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UFG Surety awards Florida Surety Bonds as Agency of the Year, announces Crystal Blue winners

Released on: Apr 25, 2022, 08:00 AM
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – April 25, 2022

UFG Surety bestowed its 2021 Agency of the Year title to Maitland-based Florida Surety Bonds on March 14, 2022.

Agency of the Year recognition celebrates top-level surety success. Selected based upon several measurable benchmarks — including loss ratio, written premium, growth and new business — this marks the third time Florida Surety Bonds has received the accolade from UFG.

“Each year presents us all with new and interesting challenges,” explains Vice President and Director of UFG Surety Dennis Richmann. “With each challenge, the team at Florida Surety Bonds finds new and innovative ways to conquer these obstacles.”

Florida Surety Bonds, led by Jeff and Susan Reich, has been associated with UFG Surety since 2000. Serving a range of contractors from construction to the software industry, Florida Surety Bonds has been customizing competitive bonding programs for more than 20 years.

In addition to being named Agency of the Year, Florida Surety Bonds was one of six bonding companies to receive the 2021 UFG Surety Crystal Blue Award honoring top premium-producing agencies. Additional Crystal Blue recipients include Holmes Murphy & Associates of Waukee, Iowa; Pinnacle Surety of Costa Mesa, California; Mourer Foster, Inc. of Lansing, Michigan; Gusso Surety Bonds, Inc. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Alter Surety Group, Inc. of Miami Lakes, Florida.

UFG has been in the surety bonds industry since 1952 and works with independent agents across the country. For more information visit ufginsurance.com/surety.

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About UFG

Founded in 1946 as United Fire & Casualty Company, United Fire Group, Inc. (UFG, Nasdaq: UFCS), through its insurance company subsidiaries, is engaged in the business of writing property and casualty insurance. Through our subsidiaries, we are licensed as a property and casualty insurer in 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, and we are represented by approximately 1,000 independent agencies. A.M. Best Company assigns a rating of “A” (Excellent) for members of the United Fire & Casualty Group. For more information about UFG visit www.ufginsurance.com.