Lockton Expands Construction and Design Team

KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockton Companies, LLC, the largest privately held independent insurance broker, has expanded its construction and design team with the addition of Karen Erger and Tom Miller.

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Erger joins Lockton's Design and Construction Unit as Vice President, Director of Practice Management. She will provide professional liability practice management, loss prevention, contract and complex claims management consulting services to Lockton's architectural, engineering and construction clients.

Erger's background includes construction litigation at a leading construction law firm, professional liability claims defense and claims consulting for major professional liability underwriters. She also has experience in professional liability insurance brokerage and professional liability practice management consulting. Karen publishes frequently on professional liability and practice management topics, and is a regular speaker at construction industry and design professional meetings and programs.

Erger is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Iowa. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago</org> with anAB in Politics, Economics, Rhetoric and Law, and from the University of ChicagoLaw School.

Miller joins Lockton as a Senior Vice President within the Design and Construction Unit. His role will be dedicated to serving the needs of engineering, architecture and construction firms performing services around the globe.

Miller has spent more than 15 years concentrating on professional liability for design professionals and contractors in multiple roles. He previously managed the professional liability underwriting of one of the largest construction insurers and has developed numerous manuscript insurance products as well as focused on strategic planning to enhance business unit opportunities. Miller has also been published regarding construction law and claims. He brings to Lockton a wealth of knowledge that draws upon his claims and underwriting background with one of the largest construction insurers as well as his legal expertise.

Miller holds a BA from Marquette University as well as a JD from John Marshall Law School.

Lockton's Kansas City office is located at Suite 900, 444 W 47th St., Kansas City, MO 64112. Erger can be reached at 1-816-960-9540 or at [email protected]. Miller can be reached at 1-312-669-6730 or [email protected].

About Lockton Companies, LLC

More than 3,800 professionals at Lockton provide more than 15,000 clients around the world with insurance, benefits, surety and risk management services, offering an uncommon level of client service. From its founding in 1966 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Lockton has grown to become the 10th largest insurance broker in the world.  You can learn more at www.lockton.com.

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