/ 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...

  / ABOUT THE CLAIM: The conversion of an attic into occupied space led a homeowner in the East Coast to report damage to his insurance carrier. Specifically, the insured said that during remodeling damage to flooring and framing was discovered. The insurance carrier asked Guardian Group, Inc.’s Property & Casualty Group to inspect the property and determine cause &...

/ ABOUT THE CLAIM, CASE, OR ISSUE / Recently, Guardian Group’s Construction Defect Group experts were called in to consult at a construction site where a military storage warehouse was undergoing a major renovation. The U.S. Army was repurposing the storage facility into general office space. Apparently, something had caused the newly poured concrete floor to “pop up” and crack...