Let's Get Surety
By National Association of Surety Bond Producers
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Episodes: 165
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If you have ever gone to a school or a park, attended a large sporting event, rode on a bus, driven on a highway, bought imported goods, or sent a wire transfer, you have been protected by the surety product. On the second and fourth Tuesday of each month Kat Shamapande, the host of Let's Get Surety will be joined by fun co-hosts and exciting and engaging guests who will share their stories, insights, and expertise on the world of surety and how it affects our everyday lives! If you are interested in learning more about surety and surety bonds, this is the podcast for you!
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#164 Harnessing AI: Transforming the Future of Surety
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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#163 What's Next for Surety? Industry Leaders on 2026 and Beyond
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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#162 Subcontractor Success Strategies
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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#161 The Story Behind the Stats: Collaboration, Data, and Advocacy in Surety
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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#160 Stability Through Purpose: A Conversation With NASBP President Monica Donatelli
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May 26, 2026 |
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#159 It's All About the Cupcake: Cash Flow Management in Construction
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May 12, 2026 |
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#158 From Design Build to Progressive Design Build: Inside AIA's Evolving Contract Frameworks
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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#157 Tariffs on Trial: What Supreme Court Ruling Means for Government Contractors
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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#156 Navigating Uncertainty: Pressure Points on the Economy and the Construction Industry
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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#155 Economic Echoes: Predicting the Unpredictable
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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#154 Bridges of Trust: Unraveling the People Power in Surety Success
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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#153 Construction Risk Mitigation: Explore Modern Funds Control
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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#152 The Corner Office: A Conversation With Arch's Steve Ruschak
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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#151 Unleashing AI for Optimal Personal Branding and B2B Marketing
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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#150 Smart Dispute Solutions in Construction
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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#149 Bridging Contractor–Subcontractor Risk: Practical Insights on Prequalification, SDI, and Surety Value
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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#148 The Corner Office: A Conversation With Chubb's Stephen Haney
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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#147 Federal Bid Protests and the Unexpected Twists of AI
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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#146 Industry Trends and Insights With SFAA's Ryan Work
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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#145 Advocacy Impact: Influencing Legislation and Safeguarding the Surety Industry
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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#144 A South American Surety's Journey Into the U.S. Market
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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#143 Navigating Change: An Update on Progress With CARM
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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#142 Surety Ties: Building Communities, Careers, and Connections
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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#141 Reinsurance Revealed: Supporting Surety Growth, Mitigating Risk, and Building America — With a Side of Cheesesteak!
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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#140 Shaping Accounting Standards: A Look at FASB With David Pesce
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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#139 Surety Success Stories: Navigating Careers, Mentorship, and Leadership
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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#138 A Closer Look at the BEAD Program
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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#137 Building Better: A Conversation With NASBP President Robert Coon
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May 27, 2025 |
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#136 Tariffs: Trends and Risk Strategies in the Customs Bonds Arena
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May 13, 2025 |
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#135 Unveiling America's Infrastructure: Progress, Problems and Possibilities
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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#134 Turning Uncertainty Into Success With Meridith Elliott Powell
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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#133 Unpacking Executive Order 14173 and Its Implications for Federal Contractors
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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#132 Accelerating Careers: Unveiling the Power of the NASBP 5-15 Leadership Committee
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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#131 AI and Risk Management With The Institutes' Peter Miller
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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#130 Celebrating 5 Years of 'Let's Get Surety': A Countdown of Our Most Captivating Episodes
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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#129 GAO Bid Protests: Navigating the Current Trends and Developments
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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#128 The Corner Office: A Conversation With Liberty Mutual's Tim Mikolajewski
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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#127 The Weird World of Commercial Surety: From Nail Salons to Geoduck and So Much More…
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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#126 Building the Future: AI, Construction and Law
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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#125 AI and the Future of Surety: Embracing Tech in Bonding
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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#124 Advocating for Surety: Federal Legislative Fly-In
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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#123 2024 and Beyond: Strategic Insights for Business Growth and Sustainability
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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#122 Unraveling ESOPs and Finding the Goldilocks Zone!
