Bail Bonds

The for-profit bail industry in the U.S. is highly localized and decentralized, with corporate involvement spread among thousands of privately owned bail bond agencies. In exchange for upfront, monthly, and other fees, these agencies post bail on behalf of incarcerated individuals and detained immigrants.

The industry also includes a small number of publicly traded insurance companies, which underwrite most jail and immigration bonds. In the wake of several major insurance companies divesting from their bail businesses, Fairfax Financial Holdings is the only publicly traded company involved in the industry.

For more information on the U.S. for-profit bail bond industry, see here.

The list of companies involved in this sector
Select private companies are listed below publicly-traded companies.
(!) symbol means this company is on our divestment list
Publicly-Traded Companies

A Canadian insurance and investment holding company. Its subsidiary Crum & Forster is the largest bail insurance company in the US.

Private Companies

A Florida-based immigration bail bond company that operates across all 50 US states. It claims that it has posted bail for "tens of thousands" of people detained by US immigration authorities.

California

A California-based bail bond insurance company—comprised of Allegheny Casualty, Associated Bond, and International Fidelity—that underwrites jail and immigration bonds. It operates across all 50 US states and Puerto Rico.

An Indiana-based property and casualty insurance company that specializes in underwriting immigration and jail bonds. It operates in 46 US states.

A Florida-based financial holding company whose bail bond surety subsidiary Bankers Surety provides surety services for immigration and jail bonds. It operates in over 40 US states.

A New Jersey–based immigration bail bond company that operates across all 50 US states. 

A Kentucky-based property and casualty insurance company that specializes in underwriting jail and immigration bail bonds. It operates across all 50 US states. 

A Virginia-based bail bond services company that secures immigration bonds for individuals detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in exchange for monthly and other fees. Owned by private e-carceration company Nexus Services, the self-proclaimed "legal aid" provider has been sued and investigated numerous times for "preying on undocumented immigrants" and "acting as an unlicensed bail bond agency."

A Virginia-based immigration bail bond company that operates across all 50 US states.

This page was last updated on
22 June 2023