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#149 Bridging Contractor–Subcontractor Risk: Practical Insights on Prequalification, SDI, and Surety Value

#149 Bridging Contractor–Subcontractor Risk: Practical Insights on Prequalification, SDI, and Surety Value

Update: 2025-11-25
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In this episode of Let's Get Surety®, we sit down with Brad Robinson of Ward & Robinson, a CPA who has served on the financial leadership teams of both general contractors and subcontractors. Brad brings a unique, dual-perspective lens to today's most pressing risk-management challenges. Brad shares hard-won lessons from the field, including where prequalification processes often break down, how subs can better position themselves, how General Contractors evaluate risk, and why a strong surety relationship is one of the most valuable differentiators in today's market. Smart, practical, and candid—this is an episode every surety and construction professional should hear.

With special guest:

Brad Robinson, Partner, Ward & Robinson LLC

Hosted by:

Kat Shamapande, Director, Professional Development, NASBP and Mark McCallum, CEO, NASBP

Sponsored by Liberty Mutual Surety!

 

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#149 Bridging Contractor–Subcontractor Risk: Practical Insights on Prequalification, SDI, and Surety Value

#149 Bridging Contractor–Subcontractor Risk: Practical Insights on Prequalification, SDI, and Surety Value

National Association of Surety Bond Producers