/   / ABOUT THE CASE, CLAIM, OR ISSUE The homeowner’s association of a large, high-rise condominium filed suit against the subcontractor who was responsible for the installation of the building’s fire suppression system. Included in this company’s scope of work was the installation of exit signs throughout the towers’ hallways and public spaces, a standard element of building code....

/ ABOUT THE CLAIM / In the wake of a recent storm, one of Guardian’s insurance carrier clients received a claim from one of its commercial policyholders. The subject property is a 1976-build, 25,000 sf, concrete building clad with brick veneer. The roof of the structure is low slope, with a modified bitumen built-up roof with a granulated membrane cap...

/ ABOUT THE CLAIM Quite often, the worlds of surety and construction defects intersect. Such was the case on a claim a surety client reminded us of recently. It was a shared war story, if you will, and nothing bonds surety bond folks quite like being ‘in the trenches” together. In this case, the general contractor for a three-story parking...