04/15/2020
To Our Valued Clientele, Partners & Friends,
First and foremost, we pray that all of you and your families are safe and healthy through this uniquely challenging time. As a country, we have not seen this type of health threat and potential economic threat for more than 100 years.
As we monitor the impact to our Country, Region and to our Industry, we must acknowledge the disruption this pandemic is creating in the short and near term. We are all working remotely and safely at AssureLease and can interface/interact with anyone wishing to do so via phone, email or internet conferencing. We are fully capable of reviewing and underwriting for AssureLease and the AssureLease LATS Reciprocal Insurance Company. As of right now, we cannot bind any new risks until at least mid-May or roughly 45 days. This delay is based solely on the Insurance markets ability to understand what impact they might have as an industry due to COVID 19. We as a company do not anticipate any specific negative impact to our business other than a short-term delay.
The Fed has pledged an unlimited backstop that includes quantitative easing (QE) and liquidity to aggressively stimulate the economy as things "come back online" as well as specific measures passed by the Senate to support small businesses, individuals (including GIG workers) and expanded unemployment benefits. These measures are meant to allow our economy on a macro basis to simply tread water while it is essentially forced to shut down.
The majority of financial experts believe that as long as we can suppress and then handle within our healthcare system the number of COVID 19 cases we face in the next 60-90 days, the markets and ultimately the economy will come back quickly and strongly. There is no question that this crisis will also present perhaps a new paradigm as to how we interact, work and conduct business as a society going forward.
While it will get worse over the next 30 days for much of the Country, we are optimistic that the curve will start to come down and be manageable for our healthcare system. Once we are through the other side of this, we welcome the opportunity to meet/talk with you and to explain how even in this type of unforeseeable crisis, our programs can help landlord/owners protect their balance sheets. We also suggest taking the time to understand how both federal and state regulatory actions might affect you or your clients/insureds. These include Eviction Freezes, Forbearance, Deposits used as rent, Rent Strikes and “Forced Goodwill” again, we welcome conversations with you on all of these issues and how they can impact your enterprise.
In closing, we strongly urge everyone to meet the challenges of social distancing and to protect themselves, their families and the elderly.
Stay safe and God bless.
The AssureLease & AssureLease Reciprocal Insurance Company Team
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