An Oklahoma professional employer organization that cannot show $50,000 of net worth or marketable securities can register instead by filing a $50,000 surety bond with the Insurance Department. Ours is $1,500 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every PEO. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
















Your PEO registration is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your PEO registration. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A professional employer organization co-employs your client companies' workers — running payroll, withholding and remitting taxes, and administering benefits. Oklahoma registers PEOs through the Insurance Department under the Professional Employer Organization Recognition and Registration Act, and conditions registration on financial responsibility.
A PEO satisfies that requirement by demonstrating net worth (or marketable securities) of at least $50,000 — or, if it can't, by filing a $50,000 surety bond in lieu. The bond is a compliance guarantee: it stands behind the PEO's obligation to pay wages, payroll taxes, and benefit contributions it has collected.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, the PEO repays the surety. A PEO that remits on time and keeps clean books treats the bond as a registration formality, not a risk.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.