Below you will find information on U.S. Risk underwriters and brokers. Use the drop-down menu to filter by office location, program or specialty.
Jason Gallegos
Underwriter
Jason began his insurance career at State Farm in 2011 and joined U.S. Risk in 2015. Jason is in the Fort Worth Underwriting Division with binding authority in a wide array of industries, including construction, retail stores, warehouses, LROs, and many others.
Product specialties
- Property
- Coastal property
- General liability
- Package
- Umbrella
- Inland marine
Michael Gonzalez
Senior Underwriter
Michael joined U.S. Risk in 2020 as a Senior Underwriter in the Energy & Environmental division. Michael currently works on a variety of business classes with environmental exposures ranging from contractors, manufactures, distributors, construction, real estate, hospitality and oil and gas. He also is a specialist at writing distressed and unique risk domestically and internationally. Prior to U.S. Risk, Michael spent eight years working with AIG.
Product specialties
- Chemical manufacturing and distribution
- General manufacturing
- Environmental
- Distributors
- Specialty products
- Energy
- Excess
- Transportation
- Construction
- Hospitality
- Contractors
- Foreign liability
Olegario “Oli” Gorostieta
Underwriter/Broker
Oli has over 18 years of experience and worked with IMS/London American for seven years before the company was acquired by U.S. Risk. Oli specializes in finding admitted options for risks which would otherwise go surplus. With the admitted carriers available, Oli is able to place business as small as a minimum-premium general liability policy up to national-sized accounts with hundreds of millions of dollars in property values, which sometimes operate in several states.
Product specialties
- Business owner’s policies
- Commercial package policies
- Commercial auto
- General liability
- Property
- Workers’ compensation
- Management liability
- Misc. professional
- Tech E&O
Quinton Goss
Vice President/Program Administrator
Quinton has over 15 years of experience in the insurance industry and has worked in both a brokerage and underwriting capacity on various lines of business for surplus lines, MGA and carrier side companies. Most recently, Quinton was a senior underwriter for StaffPak, the division of U.S. Risk Underwriters focusing on multiple lines of coverage for the staffing and PEO industry. In his role as Program Director for HealthcarePros, Quinton’s focus is on expanding the current national healthcare book of business, adding additional markets to the program and improving internal underwriting processes.
Product specialties
- Auto liability
- Adult daycare
- Allied/misc. healthcare
- Assisted living centers
- Auto physical damage
- Hospitals
- Nursing/convalescent homes
- Professional liability
- Social services
Tony Greer
Vice President
Tony joined U.S. Risk in 2011 and is currently responsible for the production and marketing of all lines of property and casualty business. His expertise is in the placement of property and casualty lines, specifically energy and environmental classes as well as habitational risks.
Gina Grissom
Senior Vice President, Tracking Services
Gina came to U.S. Risk in April 2019, working for JB Lloyd & Associates. She worked over the past 20 years for several MGAs, writing insurance programs for financial institutions. Her positions at the MGAs included management in operations, claims, underwriting, and product. Her insurance product expertise includes lender placed, blanket, mortgage impairment, and outsourced tracking programs protecting loans for mortgages and auto type collaterals. J.B. Lloyd & Associates performs the duties of insurance tracking on behalf of financial institutions. The outsourced tracking and lender placed programs together provide a complete program providing coverage to the lender when losses occur due to lack of existing required insurance.
Product specialties
- Outsourced insurance tracking services for lenders and servicers
- Mortgage lender placed insurance
- Automobile collateral protection insurance
- Blanket mortgage insurance
- Automobile lenders single interest insurance
- Mortgage impairment insurance