U-Haul Holding Company operates as a do-it-yourself moving and storage operator for household and commercial goods in the United States and Canada. It operates through three segments: Moving and Storage, Property and Casualty Insurance, and Life Insurance.
The company rents trucks, trailers, fixed and portable moving and storage units, specialty rental items, and self-storage spaces primarily to household movers. It also sells moving supplies, towing accessories, and propane.
U-Haul provides uhaul.com, an online marketplace that connects consumers to independent moving help service providers and independent self-storage affiliates. Additionally, it offers auto transport and toy hauler, and tow dolly options to transport vehicles, as well as specialty boxes for dishes, computers, flat screen televisions, sensitive electronic equipment, tapes, security locks, and packing supplies.
Furthermore, U-Haul rents self-moving products and services through a network of managed retail moving stores and independent U-Haul dealers, as well as rents equipment. The company also provides moving and storage protection packages, such as Safemove and Safetow packages, which offer moving and towing customers a damage waiver, cargo protection, and medical and life insurance coverage.
Other protection packages include Safestor, which protects storage and U-Box customers from loss on their goods in storage; Safehaul, which protects customers' belongings in transit through its U-Box portable moving and storage units; Safemove Plus, which provides rental customers with a layer of primary liability protection; and Safetrip, a supplemental roadside protection for customers' equipment. The company also offers loss adjusting and claims handling services.
In addition, U-Haul 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. The company was formerly known as AMERCO. U-Haul Holding Company was founded in 1945 and is based in Reno, Nevada.
