1.5 CPE Credits

Get a glimpse into a surety underwriter’s mindset, from recognizing underwriting hot buttons to understanding financial metrics. The presenters will address emerging trends impacting surety, such as AI and bank-fronted surety, and will answer questions posed to sureties by contractors. The information provided could help to improve the dialogue between contractors and their sureties and ultimately allow for smoother surety relationships.

Learning Objectives

• Understand risk elements (e.g., financial metrics, debt profile, etc.) and emerging trends which are the focus of surety underwriting.
• Provide deep insight into the surety underwriting process and how underwriters approach risk.
• Explore concrete examples of red flags for surety underwriting and how contractors can address them.

Speaker: Mike Bond, Markel Surety