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OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The February issue of Best’s Review includes the following exclusive rankings:

Largest Surety Insurers

Largest MENA Insurers

Best’s Review is AM Best’s monthly insurance magazine, covering emerging issues and trends and evaluating their impact on the marketplace. Access ...



02/20/2026 12:49 AM

Ottawa’s latest federal budget promises roughly $115 billion in infrastructure spending over five years – a pipeline of mega‑projects that will reshape roads, hospitals, ports and power systems across Canada. For contractors and their brokers, it looks like a once‑in‑a‑generation opportunity.

From a ...

02/18/2026 10:45 PM

The surety put escrow controls in place - so how did the money slip through?


A surety's playbook for managing a troubled contractor worked — until it allegedly didn't.

Frankenmuth Insurance Company filed suit on February 12, 2026, in the US District Court for the District of Maryland, accusing contrac...


02/16/2026 11:44 PM

In a Federal Register Notice (FRN) published on February 13,2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a proposed rule to require the submission of bonds to be done electronically in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

This proposed rule aims to improve the bond process by “redu...

02/16/2026 02:26 PM

The insurance industry is often described as slow to innovate. The diagnosis is familiar, and so is the prescription: better portals, better dashboards, better user experiences. Every year brings a new wave of front-end solutions promising to "modernize" an industry that has existed for ce...
02/15/2026 08:48 AM