Thanks to everyone who has been promoting surety throughout the year. Nominations for the 2021 NASBP and SFAA Surety Industry Awards are due Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Please review the entry information and criteria carefully and then complete online nomination forms for the Tiger Trust Award, Platinum Award, and the Local Surety Association Awards representing Gold Award, Silver Award, and Advocacy Award levels.

We look forward to recognizing the year’s outstanding surety professionals for their hard work.

Help us celebrate and recognize the excellence of individuals and local surety associations for their work in 2021 on behalf of the surety industry.

Criteria for Awards:

Tiger Trust Award
For an individual NASBP or SFAA member who persuades a public or private construction project owner or lender to require surety bonds on a project.

Platinum Award
For an individual SFAA or NASBP member whose efforts to promote contract surety bonds have had a significant impact on the surety industry. This award is not based on the volume of activities, but on the successful outcome of the individual’s actions in promoting the value and benefits of contract surety bonds. Nominations for this award must summarize the significance of the individual’s accomplishments and specify outcomes and results of his or her efforts.

Gold Award
For LSAs that conduct at least ten (10) public relations and educational activities in a calendar year to promote the use of contract surety bonds in construction to non-surety, non-insurance or non-lawyer audiences.

Silver Award
For LSAs that conduct at least five (5) public relations and educational activities in a calendar year to promote the use of contract surety bonds in construction to non-surety, non-insurance or non-lawyer audiences.

Advocacy Award
For LSAs that conduct significant activities advocating for suretyship, other than public relations or educational, such as fighting legislative efforts to waive bonds or increase bond thresholds, or advocating for reasonable bond forms.