King Phillips Insurance Agency

Roy L. Phillips, CIC, CISR, AAI, CPIAL. Phillips served as President of the Clear Lake branch of the Agency and then as the President of King-Phillips from 1983 until 1995. At that time, he assumed the responsibilities of the growing consulting firm, and has been retained as an expert witness in over 200 legal proceedings in the past 15 years. He specializes in evaluation of insurance agencies, many times acting as a Special Master or Sole Arbitrator for the Court. In addition, he is retained by both plaintiff and defense attorneys as an expert witness in cases requiring interpretation of insurance coverages, standards of care, and insurance regulations. Roy served as an Adjunct Professor of Insurance at the University of Houston from 1965 until 1976, has taught commercial and personal insurance courses throughout the United States and continues today to teach E&O Prevention and Ethics & Insurance Regulations. Roy is active in the Agency in providing training and assisting in reviewing active and prospective insurance accounts. He is a member of the Insurance and the Business Sections of the State Bar of Texas, as well as other professional associations.

Phillips is a licensed Agent and holds the Risk Manager license. For the first 16 years of his career, Roy served as an Underwriter, Claims Adjustor, Branch Manager and Vice President of a Regional Company. He joined his long-time friend, Dan King, in 1981, and together they created the first “Cluster” in the Texas market.

Roy served on active duty with the 77^th Special Forces, the original Green Berets, and for the remainder of his 28 years of service he trained many of those units. Roy retired from the Army in 1986, having been promoted to Colonel in 1979.