OH surplus line broker bonds.
$750 flat. Five minutes.
Ohio requires every licensed surplus line broker to file a $25,000 surety bond with the Department of Insurance. Ours is $750 flat — exactly 3% of the bond amount, the same for every broker. The application is five minutes, with no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your license
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Department of Insurance license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A surplus line broker places coverage with insurers not licensed in Ohio — the non-admitted market — for risks the standard market won't write. Ohio conditions that license on a $25,000 surety bond filed with the Department of Insurance.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Ohio (the obligee). The bond guarantees your full and faithful compliance with Ohio's surplus lines law — including the duty to properly remit the surplus lines tax you collect — and the public and the state can recover against it if you fail.
The bond must stay active for the life of your license. Let it lapse and your surplus line broker license is at risk — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $25,000 filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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$750 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.