Hidden Hazards: Identifying and Insuring Common Self-Storage Property Exposures

Hidden Hazards: Identifying and Insuring Common Self-Storage Property Exposures

Self-storage facilities may look like typical brick-and-mortar business operations from the outside — but, when it comes to insurance coverage, they’re not. The truth is, with their distinct property exposures, self-storage facilities require a different approach to insurance coverage, one that accounts for their specific vulnerabilities. ...

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How to Navigate Slip, Fall, and Injury Risks for Self-Storage Facilities

How to Navigate Slip, Fall, and Injury Risks for Self-Storage Facilities

Self-storage facilities, sometimes perceived as low-risk environments, can unexpectedly become targets for liability issues, particularly in the category of slip, fall, and bodily injury claims. Picture this: An excited college student, arms full of boxes, takes a serious fall while walking down an interior hallway to their rented unit due to a...

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Meeting the Growing Need for Expert Self-Storage Insurance

Meeting the Growing Need for Expert Self-Storage Insurance

The self-storage industry has grown rapidly in the past several years, reaching an estimated market value of $44.37 billion, outpacing many other notable companies like Aflac, General Mills, Humana, and even 7-Eleven.  The reason?  People love their stuff — and they don’t want to part ways with it. According to Josh Leykam, MiniCo Vice...

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Decoding Specialty BOPs: Tailored Insurance to Mitigate Self-Storage Risks

Decoding Specialty BOPs: Tailored Insurance to Mitigate Self-Storage Risks

Most business owners understand the importance of having the right general liability (GL) insurance. What they may not know is that their GL policy isn’t all-inclusive and doesn’t provide protection for losses associated with business personal property as well as other critical coverages. A business owner’s policy (BOP) is an effective option for...

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Self-Storage Demand Holds Steady With Few Signs of Post-Boom Decline

Self-Storage Demand Holds Steady With Few Signs of Post-Boom Decline

Americans love our stuff — and we’re so reluctant to part with it that we’re willing to pay someone else to store it. Storage Cafe estimates that 38% of Americans have used or plan to rent space to store what they can’t (or don’t want to) keep in their homes. Over the past two years, there’s been a boom in the self-storage industry, driven...

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Behind Locked Doors: Unusual Finds in Self-Storage Units

Behind Locked Doors: Unusual Finds in Self-Storage Units

Abandoned storage units have long held an aura of mystery and intrigue, captivating the public’s imagination through television shows like “Storage Wars” and “Auction Hunters.” And who could forget the scene in the classic horror film “Silence of the Lambs” where Clarice Starling, played by Jodie Foster, crawls into storage unit #31 in pursuit of...

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4 Specialized Insurance Coverages for Self-Storage Businesses

4 Specialized Insurance Coverages for Self-Storage Businesses

Within the commercial real estate market, the self-storage industry stands out from the crowd. With its seeming immunity to economic fluctuations, the self-storage sector rode out the Great Recession, a global pandemic, and supply-chain disruptions and is currently seeing an upswing in new construction and expansion. Industry newcomers need to be...

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MiniCo Announces Sale of its Publishing Division to Storelocal

MiniCo Announces Sale of its Publishing Division to Storelocal

Phoenix, AZ (March 8, 2023) – MiniCo Insurance Agency LLC (MiniCo) announced today that it has finalized the sale of its Publishing Division, effective March 1, 2023, to Storelocal Media Corporation (Storelocal). “It’s very exciting,” said Travis Morrow, Storelocal’s CEO, “Mini-Storage Messenger is not about just a magazine–it’s what it...

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Insider Perspective: 2023 Trends to Watch in the Self-Storage Insurance Market

Insider Perspective: 2023 Trends to Watch in the Self-Storage Insurance Market

Insurance rates are rising, media is buzzing about a possible recession, and capital is becoming harder to find. We spoke with MiniCo VP of Underwriting and P&C Insurance expert, Josh Leykam, about how these factors are impacting commercial self-storage and what we can expect in the year ahead. Although no one can say for sure what 2023 will...

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