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Surety bonds are often associated with insurance. This is understandable for a few reasons. Bonds provide coverage for losses that are incurred and are often sold by insurance agents. The difference however is that with surety bonds they must be noted where as regular insurance does not. In the article below we will discuss several…
Read more January 14, 2016The Connecticut Business & Industry Association reports that small businesses will have more contracting opportunities beginning in 2017. A law recently signed by President Obama increases the maximum Small Business Administration surety bond guarantee percentage from the current 70 percent to 90 percent. “This is the first significant legislative change to the surety bond guarantee…
Read more December 28, 2015A construction surety bond is commonly known as a contractor’s license bond. It is used to make sure that a construction project is completed as stated within a given contract. In the event that the contractor is unable to complete said contract on time, within budget or other ramifications stated within the contract the surety…
Read more December 28, 2015There are three basic type of bonds used within the construction industry. They are the bid bond, the performance bond and the payment bond. These three basic types of bonds are used to guarantee that contractor will perform the work contracted, at the price contracted within the period of time contracted. If this doesn’t occur…
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Welcome to the third edition of Onvia’s Legal Landscape, a series designed to provide government contractors with a quick, but thorough, summary of important legal developments in government contracting and a plain-English explanation as to how these developments may affect contractors. In this issue, we discuss recent trends in federal, state and local government contracting….
Read more November 30, 2015In this installment of surety bonds we will continue to look at major points of the claim process in auto dealer surety bonds. Eligibility Only certain consumers are eligible to process a claim against the auto dealerships surety bond. – Consumer Purchaser: Most of the claims that a consumer will make are related to the…
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