Karen Rice is the Head of Construction Claims for AXA XL out of Los Angeles, CA. Prior to joining XL in 2011 she was the National Construction Defect Claim Manager for OneBeacon Insurance (OBI), and the AVP of National Construction Defect claims and Western States ACE Risk Management claims with ACE USA. Ms. Rice is past President of the Construction Defect Claim Manager Association and the past Chair of the Speakers and Topics Committee for the Annual West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar. She has sat on the DRI Construction Law Steering Committee for the past several years, and is on the Construction Defect Advisory Board for CLM. She is also on the advisory board for ALFA International Construction Committee and has been a frequent lecturer at various Construction and Insurance Law seminars throughout the country, including Defense Research Institute, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, West Coast Casualty Annual Construction Defect Seminar, HB Litigation Construction Law, and the American Bar Association. Ms. Rice earned her Bachelor degree from University of California at Santa Barbara and her Masters in Business Administration from the University of LaVerne.