Penn.-based Keystone Insurers Group Adds New Partner in Ohio

Keystone Insurers Group, a franchisor of insurance agencies headquartered in Northumberland, Penn., has added a new franchise partner in Ohio.

Keystone said it has established a partnership with Mount Vernon, Ohio-based Dumbaugh Insurance Agency. It is Keystone’s 28th franchise partner in that state.

Through the partnership, Dumbaugh Insurance Agency will now have additional resources of a large brokerage firm while still remaining independently owned and managed, Keystone stated.

Founded in 1939, Dumbaugh Insurance Agency offers personal, commercial and employee benefit products in seven states.

Keystone Insurers Group was founded in 1983 by a group of independent agencies. It is owned by its franchise partners and employees in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Each partner is an independent agency.

With property/casualty premiums exceeding $1.4 billion, Keystone is ranked fifth on Insurance Journal‘s 2011 list of top 100 privately-held property/casualty agencies.