With June 1st marking the official start of hurricane season, just like you, Guardian Group is preparing for a busy CAT quarter. All eyes are currently on a Caribbean disturbance, but this one is expected to dissipate, and no recognized authorities are pegging the storm’s chances of developing into something greater at more than 20%. Whew… at least for now,...

ABOUT THE CLAIM: Not too long ago, one of Guardian’s longstanding surety clients called us regarding one of their bonded contractors, an extremely skilled electrician who had requested bridge financing and for whom they were concerned had overextended his company. Of the company’s 14 bonded projects, one of the largest was a 35,000 s/f facility that utilized a state-of-the-art smart...

ABOUT THESE TYPES OF CASES: When most of us hear about slip and fall lawsuits, thoughts often turn to late-night television commercials for ambulance-chasing personal injury attorneys or, perhaps, to fictional lawyers such as Jimmy McGill from AMC’s “Better Call Saul” whose amoral stunts had once earned him the nickname “Slippin’ Jimmy.” But people do indeed slip and fall, and...