Surety Insurance Industry Competitors

ACA Capital, through its ACA Management subsidiary, provides asset management services for collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) built by pooling fixed-income assets, including bonds, loans, and credit swaps; investors in the company's CDOs include banks, money managers, hedge funds, and insurance companies....

ACSTAR does a stellar job covering contractors. ACSTAR writes commercial and contract surety bonds for prime contractors, environmental remediation and asbestos abatement contractors, and other standard and specialty trade contractors. The company also offers workers' compensation bonds, license and permit bonds, supply bonds, and other products....

Need some help ensuring the construction project you bid on will be paid for? International Fidelity Insurance (IFIC) doesn't mind acting the strongarm. Founded by the Singer Sewing Machine Company in 1904, IFIC provides surety insurance in all 50 US states; Washington, DC; and Puerto Rico....

Jacobs Financial Group, through its subsidiaries, provides investment advising, investment management, surety and property insurance, security brokerage, and related services. Subsidiaries include Jacobs & Co., which provides investment advisory services, and FS Investments (FSI), a holding company organized to develop surety business through the formation and acquisition of companies engaged in the issuance of surety bonds (bonds collateralized by accounts managed by Jacobs & Co.)....

Radian Asset Assurance backs up bonds. The Radian Group subsidiary, once known as Enhance Financial Services Group, insures and reinsures state and municipal bonds, collateralized debt obligations, and asset-backed securities and provides direct financial guarantees of smaller debt obligations....

Security Capital Assurance (SCA) sounds like a good place to get loans insured, but for now new customers will have to look elsewhere. SCA is a financial guaranty insurer -- the kind of insurance which covers bonds and other investments from the risk of default....

ACMAT does its part to wipe out asbestos. Originally a contracting firm focused on asbestos abatement, the company moved into the insurance industry when it was dropped by its own insurer. Through its ACSTAR Insurance subsidiary the company handles liability insurance and supply bonds to customers such as general, specialty trade, environmental, and asbestos and lead abatement contractors....

Ambac Financial Group gives an A+ to those school bonds. Ambac Assurance, the holding company's primary subsidiary, sells financial guarantee insurance and other credit enhancement products for municipal bonds in the US market. In the international market the company insures high-quality infrastructure, structured finance, and utility finance transactions....

Assured Guaranty brings some certainty to the risky world of investing. The Bermuda-based holding company provides financial guaranty insurance and reinsurance, as well as mortgage guaranty coverage, through its operating subsidiaries. Products include guaranties for municipal finance, structured finance, and corporate bonds....

If the job doesn't get done, CNA Surety pays the price. One of the largest surety companies in the US, CNA Surety offers contract and commercial surety bonds, which guarantee fulfillment of contracts. The company's Western Surety unit handles fidelity, commercial, and contract bonds and international surety and credit insurance; Surety Bonding, another subsidiary, specializes in commercial and contract bonds to small businesses....

Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC), like a superhero, secures the city ... well, secures the city bonds, anyway. The company provides credit enhancement on public finance (including transportation, state and local leases, and municipal electric utility), structured finance (asset-backed securities including mortgage and consumer loans), and global infrastructure and utility securities....

Voters might approve a new bond package, but Financial Security Assurance Holdings wants to make sure that the city will pay it off on time. Through its subsidiaries, Financial Security Assurance (FSA) provides guaranty insurance on municipal bonds and other public finance projects....

MBIA will make sure that bonds get paid, no matter what. Through subsidiaries MBIA Insurance and Capital Markets Assurance, MBIA is a leading provider of insurance for municipal bonds and stable corporate bonds (such as utility bonds). Its insurance can be bought either at the time of issue or on the secondary market....

Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) is an industry-financed insurance plan that protects clients of most broker-dealers registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). SIPC insures customers' securities (up to $500,000 per account) against losses due to the financial failure of brokerage firms....

Customers hope this company's bond is as good as its word. Travelers Bond sells surety and fidelity bonds, liability insurance, and other specialty lines. Travelers Bond, a unit of The Travelers Companies, targets businesses, government entities, and public and private individuals providing cargo, commercial risk, construction, financial, and professional liability insurance products....