People Moves: Keystone Names Pizzolato Texas State VP; USG Hires Strickland in Houston

Keystone Insurers Group

Keystone Insurers Group appointed Meghan Pizzolato as its Texas state vice president.

Pizzolato most recently served as a personal insurance sales executive with Kemper in the Dallas area. There, she managed relationships with nearly 300 agencies in her respective geography, driving new business production and profitability. She received the Kemper 2021 National Hustle Award.

Keystone is an agency partnership organization built on a community of some of independent insurance agencies. Pizzolato will help evaluate and build new agency relationships in Texas and helping them build business plans with our core carriers.

USG Insurance Services

USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and managing general agency (MGA), hired commercial lines producer/broker Greg Strickland in Houston.

Strickland joins the USG team with 12 years of experience in the industry, most recently with Burns & Wilcox in Houston. As producer/broker at USG, he will continue building his book of business and assist in the development of USG’s Southern footprint.

This move is the most recent change that USG has implemented in its plan to continue expanding its operations nationally.

USG Holdings Inc. has six divisions; USG Insurance Services Inc. a national wholesale/MGA operation with 21 offices writing in all states; BFS, Brokers Financial Services, a premium finance company; BFS Inspections, an inspection company operating in 25-plus states; AAU, Allied American Underwriters, a program manager and specialty division offering commercial lines, personal lines, and surety; Into Innovations a full service marketing and advertising for the industry; and Aureate Technology Solutions, an information technology company.

Topics Texas