With our corporate headquarters in Torrance, California, and offices in Sacramento, for the forensic engineers at Guardian Group, Inc., these two recent wildfires have really hit home. Thankfully, the Woolsey Fire was contained last week, but after three casualties. The Camp Fire up north in Butte County now also has been fully contained, but only after claiming a harrowing...

At Guardian Group, Inc., our goal is preparedness in the face of catastrophic events. Our preparedness includes support not only for carriers, adjusters and TPAs working in flooded Carolina coastal and Cape Fear River regions, for example, but for those working inland, as well. It's in these places where we are likely to see greater incidences of wind activity, damaged...

As last year's storms demonstrated, catastrophes not only present near-term financial losses for insurers, but carriers bear the additional exposure borne of delayed reporting, customer dissatisfaction and potential litigation. Whether hurricane winds are classified by the Meteorological Society as Category 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, those in the property insurance business need a Tier Two forensic engineering firm standing...