A brokerage built the way bonds should be written: by hand.

The firm

Janus Underwriters is owned by Janus Assurance Re and operates independently in the market, placing risk through its parent and a panel of domestic and international carriers. The firm exists for principals and producers who want their file read by an underwriter rather than routed through a rate engine.

The practice is weighted toward commercial surety, license and permit, court and judicial, probate and fiduciary, customs, public official, and financial guarantee obligations, with a full contract surety desk for public and private construction and a fidelity practice spanning ERISA plans to financial institutions.

Terms are always subject to credit and underwriting, stated plainly, without alternatives dressed up as bonds. The desk answers its mail, asks its questions once, and stands behind what it places.