Water Infrastructure Projects Show Rising Need for Surety Bonds
The United States has a lot of work to do if it wants to maintain its national network of drinking water infrastructure. That’s according to a recent report from ...
Dan Pope
Coming Through with a Quick ‘Yes’ to Save the Day
Change orders from a general contractor created a challenging bond issue that needed a quick resolution. Old Republic Surety (ORS) was able to provide the ...
Erik Mueller
BOND: Not an ‘Ugly’ 4-Letter Word
Surety bonds have garnered an unfortunate reputation of being “ugly” or “uncomfortable” for independent insurance agents for many reasons.
Colleen O'Connell, AFSB
A Lost Art: The Submission Letter
In the olden days, before Zoom or Microsoft TEAMS, or even before (gasp) email … when a surety agent would submit an account to a surety underwriter there was ...
Tom Davis
Old Republic Surety Trains for the Future
Old Republic Surety is committed to excellence in underwriting and is developing underwriters to continue to grow. Our underwriter training program allows ...
Old Republic Surety
The Real Life of VP Field Underwriting - Commercial Shayne Albine: Making Surety Cool
“Seeing people grow into their roles and assisting them reaching their full potential is something I am very passionate about,” says Shayne Albine, who has worked ...
Shayne Albine
Navigating Obstacles to Go the Extra Mile for Clients
Going the extra mile is a well-known staple of good customer service, but sometimes that mile is not a direct route. It requires working around obstacles and ...
Old Republic Surety
FastBond: Simplifying Smaller Bid Performance and Payment Bonds for Agents and Contractors
“We’ve targeted tight turnaround times from submission to approval using Old Republic Surety’s (ORS) FastBond process — the faster, the better,” says Todd Taylor, ...
Todd Taylor, AFSB, CPCU
Taking Your Construction Company to the Next Level
There are many ways to grow a business, but the first step is to understand how you got to where you are, then decide what you need to do next to take your ...
Rich Sghiatti
The Alphabet Soup of Federal Contracting
A day in the life of a contract surety underwriter almost always includes wading through dozens of acronyms in bid documents and contracts. There are acronyms for ...
Darrel Lamb, CPCU, AFSB
