Surety One launches ERISA4204Bonds.com for sale-of-assets bonds

Surety One, Inc. has launched ERISA4204Bonds.com, a dedicated underwriting portal for ERISA § 4204 sale of assets bonds. The site is designed to speed deal review, calculate statutory bond amounts and help parties determine when a bond may not be required.

Why it matters: - ERISA § 4204 sale of assets transactions can trigger multiemployer pension withdrawal liability if the bond requirements are not handled correctly. - Surety One says the new portal is built to reduce weeks of back-and-forth among deal counsel, funds and surety markets. - The site is aimed at giving practitioners faster visibility into whether a transaction may qualify with no bond at all.

What happened: - Surety One, Inc. launched ERISA4204Bonds.com on August 10, 2026. - The company describes the site as the first U.S. web property devoted exclusively to ERISA § 4204 sale of assets bonds. - Surety One also says the portal is a companion property to ERISA-Bonds.com and FiduciaryLiabilityCoverage.com.

The details: - The portal includes an interactive penal sum calculator that computes the statutory bond amount from the seller's contribution history. - A variance worksheet runs the PBGC tests under 29 CFR Part 4204, including the de minimis, net income and net tangible assets tests. - The worksheet indicates in real time whether a transaction may proceed with no bond. - Worksheet figures transmit directly to underwriting so each file arrives pre-analyzed. - Surety One says it performs the complete Part 4204 variance analysis on every submission at no charge. - The review is verified against the purchaser's post-closing figures, and the conclusion is provided in writing. - When the regulation excuses the bond, Surety One ends the engagement with a letter stating that no bond, no premium and no fee are due. - The portal also includes a multilingual practitioner library, a fillable submission application and an expedite function for same-business-day review. - The practitioner library is based on Constantin Poindexter's treatise, The Practitioner's Guide to ERISA § 4204 Sale of Assets Bonds.

Between the lines: - The launch appears designed to turn a niche compliance process into a more standardized online workflow. - Surety One is pairing software tools with manual underwriting judgment, which may appeal to law firms and deal teams that need both speed and a written variance determination. - The emphasis on no-charge analysis and a written finding suggests the company is using the portal as both a lead generator and a service differentiator.

What's next: - Surety One says the portal will provide same-business-day review for submissions that use the expedite function. - The company is positioning the site as a specialized resource for ERISA bond work and a gateway to related surety and fiduciary products. - Surety One continues to market its ERISA fidelity bonds, § 4204 sale of assets bonds, fiduciary liability insurance and specialty surety lines as a licensed intermediary in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.