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...

  Recently, Guardian Group, Inc.'s Construction Defect Group was brought into a case between a General Contractor (GC) and the building's owner. The first of two dozen buildings had gone up at this Northern California office campus, with this one being approximately 30,000 square feet, and already occupied. Unfortunately, water and water damage were evident throughout the interior spaces upon...

Colleagues and friends of our Construction Defect Group invited to the Mediterranean... via Disneyland Guardian's Construction Defect Group is once again hosting a feast for its peers, today, at Catal in Downtown Disney. The event is designed to coordinate with West Coast Casualty Seminar, one of the largest gatherings of construction defect professionals and a must-attend conference for those looking...