BY TODD R. REGAN CRITICS OF THE use of surety bonds often point to perceived delays in the resolution of performance bond claims as a basis for turning to alternate forms of performance guarantees, such a letter of credit (LOC) or subcontractor default insurance (SDI). In order to address these concerns and to meet the particular needs of public private ...

Federal government contractors, especially those who do business with the Department of Defense (DoD), should expect cybersecurity to continue to be an area of great concern to the federal government. On November 4, 2010, President Obama issued Executive Order 13556, Controlled Unclassified Information. The purpose of the executive order was to establish a uniform program for the federal executive agencies ...

By Kathy Hoffman On Dec. 5, 2017, Bill 142 passed unanimously in the Ontario Legislature, requiring public construction work to be protected by performance and payment bonds. The bill, which was fully supported by the Surety Association of Canada and other industry stakeholders, serves to modernize payment protocols in Ontario’s Construction Lien Act. “We’ve just been successful in introducing mandatory ...

By Martha Perkins Whether you are a bond producer, owner, contractor, or subcontractor, success in the construction industry is largely an exercise in risk management—and construction contracts serve as a powerful tool to allocate those risks across parties. That is why it is so important to understand their intricacies. We asked Scott Walters, an attorney at the law firm of Smith, ...