Surety Information Office News

November Construction Executive Surety Supplement Published 

The Surety Information Office annual surety section has been published in the November 2014 edition of Construction Executive magazine. The section contains the 2014 Surety Market Overview and Executive Insights as well as articles from leaders in the surety industry.

You may download a copy of the section from the SIO.org web site or at the SFAA website. Thank you to all who participated, especially the surety industry executives, for your time and support.

SIO Awards

Thanks to everyone who has been promoting surety throughout the year. You have less than two months to submit promotional activities before the year ends. Nomination forms for the 2014 awards are due Friday, February 6, 2015. We look forward to recognizing year’s outstanding surety professionals for their hard work. Please review the entry information and criteria carefully. These details, along with the nomination forms, can be found on the SIO Awards Page  or http://awards.suretyinfo.org.

Time to Update Your LSA Directory Listings

Please visit the Local Surety Association LSA Directory, review the roster of officers for your local surety association, and submit the updated contact information to Stephanie Robichaux at srobichaux@surety.org by Wednesday, December 31, 2014. If your LSA holds elections after this deadline, please let us know when we should expect to receive your update. It is important to maintain up-to-date contact information for your officers because hundreds of visitors to the SIO website access this directory throughout the year looking for local contacts for their surety questions or concerns. Change of addresses and/or new officer information can be submitted throughout the year by contacting Stephanie Robichaux at srobichaux@surety.org.

What’s New at SIO.Org 
For a summary of the latest brochures and web articles posted to the SIO.org website, see the CEO Comments in this issue of Pipeline.

The Surety Information Office (SIO), formed in 1993, disseminates information about the benefits of contract and other forms of surety bonding in private and public construction. SIO, a virtual office, is supported by the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP), www.nasbp.org, and The Surety & Fidelity Association of America (SFAA), www.surety.org. For information on the benefits of surety bonds in construction and in other contexts, visit www.sio.org or contact SIO at sio@sio.org.