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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 Scot Albrinck, AFSB As bond managers, we always look for ways to help our agents, contractors and project owners better understand surety. It can be a pretty arcane subject, and not everyone who has a hand in the process is familiar with bonding. But that doesn’t mean we still don’t get the ...

Sponsored Content by Old Republic Surety Posted by Wayne Messick, AFSB We often get questions about the indemnity part of surety, especially regarding spousal indemnity. Contractors often understand the need to obtain a surety bond if the owner of the project requires it, but an indemnity agreement can come as a surprise if they’ve never been bonded before. It helps ...

Sponsored Content from Old Republic Surety Posted by Erik Mueller “Can you send me a WIP that goes with this statement?” “Can you send me the fiscal year-end statement with WIP?” I’m sure you’ve heard those questions or some variation of them too many times to count. But have you ever wondered why we specifically ask for a Work in Progress schedule ...

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 ...