USG INSURANCE SERVICES
Headquarters: Tampa, FL; flagship office in Canonsburg, PA
Number of offices: 19
Number of employees: 155
Head leadership: Gerald Horton, chairman and CEO; Timothy Horton, president; Kristen Skender, corporate VP

National wholesaler and MGA USG Insurance Services recently celebrated 15 years in the industry with a $160 million-plus book of business in specialty areas such as contractors, habitational, garage, manufacturers, hospitality and medical insurance. USG targets a minimum of double-digit annual growth, a goal it has achieved or exceeded every year.

“We are working with the small to mid-size retailers and providing access to specialty products and solutions that they are maybe not as familiar with, which gives that agent a competitive edge in the marketplace that they would not be able to obtain otherwise,” says Kristen Skender, USG’s corporate VP.

USG is focused on developing proprietary technology to propel the company to a unique position in the marketplace. “We believe that speed to market and the ability to provide multiple options for particular risks within a quick time period is critical to our success,” Skender says. “We believe the wholesale broker that offers a competitive edge – whether it is an MGA account and providing multiple quotes, or a brokerage account and proving that transparency and instant access to information – we believe that the leader in technology will also likely lead in the industry vertical.”