Burlingame · San Mateo County
Golden Benchmark is headquartered on Airport Boulevard in Burlingame, placing commercial insurance for San Mateo County and Peninsula businesses since 1988. You get a named, licensed broker who works down the road, not a call center three time zones away.
At a glance
Local, not a call center
Most business owners on the Peninsula have never met the person who handles their insurance. We are the other kind of broker. Our office is on Airport Boulevard, we know the San Mateo County market, and when a certificate has to go out today or a claim needs a real answer, you talk to the named broker who knows your account.
Being independent means we are not tied to one carrier’s appetite. We take your risk to the markets that actually compete for it, place the program that fits, and defend it at every renewal. That is the difference between insurance that gets processed and insurance that gets managed.
Who we serve locally
Burlingame and the surrounding county run on a specific mix of businesses, and each one carries its own exposures. We already know the carriers, the appetites, and the contract language that trips them up.
IT services, engineering and technical consulting firms across the Peninsula.
The research and lab companies that line the Peninsula corridor.
Owners and investors with buildings and schedules across San Mateo County.
Funded and enterprise-contracted companies from Burlingame to Redwood City.
The operations near SFO that move goods across the region and beyond.
The practices and clinics that serve Burlingame and the mid-Peninsula.
What we place
Most Burlingame businesses need several of these working together. We build the whole program so the pieces fit, rather than leaving gaps between policies bought one at a time.
The base layer most Peninsula leases and contracts require.
Mandatory in California the moment you have employees.
Buildings, equipment, inventory, and the income they produce.
Breach response, extortion, and the liability that follows a hack.
Errors and omissions coverage for the advice and work you deliver.
Property and liability bundled for smaller operations.
Who handles your account
Your account is handled by Emmi Ensign, a licensed California broker at Golden Benchmark Insurance Services (agency CA License 0D06566), and her team, working out of our Burlingame office. You get a person who knows your file, answers the phone, and is accountable for your renewal, not a ticket in a queue.
Common questions
If your question is not here, ask it directly. You will get a straight answer either way.
Written and kept current by the Golden Benchmark team and reviewed by Emmi Ensign, a licensed California broker at Golden Benchmark Insurance Services (agency CA License 0D06566), which has placed commercial insurance for California businesses since 1988.
Do you have an office in Burlingame?
Yes. Our headquarters is at 533 Airport Blvd., Suite 400, in Burlingame, and Golden Benchmark has been in business since 1988. You are welcome to talk it through in person or over the phone, whichever is easier.
Do you serve all of San Mateo County and the Peninsula?
Yes. We are based in Burlingame and work the whole county and the wider Peninsula, from South San Francisco down through Redwood City. Coverage is placed with carriers licensed statewide, so location does not limit your options.
What size businesses do you work with?
Mid-sized commercial accounts are our focus, businesses with employees, real property or equipment, and contracts that carry insurance requirements. If you have outgrown a call center but do not want to be a small file at a national firm, that is our lane.
Do you only cover Burlingame?
No. We serve the whole region. See our Bay Area commercial insurance page for how we work across the Peninsula, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the East Bay.
Burlingame business owner or CFO?
Send your declarations pages and a named California broker down the road reads them, shows you where you stand, and builds the marketing plan. No call center.
CA License 0D06566 · Named broker on every policy · Broker experience since 1988
