You provide commercial surety as a service to your existing accounts but typically the penal sums are low and it's expensive to maintain in-house expertise for this specialized business. Every time you process a surety bond by hand, you lose money.
With FLEX for Surety Bonds™, you can turn your cost center into a profit center. FLEX automates the application and issuance process while maintaining rating and service consistency so you can transact more surety business with a positive return on your investment.
FLEX for Surety Bonds uses standardized, government-issued bond forms and issues continuation, endorsement, and cancellation certificates to manage your bonds throughout their lifecycle. FLEX also provides:
- Immediate issuance
- Obligee management
- Single or multi-year bonds
- Specimen copies
Accelerate your CARM-readiness with FLEX! Call us to find out how we can help you register your Canadian customs bonds electronically with CBSA's new CARM system.
Our clients use FLEX for Surety Bonds for:
Customs and Excise Bonds
- Bonded Air, Highway, Marine, and Rail Carriers (by paper and via CARM)
- Brewers and Wort Manufacturers
- Cannabis Licences
- Carnets (Single-Trip and Blanket)
- Contractors' Provincial Sales Tax
- Customs Bonded Warehouses (by paper and via CARM)
- Customs Broker Licenses (by paper and via CARM)
- Customs Sufferance Warehouses (by paper and via CARM)
- Excise Stamps (Tobacco, Cannabis and Vape Products)
- Freight Forwarders (by paper and via CARM)
- Fuel Consumers
- Fuel Distributors
- Fuel Dyers
- Fuel Exporters
- Fuel Importers
- Fuel Tax Collectors and Deputy Collectors
- Interjurisdictional Fuel Carriers (IFTA)
- Non-Resident Sales Tax (GST/HST)
- Provincial Revenue Officers
- Release of Goods Prior to Payment of Duties (Customs Brokers and Importer Direct) (by paper and via CARM)
- Retail Sales Tax Collectors and Vendors
- Spirits Licenses
- Temporary Importation of Goods (Customs Brokers and Importer Direct) (by paper and via CARM)
- Tobacco Licenses
- Tobacco Tax Collectors and Deputy Collectors
- Vape Products Licenses
License and Permit Bonds
- Accomodation Providers
- Additional Warranty Contracts for Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles Permits
- Adult Film Distributors
- Aquaculture Operations
- Armoured Vehicle Service Businesses
- Auctioneers and Auction Sales Businesses
- Bailiff Agencies
- Bailiffs and Provincial Civil Constables
- Body Armour Vendors
- Burglar / Security Alarm Agencies
- Cemetery and Funeral Service Providers (Prearranged Funeral Services)
- Charitable Fundraising Businesses
- Condominimum Property Regulations
- Construction Contractors and Owner-Builders
- Consumer Protection
- Debt Collection Agencies
- Debt Repayment Agencies
- Degree-Granting Institutions
- Direct Sellers and Vendors
- Driver Training Schools
- Electrical Contractors
- Electricity Marketers
- Employment Agencies
- Environmental Protection
- Exemption of Account in Trust Permits
- Foreign Worker Recruiters
- Gas Contractors
- Grain Dealers
- Hazardous Waste Transporters
- Health Care, Diet and Fitness Centre Permits
- Hearing Aid Dealers
- High-Cost Credit Businesses
- Home Inspection Businesses
- Immigration Consultants
- Independent Schools
- Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
- Insurance Agents (Direct Writers) and Special Brokers
- Insurance Claims Adjusters
- Language Schools
- Legal Professionals
- Livestock Dealers
- Locksmiths and Locksmith Agencies
- Maple Syrup Producers
- Mechanical Contractors
- Mining (Reclamation)
- Mortgage Brokers and Administrators
- Motor Vehicle Dealers
- Motor Vehicle Recyclers
- Natural Gas Marketers
- Payday Lenders
- Personal Care Homes
- Personnel Placement Agencies
- Points-Based Contracts
- Prepaid Contractors
- Preservation of Agricultural Land
- Private Approach Permits
- Private Career Colleges, Occupational Training Institutions and Vocational Schools
- Private Investigation Agencies and Private Investigators
- Quarries, Sand Pits and Gravel Pits
- Real Estate Agents and Brokers
- Real Estate Salespeople
- Repair Liens
- Residential Building Warranties
- Road Cut Permits
- Road Use Agreements
- Roofing Contractors
- Securities Brokers, Dealers, Issuers and Salespeople
- Security Consultants and Consulting Agencies
- Security Guard Agencies
- Sewer and Water Permits
- Sidewalk Crossing Permits
- Storage Liens
- Surface Contractors
- Temporary Help Agencies
- Time Share Contracts
- Travel Agents and Agencies
- Travel Wholesalers
- Valuable Goods Transportation Agencies
Contract Bonds
- Prequalification Letters
- Bid Bonds
- Agreements to Bond
- Performance Bonds
- Performance with Labour and Material Bonds
- Maintenance Bonds
- Contract Surety Facilities
- Construction Liens
Fiduciary Bonds
- Administration
- Administration with Will Annexed
- Administration with Will Annexed and Property Unadministered
- Administration on Resealing
- Committee
- Executor
- Foreign Executor
- Guardianship
- Trustee
Lost Document Bonds
- Fixed Penalty
- Open Penalty
- Waiver of Probate