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Performance Bonds, an SIO Primer

Contract Surety Bonding

Performance Bonds Under the Miller Act

This law has been on the books for a LOOOOOONG time and its not news to contractors, CPAs and attorneys who deal with contract surety bonding on a day to day basis.  We came across this very good piece wanted… Continue Reading →

Contract Surety – Tax Returns are NOT Financial Statements

Bottom line, tax returns are NEVER acceptable financial reports when applying for contract surety bonding. Except for very small bond requests a contract surety underwriter will require one more years of proper financial statements prepared by a certified public accountant… Continue Reading →

What Is A Bid Bond

As a surety-specific agency with a national footprint we numerous requests for “bid bonds” each day.  Contractors who have dealt with corporate sureties are aware of what these are however many new and smaller construction and commercial services contractors do… Continue Reading →

SBA surety bond guarantee program higher limits.

The Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Surety Bond Guarantee Program was designed to increase small businesses’ access to federal, state, and local government contracting, as well as private-sector contracts, by guaranteeing bid bonds, performance bonds, and payment bonds for individual contracts of $2 million… Continue Reading →

Getting a bid bond. Why is such a small bond so complicated?

Because bid bonds as small, usually 2.5% to 10% of the total project proposal, it would seem simple for a surety company to just just charge a fee and issue them.  So why don’t we write them freely?  The answer… Continue Reading →

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