ABOUT THE CLAIM Guardian’s Construction Defect Group was called into a parking garage. case at the request of the insurance carrier’s counsel. Their insured, a concrete contractor who had uniquely served and was covered in both his manufacturing and installation capacities, was being sued for $12MM. The principal claimed widespread cracking throughout his brand new, 1000-spot parking garage, and the...

ABOUT THE CLAIM Guardian’s Property & Casualty claim investigation experts were recently called to the scene of an apartment fire in a small, two-story building. Luckily, there had been no fire-related casualties or injuries, and fortunately, too, for both owner and occupants, the concrete masonry unit walls of the structure had helped contain the fire’s spread. The southern state apartment...

ABOUT THE CLAIM  The owner of a small family home in our nation’s southwest called his carrier to complain of water inside the residence and damage to both the roof and many of the house’s interior finishes, including the flooring. Perhaps it was only natural for this insured to think that the recent storm was the cause of his moisture...