
Who writes surety bonds in Illinois
Ranked by direct premium written in 2025 from the Illinois market share report (every company, not a top-N list).
157 companies wrote surety bonds in Illinois in 2025, $368.3M in direct premium. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America led with 11.5%; the top five hold 39%. 199 companies are licensed for the line.
By Sam Alishahi, independent insurance broker · All lines in Illinois
The companies
| # | Company | NAIC | Home state | Status here | Premium | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America | 31194 | CT | Admitted (licensed) | $42.3M | 11.48% |
| 2 | Southwest Marine and General Insurance Company | 12294 | AZ | Admitted (licensed) | $35.3M | 9.58% |
| 3 | Liberty Mutual Insurance Company | 23043 | MA | Admitted (licensed) | $34.8M | 9.44% |
| 4 | Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland (The) | 39306 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $16.1M | 4.37% |
| 5 | Continental Casualty Company | 20443 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $15.2M | 4.13% |
| 6 | Western Surety Company | 13188 | SD | Admitted (licensed) | $13.4M | 3.64% |
| 7 | Federal Insurance Company | 20281 | IN | Admitted (licensed) | $9.9M | 2.70% |
| 8 | Ohio Casualty Insurance Company (The) | 24074 | NH | Admitted (licensed) | $9.6M | 2.61% |
| 9 | Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company | 27154 | NY | Admitted (licensed) | $8.4M | 2.28% |
| 10 | Indemnity National Insurance Company | 18468 | MS | Admitted (licensed) | $7.9M | 2.16% |
| 11 | Arch Insurance (UK) Limited | 11150 | MO | Admitted (licensed) | $7.8M | 2.12% |
| 12 | Old Republic Surety Company | 40444 | WI | Admitted (licensed) | $6.4M | 1.74% |
| 13 | Hanover Insurance Company (The) | 22292 | NH | Admitted (licensed) | $6.0M | 1.62% |
| 14 | American Alternative Insurance Corporation | 19720 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $5.9M | 1.60% |
| 15 | Cincinnati Insurance Company (The) | 10677 | OH | Admitted (licensed) | $5.8M | 1.56% |
| 16 | West Bend Insurance Company | 15350 | WI | Admitted (licensed) | $5.7M | 1.55% |
| 17 | SiriusPoint America Insurance Company | 38776 | NY | Admitted (licensed) | $5.6M | 1.52% |
| 18 | Developers Surety and Indemnity Company | 12718 | CA | Admitted (licensed) | $5.4M | 1.47% |
| 19 | RLI Insurance Company | 13056 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $5.2M | 1.41% |
| 20 | Swiss Re Corporate Solutions America Insurance Corporation | 29874 | MO | Admitted (licensed) | $4.9M | 1.33% |
| 21 | Euler Hermes North America Insurance Company | 20516 | MD | Admitted (licensed) | $4.8M | 1.30% |
| 22 | Great Midwest Insurance Company | 18694 | TX | Admitted (licensed) | $4.6M | 1.26% |
| 23 | EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY Employers Mutual Casualty Company) | 21415 | IA | Admitted (licensed) | $4.6M | 1.24% |
| 24 | Hartford Fire Insurance Company | 19682 | CT | Admitted (licensed) | $4.4M | 1.19% |
| 25 | Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company | 23787 | OH | Admitted (licensed) | $4.2M | 1.13% |
| 26 | XL Specialty Insurance Company | 37885 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $4.1M | 1.12% |
| 27 | Berkley Assurance Company | 32603 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $3.9M | 1.07% |
| 28 | New York Marine and General Insurance Company | 16608 | NY | Admitted (licensed) | $3.8M | 1.02% |
| 29 | Harco National Insurance Company | 26433 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $3.8M | 1.02% |
| 30 | Great American Insurance Company | 16691 | OH | Admitted (licensed) | $3.8M | 1.02% |
| 31 | Selective Insurance Company of America | 12572 | NJ | Admitted (licensed) | $3.3M | 0.90% |
| 32 | Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company | 18058 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $3.0M | 0.83% |
| 33 | Hudson Insurance Company | 25054 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $3.0M | 0.81% |
| 34 | ASCOT SURETY \u0026 CASUALTY COMPANY | 30279 | CO | Admitted (licensed) | $3.0M | 0.81% |
| 35 | United States Fire Insurance Company | 21113 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $2.9M | 0.79% |
| 36 | Endurance Assurance Corporation | 11551 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $2.8M | 0.77% |
| 37 | Merchants Bonding Company (Mutual) | 14494 | IA | Admitted (licensed) | $2.7M | 0.73% |
| 38 | Merchants National Bonding, Inc. | 11595 | IA | Admitted (licensed) | $2.6M | 0.71% |
