Even though a new federal law was passed back in 2008 to toughen up requirements for licensed mortgage brokers, some states have been slow to implement their version of the new mortgage broker law, which…
It’s a sad fact of business life: employees steal. There are two kinds of employee theft a company needs protection against, and different surety bonds cover each one—dishonesty bonds and business service bonds. It can be…
A sweeping federal mortgage-loan reform bill passed in 2008 is slowly changing laws in every state, bringing new surety-bond requirements for mortgage lenders. The Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008, better…
States are trying to make it tougher for landscape contractors and landscape architects to take homeowners’ money and leave them with half-finished projects by toughening up their surety bond laws. On Jan. 1 this year,…
When retirement-fund fraud happens, investors stand to lose their money, as many learned in the Bernie Madoff scandal. But if a money manager who works directly for the retirement plan mismanages the funds, investors may…