Telemarketing surety bond
Telemarketing surety bond
A telemarketing surety bond is a type of license & permit bond which is required to operate in the telemarketing industry. These bonds are in place to protect the consumer from wrongful solicitation by a telemarketer. Many states have strict laws that govern telemarketers and thus have enforced a telemarketing surety bond to get the license to operate. A telemarketer solicits the selling of products, services or goods over the phone. In the case a telemarketer fails on any of the statutory obligations, a telemarketing surety bond will fulfil any claims that the oblige makes due to lapses on the part of the principal, the telemarketer in this case. The premiums of a telemarketing surety bond are higher than other types of license and permit bonds because there are very strict guidelines against telemarketers in most of the states in the United States. Legislators have felt that telemarketers have entered into the American lives which sometimes borders on intrusion. It is because of this that there are stiff fines which are in place in case the telemarketer does not follow the procedure. Telemarketers are now finding it increasingly more difficult to operate because of the do not call program initiated which forbids them from calling many of their clients. There are a lot of other restrictions on the operation of a telemarketer. For example, the law states that the telemarketer has to state their full name and the business that they represent to the client. However, these things are very easy to forget and new employees do make the mistake of not stating these facts which could lead to a claim to be made by the client. Because of high attrition in the telemarketing industry, this problem has become worse as newer employees are always joining the industry. Second problem is of falsity of information. Most telemarketers are rewarded financially if they are able to make certain amount of sale. Because of this fact, sometimes because of greed, telemarketers might not be completely honest with the client. These plus a whole lot more of regulations makes it very difficult for a telemarketing company to operate within the permits of the law and there are multiple avenues where in a small mistake could land the company into trouble. It is because of this very nature of the industry that the telemarketing surety bond premiums are so high. As more and more newer legislations are put to place, one could see the premiums of the telemarketing surety bond to rise even further. These tough regulations have made it very difficult for the telemarketing companies to operate. This has put serious question mark on their financial stability, one more reason why bonding companies are very critical when they are looking at a principal for issuance of a telemarketing surety bond. All the factors mentioned above, the stringent regulations, the nature of the industry, the operational difficulties etc. make the underwriting of telemarketing surety bond one of the most difficult and risky. No wonder that bonding companies take time to issue these bonds to telemarketers.