The Value of NASBP Membership

Below are how NASBP members, their clients and NASBP strategic partners value NASBP and NASBP membership.

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“What we look for in an agent is a broad perspective on the industry and an awareness of the trends and issues that could affect our business. We’ve never found an agency with these abilities who was not an active member of NASBP.”
– Don Shaw, President and CEO, ISEC, Inc., Englewood, CO (building interiors specialty contractor)

“How do you keep up with all of the trends in our industry? How do you establish open and honest relationships? Or ask a client tough questions about performance shortfalls? Where do you learn that?”
– Ed Heine, Executive Vice President, Payne Financial Group, Inc., Missoula, MT

“I consider my NASBP membership to be an investment that has produced a significant bottom-line benefit to my business.”
– Carl Dohn, Jr., President, Dohn & Associates, Palatine, IL

“Once, a client’s bond requirements exceeded the threshold that the surety’s local office could approve. A few days later, I had dinner with top execs from the surety company at an NASBP conference. The next day, I had the approval I needed.”
– Craig Hansen, Senior Vice President, Holmes Murphy & Associates, Inc., West Des Moines, IA

“Every time you turn around, someone, somewhere is working to undermine our product.”
– Larry McMahon, First Vice President/Surety Manager, Alliant Insurance Services, Inc., San Diego, CA

“I don’t have time to reinvent the wheel. And if I did, it wouldn’t be as good as something created by NASBP with its perspective on, and commitment to, our industry.”
– Bill Maroney, Senior Vice President, City Underwriting Agency, Inc., Lake Success, NY

“The producer’s insight on surety relationships, risk management issues, and market forces provides specialty contractors with critical information to direct their businesses on successful paths.”
– Dan Walter, President of the Associated Specialty Contractors, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer of the National Electrical Contractors Association, Bethesda, MD

“The opportunities to network, to form lasting relationships, and to make a difference in our industry are some of the tangible rewards of my NASBP experience. The more involved I have become, the more my business has benefited.”
– Sarah Finn, National Surety Senior Vice President, IMA of Colorado, Inc., Denver, CO

“Why do surety companies prefer to work with NASBP agencies? Because they know they will be working with the very best.”
– Kurt Lundblad, Vice President, Cedarleaf, Cedarleaf & Cedarleaf, Inc., St. Paul, MN

“Surety companies regard our members as the best in the business. They expect—and they get—better qualified submissions.”
– Steve Cory, President, Cory, Tucker & Larrowe, Inc., Metairie, LA