You may recall a case study Guardian Group, Inc. recently published about a Girl Scout facility. This one is different. This one is about an oceanside Boy Scout lodge that suffered various types of damage in the wake of last year’s devastating Hurricane Irma. Immediately following the storm, Guardian’s Property & Casualty Group was called in to investigate the four...

  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...

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...