Contract Surety Bonds: Understanding Today's Market

The new PowerPoint® presentation, Contract Surety Bonds: Understanding Today’s Market, explains the current state of the surety industry and comes complete with speaker’s notes, which provide an insightful narrative. 

The presentation addresses the recent history of the industry, including a look at surety in the 1990s and early 2000s; premiums and loss records from 1990-2003; a comparison of top writers in 1990 vs. 2003; and construction industry statistics. After explaining what lead up to the current market, today’s conditions are discussed. The bulk of the slides then explore today’s underwriting, premiums, claims, and value placed on a surety relationship. 

To download a zipped version, click here. Contract Surety Bonds: Understanding Today’s Market is also available on CD or color overheads by contacting SIO at sio@sio.org; (202) 686-7463.