Seattle barbershop owner struggles to find theft insurance after break-in January 26, 2021 at 1:45 pm
A photo of the people who broke in to Steele Barber in Ballard in November 2020. (Photos courtesy of Steele Barber)
The owner of Steele Barber, Matthew Humphrey, previously spoke with KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson Show in November 2020 after his Ballard location was burglarized. Now, adding insult to injury, his insurance company has canceled theft insurance for his business because of the recent claim.
“It adds insult to the injury because it costs quite a bit more to have that theft insurance in the first place,” he said. “And the unfortunate and frightening thing is my agent told me that literally hundreds of other businesses in the area are losing their theft insurance policies as well, because of the current climate of lack of enforcement for these crimes.”