Board of Directors

SFAA Board of Directors – thought leaders shaping the industry’s future

Robert Murray

Chair, SFAA, Executive Committee Member, and Head of Surety, Zurich North America

Robert Raney

Vice Chair, SFAA, Executive Committee Member, and Head of Construction Surety, Travelers Companies, Inc.

John F. Welch

Past Chair, SFAA, Executive Committee Member, and President & CEO, CNA Surety Group

Rick Ciullo

Executive Committee Member and Chief Operating Officer, The Hartford Insurance Group

Michael Keimig

Executive Committee Member and President & CEO, Markel Surety Corporation

Timothy Mikolajewski

Executive Committee Member and President, Global Surety, Liberty Mutual Group

Stephen Ruschak

Executive Committee Member and
Executive Vice President Surety, Arch Insurance Group

Antonio C. Albanese

Vice President – Head of Surety, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

Ken Bearley

President – Bond Division, Great American Insurance Companies

Ken Chapman

Executive Vice President - Surety, IAT Insurance Group

Stephen M. Haney

Division President, North America Surety & CUO, Global Surety, Chubb Surety

James Kawiecki

President of Surety, Hanover Insurance Group

Matt Lubin

President, Surety Division Crum &
Forster

Alan Pavlic

President/COO, Old Republic Surety Group

Sarina Puccio

Head of Credit and Surety, Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.

Michael Seff

Head of Surety, Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions

Gary Stumper

National Surety Leader, Westfield Group

Larry Taylor

President, Merchants Bonding Company Group

Lee Covington

President & CEO, SFAA

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News & Events

EY Report: Surety Bonding Provides Strong Economic Value and Strengthens Performance for Public and Private Construction Projects

November 17, 2022

A new study released today, The Economic Value of Surety Bonds, finds public and private construction projects protected by surety have lower rates of contractor default, lower cost of completion in the case of default, and are finished faster than non-bonded projects.

The Surety & Fidelity Association of America Foundation Awards 15 Students With $5,000 Scholarship

October 19, 2022

The Surety & Fidelity Association of America Foundation (SFAA Foundation) announced today the 15 students selected as recipients of a $5,000 scholarship as part of the Surety and Fidelity Intern and Scholarship Program for 2022.

SFAA Receives Prestigious 2022 ASAE Silver ‘Power of Associations’ Award for Federal Advocacy Campaign

October 14, 2022

The Surety & Fidelity Association of America (SFAA), a nonprofit, nonpartisan trade association representing all segments of the surety and fidelity industry, won the prestigious ASAE Silver Power of Associations Award for their TIFIA-Bonding Advocacy Campaign.

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