The Surety & Fidelity Association of America (formerly known as The Surety Association of America) is a trade association consisting of companies that collectively write the majority of surety and fidelity bonds in the United States.
These are the bonds that facilitate commerce, assist economic development, and protect consumers, taxpayers, and businesses in a variety of ways, such as:
| guaranteeing the completion of construction projects, such as schools, roads, office buildings, and hospitals; |
Follow SFAA:
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| assuring the payment of contractors; |
| helping achieve compliance with state laws; |
| and protecting against breach of fiduciary responsibilities. |
What's New
*** The new SFAA website is coming on Monday, January, 30, 2012.
Members and Subscribers will be sent their new personal login information on the morning of 1/30/2012. ***
FINRA
Rider Filing Status Report posted for Members (1/27/2012)
SFAA Progress Report with
the New York State Bonding Initiative (1/27/2012)
House Small
Business Committee to Address SBA Bond Guarantee Program (1/24/2012)
Annual State Legislative Reports - Final 2011 Edition:
Commercial Surety;
Contract Surety;
Fidelity
posted for Members (1/24/2012)
Claims updates posted for Members:
2003-2012
Bail Cases by State;
2003-2012
Fidelity Cases
(Indexed by Topic);
2003-2012
Surety Cases
(Indexed by Topic) (1/23/2012)
News Release:
SFAA Tells
Congress to Let Smaller Construction Contracts, Protect Workers on
Projects (1/17/2012)
SFAA Will Tell
Congress to Let Smaller Contracts and Protect Workers and Suppliers on
Projects (1/12/2012)
Testimony of Lynn M.
Schubert Before the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee
Panel on Business Challenges within the Defense Industry - "Doing Business
with DOD: Unique Challenges Faced by Small and Midsize Businesses" (1/12/2012)
Kentucky Responds to
SFAA Comments and Lowers Bond Amount for Real Estate Appraisal Companies (1/12/2012)
SFAA
Fidelity and Surety Statistical Plan (1/12/2012)
Call for
2011 Statistics (1/12/2012)
Form 14, 15, 24
and 25 Revision Filing Status Report posted for Members (1/10/2012)
Final 2010 Top 50 reports posted for
Members
and Subscribers
(1/10/2012)
Final
Industry IEE Data
reports for 2010 posted for
Members
and Subscribers
(1/10/2012)
Status of the 2012
State Legislative Sessions posted for Members (1/10/2012)
Comprehensive Legislative Reports - January 2012
Commercial
Surety;
Contract
Surety;
Fidelity
posted for Members
(1/9/2012)
CPP & CPP for
Public Entities/F.I. Rules Manual Location Charge Revision Filing posted for
Members (12/21/2011)
3rd Quarter 2011 Results and Quarterly Top 100 reports (Quarterly
Results) updated for
Members
and Subscribers
(12/20/2011)
Onerous Bond Form List updated for
Members
and Subscribers
(12/8/2011)
News Release: NASBP & SFAA Support
H.R. 3534, the "Security in Bonding Act of 2011", Introduced by Representatives
Richard Hanna (R-NY 24th) and Mick Mulvaney (R-SC 5th) (12/2/2011)
November/December 2011 Newsletter posted for
Members and
Subscribers
(12/1/2011)
2012 Loss
Severity Study Data Call posted for Members (12/1/2011)
The Human Resources Advisory Committee has released a new
Career
Testimonial Brochure to be used as a stand-alone piece or in conjunction
with the fidelity and surety recruiting brochure released in 2010.
Both publications highlight career opportunities in fidelity and surety.