| 39 | NGM Insurance Company | 14788 | FL | Admitted (licensed) | $2.6M | 0.70% |
| 40 | UNITED FIRE \u0026 CASUALTY COMPANY | 13021 | IA | Admitted (licensed) | $2.4M | 0.65% |
| 41 | Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company | 22276 | NE | Admitted (licensed) | $2.4M | 0.64% |
| 42 | Pennsylvania Insurance Company | 21962 | NM | Admitted (licensed) | $2.3M | 0.62% |
| 43 | Swiss Re Corporate Solutuions Premier Insurance Corporation | 32778 | MO | Admitted (licensed) | $2.1M | 0.56% |
| 44 | West American Insurance Company | 44393 | IN | Admitted (licensed) | $2.1M | 0.56% |
| 45 | Trisura Insurance Company | 22225 | OK | Admitted (licensed) | $1.9M | 0.53% |
| 46 | Granite Re, Inc. | 26310 | MN | Admitted (licensed) | $1.9M | 0.51% |
| 47 | Zurich American Insurance Company | 16535 | NY | Admitted (licensed) | $1.9M | 0.51% |
| 48 | AXIS Insurance Company | 37273 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $1.8M | 0.48% |
| 49 | State National Insurance Company, Inc. | 12831 | TX | Admitted (licensed) | $1.7M | 0.47% |
| 50 | Benefit Security Ins Co | 12987 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $1.6M | 0.44% |
| 51 | Ohio Farmers Insurance Company | 24104 | OH | Admitted (licensed) | $1.6M | 0.43% |
| 52 | Palomar Casualty and Surety Company | 10671 | LA | Admitted (licensed) | $1.6M | 0.43% |
| 53 | Argonaut Insurance Company | 19801 | NE | Admitted (licensed) | $1.5M | 0.42% |
| 54 | Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company | 23396 | MI | Admitted (licensed) | $1.1M | 0.31% |
| 55 | Frankenmuth Insurance Company | 13986 | MI | Admitted (licensed) | $1.1M | 0.29% |
| 56 | Accelerant National Insurance Company | 10220 | AR | Admitted (licensed) | $1.1M | 0.29% |
| 57 | State Farm Fire and Casualty Company | 25143 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $948,182 | 0.26% |
| 58 | Capitol Indemnity Corporation | 10472 | WI | Admitted (licensed) | $944,936 | 0.26% |
| 59 | Lyndon Southern Insurance Company | 10051 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $860,871 | 0.23% |
| 60 | American Contractors Indemnity Company | 10216 | CA | Admitted (licensed) | $826,484 | 0.22% |
| 61 | Markel Insurance Company | 38970 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $769,187 | 0.21% |
| 62 | Auto-Owners Insurance Company | 18988 | MI | Admitted (licensed) | $767,730 | 0.21% |
| 63 | Westfield Insurance Company | 24112 | OH | Admitted (licensed) | $766,821 | 0.21% |
| 64 | U.S. Specialty Insurance Company | 29599 | TX | Admitted (licensed) | $647,685 | 0.18% |
| 65 | Ace American Insurance Company | 22667 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $637,243 | 0.17% |
| 66 | Safeco Insurance Company of America | 24740 | NH | Admitted (licensed) | $612,499 | 0.17% |
| 67 | Lexon Insurance Company | 13307 | TX | Admitted (licensed) | $576,896 | 0.16% |
| 68 | Westchester Fire Insurance Company | 10030 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $575,078 | 0.16% |
| 69 | Lexington National Insurance Corporation | 37940 | FL | Admitted (licensed) | $519,512 | 0.14% |
| 70 | SureTec Insurance Company | 10916 | TX | Admitted (licensed) | $510,042 | 0.14% |
| 71 | Gray Insurance Company (The) | 36307 | LA | Admitted (licensed) | $508,958 | 0.14% |
| 72 | Allegheny Casualty Company | 13285 | NJ | Admitted (licensed) | $502,570 | 0.14% |
| 73 | Platte River Insurance Company | 18619 | NE | Admitted (licensed) | $480,387 | 0.13% |
| 74 | Republic - Vanguard Insurance Company | 40479 | AZ | Admitted (licensed) | $439,578 | 0.12% |
| 75 | United Casualty and Surety Insurance Company | 36226 | NE | Admitted (licensed) | $431,677 | 0.12% |
| 76 | Continental Insurance Company, (The) | 35289 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $402,071 | 0.11% |
| 77 | |Trisura Specialty Insurance Company | 16188 | OK | Admitted (licensed) | $352,361 | 0.10% |
| 78 | American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida | 10111 | FL | Admitted (licensed) | $351,179 | 0.10% |
| 79 | FCCI Insurance Company | 10178 | FL | Admitted (licensed) | $348,209 | 0.09% |
| 80 | Evergreen National Indemnity Company | 12750 | OH | Admitted (licensed) | $347,304 | 0.09% |
| 81 | Westport Insurance Corporation | 39845 | MO | Admitted (licensed) | $344,816 | 0.09% |
| 82 | QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited | 39217 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $339,999 | 0.09% |
| 83 | Pacific Indemnity Company | 20346 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $312,154 | 0.08% |
