News and announcements
from Etude.

October 12, 2026

Etude

Etude launches a technology-driven E&S carrier with more than $100 million of surplus. Daniel Rossen named president.

September 15, 2026

Flux Steel Works

Flux will repower a 626,000-square-foot former specialty steel plant in Louisville, Ohio to make grain-oriented electrical steel, bringing more than 200 skilled manufacturing jobs back to Stark County. Commercial production is planned for 2029.

September 8, 2026

SafeLease

Resident insurance compliance management, affordable liability coverage, and a new line of revenue for manufactured housing community operators.

July 23, 2026

SafeLease

Self-storage professionals voted SafeLease the winner of Best Commercial Insurance in the 2026 Inside Self-Storage Best of Business awards, a reader-choice poll running since 2011.

May 5, 2026

SafeLease

The integration automates tenant insurance enrollment and continuously monitors coverage inside Tenant Inc's platform, keeping coverage in place without added workload for operators.

April 23, 2026

SafeLease

Independent retail agents and brokers across the 48 contiguous states now have a dedicated market for commercial self-storage lines, with one team from submission through claims.

September 25, 2025

SafeLease

Storable's facility management software now fully integrates SafeLease tenant insurance and protection products under a long-term agreement, following settlement of the two companies' dispute.

May 21, 2025

SafeLease

A partnership with The Storage Center, a Baton Rouge operator of more than 67 facilities across seven states. The operator reports a 60 percent increase in tenant insurance program revenue since implementation.

April 1, 2025

SafeLease

A nationwide commercial property and general liability program for self-storage owners, underwritten, serviced and reinsured in house. Coverage includes building, business income, flood and equipment breakdown.

June 27, 2024

SafeLease

SafeLease Reputation gives facilities a way to collect, monitor and display customer reviews. The company served more than 1,800 self-storage facilities at the time of launch.

April 23, 2024

SafeLease

An API integration with the Cubby management platform. Operators can enable tenant protection and insurance inside Cubby, with reporting returning automatically for billing.

August 8, 2023

SafeLease

SafeLease and Self Storage Manager integrated their platforms, pulling protection and insurance data directly from SSM to automate plan enrollment and shorten claims resolution.

June 20, 2023

SafeLease

A second consecutive year on the Best Workplaces in Texas list. Rankings come from Trust Index survey responses collected from more than 100,000 employees at eligible companies.

June 13, 2023

SafeLease

The tenant protection program reached more than 1,000 facilities covering 280,000 units across the United States. Headcount quadrupled over the preceding twelve months.

October 24, 2022

SafeLease

A dashboard that automates revenue performance reporting and surfaces claims detail for operators, replacing manual calculation. The company served more than 600 facilities at the time.

July 20, 2022

SafeLease

Adam Locke joined as Chief Operating Officer, overseeing operational capability across departments. He had previously advised the company externally and run a boutique law firm serving startups and real estate firms.

June 15, 2022

SafeLease

Great Place to Work and Fortune named SafeLease to the 2022 Best Workplaces in Texas list. The award rests on confidential employee survey responses, and every SafeLease employee surveyed said it is a great place to work.

April 27, 2022

SafeLease

Deepak Surana joined as Chief Product Officer, leading product management, design and engineering. He was previously SVP of Product and Engineering at OutboundEngine, and has worked at Accenture, Dun and Bradstreet, and Blackboard.

April 12, 2022

SafeLease

Nate Kinet joined as Chief Revenue Officer, leading partnerships, sales operations, marketing and customer success. He had overseen partnerships spanning more than 300 facilities and 80,000 units under contract.

August 17, 2021

SafeLease

Obsidian Storage adopted the SafeLease tenant protection program across its portfolio.