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Monthly Archives: October 2004

You can not submit to a surety directly when applying for a surety bond. You must go through an agent that is appointed with the bonding companies. How can you be sure that your chosen agency will choose a surety that is right for you and not just right for them. This article will discuss read more »

Searching online for a surety bond can be a confusing mess for anyone new to suretyship. You will notice that you will often find irrelevant information from state websites or sometimes you will simply stumble upon an agencies site that is too confusing to navigate. That is why it is very important to be as read more »

The conservative surety bond market is here to stay. Fortunately, some sureties are starting to loosen up with certain classes of business. Sureties are saving time and money by allowing their most trusted/largest producing agencies to approve less hazardous classes of business in house. What does this mean for someone in the market for a read more »

Many people that are required to obtain a surety bond have never heard of them. In fact, 1 out of 5 calls I receive are from a client who do not even pronounce the word surety correctly. A common question from our clients is, “Why do I need a surety bond?”. The obvious answer is read more »

The surety bond industry goes back hundreds of years. In my opinion, suretyship is acting like the grandfather of the insurance industry, lagging behind its’ relatives when it comes to technology. Surety bond forms are slowly being transferred to digital files, but a good portion of bonds still must be typed on the good old read more »