Keystone Insurers Group (KIG), a Pennsylvania-based property/casualty enterprise, has added three new franchise partners in Georgia.

According to the company, the three new partners include Burch Insurance Agency of Hiawassee, Worth Insurance Agency of Sylvester, and Zorn & Son Insurance of Vidalia.

KIG Sales and Marketing vice president Elizabeth Schenk said: ”With five agency partners now on board, we are well on our way to building Keystone’s presence in the great state of Georgia.”

The company is planning to add around 15 ‘pioneer’ partners in Georgia, during the second quarter of 2012.

Founded in 1983, Keystone Insurers is owned by its franchise partners and employees in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, with property/casualty premiums in excess of $1.6bn.