Article1 min read Apr 14, 2024Ri$k Happens: Thunder wonderThe power of lightning can be awe-inspiring. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article3 min read Apr 4, 2024Risky Business: What could go wrong?A man was working in his yard. Spring was coming and he wanted to prepare his garden and his lawn for the upcoming growing season. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Mar 31, 2024Ri$k Happens: When a suspicious mind is a good thingSometimes even the most vigilant fall prey to scammers. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Mar 17, 2024Ri$k Happens: When in doubt, take a different route!An employee making a delivery for a rental store pulled around the building and backed up to the dock. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article3 min read Mar 4, 2024Risky Business: Connection misconceptionThe builder was a longtime customer of the rental store. On this particular job, the rental store had already swapped out several propane tanks and the process was the same each time. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Mar 3, 2024ARA Insurance unveils revamped websiteARA Insurance, Overland Park, Kan., a provider of customized insurance products to the equipment and event rental industry for more than 40 years, has unveiled a revamped website at ARAinsure.com. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Mar 3, 2024Ri$k Happens: When the fast make you furiousThe rental store driver was on his way to make a delivery one sunny afternoon. Traffic was fairly light. The driver anticipated being a little early for the delivery. He saw a light change to yellow ahead and slowed to a stop. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Feb 18, 2024Ri$k Happens: ‘Video or it didn’t happen!’How often have you seen that comment online in one place or another? READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Feb 4, 2024Ri$k Happens: Not the call you expectedA rental customer was 20 minutes into his job when the commercial mower rented from a local rental store stopped in its tracks. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article5 min read Jan 30, 2024More than $1 million in equipment recovery nets officer awardDetective Sgt. Greg Hinchliffe with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office in Naples, Fla., to receive the ARA Insurance/National Equipment Register (NER) Daniel Pearson Law Enforcement Award at The ARA Show 2024. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Jan 21, 2024Another sneak peek at ARA Foundation Charity Auction items up for bidThe ARA Foundation Charity Auction and Reception will be held Tuesday, Feb. 20, during The ARA Show™ 2024 in New Orleans. Take a look at just a few of the items that will be up for bid. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Jan 21, 2024Ri$k Happens: It happened how long ago?One leasing company has a habit of contacting the rental store or their insurance company months later notifying them of damage to their trucks. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Jan 7, 2024Ri$k Happens: The weather doesn’t like being told what to doWe do our best to keep an eye on conditions, but sometimes nature has its own ideas. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Dec 24, 2023Ri$k Happens: Miracle in the rental yardChristmas miracles have been said to happen from time to time. For one rental operation, their miracle began with a theft. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article8 min read Dec 12, 2023Keeping the train on the tracks for 50 yearsGeorgia tent rental mainstay Macon Tent Rentals has hit the 50-year mark through “fortitude and stick-to-itiveness to finish what you start.” READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Dec 10, 2023Ri$k Happens: Marked or not?A construction foreman rented a trencher from a rental store. The rental store went over all safety procedures, had the renter sign the rental contract, and completed the checkout procedure. The next day... READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article3 min read Dec 1, 2023ARA Insurance focuses only on the equipment and event rental industryJohn Kennedy, CPA, president, ARA Insurance, Overland Park, Kan., a subsidiary of the American Rental Association (ARA), recently answered questions from Rental Management about the insurance industry, the growth of ARA Insurance and the outlook for 2024. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article3 min read Dec 1, 2023Risky Business: Dangerous decoratingReview paperwork that comes with equipment. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Nov 26, 2023Ri$k Happens: You crossed the lineTraffic was moving at a snail’s pace wherever the rental store driver went. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Nov 12, 2023Ri$k Happens: Trailers to the left of me, cars to the right…A driver for a rental store was stuck in the middle of a bad situation. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Oct 29, 2023Ri$k Happens: Red Light, No LightThe insured employees arrived at the busy job site to pick up the boom lift from their rental customer. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Video00:01:10 Oct 19, 2023Ri$k Happens: Found fireAn attendant at a 24-hour gas station called the fire department very early one morning when he saw smoke coming from the warehouse down the road. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article1 min read Oct 15, 2023Ri$k Happens: Game plan for defensive drivingBe a valued part of your team and drive defensively. READ MORE ADD TO CART
Article3 min read Oct 4, 2023Shouldering the blameA local business was hosting an event and needed a stage for a band that was to perform. They contacted the rental store they always turned to for such items and rented a mobile stage. READ MORE ADD TO CART