Article: Trouble ahead: with the construction slump expected to linger, surety insurers ponder their next moves.(Property/Casualty: Surety and Fidelity)(Statistical table)(Company rankings)

Article: A Closer Look: Surety Writers Nervously Optimistic ...
A.M. Best Newswire;  April 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... and global shipments of goods, surety writers have a huge stake in a strong ... 2001) that the "volatile surety line may be the next big area to blow ... downturn is the "quake event" for surety writers and they have seen loss frequency ...

Article: Surety writers cautious about 1992. (California & ...
National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;  April 6, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... performances by both the construction and banking industries and plummeting tax revenues for all level of government, Western surety writers managed to hold their own in 1991. But with analysts predicting the recession is likely to be longer and deeper in California ...

Article: Amir Paper to market "Surety" line in Israel. (Amir ...
Israel Business Today;  May 6, 1994 ;     566 words ...Amir Paper Products signed an agreement with U.S.-based Confab to market its "Surety" line of adult incontinence products in Israel, Amir Managing Director Yoav Nir announced. The products, which are discreet and odor ...

Article: A history of consolidation.(Surety )
Best's Review;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... From the primary market standpoint, there has been considerable consolidation in the surety line in recent years. In fact, a look at the leading surety writers in 1992 vs. the lineup 10 years later shows that six of the top 10 in 1992 no longer ...

Article: Keeping House.(construction, property/casualty market)
Best's Review;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... spirals downward, surety writers are hoping the construction ... shipments of goods, surety writers have a huge stake in ... that the "volatile surety line may be the next big ... quake event" for surety writers, and they have seen ...

Article: Bankrupt Kmart Cites Surety as One of Many Problems.
A.M. Best Newswire;  January 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... developed over a number of years--surety writers became reluctant to guarantee Kmart ... Schroeder wrote that the "volatile surety line may be the next big area to blow up ... economic downturn is a "quake event" for surety writers, and loss frequency had already been ...

Article: BestWeek: Surety Insurers have Stake in Strong Economy; Nevada ...
A.M. Best Newswire;  April 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... according to the article, "Surety Writers Are Nervously Optimistic as Economy ... and global shipments of goods, surety writers have a huge stake in a strong ... 2001), that the "volatile surety line may be the next big area to blow ...