Who they are (public)
Trade / group: Sompo (Sompo International / Sompo Holdings surety marketing in the U.S.).
US surety hub: https://www.sompo.com/en-us/insurance/surety (retrieved 2026-09-28 — live US surety presence confirmed).
Leadership named on page: Matt Curran, EVP, Head of Surety, North America.
Distribution: Nationwide network of independent agents and brokers; small to multinational principals.
Four underwriting companies named on the Surety page (Sompo’s list):
- Endurance Assurance Corporation (EAC)
- Endurance American Insurance Company (EAIC)
- Lexon Insurance Company
- Bond Safeguard Insurance Company
Always confirm the issuing company on the bond form.
Public facts (US)
From https://www.sompo.com/en-us/insurance/surety (retrieved 2026-09-28):
Headline claims (label as Sompo’s)
- “One of the top 15 surety companies in the United States” — Sompo’s claim (SFAA Q3 2025 name order ~#13 supports relative placement by name order only, not GG’s independent rank).
- Combined US Treasury listing US $425m — Sompo’s published figure; re-check Bureau of the Fiscal Service List of Certified Companies before reuse.
- Financial rating shown as A+ on-page — Sompo’s published summary; agency and outlook not fully footnoted on the fetched page — Pending verification of exact agency letter before republish.
- “Added over $1 Billion of new capital to Sompo’s two main underwriting companies (EAC, EAIC)” — Sompo’s claim.
Product / capacity
- Lines: contract, commercial, and transactional surety; full suite in all 50 states and Puerto Rico (company claim).
- Aggregate bond program capacity up to US $500m bonded for qualified clients; additional via cosurety / shared surety — Sompo’s capacity language.
- Products named: performance & payment; maintenance; supply / supply-and-install; license & permit; probate & court; U.S. Customs; reclamation / closure / plugging & abandonment / decommissioning / interconnection / PPA; plus additional contract, commercial, transactional.
- SBA capability with dedicated support team (Sompo’s claim).
- Commercial reverse flow called out.
- Ability to write in Canada and UK — capability claim on the same page; no separate CA marketing hub verified this pass.
Target clients / industries (page list)
General/trade/environmental/heavy construction contractors and subcontractors; national/regional home builders and developers; service contractors; public and private companies; retailers/wholesalers; healthcare; energy (renewables EPC/solar/hydro, oil & gas, power, utilities); hard rock mining; waste; Small Contractor Program.
Digital / claims
- Surety Digital Hub — agents quote/issue specific submissions with limited underwriter interaction (Sompo’s description).
- Dedicated surety claims team; claims phone published: +1 877 676 7575.
On the Merchants Bonding–hosted public PDF of SFAA Quarterly Countrywide Surety Top 100 Writers, Calendar Year 2025, 3rd Quarter YTD (as of 2025-09-30), Sompo Group appears thirteenth in name order. Source: The Surety & Fidelity Association of America (SFAA), via https://mbasurety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SFAA-3rd-Quarter-Results-for-2025.pdf (retrieved 2026-09-28). Global Guarantors cites name order only.
Sompo is not one of the SAC May 2025 seven Canada construction-surety data contributors. Canada/UK remain capability claims until dedicated public product pages are locked.
Book focus (education)
| Theme |
Public emphasis |
Teaching point |
| Multi-company platform |
EAC, EAIC, Lexon, Bond Safeguard |
Always read the issuing company on the form |
| Contract + commercial + transactional |
Full suite + Digital Hub |
Middle-market through large programs |
| Capacity / T-listing |
Up to $500m / $425m T-list (Sompo) |
Re-check Fiscal Service; label claims |
| SBA + small contractor |
Dedicated SBA support |
Emerging-contractor path |
| Reverse flow / CA-UK ability |
Called out on page |
Cross-border literacy — verify entity |
Content angle for Global Guarantors
- Confirm Active US surety with a live Sompo page (SFAA #13 name order).
- Teach multi-paper platforms (four named companies) and why bond-form entity matters.
- Pair with Merchants / Markel / RLI as the next US follow-on cluster after Hartford.
- Cross-link Swiss Re (reverse flow / international) and Intact Specialty for US specialty context.
Key URLs
| URL |
Role |
Retrieved |
| https://www.sompo.com/en-us/insurance/surety |
US surety hub (products, capacity, companies) |
2026-09-28 |
| SFAA MBA Q3 2025 PDF |
Name-order only (#13 Sompo Group) |
2026-09-28 |
Pending verification
- Exact rating agency behind the on-page “A+” (AM Best vs other) and outlook — re-check agency sites before quoting.
- Treasury $425m combined listing — confirm on current Fiscal Service certified list.
- Canada / UK writing entities and product pages — capability claimed only.
- Which of the four companies issues which bond classes in practice — form-level confirmation.
Education draft. Re-verify URLs, Treasury figures, and rating letters before publish.
