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TORONTO, May 9, 2017 – Northbridge Financial Corporation is expanding its product line to include surety bonds.

Starting June 1, 2017, businesses across Canada will have access to an extensive selection of contract and commercial bonding solutions.

“Northbridge is now open for surety business,” says S...

CLEVELAND, May 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Heritage Insurance Company today announced a program to provide surety bonds to applicants for Ohio's Medical Marijuana Program. Continental Heritage, based in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, is an insurance carrier rated A- by AM Best.

Edward Feighan, an ow...

Intact Financial Corp (IFC.TO), Canada's largest property and casualty insurer, said it would buy U.S.-based specialty insurer OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd (OB.N) for $1.7 billion, creating a specialty insurer focused on small- and mid-sized businesses.

The $18.10 cash offer represented a 15.3 perce...

Law360, New York (April 24, 2017, 5:18 PM EDT) -- A surety bond company has agreed to pay just under $10 million to settle claims that a customer, debt-settlement payment processor Meracord LLC, charged illegal fees to debt-relief customers. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland will pay $9.875 milli...

Shift since the Great Recession toward increasingly complex projects with shorter deadlines has placed increased, novel risks on construction contractors

A major shift in the construction industry as it has recovered from the Great Recession is increasingly complex building projects with shorter dead...