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PITTSBURGH – A surety bond issuer alleges it was damaged by several contractors/subcontractors because of a breach of indemnity agreements.

Developers Surety and Indemnity Co. (Amtrust) filed a complaint on Oct. 19 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Iron City ...

11/21/2017 01:40 PM

Contract surety could be a good business to get into in the next few years.

A Canadian construction boom is needed to address the infrastructure deficit across the country – and that means an increased demand for contract surety bonds. One player on top of the trend is Trisura Guarantee Insurance Com...

11/15/2017 02:26 PM

A construction subcontractor that was not fully paid and whose claim on a surety bond was denied had its case heard Tuesday before the Supreme Court of Canada.

In 2009, Langford Electric Ltd. subcontracted directional drilling work to Valard Construction Ltd. on a Suncor Energy oil sands project near...

11/13/2017 11:25 AM

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today its most active surety companies and agencies for fiscal year (FY) 2017, which contributed to increases in the Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Program's activity.

"FY2017 yielded impressive num...

11/09/2017 08:42 AM

United States of America vs Walsh Construction Company II, LLC, Walsh Global, LLC and Travelers Casualty & Surety Company 1:2017cv04460

A Chicago-based contracting firm on Tuesday sued an insurance company and a surety bond provider for at least $6 million in D.C. federal court, alleging they fai...

11/07/2017 10:03 AM