Surety Association of Washington | Since 1905

Suretyship is a very specialized line of insurance that is created whenever one party guarantees performance of an obligation by another party. There are three parties to the agreement.

Event Details We are returning to Urban Enoteca,  a fantastic hidden treasure just south of Downtown Seattle in the Sodo district again for this year’s SAW Installation Banquet on January 17, 2013. Urban Enoteca is a fantastic wine tasting bar

The U.S House passed H.R. 3534 by a voice vote on May 15. This is the individual surety legislation that SFAA and NASBP have sought in Congress this session. H.R. 3534 requires that the security that stands behind every federal

Thank you to all who attended the SAW May Breakfast – “The Company You Keep.”  A big thanks goes out to Jamie Ziegler and Gerry Ormiston of Liberty Mutual Surety for the informative presentation.  Attached are the PP slides from

The ongoing AFSB study group is moving onto the final course needed to achieve the AFSB designation.  Beginning April 12th, members will meet to work on the Business Law course (CPCU 530).  So far the group consists of John Drummey,

Congratulations to John Cassidy of Zurich, Lizzy Shea and Tim Larson of CNA who recently passed the AFSB 152 – Contract Surety Course.  The three of them will now move on to the CPCU 530 which is the final course

We want to congratulate 5 of our members for recently completing the AFSB 153 course and highlight the success of our continuing education group that meets regularly to help work through the AFSB courses and requirements.

Stan Uhlig is the owner of Federal Construction Consultants, which specializes in showing firms how to get into federal construction and how to be successful at it.