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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#121 Preparing for CARM: Changes in Canada's Importing Process
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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#120 Constructing Cybersecurity: Navigating Data Protection in the Construction Industry
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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#119 The Intersection of Private Equity and Surety
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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#118 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Sunset in 2025 and Its Impact on Construction Services
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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#117 The Corner Office: A Conversation With EMC Bond's Ryan Springer
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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#116 Decoding the Producer's Role in the Claims Process: An Insightful Discussion With Industry Leaders
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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#115 Building for the Future: A Candid Conversation With CFMA's CEO Neil Shah
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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#114 The Tiger Trust: The Thrill of Promoting the Surety Product
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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#113 Constructing the Future: AI's Role in Building Better
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May 28, 2024 |
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#112 Backing Our Future – A Conversation With NASBP President Zach Mendelson
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May 14, 2024 |
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#111 Finding a New Groove in the Vinyl Industry: A Small Business Success Story!
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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#110 Unlocking the Mysteries of Surety Bonds for Owners and Other Decision-Makers
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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#109 Decoding Customs Bonds
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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#108 Pursuing the CCIFP Credential
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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#107 Ironclad Personal Guarantee... Or Is It?
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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#106 The Corner Office: A Conversation With Merchants Bonding Company President Larry Taylor
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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#105 Brilliant Game of Confidence and Relationships: Talking Sales With Ryan Estis
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#104 We've Got What You Need: Surety Professionals Discuss the Value of NASBP Membership
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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#103 Accounting Needs for Small Contractors
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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#102 A Conversation With Steve Sandherr on AGC of America
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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#101 Women in Surety: Power and Potential Unleashed
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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#100 Celebrating Success: Big News on the Advocacy Front on the 100th Episode
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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#99 Learning From Each Other- Surety and Insurance
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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#98 Getting To Know the American Subcontractors Association
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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#97 Thinking Back Looking Forward: NASBP and the Surety Industry With NASBP Past Presidents, Episode 5
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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#96 Electronic Bonding: Successes and Snags
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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#95 Bonding The Growing and Changing World of Alternative Energy
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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#94 Getting to Know The U.S. Small Business Administration's Capital Access Loan and Bond Guarantee Programs
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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#93 Surety Careers Are More Than Just a Job: Stories from the Agency Side of the Business
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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#92 NASBP and ASA: Government Relations Work and Wins!
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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#91 The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative: Leveraging Blockchain Technology for Digital Bonding
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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#90 Growing and Fostering Women's Surety Careers
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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#89 All In – A Conversation With NASBP President Patrick Pribyl
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May 23, 2023 |
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#88 Soft Landing? Something Harder? Whither Inflation? - An Economic Update
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May 09, 2023 |
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#87 Ingredients For Becoming A Champion In Life And In Career
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May 02, 2023 |
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#86 Building a Stronger Surety Industry Through Diversity and Inclusion
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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#85 Growing Together: What's New in ConsensusDocs & Trends in Construction Industry Contracts
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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#84 Reinsurance: Understanding Its Importance to Surety
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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#83 What Are Construction Defect Claims and Mitigating That Risk?
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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#82 Bonding Cryptocurrency
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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#81 Talking With Your Elected Officials About the Importance of the Surety Product!
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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#80 A Closer Look at the AIA Contract Documents Program, the Oldest Program of Its Kind
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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#79 Demystifying Indemnity Clauses
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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#78 Talking ConsensusDocs
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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#77 Raising Awareness of US Infrastructure and Transportation Needs With TRIP
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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#76 Fuel Your Professional Passion With NASBP's Educational Opportunities
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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#75 The Ins and Outs of Delegated Design and Design Assist
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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#74 Thinking Back Looking Forward: NASBP and the Surety Industry With NASBP Past Presidents, Episode 4
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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#73 The Considerable Advantages of Industry-Standard Construction Contracts
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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#72 Strange Economic Times: A Construction Industry Outlook
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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#71 Exciting Innovations From SBA To Help Bond Agents and Small Contractors
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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#70 Thinking Back Looking Forward: NASBP and the Surety Industry With NASBP Past Presidents, Episode 3
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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#69 A Conversation on Construction Management and CMAA!
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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#68 Thinking Back & Looking Forward: Conversations With NASBP Past Presidents, Episode 2
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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#67 Building the Right Relationships for Stronger Growth for Contractors
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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#66 Thinking Back Looking Forward: NASBP and the Surety Industry With NASBP Past Presidents
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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#65 Exploring International Surety
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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#64 NASBP With Passion and Purpose – A Surety Conversation With NASBP President Nick Newton
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May 24, 2022 |
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#63 Better Together: None of Us Are As Smart as All of Us!
