Summer is a busy time for bond producers and their contractor clients. Between work on the job site, vacations, meetings, and more, it might be hard to connect with every potential client.

The NASBP Producer Communications Toolkit 2.0 has resources that are easy to share as a follow-up email to a client or potential client. These resources offer useful information for contractors about surety bonding and construction.

Subcontract Bonds: Four Times When General Contractors Need Subcontract Bonds
This article describes four instances when a general contractor should require a subcontract bond on a project and provides fundamentals to help contractors make decisions about subcontract bonds. This is great to share with GCs who are unsure about requiring surety bonds from their subcontractors.

What You Need to Know About Joint Ventures in the Construction Industry
This set of articles gives an in-depth introduction to joint ventures (JVs), including looking at factors that contractors and their surety team should consider before joining a JV. This is helpful for contractor clients that are looking to begin working with a joint venture, especially clients looking at joining a JV to pursue Small Business Administration contracts.

10 Tips to Improve Construction Site Project Communications
This article is easy to share with all contractor clients, as it lists practices to ensure effective communication on the jobsite and between all construction project stakeholders.

Always Verify Your Bond!
This one-pager gives clients a two-step process to help verify the authenticity of every contract surety bond before acceptance. This is great to share with potential and current clients to ensure they build good habits.

These are just some of the valuable, free tools NASBP bond producers will find in the NASBP Producer Communications Toolkit 2.0 to help them promote the surety product to construction project stakeholders, including project owners, lenders, architects, and contractors.

Check out NASBP’s social media posts every Friday to learn more about the new NASBP Toolkit 2.0 resources. Visit the Toolkit 2.0 to learn more. #BeGuaranteedToSucceed #surety.