Archive for: April 2019

An employee’s accidental death on the job, as well as any serious injury, can impact a contractor in several ways. First, an injury can result in a higher experience modification rate, which is what insurance carriers use to determine how much contractors will pay for workers’ compensation premiums. The...

BOSTON, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Liberty Mutual Insurance announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the global surety and credit reinsurance operations of AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (AmTrust), a multinational property and casualty insurer specializing in coverage for small to midsized businesses. Upon closing, Liberty Mutual will acquire four AmTrust businesses:  AmTrust Surety,...

Coface strengthens its market position in the Adriatic region by acquiring SID – PKZ, the leading credit insurance company in Slovenia Coface announces today the acquisition of SID – PKZ, the market leader in credit insurance in Slovenia with a high market share. As Coface has acquired all SID...

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 11, 2019–The XBRL US Surety Working Group, today announced the publication of a draft release of the Contractor Financials Taxonomy, which contains data standards to capture income statement and balance sheet information about contractors. The taxonomy was created by starting with an initial set of data...

A continuing bond, also called continuous bond, is a financial guarantee or a suretyship that renews automatically until it is canceled. Continuing bonds do not expire as long as the client makes the required payment for each renewal. In other words, it has an indefinite term. A continuing bond...

A common practice in cities across Canada is that residential land developers are required to post letters of credit (LOC) prior to securing land development approvals to offset potential risks posed by such costs as site servicing and deferred levy payments. “The letter of credit is a form of...