Surety One Launches Customs-Bonds.com Portal for U.S. Customs Bonds

New platform streamlines application, quoting, and issuance for importers, brokers, and trade operators

Apr. 20, 2026 at 10:21am

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Surety One, Inc., a surety-oriented brokerage and longtime writer of customs bonds, has announced the deployment of Customs-Bonds.com, a client-facing portal built exclusively for the company's importer, licensed customs broker, international carrier, foreign trade zone, bonded warehouse and marine terminal clientele. The platform underwrites every bond in-house, from Activity Code 1 continuous importer bonds to specialized instruments such as Activity Code 16 Importer Security Filing (ISF / 10+2) bonds and Activity Code 17 marine terminal operator bonds.

Why it matters

The launch of Customs-Bonds.com comes at a pivotal time for U.S. trade, as the Supreme Court's recent ruling against IEEPA-based tariffs is expected to drive a surge in bond resizings and refund-driven activity. The new portal aims to provide a smooth, transparent application process and faster bond issuance for importers and their brokers.

The details

Applications, quoting, and bond issuance have been consolidated into a single, purpose-built workflow on the Customs-Bonds.com platform. The tool integrates Surety One's proprietary artificial intelligence model developed by parent company Janus Assurance Re to handle client onboarding and bond pre-underwriting, reducing what has been a time-consuming intake-and-review cycle to hours for well-qualified applicants.

  • On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the President to impose tariffs, invalidating the IEEPA-based reciprocal and trafficking tariff regimes.
  • The launch of Customs-Bonds.com arrives as importers prepare to resize their programs and sidelined trade volume returns to U.S. ports.

The players

Surety One, Inc.

A surety-specialized insurance intermediary licensed since 1995, that writes every category of surety bond across all 50 states, U.S. territories and Canada. Surety One, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus Assurance Re.

Sharon Poindexter

President of Surety One, Inc.

C. Constantin Poindexter

Former Chief Executive Officer of Surety One, Inc.

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What they’re saying

“Now that the U.S. courts have given a verdict on the tariff issue, we expect that demand for our bonds will increase meaningfully as importers resize their programs and as sidelined trade volume returns to U.S. ports.”

— Sharon Poindexter, President of Surety One, Inc.

“I am absolutely impressed by Mrs. Poindexter's doubling down on listening to the voice of the customer and building a client-facing tool of this caliber. Her foresight in coupling the portal with the Janus Assurance Re proprietary A.I. model to onboard and pre-underwrite customs bonds at the point of application is prescient.”

— C. Constantin Poindexter, Former Chief Executive Officer of Surety One, Inc.

What’s next

With the IEEPA tariffs now behind the market, importers and their brokers are expected to see a surge of bond resizings, insufficiency cures and refund-driven activity, making the timing of the Customs-Bonds.com launch critical.

The takeaway

Surety One's new Customs-Bonds.com portal aims to provide a streamlined, transparent, and AI-powered solution for importers, brokers, and trade operators to manage their customs bond needs as the post-tariff trade landscape takes shape.