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Worker’s Compensation – Subs, 1099s, Employees – From a Risk and Bonding Perspective – It Does Matter! Workers’ compensation can be a sticky wicket for construction firms. It’s an area where new contractors and veterans alike can find themselves in legal and ...

51³Ô¹Ï Surety 06/03/20

How Do I Increase My Bonding Capacity? We are often asked by agents and contractors about how they would go about increasing their bond capacity. The amount of things a contractor can do to accomplish ...

51³Ô¹Ï Surety 12/12/19

Consider These 4 Questions When Hiring a Subcontractor If you’re a general contractor, you know the right subcontractors can mean the difference between a smooth job and a million headaches. While a surety company ...

51³Ô¹Ï Surety 12/06/19

The ABCs of Surety Bonds What's the difference between surety bonds and insurance? That’s a question I hear often, and it’s a good starting point for discussion. Knowing those differences ...

51³Ô¹Ï Surety 10/07/19

Insurance Agents Should Promote Business Services Bonds We like to think that service employees are honest and always have the customer in mind. Unfortunately, an employee working in a customer’s home or business may ...

51³Ô¹Ï Surety 09/18/19

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 ...

51³Ô¹Ï Surety 08/02/19

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 ...

51³Ô¹Ï Surety 07/30/19

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 ...

51³Ô¹Ï Surety 07/26/19

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 ...

51³Ô¹Ï Surety 06/24/19

Release of Retainage Bonds: A Tool That Can Provide a Benefit to the Contractor I was holding an annual surety account meeting out on the golf course one day with the agent and the contractor. This contractor works primarily as a ...

51³Ô¹Ï Surety 06/21/19