Corporate surety: A lifeline to survival

Natural disasters, computer break‐ins, malevolent individuals, and terrorists threaten society at large and could destroy profitability or bankrupt a corporation. Less spectacular threats such as credit card fraud or defective products are a constant drain on profitability. Public interests and business interests often converge on surety issues. For example, national survival and corporate health depend upon delivery of communications and utilities and reducing injuries and other consequences of accidents, war, terrorism, or natural events. Surety technologies and strategies should be part of any modern corporate infrastructure and should complement insurance.