Legal/Insurance

The words you use with tenants in the operation of your self-storage business really do matter—particularly in your rental agreement. Learn to steer clear of danger and avoid creating unnecessary liability.

Operators always face a slew of legal landmines. Learn about typical tenant claims, common mistakes and oversights that can lead to potential liability, and strategies to minimize the risk of being sued.

Insuring a business can be complicated, but smart operators can take an active role to reduce their risk. Get underwriting secrets to help control insurance expenses and improve your risk-management profile.

Labor laws concerning wages are changing rapidly. Learn about exposures you could face, how to comply with wage requirements and how to minimize liability in the event of a lawsuit.

Learn about legalities related to online rentals, remote-management services, electronic signatures, e-mail notice verification, online lien sales, online advertising and other self-storage technologies.

This session will help you prepare yourself as well as your storage properties, co-workers and tenants for a crisis such as a fire, flood or other disaster. Learn the steps to cope with various situations.

Get the knowledge you need to avoid common legal mistakes made by self-storage operators in the areas of bailments, vehicle storage, bankruptcy and the Service Members Civil Relief Act.

Learn how to avoid costly liability issues by better policing and protecting your self-storage assets. Topics include strategic steps, key insurance coverages and the role of risk management.

This session, presented by an industry attorney, addresses some of the common legal questions asked by new self-storage managers and provides the answers they need to successfully run their facility.

Find out which self-storage insurance coverages you need and in which amounts as well as optional coverages to consider, how to review a policy, tips for choosing a broker and more.

Get an overview of four critical legal concerns related to daily self-storage operation, including the most important lawsuits to avoid, tenant bankruptcy, late-fee charges and employee overtime.

Learn how a self-storage tenant-insurance or tenant-protection program can be a valuable source of additional revenue. Get tips on choosing a program, training staff, and marketing and selling to customers.

This session will increase your familiarity with today’s employment laws, including legal restrictions that affect you as a self-storage operator and common human-resources errors to avoid.

Learn how the key terms and conditions in a self-storage rental agreement—limitation of value, non-bailment, insurance, lien-sale rights and tenant termination—impact your legal relationship with customers.

Technologies used by self-storage operators are subject to privacy and data breaches that could be costly to business. Learn about the potential for exposures and how you can manage and mitigate risks.

Learn the right way to protect self-storage property and revenue with this overview of insurance policies, industry-specific endorsements, the underwriting process, limits, deductible options and more.

Are you prepared to act in the event of a disaster? Learn what crises can impact a self-storage business, what first-response actions should be made, and how to minimize injury to tenants, staff and property.