A surety relationship provides business advantages.

Establishing and maintaining a surety relationship has tremendous advantages for construction businesses of all sizes.

Surety bonds:

  • Enhance your competitiveness by aligning you with resources and with business advisors interested in your long-term growth and success.
  • Demonstrate your qualifications to perform the contracts you seek to be awarded.
  • Are indicators of your credibility and stability within your marketplace.
  • Provide independent evaluation and protection when you are involved in contract disputes.

Surety bonds help contractors address subcontractor failure risk.

Surety bonds help contractors address subcontractor failure risk.

Subcontract bonds:

  • Transfer the risk of subcontractor default from you to the surety company.
  • Through the rigorous prequalification process, help assure that the subcontractor is qualified to perform the subcontract work.
  • Protect you from paying twice for the same work and materials if the subcontractor fails to pay its subcontractors and suppliers.
  • Protect you from liens against private property if the subcontractor fails to pay its subcontractors and suppliers.
  • Cause you to be viewed favorably by your own surety company and lender.