| 84 | Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company | 37206 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $306,802 | 0.08% |
| 85 | Everest Reinsurance (Bermuda) Limited - | 26921 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $293,188 | 0.08% |
| 86 | Amherst National Insurance Company | 16379 | NC | Admitted (licensed) | $268,067 | 0.07% |
| 87 | Knightbrook Insurance Company | 13722 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $250,989 | 0.07% |
| 88 | Everspan Insurance Company | 24961 | AZ | Admitted (licensed) | $202,161 | 0.05% |
| 89 | Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company | 22357 | CT | Admitted (licensed) | $180,677 | 0.05% |
| 90 | Summit Specialty Insurance Company | 16889 | NE | Admitted (licensed) | $167,699 | 0.05% |
| 91 | Federated Mutual Insurance Company | 13935 | MN | Admitted (licensed) | $165,085 | 0.04% |
| 92 | Everspan Indemnity Insurance Company (C) | 16882 | AZ | Admitted (licensed) | $145,139 | 0.04% |
| 93 | Erie Insurance Company | 26263 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $122,574 | 0.03% |
| 94 | Bond Safeguard Insurance Company | 27081 | SD | Admitted (licensed) | $121,985 | 0.03% |
| 95 | American Surety Company | 31380 | IN | Admitted (licensed) | $105,057 | 0.03% |
| 96 | Western National Mutual Insurance Company | 15377 | MN | Admitted (licensed) | $102,552 | 0.03% |
| 97 | IMT Insurance Company | 14257 | IA | Admitted (licensed) | $102,054 | 0.03% |
| 98 | Guarantee Company of North America USA (The) | 36650 | AR | Admitted (licensed) | $96,281 | 0.03% |
| 99 | Hartford Casualty Insurance Company | 29424 | IN | Admitted (licensed) | $91,679 | 0.02% |
| 100 | American States Insurance Company | 19704 | IN | Admitted (licensed) | $89,335 | 0.02% |
| 101 | |Hudson Excess Insurance Company | 14484 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $83,860 | 0.02% |
| 102 | Old Republic Insurance Company | 24147 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $67,480 | 0.02% |
| 103 | US Insurance Company of America | 13017 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $67,330 | 0.02% |
| 104 | International Fidelity Insurance Company | 11592 | NJ | Admitted (licensed) | $67,296 | 0.02% |
| 105 | Safety First Insurance Company | 11123 | MO | Admitted (licensed) | $66,481 | 0.02% |
| 106 | Universal Surety Company | 25933 | NE | Admitted (licensed) | $65,371 | 0.02% |
| 107 | American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania | 20427 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $54,018 | 0.01% |
| 108 | American Southern Insurance Company | 10235 | KS | Admitted (licensed) | $45,019 | 0.01% |
| 109 | Endurance American Insurance Company | 10641 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $42,120 | 0.01% |
| 110 | Great American Alliance Insurance Company | 26832 | OH | Admitted (licensed) | $39,805 | 0.01% |
| 111 | Protective Insurance Company | 12416 | IN | Admitted (licensed) | $39,638 | 0.01% |
| 112 | Ohio Indemnity Company | 26565 | OH | Admitted (licensed) | $37,636 | 0.01% |
| 113 | Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company (The) | 29513 | MO | Admitted (licensed) | $35,654 | 0.01% |
| 114 | Continental Heritage Insurance Company | 39551 | FL | Admitted (licensed) | $31,000 | 0.01% |
| 115 | Aspen American Insurance Company | 43460 | TX | Admitted (licensed) | $30,240 | 0.01% |
| 116 | Bankers Insurance Company | 33162 | FL | Admitted (licensed) | $25,813 | 0.01% |
| 117 | Hartford Insurance Company of Illinois | 38288 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $17,977 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Seneca Insurance Company Incorporated | 10936 | NY | Admitted (licensed) | $16,060 | 0.00% |
| 119 | NATIONAL LIABILITY \u0026 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY | 20052 | CT | Admitted (licensed) | $15,775 | 0.00% |
| 120 | Standard Fire Insurance Company (The) | 19070 | CT | Admitted (licensed) | $15,751 | 0.00% |
| 121 | Travelers Casualty and Surety Company | 19038 | CT | Admitted (licensed) | $15,123 | 0.00% |
| 122 | Ascot Insurance Company | 23752 | CO | Admitted (licensed) | $14,236 | 0.00% |
| 123 | UNIVERSAL FIRE \u0026 CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY | 32867 | IN | Admitted (licensed) | $11,846 | 0.00% |
| 124 | Fair American Insurance and Reinsurance Company | 35157 | NY | Admitted (licensed) | $10,331 | 0.00% |
| 125 | Acstar Insurance Company | 22950 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $9,573 | 0.00% |
