Surety Capital Corporation has appointed Bradley White as its chief executive officer, the Fort Worth, Texas specialty financial services firm said on 17 September 2026. The move places a certified public accountant with more than three decades of executive experience at the head of a company that has worked in insurance-assignment funding for close to fifty years.
White takes the top job as Surety Capital prepares for what its board described as a new phase of growth and operational evolution. His remit is to build on the company established position while modernising how it operates and serves the funeral directors and families who rely on its funding programmes.
The appointment marks a generational change at the firm. Dick Abrams, the founder and board chair who has guided Surety Capital for more than fifty years, is stepping back from day to day management to concentrate on strategic oversight, and he remains chair of the board. The company presented the change as an orderly handover designed to preserve continuity while bringing fresh leadership into the executive role.
White is a certified public accountant whose career spans more than thirty years of public company leadership and senior roles in high growth technology businesses. That combination of financial discipline and growth experience was central to the board decision, which it framed as a deliberate step in the company continued development rather than a response to any single event.
Surety Capital Corporation is a Fort Worth based specialty financial services company that has long focused on insurance-assignment funding, a niche that supports funeral directors and the families they serve. With roots stretching back nearly half a century, the firm has built its reputation on a narrow, durable line of business rather than broad diversification.
For White, the early priorities are likely to include setting the strategic direction of the company under his leadership, strengthening its operating foundation, and defining how a long standing specialty lender adapts to a changing financial services landscape. The board emphasis on both continuity and growth suggests it expects him to protect the core franchise while looking for measured ways to expand it.
The leadership change comes as specialty finance firms weigh how much to invest in technology and process modernisation without disturbing the relationships that underpin their businesses. The background of the new chief executive on both the accounting and technology sides positions him to navigate that balance, and his opening tenure will be watched for signals about how quickly Surety Capital intends to evolve while honouring the model that has sustained it for decades.
