Solutions for your most complex surety risks


In Spain, surety solutions help businesses navigate contractual, regulatory, and commercial requirements with confidence. By offering an alternative to traditional bank lines of credit, surety can help preserve working capital, protect borrowing capacity, and provide customized security aligned with an organization's unique needs.
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Workers compensation self-insurance (WGA ERD)

Businesses can choose how they want to cover their disability obligations (WGA risk). Every spring and autumn, companies make this choice, either through the public scheme or via a private insurer.

Thanks to Liberty Mutual Surety, there is a third option for managing WGA risk – fully self-insuring the risk.

Larger employers who no longer wish to insure their employees against disability through the public scheme or a private insurer can take on the responsibility for paying WGA benefits and reintegration costs themselves. Many companies prefer to cover these costs themselves rather than paying premiums to the UWV (Employee Insurance Agency) or an insurer.

Liberty Mutual Surety is a market leader in WGA guarantees and has been supporting Dutch companies that are WGA self-insurer for over 15 years. We work closely with specialized intermediaries and advisors in the field of employee benefits. Liberty serves the entire market in the Netherlands, from commercial companies to organizations in the healthcare sector and education.

To become a self-insurer, an employer must provide a guarantee to the Tax Authority from a financial institution that will take over the benefit obligations when the company is no longer able to do so.

For companies that Liberty Mutual Surety finds financially strong enough, we are willing to provide such a guarantee, allowing you to truly become a self-insurer.

You can opt to become a self-insurer twice a year (on July 1 and January 1). However, you must submit your application to the Tax Authority at least 13 weeks in advance (therefore, by April 1 and October 1). With your application, you must be able to provide a WGA guarantee.

The only requirement is that your company has a payroll of at least €10 million, so that we can make a proper assessment of the potential future WGA influx.


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Productiebedrijven, handel en energie

Liberty kan uw bedrijf ondersteunen gedurende alle fases van het project en daarmee ontzorgen.

Bedrijven die kapitaalgoederen produceren, variërend van machines in de food sector tot metaalbewerking hebben vaak garanties nodig om hun werk te kunnen uitvoeren. Na het tekenen van een order gaan de ingenieurs aan het werk om tekeningen te maken. Om dit te financieren is een aanbetaling nodig, die verkregen wordt na het stellen van een aanbetalingsgarantie (advance payment bond). Ook moet de contractuele verplichting om uiteindelijk te leveren (inclusief diverse milestones) worden afgedekt door middel van een garantie: de uitvoeringsgarantie of performance bond. Na levering en installatie volgt meestal een onderhoudsperiode, waarin kleine gebreken moeten worden opgelost. Om zich te verzekeren dat dit gebeurt vraagt een opdrachtgever een onderhoudsgarantie (maintenance bond)

De Europese Unie verleent restitutie bij de export van landbouwproducten naar landen buiten de EU. In Nederland wordt deze regeling door diverse productschappen uitgevoerd. Om restitutie op voorhand te kunnen ontvangen, worden garanties gevraagd. Dat gebeurt overigens ook andersom bij de import van landbouwproducten.


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Manufacturing, trade, and energy

Liberty can support your company throughout all phases of a project, providing peace of mind.

Companies that produce capital goods, ranging from machinery in the food sector to metalworking, often require guarantees to perform their work. After signing an order, engineers get to work creating drawings. To finance this, a down payment is necessary, which is obtained after providing an advance payment guarantee. Additionally, the contractual obligation to eventually deliver (including various milestones) must be covered by a guarantee – the performance bond. After delivery and installation, there is usually a maintenance period during which minor defects must be resolved. To ensure this happens, a client requests a maintenance bond.

The European Union provides refunds for the export of agricultural products to countries outside the EU. In the Netherlands, this scheme is administered by various product boards. To receive refunds in advance, guarantees are required. This also occurs conversely for the import of agricultural products.


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Transport, opslag en logistiek

Transportbedrijven, expediteurs, douane-agenten, bedrijven met een accijnsgoederenplaats en importeurs en exporteurs in het algemeen moeten vaak garanties stellen in verband met wetgeving van Nederlandse en Europese overheden of de Europese Unie.

