The standard market represents the more traditional approach to surety bonding and is served primarily by large national agency companies. These companies tend only to underwrite clients which have a very sound financial history
The specialty market, on the other hand, is served primarily by regional agency companies. These companies are less strict in their underwriting requirements
The Allstate Corporation bought Surety Life Insurance in 1981.
Both insurance and surety provide protection against financial loss. Insurance anticipates losses and charges a premium with that in mind where surety companies expect no loss and the premium charged is a 'service fee'. Surety bonds involve three-parties the surety company, principal and obligee. Insurance involves two-parties the insurance company and the insured. With insurance the risk is transferred to the insurance company where as with surety the risk remains with the principal. The surety is providing a guarantee against loss by agreeing to be responsible for the obligation of the principal.
A surety agent is a licensed insurance agent that has experience and represents surety companies. The surety agent is able to solict and place surety bond requests.
You need to have an insurance license to transact surety. Then, you would need to establish experience in the field of surety either by working for a surety company or surety agency.
The surety, then, is the party which guarantees that either the principal will perform adequately or the obligee will be compensated for the principal's failure.
Western Surety Company, founded in the year 1900, is an insurance company based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is a leader in small, miscellaneous fidelity and surety bonds.
You can attain a surety bond through youir local insurance agent. There are also a number of on line surety providers. Among them is southcoastsurety.com.
Of the companies which primarily provide surety insurance, the industry leaders include Travelers Surety and Casualty Co. of Hartford, Connecticut, whose 200,000 employees generated $27 billion in sales for 1998
Archibald Moore has written: 'Province of Lower Canada, Court of Appeals, July session, 1817' -- subject(s): Insurance, Surety and fidelity, Salvage, Surety and fidelity Insurance, Surety and fidelity insurance, Assurance de cautionnement, Sauvetage maritime
Surety insurance accounted for approximately 1.1 percent of property/casualty sales in 1995 and accounted for a similar proportion of the jobs within the industry.
The most common type of surety insurance is construction bonding, which insures that contractors will be able to complete a construction contract and pay their suppliers and subcontractors.