ABOUT THE CLAIM Recently, Guardian Group's Property & Casualty experts were called in to consult on a small commercial claim in our nation’s southeast. The insured’s claim on her business property, currently in operation as a beauty salon, was in regard to floor tiles that had de-bonded. For safety reasons, she had already picked up four of the tiles,...

            ABOUT THE CASE Recently, Guardian’s construction defect experts were called in to consult on behalf of a national insurance carrier and its counsel. They were defending a roofing contractor in our nation’s southwest against claims by a condominium HOA. The association alleged that all 80 structures in the complex suffered cracked concrete roofing tiles....

            The commercial side of the surety business doesn’t always get the attention it deserves. Though commercial claims may lack the same scope and sizzle of construction and engineering claims, these types of surety bonds are utilized in dozens of vast and varied scenarios. From license and permit bonds to auto dealer bonds and from...