Recently, Guardian Group, Inc.'s Surety Group was called in to consult on a default in the Northeast. The principal simply did not have the capacity to perform the size of the contract she had bid for a multi-story building. While she, the principal of this minority-owned business, a registered Women Owned Business Enterprise, had attempted to subcontract the bulk of...

Guardian Group, Inc.'s construction claims experts were recently called to the scene of an aviation fueling facility. Just prior to this, a routine punch-list process left the project engineer dissatisfied with the quality of the welding on the job - a significant factor due to the fact that petroleum piping must perform/endure to a greater degree. Despite the project's completion...

Often times, a surety will elect to assist with contractor financing in an effort to mitigate claim losses. Such was the case on one of Guardian Group, Inc.'s files that involved a painting contractor in the Southwest. This large firm had several jobs open simultaneously, and the principal was experiencing cash flow problems. Many of the company's bonded projects, each...