/ ABOUT THE CLAIM Quite often, the worlds of surety and construction defects intersect. Such was the case on a claim a surety client reminded us of recently. It was a shared war story, if you will, and nothing bonds surety bond folks quite like being ‘in the trenches” together. In this case, the general contractor for a three-story parking...

/ Guardian Group, Inc.'s Todd Bauer was featured in the December, 2022 issue of Surety Bond Quarterly, a publication of National Association of Surety Bond Producers. The article highlights a surety bond claim case study involving a church. To read the (mobile-friendly) version of the article, kindly click on the link:  https://www.suretybondquarterly-digital.com/sbpq/0422_winter_2022/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1839205#articleId1839205

/ ABOUT THE CLAIM / This month’s bond claim case study comes to us courtesy of the commercial side of the surety business. The proprietor of a multi-location check cashing company had committed fraud when reporting transactions and had subsequently been indicted. By stipulating lower amounts on mandatory reporting forms, he had attempted to avoid paying state taxes. Unfortunately for...