Surety Bond Advisory Terms Of Service (Addendum)
Effective date:
16 August 2026
These Surety Bond Advisory Terms Of Service (the “Surety Services Terms”) govern your access to and use of Financely’s surety-related content and advisory services. They do not govern the issuance, terms, or enforceability of any bond.
These Surety Services Terms are an addendum to our
main Terms of Service.
By using our surety-related content or services or by paying any invoice for such services,
you agree to both the main Terms and these Surety Services Terms.
If there is a conflict, these Surety Services Terms control for surety-related content and services.
1. Definitions
“Financely,” “we,” “us,” or “our” means the entity operating this website and providing the services described here.
“Client,” “you,” or “your” means any person or entity accessing our surety-related content
or purchasing our surety-related services.
“Surety Services” means our surety-related content, consulting, preliminary review, file preparation for early market testing, and introductions to independent surety companies, brokers, or agents.
“Third-Party Surety Provider” means any independent surety company, broker, agent,
or other external provider to whom we may introduce you.
2. Relationship To The Main Terms
The main Terms of Service
are incorporated into these Surety Services Terms by reference.
These Surety Services Terms apply only to Surety Services.
All other website and service use remains governed by the main Terms.
3. Our Role And Status
We are an independent advisory and content business. We may introduce Clients to Third-Party Surety Providers following preliminary review.
We are not a surety company, insurer, or bank. We do not issue bonds, bind any surety, or make underwriting decisions. We do not act as your insurance or surety agent unless a separate written agreement expressly states otherwise.
4. Scope Of Surety Services
Depending on your request, the Surety Services may include the following:
- Educational content and general market information.
- Initial intake and preliminary review of your stated requirements.
- Preparation or organization of a preliminary file for early-stage outreach.
- Introductions to Third-Party Surety Providers that may match your profile and bond type.
- Coordination support during early discussions.
The final scope of any paid engagement is limited to the services expressly stated in our invoice, proposal, or written confirmation.
For general information about common structures, see our guides to performance bonds, bid bond guarantees for tenders, and advance payment guarantees versus performance bonds.
5. No Guarantee Of Quotes, Limits, Or Issuance
We do not guarantee quotes, pricing, limits, approval, issuance, timing, or claims outcomes. Any preliminary indication is non-binding and may be revised or withdrawn by a Third-Party Surety Provider after full underwriting.
6. Consulting Fees, Independence From Issuance
Our fees compensate us for advisory work, including preliminary review, file preparation, early market testing, introductions, and coordination. Our fees are not premiums, collateral, or payments to a surety. They are not contingent upon bond issuance.
You acknowledge that our fees compensate work completed in reviewing your request, organizing a preliminary file, conducting permitted outreach, and arranging introductions that may support a valid underwriting conversation.
7. Non-Refundable Consulting Fees
Except where required by applicable law or expressly agreed in writing, consulting fees are non-refundable once paid. This includes fees relating to introductions, preliminary review, analyst work, outreach, and documentation organization.
8. Quote Revisions And Additional Invoices
Third-Party Surety Providers may revise or withdraw preliminary quotes and requirements after deeper review.
- If initial quotes are revised upward, or if expanded outreach or additional analysis
is required due to changes in the file, bond form, project scope, indemnity structure,
or financial disclosures, we may issue an additional invoice for the added work.
- Any credit note or refund is available only where required by applicable law or expressly approved by us in writing.
9. Use Of External Analysts And Outreach Support
We may engage external analysts, researchers, or outreach professionals to support parts of the Surety Services.
This may include market research, document review assistance, and initial provider outreach.
Such contractors do not represent you, cannot bind any Third-Party Surety Provider, and cannot make commitments on our behalf beyond their assigned scope.
10. Client Expectations And Cooperation
You agree to provide accurate, complete, and current information relevant to your request,
including financial statements, project details, bond forms, entity documents, and ownership information
where requested.
You agree to respond to reasonable follow-up questions promptly.
You understand that incomplete, inconsistent, or late information can result in delays,
revised pricing, reduced limits, or a refusal by Third-Party Surety Providers.