Members companies are free to print as desired. (11/29/2011)
Legislative Overview Reports - November 2011:
Commercial
Surety;
Contract
Surety;
Fidelity
posted for Members
(11/29/2011)
Subscribers
to SFAA Fidelity and Surety Case Summaries List updated for Members (11/21/2011)
Final 2010 Top 100 report for Surety posted for
Members
and Subscribers
(11/21/2011)
Loss Costs
Update Filing (Surety) 2011 Report posted for Members (11/18/2011)
Preliminary
2010 12-Year Class Experience Summary Reports posted for
Members and Subscribers
(11/10/2011)
Preliminary
2010 Class Experience Summaries posted
for Members and Subscribers
(11/10/2011)
Preliminary
2010 Countrywide Class Experience Summaries posted
for Members and Subscribers
(11/10/2011)
Construction
Executive - November 2011 (11/9/2011)
Statutory and
Regulatory Provisions Governing Fidelity and Surety Filing Requirements
updated
for Members (10/31/2011)
Additional 2011 End
of Legislative Session Reports posted for Members (10/19/2011)
Regulatory Reports - October 2011:
Commercial Surety;
Contract Surety;
Fidelity
posted for Members (10/14/2011)
Maryland
Bonding Education Program Yields First Success Story [external link to
U.S. DOT] (9/9/2011)
SFAA 2012 Goals and
Objectives for Legislation and
Projected Surety & Fidelity Legislative Issues in 2012
posted for Members(9/8/2011)
Final 2007, 2008, and 2009 FI Cause of Loss posted for
Members
and Subscribers
(8/30/2011)
Final
2009 5-Year Class Experience Reports posted for
Members
and Subscriber (8/30/2011)
Binder of Standard Fidelity
Forms
(effective May 1, 2011) updated for Members
and Subscribers
(7/26/2011)
Arizona
Endorsements/Riders (SE 90 36 07 11, SE 01 24 07 11, SR 6206a) posted for
Members (7/25/2011)
Verify Your Bond - 2011 Bond Obligee Guide
updated (7/15/2011)
FINRA Rider
Filing Announcement posted for Members (7/15/2011)
Fidelity and Forgery
Rules Manual updated for
Members
and Subscribers
(effective May 1, 2011, PR pages added 7/13/2011)
SFAA Reference Numbers, Filing
Descriptions and Effective Dates updated for Members (7/11/2011)
Educational Opportunity:
Commercial Surety Seminar, October 26-27, Chicago, IL (7/8/2011)
ENR 2011 Surety Market Report
posted (6/30/2011)
Surety Industry
Concerns with U.S. Senate Bill (S.223) "FAA Air Transportation Modernization and
Safety Improvement Act of 2011" (6/27/2011)
IT Survey
Summary Report posted for Members (6/17/2011)
Update on
Immigration Legislation and its Impact on Surety posted for Members (6/9/2011)
The Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") has established January 1, 2012 as
the effective date with regard to Rule 4360 (5/23/2011)
Performance
Bonds on Green Building Construction (5/20/2011)
103rd Annual
Meeting presentations;
2011-2012 Board of Directors list;
2011-2012
Advisory Committee list; and
2010-2011
Advisory Committee reports posted for Members (5/6/2011)
2010
Fast-Track Projections posted for
Members
and Subscribers
(5/5/2011)
Preliminary 2010 Top 100 report for Fidelity posted for
Members
and Subscribers
(4/22/2011)
Deadline for the Surety & Fidelity Industry Scholarship Program
application has been extended to May 31, 2011 (4/20/2011)
NAIC 2011
Spring National Meeting Report posted for Members (4/8/2011)
Baltimore Sun reports problems with
Individual Sureties (3/22/2011)
Lynn Schubert,
President, SFAA, stresses the importance of fidelity bonds in "Insurance, Surety
and Risk Management Outlook 2011" article, linked with permission from ENR
(3/18/2011)
SFAA testifies
on Maryland legislation to permit individual sureties to provide bonds on
private construction projects (3/4/2011)
Announcement:
Surety
and Fidelity Industry Scholarship Program for Minority Students 2011-2012
(3/1/2011)
EJCDC
Documents C-610 and C-615 posted for Members (2/8/2011)
Webinar: "The
Subdivision Bond Claims Process - Issues and Best Practices", January 26, 2011 - now available for purchase (2/3/2011)
News Release: Virginia - Senate Wants
to Study Bonding Issues (1/25/2011)
2010 Annual State Legislative Reports - Final Edition - posted for members:
Commercial Surety;
Contract Surety;
Fidelity (1/12/2011)
2011 Call for
Financial Statements (1/11/2011)
ABA Fidelity and Surety Law
Publications Available through the SFAA (9/14/2010)
Subscriber services now available to all in the industry who are ineligible to become members or foreign affiliates!
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