Industry News & Trends

• The June 16, 2008, issue of Engineering News-Record features SIO’s 2008 Surety Supplement.

• The November 2007 issue of the Associated Builders and Contractors’ Construction Executive features SIO’s 2007 Surety Section, which reaches 117,000 key construction decision-makers. Construction Executive reports that this year’s surety section is the biggest ever - exceeding last year’s award-winning, record-breaking issue.

• The Grant Thornton LLP 2007 Surety Survey examines NASBP-member surety bond producers’ perspectives of the surety marketplace for the construction industry.

• Mitigating Real Estate Construction Risk (November 2005 RMA Journal)

• Surety Bonds in Today’s Construction Market (May 2005 RMA Journal)

• Our Letters Are Not Their Bonds (February 2005 RMA Journal)

• Expert Commentary - The International Risk Management Institute (IRMI) offers a large collection of articles on the surety industry. Topics include: bonding tips and tactics by Rolf A. Neuschaefer; surety law and claims by Marilyn Klinger; and the surety industry perspective by Lynn Schubert.

• Statistical reports - The Surety & Fidelity Association of America (SFAA) now makes its statistical reports (free to SFAA members) available to non-members for purchase.

SFAA & NASBP News

• The Surety & Fidelity Association of America (SFAA) - “What’s New”
• The National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) - “What’s New”