Auto Dealership Insurance | Garage & Open-Lot Coverage | First Underwriters
Commercial Lines · Insuring PNW dealers since 1992

Auto Dealership Insurance — lot to showroom.

Your inventory sits outside in the weather, your customers take cars on test drives, and vehicles you don't own sit in your service bay. A standard business policy doesn't reach any of that. We build dealer programs that do.

Dealer Open LotGarage LiabilityGaragekeepersProperty & BIUmbrellaDealer Bonds

Independent broker · 50+ A-rated carriers · Floor-plan certificates & dealer bonds

A hailstorm can strike your lot overnight and total dozens of vehicles at once. A too-low open-lot limit turns that into a
six-figure gap
Dealer risks are specific — inventory, test drives, and customers' cars in your care — and they need coverage built for them.
  • Open-lot limits that keep pace with your actual inventory value
  • Garage liability & garagekeepers for test drives and customer cars

Every lot is different. Profile yours below →

🚗 34+ years insuring PNW dealers 📄 Floor-plan certificates & dealer bonds 🤝 50+ A-rated carriers & specialty dealer markets

Auto dealership insurance protects the pieces a standard business policy leaves exposed — your open-lot inventory, the liability that comes with test drives and service work, and the customers' vehicles sitting in your care. As an independent broker, First Underwriters places dealer programs with carriers who understand lots, showrooms, and service bays, and structures your open-lot limit to keep pace with inventory that changes every week.

Dealer Coverage Profiler

See the dealer program your lot needs.

Tell us what kind of dealer you are and how you operate. We'll map the core coverages and the specialty lines dealers most often miss — instantly.

Your dealership

Choose what fits best — the results update as you go.

Dealer type
What applies to your operation?
Inventory sits on an open lot We do test drives / demos We have a service / repair dept We have employees We take credit apps / customer data High-value / exotic units Floor-plan financed inventory We offer F&I / financing
Coverage we'd build for you
A garage & open-lot dealer program
Here's what your operation points to — we'll size the limits with you.
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    ➕ Worth adding0
      Get my dealer quote

      Educational guidance only — your actual program depends on your inventory, operations, and lender requirements. We'll confirm the structure and limits with you.

      When a gap becomes a loss

      Three dealer claims that outran the policy.

      Real-world scenarios that expose the coverage gaps dealers most often carry — totaling $4.75M. Explore each and where it broke.

      Dealer claim

      Loss exposed
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      ⚠️ The gap

      ✅ How we'd close it

      Coverage, explained

      What a complete dealer program includes.

      The signature dealer coverages a standard business policy doesn't provide. Click through each.

      🚗Dealer Open Lot
      🔧Garage Liability
      🛡️Garagekeepers
      🏢Property & Business Income
      ☂️Umbrella / Excess
      📋Dealer Bonds
      Dealers we insure

      Coverage tailored to your kind of lot.

      Filter by category to see the dealers we protect — each with its own inventory, liability, and service exposures.

      The First Underwriters advantage

      A broker who knows the lot.

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      Dealer specialists

      We understand the risks a dealership carries — hail on the lot, a test drive gone wrong, customers' cars in the bay, employee theft — and we place with carriers who do too.

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      Floor-plan & bond ready

      We structure coverage to satisfy your floor-plan lender's requirements, turn certificates fast, and handle the WA motor-vehicle dealer bonds that keep you licensed.

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      Inventory that moves

      Lot values change every week. We build programs — including reporting forms — that keep your limit matched to what's actually on the ground.

      34+years insuring PNW dealers
      50+A-rated carriers & dealer markets
      100%independent — we work for you

      Ready to protect your dealership?

      Get a coverage review and competitive quotes from a broker who understands lots, showrooms, and service bays — and structures your program around how you actually operate.

      Prefer email? Reach us at info@firstunderwriters.com · Free consultation, no obligation

      Coverage descriptions are general summaries for education and are not a statement of coverage, an offer, or a binder. Availability, eligibility, terms, limits, deductibles, and pricing vary by dealership, inventory, operations, loss history, and carrier and are subject to underwriting. Claim scenarios and figures are illustrative examples, not guarantees. First Underwriters Insurance Brokers · Kirkland, WA · (425) 242-5357.