Surety company, what is that? Well, a surety company, i.e. Fidelity, is a company that insures the bail bonds Van Nuys you will be writing. You have to be appointed by a surety company either directly or indirectly if you are going to write bail bonds. Indirectly is by being employed by a "General Agent" or owner of a bail bonds company, and directly if you are going to work directly wi