Construction Oriented CPAs Play Key Role for Contractor's Bonding Needs We often hear contractors say that getting a job is the hard part – completing the project is the easy part. Many factors go into that, one of which is having ...

Scot Albrinck, AFSB

Fidelity Bonds: Good for Employers and an Insurance Agency's Bottom Line It’s an all too common occurrence: A trusted, longtime employee starts stealing from the company. At first, it may be only a few small items. Then the employee ...

Shayne Albine

A Tale of Two Opportunities: Financing of Risk Through Subcontract Bonds Last month I met with two contractors where subcontract bonds were a central topic. The first was a paper general contractor, meaning they administered the ...

Dan Pope

Surety Bonds and P3 Projects: A Colorado Case Study Think of the growing infrastructure projects across American cities. These developments are at times so costly that taxpayer money alone cannot fund them. That’s ...

Vicki Price

Influencing (and Increasing) Your Bonding Capacity Construction bond capacity matters — sometimes more than firms may realize. Simply put, bond capacity can either hold you back from the growth you’ve envisioned ...

Sean Rummel

Retainage Bonds: A Tool That Can Provide A Benefit To The Contractor Who Can Benefit From Retainage Bonds? I was holding an annual surety account meeting out on the golf course one day with the agent and the contractor. This ...

Darrel Lamb, CPCU, AFSB

Can You Explain Your Bid Spread? If you were to ask contractors what they like most about construction, they probably wouldn’t say, “I love preparing bids.” Most contractors love being on the job ...

Rich Sghiatti

Face-to-Face Meetings with Contractors Are Key “Your word is your bond.” In no other line of work does this age-old phrase ring as true as in the surety business. We often talk about “the three c’s of credit” ...

John Estes, AFSB

In the Spotlight With Old Republic Surety Marketing Rep - Vince Cefalu From a movie with Clooney to winning multiple awards in marketing, this Hollywood Actor takes us on a tour of his west-coast life. But lucky for us, we get to ...

Melissa Miller

Letter of Bondability – It Is Not The Prequalification Some Think It Is You may refer to them as Good Guy Letters, Sunshine Letters or just a Contractor Letter of Bondability. These letters have been around a long time, and their ...

Darrel Lamb, CPCU, AFSB