Warehousing Insurance Markets

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Transportation and warehousing › Warehousing and storage › Warehousing and storage › General warehousing and storage
NAICS 493110

General warehousing and storage

Class definitionShow

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating public and contract general merchandise warehousing and storage facilities. These establishments handle goods in containers, such as boxes, barrels and drums, using equipment such as forklifts, pallets and racks. They are not specialized in the handling of a particular type of good.

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Cold storage service
Farm product storage
Household goods storage
Underwriter questions (8)Show
✓Number and type of vehicles, and their radius of operation and provinces or states
✓Commodities hauled and their values
✓Driver experience, driver abstracts and use of owner-operators
✓Safety rating, such as an Ontario CVOR record
✓Every operation the business performs, and the share of revenue from each
✓Years in business and the owners' experience in this industry
✓Annual revenue, payroll and number of employees
✓Prior insurer, and claims or losses in the last five years

Markets that write this class

Specialist programs come first. Taken from each market's own website; confirm appetite before you submit.

Insurer
Scheduled Location Pollution LiabilitySpecialist program
Environmental

Real estate, manufacturing, development, warehouse and logistics, data and call centres, R&D and technology centres, industrial, alternative energy, M&A. Terms up to ten years.

Checked October 31, 2026
Insurer
GCS Corporate RiskSpecialist program
Several lines

Property, liability and commercial auto for large businesses with alternative structures (captives, larger deductibles, retentions). Sectors: financial services, automotive, healthcare, food and beverage, realty, construction, manufacturing, business and professional services, warehousing and wholesale, mining.

Call 1-800-387-4518Broker portalChecked October 31, 2026
Insurer
MarineSpecialist program
Marine

Inland marine, cargo, primary and excess marine liability, hull for contractors, truckers, logistics, warehouses, equipment rental, importers and exporters, terminals and stevedores, marinas and wharves, workboats, passenger and charter vessels.

Call 416-928-5586Checked October 31, 2026
MGA
Commercial Glass CoverageSpecialist program
Property

Retail storefronts, strip malls, warehouses, commercial stratas, industrial parks. Exterior glass, direct physical impact, excludes failed sealed units. $10,000 annual aggregate, $75 deductible. Premiums $175 to $350 by number of windows.

Call 1-888-483-9929Broker portalChecked October 31, 2026
Insurer
EnvironmentalSpecialist program
Environmental

Fixed site policy (manufacturing, warehousing, light industrial, retail, office, educational, landfill, recycling, waste and excess soil sites); contractors pollution (all GCs, remediation, abatement, waste and restoration contractors); consultant pollution (environmental consultants, air quality, compliance firms, labs). SME environmental also offered.

Call 416-304-1178Checked October 31, 2026
MGA
Inland Marine InsuranceSpecialist program
Specialty

Course of construction, cargo, contractors equipment, warehouseman's legal liability, tool and equipment floaters, installation floaters, miscellaneous articles floaters.

Call 1-888-516-4442Checked October 31, 2026
Wholesaler
TransportationSpecialist program
Several lines

Trucking (owner operators to large fleets, cross-border, specialty and high-value), logistics, load brokers, warehousing, couriers, contractors equipment. Motor truck cargo, umbrella, CGL, load broker E&O, warehouseman's and rigger's liability.

Find an underwriterChecked October 31, 2026
Insurer
Inland MarineSpecialist program
Cargo

Inland marine solutions for transportation and logistics companies.

Call 416-359-3222Broker portalChecked October 31, 2026
Insurer
WarehousingSpecialist program
Several lines

Commercial insurance for warehouse operators.

Transportation and warehousingSpecialist program
Several lines

Commercial property for warehousing, CGL, commercial vehicles, equipment breakdown, cross-border warehousing coverage and trade credit.

Call 1-844-799-9755Broker portalChecked October 31, 2026
Insurer
Wholesale, retail and distributionSpecialist program
Several lines

Coverage for companies that store, sell and deliver products in Canada and abroad.

Call 1-800-461-5079Broker portalChecked October 31, 2026
MGA
TransportationSpecialist program
Several lines

Trucking: auto physical damage, motor truck cargo, CGL, excess and umbrella, excess cargo, load broker's E&O, warehouseman's legal liability.

Insurer
Small businessSpecialist program
Commercial package

Revenue under $5 million (under $3 million for manufacturing and contracting), total insured value under $10 million ($5 million per location), up to nine vehicles. Some classes are excluded by province, for example bars and taverns, plumbing and residential realty in most provinces; check the exclusion table on the page.

Transportation and logisticsSpecialist program
Commercial auto
Call 1-855-620-6262Broker portalChecked October 31, 2026
MGA
PropertySpecialist program
Property

Construction, builders risk, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, warehousing, commercial realty. $50M line, quota share or layered, primary or excess; equipment breakdown available. Canadian domiciled risks with incidental US exposure.

CasualtySpecialist program
Liability

Construction, wrap-up liability, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, warehousing, commercial realty. $25M line, primary, excess or umbrella. Canadian domiciled risks; US and international exposures considered.

Call 416-362-4936Find an underwriterChecked October 31, 2026
Insurer
Wholesale, Warehousing and TransportationSpecialist program
Several lines

Mid to large wholesalers, commercial storage and warehousing, distributors and transportation terminals. Specialties: cold storage, food and beverage, paper products, local trucking, terminals, warehousing. Property, inland marine including transportation and cargo legal liability and warehouse, riggers and bailees liability, equipment breakdown, crime, CGL, umbrella, auto, cyber, management liability.

MGA
Transportation and motor truck cargoSpecialist program
Commercial auto

Common and contract carriers, crane operators, long and short haul, oversize, overweight and hazmat, freight forwarders. Trucking liability (Canada and USA) up to $10M, cargo up to $1M, contingent cargo, warehouse legal liability, freight brokers E&O. MTC minimum premium $5,000; new ventures with 3+ years of experience.

Call 1-877-532-6864Broker portalChecked November 1, 2026
MGA
Casualty: TransportationSpecialist program
Liability

Excess trucking, public transit, freight railroads, waste haulers and storage. CGL up to $5M, umbrella and excess. Premiums from $25,000 net of commission.

Call 416-597-5740Find an underwriterChecked October 31, 2026
MGA
Marine and Logistics PracticeSpecialist program
Marine

Marine and logistics products underwritten in-house for the supply and logistics value chain.

MGA
Commercial PropertySpecialist program
Property

Old or new, vacant or rented, seasonal or permanent. Classes include apartments and condos, building owners, hotels and motels, retail, churches, warehouses and storage, service stations and repair garages, woodworking, metal products, machine shops, recycling plants, schools, arenas, broadcasting, vacant, unprotected and substandard property.

Call 1-888-302-9215Broker portalChecked October 31, 2026
Insurer
Commercial Middle MarketSpecialist program
Several lines

Multi-industry and single-industry specialists in construction, financial institutions, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, power generation, professional services, real estate, renewable energy, technology, transport and logistics. Auto, CGL, cyber, D&O, equipment breakdown, inland marine, marine, E&O, property, surety, umbrella.

Call 1-800-268-9399Checked October 31, 2026
MGA
Commercial LiabilitySpecialist program
Liability

Retail and e-commerce, realty, business services, manufacturing, wholesale and distribution, contractors, transportation and warehousing, among others. $5M in-house authority, higher limits on request. Umbrella/excess can schedule US policies.

Call 905-507-7129Checked October 31, 2026
Insurer
TransportationSpecialist program
Several lines
Call 1-800-387-5454Broker portalChecked November 1, 2026

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