Michael Canepa
Michael Canepa is an Auto Shop Insurance Specialist based in Los Angeles, California, and the founder of Redline Insurance Agency.
For the past several years, Michael has worked exclusively with automotive businesses, body shops, collision repair facilities, performance shops, tire shops, and exotic car service facilities across the Los Angeles area and San Fernando Valley. He does not sell home insurance, life insurance, or general commercial coverage. Auto shops are all he does.
That focus matters. Most insurance brokers treat a body shop like any other small business. Michael knows the difference between a garage liability policy and a garagekeepers policy, and why confusing the two can leave a shop owner personally exposed for tens of thousands of dollars. He knows what a spray booth fire looks like from a claims perspective, what happens when a technician takes a customer's car on a test drive without the right coverage, and what a $50,000 per-vehicle garagekeepers limit means when a $140,000 Porsche comes off a lift.
What Michael does for shop owners:
- Reviews your current policy and identifies coverage gaps, at no charge
- Shops your risk across 10+ specialty carriers that actually understand auto shop operations
- Structures garage liability, garagekeepers, commercial auto, workers comp, property, and umbrella coverage correctly for your specific shop type
- Issues same-day certificates of insurance
- Handles body shop groups, single-location shops, performance facilities, tire shops, and exotic car operations
Who he works with:
Michael's clients are auto body shops, collision repair facilities, performance and tuning shops, tire shops, and quick lube operations primarily in Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys, Burbank, and North Hollywood. Many are shop owners who were overpaying, underinsured, or both, and didn't know it until Michael reviewed their policy.
Why Redline, not a general broker:
A general broker submits your shop to the same carriers they use for restaurants and retail stores. Michael submits to specialty markets built for automotive risk, carriers that understand lifts, spray booths, customer vehicle exposure, employee driver liability, and the specific loss scenarios that auto shops actually face. That difference shows up in both your coverage and your premium.
Get a free quote or policy review:
Call or text Michael directly: (818) 823-5778
Or submit online: https://quote.redlineinsurance.com/quote
Redline Insurance Agency
11313 Weddington St, North Hollywood, CA 91601
CA License #0H75788
Collette Canepa
Collette doesn’t just work in operations she lives in environments where precision matters.
As a licensed pilot, she understands that preparation isn’t optional. Checklists matter. Details matter. Small oversights turn into big problems.
That same mindset carries into her work at Redline.
Before joining the agency, Collette built her career in real estate a world driven by contracts, timelines, negotiations, and documentation that has to be exactly right. Deadlines are real. Mistakes are expensive.
At Redline Insurance Agency, she oversees operations and making sure coverage details, certificates, endorsements, and compliance requirements are handled cleanly and efficiently.
Behind every fast quote and clean certificate is structure.
Collette brings discipline, organization, and follow-through.
In aviation, you prepare before takeoff.
In insurance, you prepare before something goes wrong.
Collette Canepa - Operations & Client Support