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May 17, 2010
Contact: Dan Sommer Vice President, Publishing, Marketing & Communications / Chief Marketing Officer 602-678-3504 - Fax 602-678-3511 - dsommer@minico.com - www.minico.com
PHOENIX, ARIZ. — MiniCo, Inc., today announced that the company has sold its insurance agency operations and publishing division, MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, to Aran Insurance Services Group, an insurance services provider based in Rockville Centre, N.Y. MiniCo Insurance will continue to operate from its Phoenix headquarters providing commercial insurance, tenant insurance and publishing products and services.
Mike Schofield, President and CEO, MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, said, “With this step, MiniCo joins a growing multi‑faceted insurance organization that will allow a wide range of insurance products to be made available to customers. We want to assure MiniCo’s self-storage insureds and independent insurance agents that their interactions with the company will be unchanged as Liberty Agency Underwriters™ will continue as our underwriting partner and MiniCo’s underwriting, claims, and customer care staff will remain in place to provide the world‑class service for which our company is known.”
Hardy Good, founder of MiniCo, Inc., will assist throughout the transition and remain a special advisor to the board of directors of MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC.
MiniCo’s insurance products include MiniPak Gold commercial property and liability coverage, MiniPak Silver general liability only coverage, TenantOne Direct customer storage insurance, and MiniCo pay-with-rent tenant insurance. Publications include Mini-Storage Messenger, Self‑Storage Now!, the Self-Storage Almanac, and the Self-Storage Development Handbook.
Since 1974, Phoenix-based MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, has been a self-storage leader providing superior specialty insurance programs, informative publications and valuable products and services created expressly for the self‑storage industry.
For More Information: MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC – www.minico.com MiniCo Insurance – www.minicoinsurance.com Aran Insurance Services Group – www.aranins.com
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May 2010 - Special Update