Do Not Let a Bond Hold up Your Next Project
Get the Bond You Need, When You Need It
We work with A-rated sureties to get you bonded fast, whether it is a $5,000 license bond or a $50 million contract bond.
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Trusted Across the Country
Numbers Our Clients Rely On
- Standard Issuance
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24hr
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A-Rated
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Surety should not hold up your project. We make it fast.
Faster approvals. Better terms. A bond in hand when you need it.
- The reality
Every bond has its own rules.
Credit requirements, indemnity agreements, and carrier appetites all change by bond type and by state. A license bond, a contract bond, and a court bond each get underwritten differently, and one wrong submission sends you back to the start.
- Then it stalls
Then your project sits and waits.
Every day without the bond is a day a job stays on hold or a license stays inactive. You chase carriers, resend the same financials, and watch the deadline move closer while underwriting goes quiet.
- And it gets expensive
Go to the wrong carrier and you overpay.
Send a contract bond to a carrier built for small license bonds and you get a slow no, or a rate far above market. Knowing which surety wants which risk is the difference between a clean approval and weeks of back and forth.
- The Cornerstone way
One broker. The right carrier. A bond in hand.
We hold direct appointments with A-rated sureties and know which one fits your bond, your trade, and your financials. We place it once, at the right rate, and hand you the bond instead of a runaround.
- Why we move faster
We have placed it before. Thousands of times.
Decades of placements across every state mean we know what each underwriter asks for before they ask. When a bond type has a quirk, our team already has the answer, so your approval keeps moving instead of stalling on a question no one anticipated.
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Every bond has its own rules.
Credit requirements, indemnity agreements, and carrier appetites all change by bond type and by state. A license bond, a contract bond, and a court bond each get underwritten differently, and one wrong submission sends you back to the start.
The One-Stop Shop
One Partner for the Entire Compliance Stack
Most providers handle one piece and leave you to coordinate the rest. Cornerstone runs licensing, bonds, insurance, registered agent service, background checks, formation, and renewals under one roof, so you are not stitching four vendors together to keep every filing on track.
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Licensing
Multi-state licensing and renewals for lending, mortgage, money transmission, debt collection, and more.
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Surety Bonds
License, contract, and commercial bonds placed through A-rated carriers.
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Insurance
Industry-specific business coverage, from general liability to cyber and E&O.
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Registered Agent
Registered agent service in every state, with documents routed to one place.
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Background Checks
Compliant background screening for owners, officers, and control persons.
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Business Formation
Entity formation and foreign qualification in any state you operate.
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Atlas Renewals
Every license, bond, and renewal date tracked in the Atlas compliance platform.
The Atlas Difference
Software and experts, working as one
Most providers hand you a tool and leave you to run it, or take the work off your desk and leave you guessing at what is still active. Cornerstone does both at once. Atlas keeps every bond and renewal in one place, and a dedicated specialist places and renews the coverage behind it with the carriers. That is how we have placed bonds for businesses across 28 years.
Atlas, the platform
One secure view of every bond you hold and every renewal that is due, updated in real time as we work.
- Every bond and renewal date in one place
- Renewal dates tracked so no bond lapses
- Bond forms and proof of bonding ready to download
Specialists, the people
A named specialist places and renews every bond, and you reach them directly inside Atlas.
- Underwriters who know your trade and its carriers
- A direct line, not a ticket queue
- Human review on every placement and renewal
How It Works
Simple, Fast, Done
Getting bonded should be easy
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Tell Us What You Need
Share your bond requirement and we will identify the best carrier and rate for your situation.
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We Handle the Underwriting
Our relationships with top-rated sureties mean faster approvals and better terms for you.
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Bond in Hand
Most standard bonds are quoted in minutes and issued within 24 hours. Larger bonds move fast too.
Built for the collection industry
Debt collector and collection agency surety bonds
Most states condition a collection agency license on a posted surety bond. We have bonded debt collectors, debt buyers, and collection law firms for over two decades, and we file the bond with the regulator so your license application never waits on it. Mortgage and student loan servicer licensees get the same treatment through NMLS electronic surety bonds.
How we use AI
AI helps our bonding team work faster. Our specialists still own every call.
We use AI as an assistant for our bonding team, not as a replacement for their judgment. The models run on Cornerstone infrastructure, not public LLMs, so your business information stays with us. Every application and renewal is reviewed by a licensed specialist before it reaches a regulator.
On Our Infrastructure
Our models run on Cornerstone servers, not public chatbots. Your business information is not sent to a third-party LLM or used to train anyone else's product.
An Assistant, Not an Operator
AI helps our bonding team start their research in the right place and surface the resources to look at. Specialists vet what comes back and make the call.
Less Duplicate Work for You
Atlas figures out what data each form needs, then reuses what you have already given us so the same question does not come around twice. That is how approvals come faster.
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Stay Ahead of the Rules
Recent rule changes, deadline announcements, and state agency updates we are tracking for you.
- Action Georgia Department of Banking and Finance GA Jul 13, 2026
Georgia Money Transmitter Penalty Rule 80-3-4-.01 Effective
Georgia rule 80-3-4-. 01 became effective July 6, 2026 and sets administrative fines tied to money transmitter violations.
- Action Virginia state legislature and state financial regulator VA Jul 5, 2026
Virginia full MTMA implementation becomes effective
Virginia's full implementation of the Money Transmission Modernization Act became effective on July 1, 2026. The change places Virginia among the states adopting more standardized money transmission rules on capital, surety bond, and permissible investments.
- Action Louisiana Legislature LA Jul 1, 2026
Louisiana Money Transmission Act Takes Effect
Louisiana enacted HB 1230 creating the Louisiana Money Transmission Act in Title 6, Chapter 13, effective July 1, 2026. Legislative materials indicate the law includes licensing provisions such as application investigation, fees, and surety bond requirements.
- Action Louisiana Legislature LA Jun 30, 2026
Louisiana enacts comprehensive Money Transmission Act
Louisiana enacted HB 1230, a new comprehensive Money Transmission Act signed on June 9, 2026. The law takes effect July 1, 2026 and replaces the prior framework with a broader licensing, supervision, reporting, net worth, surety bond, permissible investment, and authorized agent structure aligned with the CSBS model.
- Action Louisiana Legislature / Governor LA Jun 29, 2026
Louisiana Enacts New Money Transmission Act
Louisiana enacted a new Money Transmission Act through House Bill 1230, signed June 9, 2026, with an effective date of July 1, 2026. The law largely tracks the CSBS model and updates licensing through NMLS, quarterly call reporting, annual audited financials, net worth and surety bond standards, permissible investments, agent oversight, and enforcement authority.
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