/ ABOUT THE CLAIM Recently, an industry leader in property insurance called upon Guardian Group’s Property & Casualty Group to provide additional engineering support on a more complex claim type. In the wake of storms and heavy rains, one of their homeowners had reported an apparent mudslide. Guardian was asked to inspect the property and determine whether a mudslide had...

  / ABOUT THE CLAIM: The conversion of an attic into occupied space led a homeowner in the East Coast to report damage to his insurance carrier. Specifically, the insured said that during remodeling damage to flooring and framing was discovered. The insurance carrier asked Guardian Group, Inc.’s Property & Casualty Group to inspect the property and determine cause &...

/ ABOUT THE CLAIM / This month’s bond claim case study comes to us courtesy of the commercial side of the surety business. The proprietor of a multi-location check cashing company had committed fraud when reporting transactions and had subsequently been indicted. By stipulating lower amounts on mandatory reporting forms, he had attempted to avoid paying state taxes. Unfortunately for...