Philip E. Dyer, CIC
Senior Vice President, Healthcare Management ServicesKibble & Prentice/USI
Phil is the senior specialist for medical professional liability services within Kibble & Prentice’s Integrated Health Management Services. Phil has 30 years of experience in medical professional liability for physicians, surgeons, group practices and hospitals - having served in various capacities for physician-owned and commercial insurers in this field. He also served as a VP for a major Hospital insurer. He was a founding Board Member of the National Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS).
Phil is a NW native, and is well known in the region's medical community for his counsel and experience in alternative risk funding for medical groups, captives formations, funded retentions and traditional insurance programs involving healthcare professional liability for hospitals, facilities and providers.
He has served on a number of non-profit charitable boards, former board member of the Municipal League and currently holds a Director Position with a for-profit healthcare related firm.
He also served in the WA Legislature for 3 terms, as Chairman of the Health Care Committee - in which he was selected as the National Legislator of the Year in Health Care Policy (1995), and is known as the author of the “Clara Act”, which completely and thoroughly revamped the long-term care and elder patient protections in Washington statutes. When Sammamish became a new city, Phil was its very first Mayor. He also served as a technical advisor to the WA Liability Reform Coalition (WALRC) advocating tort reform solutions. In 2011 Phil was appointed by the Governor of Washington to serve on the state’s Health Insurance Exchange Governing Board – a creation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
As a Colonel in the Army National Guard, Phil retired after 33 years of service most recently as a Director of the Joint Force Headquarters of the WA National Guard. He served an additional role as Director of Government and Community Relations. Phil has served in 2 overseas assignments and numerous domestic natural disasters. For his service during the Katrina/Rita hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, he received the Federal Humanitarian Service Award, Federal Legion of Merit and the Louisiana Cross of Merit.
He also served in the WA Legislature for 3 terms, as Chairman of the Health Care Committee - in which he was selected as the National Legislator of the Year in Health Care Policy (1995), and is known as the author of the “Clara Act”, which completely and thoroughly revamped the long-term care and elder patient protections in Washington statutes. When Sammamish became a new city, Phil was its very first Mayor. He also served as a technical advisor to the WA Liability Reform Coalition (WALRC) advocating tort reform solutions. In 2011 Phil was appointed by the Governor of Washington to serve on the state’s Health Insurance Exchange Governing Board – a creation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
As a Colonel in the Army National Guard, Phil retired after 33 years of service most recently as a Director of the Joint Force Headquarters of the WA National Guard. He served an additional role as Director of Government and Community Relations. Phil has served in 2 overseas assignments and numerous domestic natural disasters. For his service during the Katrina/Rita hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, he received the Federal Humanitarian Service Award, Federal Legion of Merit and the Louisiana Cross of Merit.
