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construction worker carrying hardhat FastBond: Simplifying Smaller Bid Performance and Payment Bonds for Agents and Contractors “We’ve targeted tight turnaround times from submission to approval using Old Republic Surety’s (ORS) FastBond process — the faster, the better,” says Todd Taylor, ...
skyline with arrows indicating growth opportunity Taking Your Construction Company to the Next Level There are many ways to grow a business, but the first step is to understand how you got to where you are, then decide what you need to do next to take your ...
Soup with acronym letters The Alphabet Soup of Federal Contracting A day in the life of a contract surety underwriter almost always includes wading through dozens of acronyms in bid documents and contracts. There are acronyms for ...
Internet Search 7 Tips to Help Your Agency Show Up Online It has been said that if Google can’t find you no one can. That’s certainly the case with commercial surety bonds, a product that many small contractors first ...
PNC Park Old Republic Surety Goes High-Tech with Pittsburgh Pirates Video Project A major league ballpark can be a feast for the senses, from colorful fan gear to a tasty barbecue sandwich. There’s always plenty of action down on the field, but ...
Pay it Forward Campaign Charity Year in Review 2023 "We do what we can to help others achieve more." A motto that Old Republic Surety employees believe in so strongly that it is engrained in our core value of ...
Eclipse with Sun, Moon, and Earth Lessons from the Eclipse: Contractors need not tremble at indemnity agreements A narrow 60-mile-wide path across the Unites States from Texas to Maine will witness a total eclipse of the sun on April 8, 2024. Solar eclipses are visible ...
Construction worker inspecting job site Private-Project Bonds Have Unique Underwriting Issues There are several issues specific to construction bonds for privately funded projects that make them substantially different from publicly funded endeavors. For ...
Contractors looking at overpass construction Surety Bonds Protect Taxpayers and Subs for Public Projects Did you know that subcontractors, material suppliers and laborers working on a public project cannot place a lien on such projects? That’s why performance and ...
Group of contractors talking on construction site The Benefits of Requiring Subcontractor Bonding If a general contractor retains the primary liability for the completion of a project whether subcontractors are bonded or not, what is the big benefit in ...

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