11. Prohibited Conduct And Immediate Termination
We maintain strict compliance and integrity standards. For examples of fraudulent documents and impersonation risks, review our notice on fraudulent surety bonds and SBLCs misusing our name.
We may immediately suspend or terminate your access to Surety Services,
without refund, if we reasonably believe you have engaged in any of the following:
- Providing forged, altered, or misleading documents or statements.
- Misrepresenting financial condition, claims history, backlog, project status, or ownership.
- Requesting a fabricated quote, a guaranteed outcome, or any non-compliant arrangement.
- Pressuring us to approach Third-Party Surety Providers with information you know is incomplete or inaccurate.
- Using our name, content, email, or materials to imply we are the issuer or the surety of record.
- Attempting to route payments through unauthorized channels or using third-party payors without written approval.
- Abusive, threatening, harassing, or unprofessional conduct toward our team or partners.
- Any conduct that creates a legal, regulatory, sanctions, fraud, or reputational risk for us or our partners.
If we terminate services after work has started because of the circumstances described above, fees already paid remain non-refundable except where applicable law requires otherwise. We may invoice work properly performed before termination where the agreed scope provides for it.
12. Third-Party Relationships
Any Third-Party Surety Provider is an independent party.
Your bond transaction, if any, will be governed by that provider’s underwriting process
and its own contracts and disclosures.
We are not responsible for a Third-Party Surety Provider’s decisions, pricing, internal timelines, collateral requirements, bond terms, or claims practices.
13. Content Disclaimer
Our surety-related content is provided for general information.
It does not constitute legal, insurance, tax, or financial advice.
You should obtain independent professional advice where appropriate.
14. Liability Waiver
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Financely is not liable for Third-Party Surety Provider decisions, including declines, revised pricing, reduced limits, increased collateral or indemnity requirements, delays, or changes in market appetite.
You should not rely on any preliminary or informal indication as a commitment, approval, quote, or undertaking unless it is confirmed in formal documentation by the relevant Third-Party Surety Provider.
15. Limitation Of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law:
- We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages.
- Our total liability for any claim related to Surety Services is limited to
the consulting fees you paid to us for the specific Surety Services giving rise to the claim.
16. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims, losses, liabilities,
costs, and expenses arising out of or related to:
- False, misleading, or incomplete information you provide.
- Your breach of these Surety Services Terms or the main Terms of Service.
- Your misuse of our name, content, or communications.
- Your disputes with any Third-Party Surety Provider.
17. Intellectual Property
All content, templates, research summaries, and materials we provide remain our property
or the property of our licensors.
You may not copy, redistribute, or resell them without our written consent.
18. Suspension
We may suspend Surety Services if you do not provide requested documentation, compliance checks cannot be satisfied, or your conduct falls below the standards described in these Surety Services Terms and the main Terms of Service.
19. Governing Law
These Surety Services Terms follow the governing law stated in the main Terms of Service.
20. Dispute Resolution
The dispute resolution and arbitration framework in the main Terms of Service
applies to these Surety Services Terms.
Any right to seek injunctive or equitable relief, including for fraud, misuse of brand, or unauthorized use of intellectual property, remains subject to the main Terms and applicable law.
21. Severability And Updates To These Surety Services Terms
If any provision of these Surety Services Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to the maximum extent permitted by law. We may update these Surety Services Terms from time to time. Updated versions will be posted on our website and apply from the effective date stated on the revised version, subject to applicable law.
Surety Market Access With Clear Boundaries
Financely provides surety-related content, preliminary file review, and introductions.
We do not issue bonds.
Our consulting fees are charged for early-stage work and are not contingent upon issuance.
Final underwriting and issuance remain solely with the Third-Party Surety Provider.
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Disclaimer: This addendum explains our surety-related service scope and fee policy.
It does not modify or replace any bond documentation issued by a Third-Party Surety Provider.
Your bond transaction, if any, will be governed by the Third-Party Surety Provider’s
underwriting process and legal documentation.