits available.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Built for Producers, Backed by Data<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">SafeLease programs already protect more than 4,000 self-storage facilities. A rich dataset enables quality accounts to see sharper pricing and producers get faster, more confident answers on appetite. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Producers can submit the way they already work\u2014email, producer portal, ACORDs, or SOVs in any format. SafeLease&#8217;s platform ingests the documents automatically, so quoting starts from a property address and standard turnaround is 24 hours.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">One SafeLease team handles underwriting, servicing, and claims. That keeps specialty knowledge on the file from first notice of loss through resolution, with faster answers for insureds and fewer follow-ups for agents.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;Our customers are asking us for additional ways to purchase our products and expanding our distribution to trusted agents is a core part of our commitment to meeting those needs,&#8221; said Steven Stein, founder and CEO of SafeLease. &#8220;Producers get a responsive, well-capitalized market where self-storage is the specialty, not a line item.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Getting Appointed<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Apply at safelease.com\/agents-brokers. SafeLease processes most appointments alongside a first submission, so producers can start quoting on day one. Email submissions to <u>submissions@safelease.com<\/u>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>About SafeLease<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">SafeLease is a leading managing general agent serving the self-storage industry. The company designs, underwrites, and distributes specialty property and casualty programs for self-storage operators and their tenants on behalf of its affiliated capacity providers. SafeLease&#8217;s programs currently protect more than 4,000 properties nationwide. Learn more at <u>safelease.com<\/u>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/safelease-opens-specialty-self-storage-insurance-program-to-retail-agents-and-brokers-nationwide-302751650.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SafeLease, a leading insurance provider for the self-storage industry, today opened its specialty property and casualty programs to independent retail agents and brokers across the 48 contiguous United States. Producers writing commercial self-storage lines now have a dedicated nationwide market\u2014fast quotes, broad appetite, and one team from submission through claims. Get appointed at safelease.com\/agents-brokers. Coverage, Capacity, and Flexibility Standard TIV capacity runs to $30M per facility, with higher amounts available. Appetite spans climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled facilities, boat and RV storage, multi-story buildings, and coastal\/CAT-zone locations\u2014all on AM Best rated &#8220;A-&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":11470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,56],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11471,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11469\/revisions\/11471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listselfstorage.com\/us\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}