Amerco Description
AMERCO operates as a do-it-yourself moving and storage operator for household and commercial goods in the United States and Canada. It's Moving and Storage segment engages in the rental of trucks, trailers, portable storage boxes, specialty rental items, and self-storage spaces primarily to the household movers; and sale of moving supplies, towing accessories, and propane. This segment also provides eMove, an online marketplace that connects consumers to independent Moving Help service providers and independent self-storage affiliates; auto transport and tow dolly options to transport vehicles; and specialty boxes for dishes, computers, and sensitive electronic equipments, as well as tapes, security locks, and packing supplies. This segment rents its trucks and trailers, as well as offers self-storage rooms through a network of approximately 1,490 company operated retail moving centers and 16,400 independent U-Haul dealers. As of March 31, 2013, this segment had a rental fleet of approximately 112,000 trucks, 90,000 trailers, and 34,000 towing devices. This segment operates 1,180 self-storage locations with approximately 445,000 rentable rooms comprising 40.0 million square feet of rentable storage space. The Property and Casualty Insurance segment provides loss adjusting and claims handling services, as well as underwrites moving and storage protection packages, such as Safemove and Safetow packages, which offers moving and towing customers with a damage waiver, cargo protection, and medical and life insurance coverage; Safestor that protects storage customers from loss on their goods in storage; and Super Safemove, which provides rental customers with a layer of primary liability protection. The Life Insurance segment provides life and health insurance products primarily to the senior market through the direct writing and reinsuring of life insurance, medicare supplement, and annuity policies. AMERCO was founded in 1945 and is based in Reno, Nevada.
Classification
Sector:
Industrials
Industry:
Rental & Leasing Services
Keywords:
Insurance
Service Industries
Transport
Life Insurance
Health Insurance
Propane
Medicare
Insurance Coverage
Online Market
Health Insurance Products
Online Marketplace
Electronic Equipment
Towing
Public Storage
Self Storage
Truck
Casualty Insurance Segment
Damage Waiver
Warehouses
Family Economics