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
10 Smarketing Hacks For Bond Producers
Smarketing is a term used to describe the synergy between sales and marketing that is aligned around common goals focused on increasing revenue. With smarketing ...
Traci Catalano
Weather Delays & Construction Contracts - Are You Prepared?
Did you know that since 1980, there have been 246 weather-related disasters in the U.S. that cost $1 billion or more?
Todd Taylor, AFSB, CPCU
The Real Life of Senior Commercial Underwriter – Shayne Albine
Quintessential girl boss, Shayne Albine, paints a picture of her day in the life – and she doesn’t Photoshop any of it. #NoFilterNecessary “I think about the ...
Melissa Miller
Surety Bond Claims 101
There’s nothing quite like the sinking feeling you get when you hear there’s a claim against your bond. Despite your best intentions, it’s likely that you’ll face ...
Beth Harbeck
The Importance of License and Permit Bonds
There’s an element of risk in every business transaction. License and permit bonds were created so that municipalities could help protect citizens from ...
Tammy McBurney
Corporate Crime: How Fidelity Bonds May Reduce Its Impact on Your Business
Blog updated April 2021. The industry refers to employee theft as a white-collar crime — or corporate crime. It is a financially motivated, nonviolent crime ...
Old Republic Surety
Transitioning From Fastbonds to a Standard Bond Program
Especially now, at the leading edge of the post-pandemic construction boom, your agency’s contractor clients may need to increase their bonding capacity to take ...
Mike Sanders, AFSB
It's Pig Iron Under Water!
To some of my fellow insurance professionals, the surety business has always had an air of mystery about it. Perhaps it is the exotic language we use referring to ...
Darrel Lamb, CPCU, AFSB
Pure Guts - Pure Michigan
Michigan's two peninsulas were finally connected in 1957, after 20 years of planning, and close to $100 million in construction and engineering costs with the ...
Traci Catalano