Douanegaranties

Dit zijn garanties met betrekking tot uitstel van betaling van BTW en invoerrechten bij import (maandbetalingen), opmaak van communautaire documenten, vrijstelling van rechten, opslag van goederen in douane-entrepots en in accijnsgoederenplaatsen (AGP) en zeehavengeld.

Fiscaal vertegenwoordiger

Bent u fiscaal vertegenwoordiger van een buitenlandse onderneming? Dan moet u namens deze onderneming aan de (lokale) fiscale verplichtingen voldoen. Die kunnen gaan over belaste prestaties in Nederland, intracommunautaire verkeer en invoer uit niet EU-landen. Als fiscaal vertegenwoordiger doet u BTW-aangifte. Ook bent u tot het bedrag van de zekerheid (de bankgarantie) mede aansprakelijk voor de BTW die de buitenlandse onderneming aan de belastingdienst moet betalen.


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Transport, storage, and logistics

Transport companies, freight forwarders, customs agents, companies with a duty-free warehouse, and those in the importing and exporting business often need to provide guarantees related to legislation from Dutch and European authorities or the European Union.

Customs guarantees

These are guarantees regarding the deferral of VAT and import duties upon import (monthly payments), preparation of community documents, exemption from duties, storage of goods in customs warehouses and excise warehouses and port fees.

Fiscal representative

Are you the fiscal representative of a foreign company? Then you must comply with the (local) tax obligations on behalf of this company. These may involve taxable supplies in the Netherlands, intra-community transactions, and imports from non-EU countries. As a fiscal representative, you will file VAT returns. You are also jointly liable for the amount of the security (the bank guarantee) for the VAT that the foreign company must pay to the tax authorities.


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Bouw- en installatiebedrijven

In de bouw- en kapitaalgoederensector wordt gewerkt met vele soorten garanties voor de uitvoering van projecten en de levering van goederen.

Wij bieden:

  • bereidverklaringen / bid bonds
  • inschrijvingsgaranties / tender bonds
  • uitvoeringsgaranties / performance bonds
  • (5%) opleveringsgaranties
  • aanbetalingsgaranties o.a. grond aankoopgaranties
  • vooruitbetalingsgaranties / advance payment bonds
  • onderhoudsgaranties / maintenance or warranty bonds

Our products


Surety bonds play an important role in facilitating business transactions by providing technical guarantees that contractual and regulatory obligations will be met. This added layer of assurance helps safeguard project owners, government entities, and other stakeholders when commitments are not fulfilled. Serving sectors such as construction, housing, energy, and professional services, surety solutions can be tailored to support a range of operational and risk-management objectives. Common bond types include:
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Our products


Surety bonds play an important role in facilitating business transactions by providing technical guarantees that contractual and regulatory obligations will be met. This added layer of assurance helps safeguard project owners, government entities, and other stakeholders when commitments are not fulfilled. Serving sectors such as construction, housing, energy, and professional services, surety solutions can be tailored to support a range of operational and risk-management objectives. Common bond types include:
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Bid/tender bond
Guarantees that a bidder will enter into the contract and provide the required performance security if their tender is accepted.
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Performance bond
Guarantees that a contractor will complete a project in accordance with the agreed contract terms, or the bond will compensate the beneficiary for resulting losses.
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Advance payment bond
Protects the beneficiary if advance payments made to a contractor are not properly used or the work is not delivered.
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Retention bond
Replaces cash retention by guaranteeing that defects or outstanding obligations will be remedied under the contract.
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Customs/deferred duty bond
Secures payment of customs duties, taxes, and compliance obligations on imported goods.
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Housing bonds
Guarantees the reimbursement of advance payments made by purchasers to the property developer for the acquisition of real estate if construction does not commence or if the property is not delivered within the agreed timeframes
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Connection to grid bonds
a legal obligation for renewable energy developers and storage facilities to apply for access to electricity production facilities.
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Miscellaneous risk bonds
Guarantees required across a broad range of legal proceedings, deferred and instalment payment, grants, subsidies, arrangements for taxes, performance of private contracts

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