Specialty hotel insurance & risk solutions

More Than a Market.A Hotel Risk Platform.

Enjoy your STAI.

STAI Specialty places insurance for limited-service hotels nationwide — and surrounds the placement with underwriting intelligence, insured support and prevention technology.

Why STAI

Built around the hotel risk.

Placement is the transaction. What surrounds it is why retailers keep sending us their hotel accounts.

Place the risk

STAI Specialty

Specialty placement for limited-service hotels in all 50 states, across property, general liability and umbrella — with one point of contact for every line.

Standalone Assault & Battery $1M per occurrence / $2M aggregate. Written standalone, or excess of a GL sublimit, without replacing the underlying placement. View the A&B flyer (PDF) →
Understand the risk

Underwriting Intelligence

Powered by Understudy

Property-level risk analytics and trafficking exposure indicators on every submission — fewer follow-up questions and a faster path to quote.

Support the insured

Risk Management Helpline

Powered by Providers Risk Management

A dedicated line your insureds can call with everyday insurance and risk questions — working alongside you, not around you.

Reduce the exposure

Prevention Technology

Hotel Shield

Facial-recognition technology hotel operators can evaluate to help identify and combat human trafficking on their properties.

For retail agents

What can you send STAI?

Limited-service hotels in every state, every major line, plus a proprietary Assault & Battery solution.

Target risks

Hotels We Write

  • Limited-service hotels
  • Branded and independent
  • Interior and exterior corridor
  • NationwideAll 50 states
Coverage

Lines We Place

  • Property
  • General Liability
  • Umbrella & Excess
  • Proprietary Assault & Battery$1M / $2M · standalone or excess of a GL sublimit · flyer (PDF)
Markets

Market Access

  • A-rated carrier paper
  • Admitted and non-admitted markets
  • One point of contact for every line
  • Specialists focused on hotels
Who you're working with

Specialty hotel people, not a submission desk.

STAI Specialty is a wholesale insurance brokerage based in Chicago, working with licensed retail agents nationwide.

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Tarek Timol

Spent his career building a leading specialty P&C platform, serving as Chief Information Officer and then Chief Administrative Officer with responsibility spanning operations, claims, technology and program P&Ls.

tarek@staispecialty.com
LinkedIn →
Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Mark Kollar

Founder and President of Edgewater Holdings, a specialty MGA, and a career program underwriter known for an innovative approach to building specialty insurance products — pairing proprietary coverage with the technology and distribution that make it work.

mark@staispecialty.com
LinkedIn →
How to submit

Send what you have.
No special forms.

ACORDs, carrier applications or your agency's own forms. Our technology reads any application format, so you never have to re-key a submission onto an STAI form.

service@staispecialty.com

Helpful to include

  • Completed application, any format
  • Statement of values
  • Current loss runs
  • Expiring policy or quote, if available
Getting started

No appointment needed to send us a risk.

Send a submission today. The paperwork happens before anything binds, not before we look at your account.

Send the submission

Email it to service@staispecialty.com in whatever format you already have. No agreement, no appointment and no login required to get a quote.

Paperwork before bind

We'll put a producer agreement in place before we bind, along with a copy of your license and evidence of E&O of at least $1,000,000.

Filings handled here

Surplus lines filings and taxes are handled by STAI through the MGA or carrier. And we never compete for your retail business or solicit your client.

Available to your insured

Providers Risk Management Association membership

A membership built for hospitality operators, available to hotel accounts placed through STAI — practical services they can use long before a claim.

Hotel ShieldAnti-trafficking training and detection technology for hotel staff and operators.
SecureHotel threat intelligenceHospitality-specific threat and violence risk analysis from Muir Analytics.
Understudy risk reportThe property-level report underwriters see — so an operator knows how their business reads to a carrier.
CrisisRiskCrisis and consequence management support when an urgent event hits the property.
OpenforceIndependent contractor compliance, insurance enrollment and payments.
Contact

Talk to us about a hotel account.

Send submissions to service@staispecialty.com, or reach either of us directly with a question about appetite.

Enjoy your STAI.

Submissions & appetite

Mark Kollar

mark@staispecialty.com
Submissions & appetite

Tarek Timol

tarek@staispecialty.com