ABOUT GUARDIAN GROUP, INC.: When carriers, TPAs, and adjusters need expert, expedient property claim investigations, they often turn to the construction and engineering specialists at Guardian Group, Inc. For over 30 years, Guardian’s fair and fact-based forensic reporting has helped insurers rapidly resolve their construction and engineering-related claims. Put the right expert on the property claim investigation. Put yourself on a...

ABOUT THE CLAIM: Recently, one of Guardian’s insurance carrier clients asked us to investigate a roofing claim on behalf of one of their clients. The homeowner had claimed high winds had caused widespread damage to his asphalt roof shingles thus necessitating the need for a new roof. ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION: After obtaining relevant weather data, Guardian’s forensic construction and engineering...

ABOUT THE CLAIM: A tiny grocery market had claimed widespread water damage in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. This powerful event that besieged Southeast Florida in the first week of September, 2019, contained large outer rain bands and produced wind gusts of tropical storm force. According to an industry storm events database, a peak storm surge of 1-2 feet occurred...