South Coast Surety Announces Staff Promotions

San Clemente, CA, January 26, 2010 --(PR.com)-- South Coast Surety has grown its annual rate of production from 40% to over 50% through 2009. To respond to its continued growth, the firm has further defined and systematized the agency’s departments. South Coast Surety is a bond only agency that provides national surety support to thousands of insurance brokers and users of surety across the country. Much of the production increase is spurred by the addition of their new non-standard commercial bond program as an underwriting general agency for Bluestone Surety. In addition, the agency is a wholesale underwriter for Zurich North America, Capitol Indemnity and Platte River Insurance.

With the growth in production and office staffing, South Coast Surety has promoted the following staff members to department supervisors. Kelly Specht, Supervisor Wholesale Services; Lynn Tomerlin, Supervisor Accounting Services; Lorie Mandel, Supervisor Contract Surety; Kandis Gregory, Supervisor Commercial Bonds New Business Department; Jacqui Metcalf, Supervisor Commercial Bonds Automated Department; Elsa Chacon, Supervisor Renewal Department. In addition, South Coast Surety has promoted Kevin Cathcart to Assistant Underwriter.

South Coast Surety continues to strive to provide the highest level of contract and commercial surety service. You can find out more about South Coast Surety and its staff at: www.southcoastsurety.com.

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