Bond Categories
Overview of Bond Categories
In Tinubu Surety Solution for Carriers (TSC), a bond category is one of the defining criteria for a bond configuration. Each bond category is grouped within a bond class.
For Commercial Bonds, there are five criteria (State, Class, Category, Obligee, and Carrier). For Contract Bonds, there are three criteria (Class, Category, and Carrier). The combination of these credentials must be unique per bond configuration. Please refer to the Creating and Editing a Bond Class guide for more information.
Creating a Bond Category
Select Reference Tables/Bond Classes.
Select the Bond Categories link.
Click the Add Item button to add a new Bond Category.
Enter a description in the new row. This description will be the bond category's referenced name in TSC.
Click the Save Changes button to save the bond category or Cancel Changes to get rid of all changes since the last save.
Editing a Bond Category
Select Reference Tables/Bond Classes.
Select the Bond Categories link of the line item you wish to edit.
Click on the field and edit the description text.
Click the Save Changes button to save the bond category or Cancel Changes to get rid of all changes since the last save.
Inactivating a Bond Category
Select Reference Tables/Bond Classes.
Select the Bond Categories link of the line item you wish to disable.
Click the Inactivate link on the category.
This will not delete it permanently, but it will not be available for use until it is reactivated.
Inactivating a Bond Category will not only remove it from the Active page, but will inactivate all bond configurations that use that category. i.e. removing a “Utility Deposit bond” Bond Category will inactivate the configuration that uses that Bond Category in not only North Carolina but also, for instance, Texas.
Bond Configurations with the inactivated category cannot be maintained or bought. However, the bond's that are already bought with those bond configurations will of course stay active.
You will be prompted to confirm or cancel your action.
Reactivating a Bond Category
Select Reference Tables/Bond Classes.
Select the Bond Categories link of the line item you wish to reactivate.
Click Recover Inactive Records link at the bottom left of the screen.
Click Reactivate to reactivate the record.
You will be prompted to confirm or cancel your action.