OH surplus lines (entity) bonds.
$750. Five minutes.
A business entity licensed as an Ohio surplus lines broker must file a $25,000 surety bond with the Department of Insurance under ORC 3905.35. Ours is $750 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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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, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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 the Department of Insurance
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your business-entity surplus lines license. 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
Ohio licenses surplus lines brokers — who place coverage with non-admitted insurers — through the Department of Insurance under ORC Chapter 3905. ORC 3905.35 requires the licensee to file a $25,000 surety bond, payable to the state, before the license issues. This page is the bond for a business entity holding the license.
The bond is a compliance-and-tax guarantee: it secures the broker’s full and faithful compliance with ORC 3905.30 to 3905.36 — including the proper handling and remittance of surplus lines taxes. If the broker violates those sections, the state or a harmed person can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for your firm — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of the license, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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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.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your surplus lines license today.
$750 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.