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May 10, 2022 |
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#62 The Dividends of Technology and Data Use in Surety Claims
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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#61 The Great Resignation and Combating Burnout
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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#60 Breaking the Bonds of the Past: The Digitization of Surety
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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#59 I'll Be There for You - The Importance of Relationships in Surety
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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#58 Building Up Small, Emerging, and Minority Businesses With Surety!
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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#57 Lean Into Leadership: Talking Surety With the 5-15 – the Importance of Networking
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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#56 Cash Flow Considerations
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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#55 Assuredness in Today's Construction Surety Market
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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#54 NASBP Year in Review and Looking Towards 2022!
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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#53 Focusing on the Recent Order on Federal Contractor Vaccination Requirements
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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#52 Tribal Sovereign Immunity and Surety Considerations
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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#51 Looking Towards the Future and the Digitization of Surety
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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#50 Here Comes the Judge! A Discussion on Court Bonds
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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#49 Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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#48 Lean into Leadership: Talking Surety with the 5-15 – Changing Landscape of Surety
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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#47 Examples and Explanations of the False Claims Act in Construction and Surety
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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#46 A Closer Look at Performance Bonds and Recent Court Rulings
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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#45 Read (and Understand) Your Contract!
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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#44 Are SPACs Trending? Why Are They Important to the Surety Industry?
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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#43 The Important Role of the Bond Producer in the Decision To Finance
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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#42 Lean into Leadership: Talking Surety with the 5-15 – Agency Start-Up
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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#41 Helping You Be Guaranteed to Succeed –Tips on Using The NASBP Producer Communications Toolkit 2.0
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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#40 Better Together – A Surety Conversation with NASBP President Tracy Tucker
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May 25, 2021 |
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#39 Digital Bonds – Lessons Learned from The Canadian Experience
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May 11, 2021 |
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#38 False Claims Act Liability Risks
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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#37 Another Look at E-Signature in Surety
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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#36 Lean into Leadership: Talking Surety with the 5-15 – Part 1
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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#35 When General Contractors Need Subcontract Bonds the Most!
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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#34 Join us for the Joint NASBP and SFAA Virtual Legislative Fly-In
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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#33 Building and Nurturing Client Relationships
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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#32 Blockchain Technology in Surety
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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#31 PPP Loan Updates: Where We Are With Round 1 and Round 2
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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#30 E-Signature in Surety
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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#29 Discussing the AFSB Designation
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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#28 Understanding and Limiting the Right of Offset
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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#27 A Look At the Construction Industry Procurement Coalition (CIPC)
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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#26 Moving Down the Road: A Look at Federal and State Infrastructure
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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#25 Coping With Stress With Dr. Will
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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#24 "Wage Theft" Laws- Are They Trending?
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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#23 A Look at the Commercial Surety Market During these Uncertain and Unprecedented Times
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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#22 Managing Risks in A Rapidly Changing Insurance Market
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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#21 Rural Broadband – Legislation to Connect America – Part 2 of 2
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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#20 Rural Broadband – Legislation to Connect America – Part 1 of 2
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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#19 What To Consider Before Applying For PPP Forgiveness
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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#18 Advising Construction Clients: A Conversation With A Surety Bond Producer And A CPA
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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#17 A Closer Look At Commercial Surety Account Bankruptcy
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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#16 Paycheck Protection Program and Surety Bonding – Part 2 of 2
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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#15 Paycheck Protection Program: Flexibility, Updates and Guidance – Part 1 of 2
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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#14 Alternatives That Ain't: A Closer Look at Individual Surety
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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#13 Class Act: How Surety Team's Cooperative Claim Efforts Enable School To Open On Time
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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#12 A Closer Look at the SBA's Bonding Guarantee Program
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May 26, 2020 |
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#11 Surviving Crisis and Business Downturns in the Construction Industry
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May 12, 2020 |
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#10 The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) From A CPA's Perspective
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May 07, 2020 |
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#9 Stimulus Law Paycheck Protection Program and False Claims Act Risk
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May 05, 2020 |
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#8 Seamlessly Managing the New Normal in the Workplace
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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#7 Federal Construction Contracts and Excusable Delays
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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#6 Taking A Closer Look at Force Majeure Clauses in Today's Environment
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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#5 Making the Case for the Value of Electronic Bonding
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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#4 Surety In This New World: Focusing on the People and Moving Forward
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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#3 Steps for Contractors to Take Now and Rundown of Federal Relief Programs To-Date
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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#2 Social Media and Surety: Stories From The Field
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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#1 A Look at NASBP's Be Guaranteed to Succeed Campaign and Surety Stories
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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Feb 07, 2020 |