NASBP 2015 Highlights: Year in Review

I’ve always felt so fortunate in my career choice and have found being a surety professional to be a dynamic and rewarding role. However, it’s a role which requires me not only to stay on top of trends, but also to acquire skills and knowledge as new challenges and opportunities emerge for my clients and for the surety industry at large. The landscape for our surety clients has changed dramatically over the last 20 years from the dominance of competitive bidding to the advent of negotiated procurements, and, in recent years, to the emergence of public- private partnerships, also known as P3s, to assist public authorities with undertaking infrastructure projects in the absence of adequate public funding, Luckily, I have not had to understand and navigate these trends and changes alone; NASBP has been my bedrock for resources, networking, and assistance…