Series C · Commercial

Commercial

Fidelity, public official, and miscellaneous. Commercial surety covers the bonds that sit beside a license or a jobsite: employee dishonesty, public official, lost-instrument, and a long tail of miscellaneous forms.

Who posts these

Property managers, financial-services firms, public officials, and businesses whose clients require a fidelity or miscellaneous bond.

Money, roughly

Wide — many forms start under $500/year; large fidelity schedules scale with exposure

Forms in this series

  • Fidelity / employee dishonesty
  • Public official bonds
  • Lost instrument bonds
  • Customs bonds
  • ERISA bonds

Related researched forms: Fidelity Bond , License & Permit Bond

Desks on this series

Register entries that list this category

IFI remains first. Carriers still need an appointed agent.

01 Preferred
Agency Alpharetta, GA Cornerstone Network Preferred Partner Nationwide placement

Integrity First Insurance

Georgia agency for licensing-grade surety inside the Cornerstone network

Cornerstone Network Preferred Partner

Editor’s preferred partner Founded 2021 (5 yrs)
02 Register
Carrier Brookfield, WI Nationwide placement

Old Republic Surety

Brookfield, Wisconsin underwriter — A+ Superior, all 50 states

Public-signal score 82 AM Best A+ (Superior), FSC XV — as of 11 Apr 2025 on their page Founded 1923 (103 yrs)
03 Register
Carrier Woodcliff Lake, NJ Nationwide placement

Colonial Surety Company

Direct-writing carrier since 1930 — AM Best A, all U.S. jurisdictions

Public-signal score 79 AM Best A (Excellent) Founded 1930 (96 yrs)
04 Register
Carrier West Des Moines, IA Nationwide placement

Merchants Bonding Company

Surety-only mutual, West Des Moines — writing since 1933

Public-signal score 67 AM Best A (Excellent) Founded 1933 (93 yrs)
05 Register
Agency Pipersville, PA Nationwide placement

JW Surety Bonds

Family-owned Pennsylvania agency writing since 2003

Public-signal score 64 BBB A+ (accredited) · BBB — J.W. Bond Consultants, Pipersville, PA Founded 2003 (23 yrs)
06 Register
Agency Columbia, MO Nationwide placement

SuretyBonds.com

Columbia, Missouri online agency — licensed in all 50 states

Public-signal score 62 BBB A+ (accredited) · BBB profile — SuretyBonds.com, Columbia, MO Founded 2009 (17 yrs)
07 Register
Agency Doylestown, PA Nationwide placement

Lance Surety Bonds

Doylestown agency — license, contract, court, and fidelity

Public-signal score 62 BBB A+ (accredited) · BBB — Lance Surety Bonds, Doylestown, PA Founded 2010 (16 yrs)
08 Register
Carrier Indianapolis, IN Nationwide placement

American Surety Company

Indianapolis commercial surety — 1993, all 50 states, Core Specialty

Public-signal score 55 AM Best A (Excellent) — group / company-published Founded 1993 (33 yrs)

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