/   / 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: Recently, a Texas homeowner filed a property claim with his insurance carrier regarding cracks on his interior gypsum wallboards. His theory was that a leak in the sewer line beneath the home had disturbed the foundation, thus creating the cracks. He noted that the sewer line started in a central bathroom. Upon receiving notice of the...