SafeLease Newsroom
This is where we publish what we see in the self-storage insurance market: the data, the rule changes, and what they mean before your next renewal.
News Radar
Each week we pick out the few stories that matter for storage insurance and add a short take on why.
IMA's Q2 2026 survey shows overall premiums down 1.2% and commercial property down 5.5%, the first overall decline in nearly nine years. The strongest property buying window in a decade is open.
via IMAGuy Carpenter puts property-cat reinsurance at a 16% rate-on-line decrease with cat bonds at a record $61B, and Florida Citizens renewed its $2.82B tower about 30% cheaper. Falling reinsurance feeds lower property rates for cat-exposed facilities.
via Artemis68 properties and 5.3M sq ft across five Canadian metros, on top of the pending $10.5B National Storage Affiliates deal. REIT consolidation is accelerating, and scale is compressing the field for independents.
via Public StorageDXD Capital's Q1 2026 read puts weighted REIT occupancy at 91.5% with the supply pipeline contracting toward 38M sq ft by 2028. Street rates are down 1.8% year over year, but the declines are slowing.
via Inside Self-StorageInsights
Our own writing on how the market is moving, where coverage falls short, and what to do about it at renewal.
Commercial property premiums fell for the first time in nine years, but carriers do not volunteer the savings. What to put in front of your renewal before you sign it.
The Report
Our quarterly research report for agents and operators. We publish our own portfolio data alongside the market numbers, so you have something concrete to bring to a renewal.
Two pages on where the self-storage insurance market is heading and what to do about it before your next renewal conversation.
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The news roundup, plus a heads up when the next State of Storage Report drops. Nothing else.
