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 dispatched to the scene of a commercial structure that housed the local Girl Scout Council. Our construction defect experts were asked to investigate a reported popping of tiles at the site, complete a failure analysis and prepare a report documenting the forensic causation. The single-story, concrete masonry unit (CMU) building was originally constructed...

  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...