Sponsored Content from Old Republic Surety Posted by Todd Taylor, AFSB, CPCU The number of surety companies represented in any region can make the task of prequalifying or differentiating among them challenging to say the least. Many bond agents and brokers have access to more than 30 surety company markets, and there can be important distinctions between each of them ...

SPONSORED CONTENT FROM Old Republic Surety Posted by Rich Sghiatti Underbilling occurs when work you’ve completed hasn’t been billed or costs you’ve incurred haven’t been reimbursed. Nearly every contractor has some underbilling from time to time. But underbilling can hurt your cash flow and eat into your profits. Worst case: You may actually lose money on a job if you ...

SPONSORED CONTENT FROM Old Republic Surety Posted by Alan Pavlic No one likes it when a job goes south. The owner loses money, subcontractors don’t get paid, and there can be costly litigation. In short, it’s in everyone’s best interest to prevent a performance default and get the job back on track. From a surety company’s perspective, mitigating a potential ...

SPONSORED CONTENT FROM Old Republic Surety Posted by Erik Mueller Most construction companies in the U.S. are owned by an individual or the members of a family. Yet, according to the Family Business Alliance, only 30% of family-owned businesses survive into the second generation, and just 12% remain viable into the third generation. That means when owners are ready to retire, ...

SPONSORED CONTENT FROM Liberty Mutual Surety Energy bonds are required for many different projects.  Maybe your customer needs to plug a well or perhaps they need restore land to its previous state after installing solar panels.  Whatever the obligation, there’s a lot that goes into underwriting energy bonds and you need to make sure you are working with an underwriter ...

SPONSORED CONTENT FROM Old Republic Surety Posted by Darrel Lamb, CPCU, AFSB Western Civilization has had two powerful influences – the traditions of the Greeks and the Romans, and there is often conflict. The Greeks would refer to the god of the sea as Poseidon, where the Romans would call him Neptune. For the Romans, the god of wine would ...

SPONSORED CONTENT FROM Liberty Mutual Surety The benefits of using drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the construction industry are well documented and their use is becoming more prevalent. But how can drones help contractors get bonded? Simply put, drones can positively influence one or more of the three C’s of surety underwriting (Character, Capacity, and Capital), which underwriters ...

SPONSORED CONTENT FROM OLD REPUBLIC SURETY Posted by Scot Albrinck, AFSB Surety bonds and letters of credit (LOCs) both provide risk management for construction or development projects. To know which is appropriate to use, it helps to understand their differences. A surety bond is a three-party agreement among: The principal, who is the primary party who’ll perform the work (i.e., the obligation).The ...

SPONSORED CONTENT FROM OLD REPUBLIC SURETY Posted by Wayne Messick, AFSB Like it or not, ownership and management changes are a certainty in construction. According to FMI, every construction company that isn’t publicly traded will go through an ownership transition — usually every 25 to 30 years. With baby-boomer retirements on the rise, those changes are occurring with greater frequency. A ...

SPONSORED CONTENT FROM OLD REPUBLIC SURETY By Scot Albrinck, AFSB Growing up in a family that owned an electrical contracting business, I was always surrounded by a strong work ethic and dedication to the business. While my role was focused on pulling wire, bolting on stadium light pegs in the middle of winter, and sweeping floors, the heartbeat of the ...