Research & Statistics

Providing industry research to the public and our members

The Surety and Fidelity Association of America is a designated statistical agent for all states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (with the exception of Texas). It conducts data calls of surety and fidelity statistics and produces reports for regulatory agencies, SFAA Members and Premier Partners, and the public at large.

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Reports Produced for Members

Statistical Reports: Financial Statement Data

Top 100 Writers of Fidelity and Surety Bonds

Exhibits showing the rankings of the top 100 writers of fidelity bonds and the top 100 writers of surety bonds. The ranking includes only those members and statistical affiliates of the SFAA which have furnished the association with copies of their Annual Statements.

Fifty Largest Writers by State

Exhibits showing the rankings of the fifty largest writers of fidelity bonds and the fifty largest writers of surety bonds for each state and U.S. territory.

Quarterly Results

This report presents the year-to-date aggregate surety and fidelity results for direct premium written, direct premium earned, direct losses incurred, and loss ratio.

Statistical Reports: Statistical Plan Data

Cause of Loss Experience Financial Institutions Bonds

This report reflects the consolidated results of all companies which report statistics to the SFAA in accordance with the SFAA Fidelity and Surety Statistical Plan. It provides the breakdown of fidelity losses paid on a peril-by-peril basis for each of the major categories of bonds.

Fifty Largest Writers by State

Exhibits showing the rankings of the fifty largest writers of fidelity bonds and the fifty largest writers of surety bonds for each state and U.S. territory.

Quarterly Results

This report presents the year-to-date aggregate surety and fidelity results for direct premium written, direct premium earned, direct losses incurred, and loss ratio. Quarterly totals from 2001 to the present are included, as well as charts graphing the historical results.

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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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