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Great American Insurance Company, Canadian Branch, the specialty property and casualty insurer, is pleased to announce that Great American Insurance Company – Canadian Branch has obtained licenses to write Trade Credit Insurance in AB, BC, MB, NS, ON, and SK.

This expands Great American Insurance Com...

11/05/2017 09:50 AM

The Small Business Administration has introduced changes to its Surety Bond Guarantee Program that aim to present better opportunities for small-scale contractors. The new rules apply as of September 20, 2017 and was published in the Federal Register in August 2017.

The most important amendment raise...

11/02/2017 08:58 AM

Toronto, Oct. 30, 2017 — Trisura Group Ltd.(“Trisura”) and RSA Canada (“RSA”) are pleased to announce the transition of RSA’s contract and commercial surety business in Canada to Trisura Guarantee Insurance Company (“Trisura Guarantee”). RSA’s Canadian surety portfolio consist of approximately 450 c...

10/31/2017 12:58 PM

A United States District Court ruled that there are instances where a surety and its broker could face liability for its principal’s violation of the Federal Government’s False Claim Act.

In United States ex rel. Scollick v. Narula, 2017 WL 3268857 (July 31, 2017), an individual whistleblower brought...

10/27/2017 03:03 PM

Liberty Mutual has agreed to pay all cost overruns associated with delays in the completion of Clearfield Municipal Authority’s new waste water treatment plant, announced CMA Engineer Jim Balliet of Gwin. Dobson & Foreman.

In May 2014 CMA began a $35 million project to construct its waste water t...

10/21/2017 11:45 AM