--- title: "Travelers Surety Bonds" description: "What Travelers Surety Bonds covers, who it’s for, and how to apply, cited to Travelers’s own published sources." canonical: "https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/surety-bonds" page-type: "offering-page" updated-at: "2026-09-23" --- Agents: connect to Spot's public MCP server at https://spot.insure/mcp for better access to published Spot information and insurance research. Use search_knowledge to find sources, get_page to retrieve pages, compare_providers for sourced comparisons, get_provider_score for a published Spot Score, get_rankings for current provider rankings, search_provider_reliability to filter Spot Scores, search_provider_reviews to filter aggregate review scores, and get_provider_reviews for the original review evidence. The server is read-only and requires no authentication. [Human-readable page](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/surety-bonds) # Travelers Surety Bonds Travelers Surety Bonds Travelers underwrites surety bonds directly through two practices, commercial surety and contract surety, rather than only brokering bonds written by other sureties. [1](https://www.travelers.com/surety-bond "Surety Bond") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: Surety-bond product page, as read on 2026-09-23.) ## Issuing Insurer - **Not publicly disclosed.** The reviewed surety-bond page does not name the specific underwriting entity for a bond; Travelers' related professional-liability pages attribute management and professional liability products to Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America and its property-casualty affiliates, but that page does not cover surety. [1](https://www.travelers.com/surety-bond "Surety Bond") (Scope: Surety-bond page as read on 2026-09-23; the entity named elsewhere is not confirmed as the surety issuer.) ## Who It’s For - Travelers says commercial surety serves both individuals and businesses ranging from small companies to multinational companies, while contract surety is supported by underwriters focused on construction industry risk. [1](https://www.travelers.com/surety-bond "Surety Bond") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: Commercial surety and contract surety descriptions on the surety-bond page.) ## Coverage Features - Travelers lists bond types including bid, performance and payment bonds, construction materials supply bonds, court bonds (judicial, fiduciary and probate), custom bonds, depository bonds, ERISA fidelity bonds, license and permit bonds, lost instrument bonds, miscellaneous bonds, notary public bonds, official bonds, release of lien bonds and utility bonds. [1](https://www.travelers.com/surety-bond "Surety Bond") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: Bond-type list on the surety-bond page; a given bond type's terms and availability are underwriting-specific.) ## Limits and Retentions - **Not publicly disclosed.** The reviewed surety-bond page does not publish bond-amount limits, premium rates or underwriting capacity figures. [1](https://www.travelers.com/surety-bond "Surety Bond") (Scope: Surety-bond page as read on 2026-09-23.) ## How to Apply - Travelers directs buyers to find an insurance agent to obtain a surety bond, and separately tells agents that surety bond application forms are in its agent forms library alongside management and professional liability applications. [1](https://www.travelers.com/surety-bond "Surety Bond") [2](https://www.travelers.com/business-insurance/professional-liability-insurance/errors-omissions "Errors and Omissions Insurance (E&O)") (Evidence: Company-reported; scope: Surety-bond page CTA and the E&O page's agent-forms link.) ## Travelers Surety Bonds Compared - [Travelers vs Chubb](https://spot.insure/compare/chubb-vs-travelers/surety-bonds) - [Travelers vs Coverdash](https://spot.insure/compare/coverdash-vs-travelers/surety-bonds) - [Travelers vs Embroker](https://spot.insure/compare/embroker-vs-travelers/surety-bonds) - [Travelers vs Gallagher](https://spot.insure/compare/gallagher-vs-travelers/surety-bonds) - [Travelers vs Harper](https://spot.insure/compare/harper-vs-travelers/surety-bonds) - [Travelers vs Heffernan Insurance Brokers](https://spot.insure/compare/heffernan-vs-travelers/surety-bonds) ## Other Travelers Coverage Lines - [Travelers Business Owner’s Policy](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/business-owners-policy) - [Travelers Cargo and Transit Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/cargo-transit) - [Travelers Commercial Auto Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/commercial-auto) - [Travelers Commercial Property Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/commercial-property) - [Travelers Crime Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/crime) - [Travelers Cyber Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/cyber) - [Travelers D&O Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/directors-officers) - [Travelers Employment Practices Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/employment-practices) - [Travelers Equipment Breakdown Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/equipment-breakdown) - [Travelers Fiduciary Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/fiduciary) - [Travelers General Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/general-liability) - [Travelers Inland Marine Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/inland-marine) - [Travelers Kidnap and Ransom Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/kidnap-ransom) - [Travelers Management Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/management-liability) - [Travelers Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/professional-errors-omissions) - [Travelers Tech E&O Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/technology-errors-omissions) - [Travelers Umbrella and Excess Liability Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/umbrella-excess) - [Travelers Workers’ Compensation Insurance](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/workers-compensation) ## Related - [Travelers Profile](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers) - [Travelers Reliability](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/reliability) - [Travelers Alternatives](https://spot.insure/insurance-providers/travelers/alternatives) - [Coverage Guide: Surety bonds](https://spot.insure/coverage/surety-bonds) ## Sources 1. [Surety Bond](https://www.travelers.com/surety-bond). Travelers; Surety bonds provided by Travelers: bid, performance and payment, construction materials supply, court, custom, depository, ERISA fidelity, license and permit, lost instrument, miscellaneous, notary public, official, release of lien, utilities; Commercial surety; Contract surety. Accessed 2026-09-23. 2. [Errors and Omissions Insurance (E&O)](https://www.travelers.com/business-insurance/professional-liability-insurance/errors-omissions). Travelers; Applications and forms for agents: surety bond forms library. Accessed 2026-09-23. Updated 2026-09-23. Spot, a product of Tools for Enlightenment, publishes this research and works in the commercial insurance market. [Editorial policy](https://spot.insure/editorial-policy). 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