| 126 | Pekin Insurance Company | 24228 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $9,148 | 0.00% |
| 127 | National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 19445 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $7,453 | 0.00% |
| 128 | Illinois EMCASCO Insurance Company | 32808 | IA | Admitted (licensed) | $7,144 | 0.00% |
| 129 | St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company | 24767 | CT | Admitted (licensed) | $7,089 | 0.00% |
| 130 | RepWest Insurance Company | 31089 | AZ | Admitted (licensed) | $6,151 | 0.00% |
| 131 | Sentry Select Insurance Company | 21180 | WI | Admitted (licensed) | $5,358 | 0.00% |
| 132 | National Indemnity Company | 20087 | NE | Admitted (licensed) | $5,356 | 0.00% |
| 133 | First National Insurance Company of America | 24724 | NH | Admitted (licensed) | $4,200 | 0.00% |
| 134 | Benchmark Insurance Company | 41394 | KS | Admitted (licensed) | $3,325 | 0.00% |
| 135 | United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company | 25887 | CT | Admitted (licensed) | $3,091 | 0.00% |
| 136 | Bar Plan Surety and Fidelity Company | 10966 | MO | Admitted (licensed) | $2,959 | 0.00% |
| 137 | Star Insurance Company | 18023 | MI | Admitted (licensed) | $2,836 | 0.00% |
| 138 | Sentry Insurance Company | 24988 | WI | Admitted (licensed) | $2,834 | 0.00% |
| 139 | National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford | 20478 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $1,900 | 0.00% |
| 140 | American Road Insurance Company (The) | 19631 | MI | Admitted (licensed) | $1,651 | 0.00% |
| 141 | Utica Mutual Insurance Company | 25976 | NY | Admitted (licensed) | $1,450 | 0.00% |
| 142 | Peerless Insurance Company | 24198 | NH | Admitted (licensed) | $1,350 | 0.00% |
| 143 | Fireman's Fund Insurance Company | 21873 | IL | Admitted (licensed) | $1,206 | 0.00% |
| 144 | Amerisure Insurance Company | 19488 | MI | Admitted (licensed) | $1,112 | 0.00% |
| 145 | Vigilant Insurance Company | 20397 | NY | Admitted (licensed) | $1,071 | 0.00% |
| 146 | Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company | 14990 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $775 | 0.00% |
| 147 | American Inter-Fidelity Exchange | 40088 | IN | Admitted (licensed) | $500 | 0.00% |
| 148 | Surety Bonding Company of America | 24047 | SD | Admitted (licensed) | $430 | 0.00% |
| 149 | North River Insurance Company (The) | 21105 | NJ | Admitted (licensed) | $418 | 0.00% |
| 150 | National American Insurance Company | 23663 | OK | Admitted (licensed) | $408 | 0.00% |
| 151 | Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest | 37478 | IN | Admitted (licensed) | $300 | 0.00% |
| 152 | Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America | 19046 | CT | Admitted (licensed) | $225 | 0.00% |
| 153 | Indemnity Insurance Company of North America | 43575 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $200 | 0.00% |
| 154 | Vantage Risk Assurance Company | 32077 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $152 | 0.00% |
| 155 | Technology Insurance Company, Inc. | 42376 | DE | Admitted (licensed) | $125 | 0.00% |
| 156 | Pacific Employers Insurance Company | 22748 | PA | Admitted (licensed) | $125 | 0.00% |
| 157 | Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company | 23035 | WI | Admitted (licensed) | $100 | 0.00% |
Method and source
Source: the Illinois insurance regulator company list, read 2026-10-18. IDOI 2025 Market Share Report: Property and Casualty (published March 2026, 2025 annual-statement data). Lists every company with Illinois business written on the P&C statement: licensed companies, surplus lines insurers and risk retention groups together, with no status/type flag, so type is '' for all rows and the list is NOT a certificate-of-authority roster (a licensed company with zero IL premium and zero losses is omitted; non-admitted writers are included). 'lines' = P&C statement lines of business the company reported IL premium or losses under (48 of 54 lines have entries), a proxy for lines of authority. No 'since' date in the source. No Illinois surplus lines eligibility list exists (IL has no white list). 26 companies had a name or domicile cell missing in at least one PDF row; filled from the same NAIC code's other rows. "Premium" is direct premium written in the state for the year shown; "share" is that company's part of the state total for the line. A company can be licensed for a line and write none of it, and a surplus lines insurer can write a line without a state license for it.
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