Explore below to access industry-leading resources curated by AGC and trusted organizations such as the ConsensusDocs Coalition, the Surety and Fidelity Association of America (SFAA), and the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP), empowering you to succeed in your projects and business endeavors.
CLE (Continuing Legal Education) Papers
Check out these substantive research papers on top business challenges facing today’s construction firms, as presented by leading experts at AGC’s annual Surety Bonding and Construction Risk Management Conference.
Insurance
- New Resource: AGC's Best Practices Checklist on Owner-Placed Builder's Risk Insurance (March 2025)
- Times are Tough Now, Just Getting Tougher: Will CGL and Builders Risk Cover Me? (January 2025)
- Builders Risk Insurance – Whose line is it anyway? (January 2025)
- The Wonderful World of Wrap-Ups: OCIPs versus CCIPs (January 2025)
- Case Study: Vertical Construction Project's Complex Risk Management and Insurance Journey (January 2025)
- Measure Once, Cuss Twice: Navigating the Faulty Workmanship Exclusion to Maximize Builder’s Risk Recovery (January 2025)
- Navigating Insurance Coverage for Accident-Related Project Delay (January 2024)
- Survey of Construction-Insurance Case Law: Recent Court Opinions Impacting Construction-Risk Field (January 2024)
- Essential Issues in Builders Risk: Examining the Critical Modern Strategies That Drive a Successful Product (January 2024)
- Recent Insurance Coverage Decisions Impacting Construction Risk (January 2023)
- Controlled Insurance Gotchas (January 2023)
- Recent Court Rulings On Builders Risk Insurance Claims (January 2022)
- Recent Construction Risk Issues and Cases and Common Sense Recommendations (June 2021)
- Working with OCIPs: Practical and Technical Strategies for Building an Effective Program (Jan. 2020)
- Changes in the Landscape for Captive Insurance: Court Cases, Tax Reform & Recent IRS Guidance (Jan. 2020)
- Top 2018 Insurance Coverage Decisions Impacting General Contractors and Construction Managers (Jan. 2019)
Surety
- Success with Surety Bond Claims (January 2023)
- Meeting Different Expectations: A Consensus Approach to Bonding (June 2021)
- Two Short Stories Showing the Benefits to Contractors of Collaboration with Surety Claims and Legal Professionals (Jan. 2020)
Performance and Payment Bonds Resource Center
The ConsensusDocs Coalition has eight performance and payment bond forms: the industry's most up-to-date and best-practice performance and payment bonds. AGC members receive a 20 percent discount on all ConsensusDocs subscriptions. Learn more.
Contractor Bonding Education and Mentoring Program
The Surety and Fidelity Association of America (SFAA) and the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) created this free program to help new and emerging construction businesses, particularly minority-owned and other under-represented businesses, learn how to qualify for surety bonds. Learn more.
Surety Bonding Resources for Contractors
AGC collaborated with the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) to assemble various materials on surety bonding that contractors will find useful and informational, many created just for contractors. Learn more.