How to Verify a Safe’s UL Listing (and Avoid “Better Than UL” Claims)

Your high-net-worth client wants to protect their collection of jewelry and watches as part of their policy. Fantastic.

Underwriting likely requires a safe with some level of Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification. Your client buys a safe from one of many providers that claim it’s “better than UL.” What could go wrong?

“Better than UL” is just an opinion, not a certification from an accredited agency. Furthermore, some safe companies claim to be UL-listed when they are not. Casoro Jewelry Safes once saw a safe manufacturer put a UL TL-15 listing on a sales contract when, in fact, none of its safes were UL-listed.

Here is how you can verify the accuracy of any safe company’s UL listing:

  • Check for the UL sticker on the safe.
  • Obtain certification documentation from the safe manufacturer.
  • Search the UL-certified product database, iQ®, the definitive source of truth. If the safe manufacturer built the safe body, it will be listed for the UL security level of your safe. If it didn’t build the safe body, ask who did and search for that manufacturer. If neither the safe manufacturer nor the safe body manufacturer is listed for the UL security level of your safe, it simply isn’t UL-certified.

The Casoro Commitment

All Casoro Jewelry Safes are UL-listed. We are proud of our longstanding partnership with American Security (AMSEC), our sole provider of UL-listed safe bodies.

Try it for yourself. Casoro’s most popular Emerald luxury jewelry safe is available in, among others, a UL TL-15 option. Search for American Security Products Co in the UL-certified product database, iQ®, and you will find the TL-15 certification.

At Casoro, we provide our certification upon request.

Navigating underwriting compliance for residential safes can be fraught with misleading information. We have been in the safe business for thirty years and are available to help you and your insured every step of the way.

Learn more about our burglar and fire ratings, or contact Steven Backiel, Casoro’s insurance expert, to help you check.