On June 7, NASBP presented “Navigating The Surety Underwriter’s Desk Book: An Invaluable New Resource for Surety Professionals, ” a NASBP Virtual Seminar demonstrating how to navigate the 1,265 page book to quickly and easily find information. Mary Alice McNamara of Travelers Bond & Financial Products and Chad Schexnayder of Jennings, Haug & Cunningham, editors of this web-based publication developed by members of the American Bar Association’s Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, delivered a 30-minute complimentary Virtual Seminar as a primer on how to use this compendium of contract surety laws for all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and Canada. Links to a recording of the Virtual Seminar, the presentation outline, and The Surety Underwriter’s Desk Book can now be accessed for free at nasbp.org by clicking here.

Summer and Fall Programming

NASBP Virtual Seminars are now scheduled through summer and into the fall on Tuesdays from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern Time. The $69 registration fee includes the live presentation and prepared written materials and, if a registrant finds that they are unable to participate at the time of the Virtual Seminar, the recording of the telephone briefing. Here are the titles and presenters for these upcoming NASBP Virtual Seminars.

• July 9 – “Managing the Risk of Subcontractor Default: Subcontractor Bonds and Other Alternatives” presented by Steve Nelson of SureTec
• July 23 – “How Does Your Organization Compare? Why Benchmarking and Dashboard Analysis Matters” presented by Wayne Walkotten of MarshBerry
• August 13 – “Private Equity: A Primer for Surety Professionals” presented by Helen Lally of Navigators
• August 27 – “Changes Affecting the Bonding and Regulation of Property Brokers and Surface Freight Forwarders – An Update” presented by Colleen Clarke and Matt Zehner of Roanoke Insurance Group, Inc.
• September 10 – “Disaster Preparedness and Recovery” presented by Bob Boyd of Agility Recovery
• September 24 – “Essential Components of a Sales Organization” presented by Jonathan Dick
• October 8 – “Environmental Issues” presented by Larry Howard of The Guarantee Company of North America
• October 22 – “The New American Institute of Architects (AIA) Sustainable Building Contract Forms” presented by Joshua Balance of AIA and Martha Perkins of NASBP

For more information about NASBP Virtual Seminars, click here or contact Cathrine Nelson at cnelson@nasbp.org.