For a business to
kick start, the owners need to struggle hard from the commencement stage to the
level where the business turns on the profits’ stream. There may be many
hindrances that might cause difficulties in the proper running operations of
business. Such intricacies or more appropriately obscurities are related to
legal mandatory obligations that have to be fulfilled for legitimate business
working. Out of many, preeminent is the compulsory purchase of surety
bond which is obligatory in many industrial businesses. Unfortunately,
a large part of entrepreneurs’ community is unaware of this requisite
condition.
Business
professionals who are well acquainted with this vital aspect of doing business might
ask question that why surety bond is needed for a
business? To serve them with justifiable answers following are the essentials
that might lead to satisfy their ambiguities.
Mandatory by law
There are several
industries that permit businesses by law if the owner of the company ensures
the purchase of surety bond. This important step is essential to execute the
regulations made by law in order to conduct a business in a particular industry.
To acquire business license to start as a mortgage broker, auto dealer, or
contractor, the person needs to ensure the acquisition of such bond. Lest, a
business fails to accomplish such requirement might lead to revocation of
license.
Obligatory financial safety
Surety bond is
a contract that binds all the parties involved legally. There are always three
parties in an agreement that are:
The principle: who is purchasing
the bond; he can be a professional or business entity.
The obligee: usually a government
agency acts as obilgee beside principal to require this bond.
The surety: a company or an
agency who is offering the bond to sell is the surety. It can be an insurance
firm or surety agency.
In case the
contractual binding of all the three parties are making no sense to a new
person then the following example will illustrate the situation clearly.
For-example: if a circumstance occurs where the contractor who is involved in construction
projects funded publicly and he left that project in the middle then the
government organization will prosecute a claim against the professional bond. The
contractor will have two conditions out of which he is bound to execute one
stipulation. Either the contractor has to complete the unfinished venture or he
will be liable to reimburse the funds as per written in the bond contract. In
case the contractor does not implement any of the clauses then financial
guarantee will go in loss.
High customer preference to bonded business
Adherence to surety
bond will act as a competitive edge for your business to gather massive
targeted customers. When promoting business offerings, mentioning of bond
contract will click customer’s mind and will stimulate them to prefer the
business. With this shielding feature, customer will get safeguarded legally
against any unpleasant happening.
Low premium as compare to coverage
In determining the
total cost on surety bond below mentioned factors are considered:
·
Personal investments
·
Credit score
·
Bond type
Surety bond costs
around 1 to 3% premium on the total amount of bond like, if the bond ensures coverage
of $10,000 then the premium will be $100 to $200 maximum.
For a novice, the
processes may seem difficult but once a person gets aware with how the things
will be workable, all the steps will be sorted out smoothly.