/ ABOUT THE CLAIM Guardian and YA Group’s surety consultants were recently called upon by a longstanding client. The surety’s claim manager wanted our team’s engineers to help them ascertain status on one of their bonded principal’s general construction projects. The project was a small municipal building located in the Pacific Northwest. The principal had chosen to self-perform the concrete...

/ ABOUT THE CLAIM Subsequent to a powerful hurricane, the owner of a 2,100 sf home reported additional damages, six months after the initial inspection. The rear of the single-story home, constructed in 1960, faces the Big Lagoon along Florida’s Panhandle and incorporates many windows. The structure is conventional wood framing, with exterior walls clad primarily in brick. ABOUT THE...

/ ABOUT THE CLAIM When a surety company exits the business, handling the claims run-off requires finding the right surety claims consultant, one with experience in all manner of surety claim types and projects. In addition to the technical, investigatory and administrative strengths required on all successful surety claims, run-off situations only exacerbate the need for sharp problem-solving, strong claim...