A technical customs bond rule with a substantive core On February 13, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published a notice of proposed rulemaking under the modest title “Electronic Bond Transmission” (U.S. Customs and Border Protection 2026). A customs bond… Continue Reading →
The Mortgage Banker’s Bond: Anatomy of a Hybrid Fidelity and Errors & Omissions Instrument The mortgage bankers bond is the most misunderstood instrument in the nonbank lender’s risk program, and the misunderstanding is costly. Originators treat it as a compliance… Continue Reading →
The Mechanic’s Lien Release Bond After Colorado SB 26-074: How Sureties Defend Their Principals When Liens Grow Colorado’s Senate Bill 26-074, effective August 12, 2026, has made the mechanic’s lien release bond the first and best line of defense for… Continue Reading →
Few questions reach a fidelity underwriting desk as often as this one: “Is a commercial crime policy the same thing as a fidelity bond?” The question arrives from controllers who have been told by a lender to “get bonded,” from… Continue Reading →
On June 3, 2026, President Donald J. Trump signed the Executive Order titled “Strengthening Customs Enforcement,” directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to carry out the most far-reaching overhaul of import requirements… Continue Reading →
Plan sponsors often assume that the routine mechanics of a retirement plan, the payroll feeds, the contribution reconciliations, and the forfeiture accounting are administrative details handled quietly somewhere inside the recordkeeping system. A recent enforcement action brought by the United… Continue Reading →
On April 23, 2026, Governor Bill Lee signed Senate Bill 2326 into law as Public Chapter 731, amending Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 27 to require every property owners’ association in the state to obtain and maintain a fidelity… Continue Reading →
What the $166 Billion CBP Tariff Refund Launch Means for Customs Bond Principals. A Surety One, Inc. analysis for importers, licensed customs brokers, and trade compliance professionals. On April 20, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activated the first… Continue Reading →
The global proliferation of hyperscale data centers, propelled by artificial intelligence workloads, cloud migration, and the insatiable computational demands of modern commerce, represents what may reasonably be described as the most consequential construction supercycle of the twenty-first century. For surety companies,… Continue Reading →
The Non-Qualifying Assets ERISA Fidelity Bond: Underwriting an Asset Class in Transition A quiet rule has suddenly become loud. For nearly five decades, a single sentence buried in the Department of Labor’s regulations governed how surety underwriters approached one of… Continue Reading →
Powell v. Ocwen Financial Corp.: Implications for ERISA Fidelity Bond Plan Assets Underwriting in Mortgage-Backed Securities. My Analysis for Surety and Fidelity Bond Underwriters On March 26, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its… Continue Reading →
Narrowing the Lens: How the 2026 Joint Employer and Independent Contractor Reclassifications Affect ERISA Fidelity Bond Underwriting In February 2026, two significant federal regulatory actions reshaped the landscape of employer classification in the United States. The National Labor Relations Board… Continue Reading →
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