Industry Partnerships

SFAA partners with various organizations to promote the value of surety and fidelity. SFAA is member of the Transportation Construction Coalition, which focuses on federal budget and surface transportation program policy issues. The association is also a member of the Construction Industry Procurement Coalition, which promotes common sense procurement reforms that benefit the government, taxpayers, small businesses and the entire industry. Learn more about our partnerships below.

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Related Organizations

Partner organizations in the Surety and Fidelity industry include:

ACORD - Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development

The Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD) is a global non-profit standards development organization. ACORD’s mission is to facilitate the development and use of open consensus data standards and standard forms to help improve information sharing across the insurance industry. ACORD members include hundreds of insurance and reinsurance companies, agents and brokers, industry associations, and solution providers.

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AIA - American Insurance Association

The American Insurance Association (AIA) is the trade association for today’s leaders in the property-casualty insurance industry.

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AGC - Associated General Contractors

The Associated General Contractors of America, the voice of the construction industry, is an organization of qualified construction contractors and industry related companies dedicated to skill, integrity and responsibility. Operating in partnership with its Chapters, the Association provides a full range of services satisfying the needs and concerns of its members, thereby improving the quality of construction and protecting the public interest.

Visit www.agc.org for more information.

APCIA - American Property and Casualty Insurance Association

The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) is the primary national trade association for home, auto, and business insurers. APCIA promotes and protects the viability of private competition for the benefit of consumers and insurers, with a legacy dating back 150 years. APCIA members represent all sizes, structures, and regions—protecting families, communities, and businesses in the U.S. and across the globe.

With main offices in Chicago and Washington D.C., APCIA serves as a proactive industry thought leader and promotes APCIA’s principles of good insurance regulation to all policymakers through the work of advocacy teams in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Visit www.apcia.org for more information.

Department of the Treasury’s Listing of Certified Companies

Treasury Department, Circular 570, Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds.

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ICISA - International Credit Insurance & Surety Association

The International Credit Insurance & Surety Association (ICISA) provides a forum for the continuous exchange of ideas and information, in order to support improving and developing the specialized services its members give the business world.

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ISA - International Surety Association

The International Surety Association (ISA) was founded by The Surety Association of America, the International Credit Insurance Association and The Surety Association of Canada to promote the use of surety bonds worldwide.

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IRMI - International Risk Management Institute

IRMI helps insurance and risk management professionals do a better job by providing Content, Conferences, Continuing Education, and Certifications.

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MBDI - Minority Business Development Institute

Through education and advocacy, the Minority Business Development Institute’s mission is to assist the emerging contractor population to develop socio-economic parity by addressing business issues that create barriers to success. At MBDI we pledge to help build the managerial, operational and financial functions of minority and women owned contracting firms to prepare them to get bonded and permanently increase their opportunities, productivity and future profitability.

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NASBP - National Association of Surety Bond Producers

National Association of Surety Bond Producers – Professionals in Surety Bonding

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PASA - Pan American Surety Association

The Panamerican Surety Association is a not-for-profit organization which was founded in 1972 by a group of sureties from the American continent. Today, with members from 35 countries in three continents, PASA represents the world market of suretyship and credit insurance and reinsurance thereof.

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SBA - Small Business Administration

U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Surety Guarantees

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TSF - The Surety Foundation

The educational arm of SFAA.

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Thomson Reuters - Federal Publications

A leader in construction contracting, government contracting, and immigration law.

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UNCITRAL - United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

The core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law. A legal body with universal membership specializing in commercial law reform worldwide for over 50 years, UNCITRAL’s business is the modernization and harmonization of rules on international business.

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Wolters Kluwer

Order standard fidelity forms.

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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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