Background

Peter received his degree in Criminal Justice from Nathaniel Hawthorne College in 1987 and entered the financial services profession in 1989. He developed a passionate skill set for comprehensive wealth management, pioneering a level of holistic customer care absent in corporate venues.

With 244 consecutive weeks of production and zero blank weeks of production, he was appointed a Managing Director within one of the largest insurance companies in 1994.

Initially responsible for three agency operations, Peter managed the oversight of approximately 19,000 in-force client contracts and investor assets approaching $100 million. In 1997 through 1999 these operations had the highest per representative writing in the Northern New England region.

In 2000, Peter sought to offer a higher level of services to clients, establishing a strong association with the independent broker dealer, Linsco/Private Ledger, leaving the career agency distribution channel and their captive offerings.

In this relationship, he was the founding member of the Genesis Financial Planning Group, LLC, an independent registered investment advisor and The Genesis Insurance Planning Group, LLC. Both firms cultivated 400 accounts in the first 6 years using a Trusted Advisors model with Counsel.

The Galano Group LLC was formed in 2005 from the Genesis Insurance Planning Group, LLC established in 2000. Serving as a preeminent wealth preservation and insurance planning group, our major focus is risk mitigation, estate planning and life insurance offerings to $100,000,000. In 2017, we added precious metal hedging strategies.

Peter offers 30 years of vetted relationships and complex estate planning for clients of wealth. A focus on the independent model, Peter’s clients are not constrained to proprietary offerings or firms with questionable financials.

A 2020 Life Member of the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table, Peter’s production has remained in the first quartile since 1989. Peter resides in Mooresville, North Carolina, with his spouse, Ghislaine, who assists serving established clients.

Hedging Strategies

As practitioners, we desired to deliver precious metals for years. With questionable authentication processes or the lack thereof industry-wide, negating counterfeit bullion in delivery to clients of wealth, could not be absolutely assured.

Believing counterfeit products exist within the industry supply chain, we created a channel of impeccable processes, absolutely mitigating the threat of counterfeit delivery.

Through X-ray fluorescence, traditionally implemented unless deeply vetted with no break in custody from the source can be verified, we remain one of the only firms that ensure the authenticity of every product received, stored or delivered.

Each client order is validated with counter signatories absolutely guaranteeing a precise assay of our bullion as represented, further verified prior to segregated storage.

Service to Country

Serving for 5 years in United States Army’s 505th Army Security Agency, this association to the NSA was a prestigious opportunity that was one of Peter’s life honors, forming his belief that integrity and honor are absolute in service to country, family, self, staff and firm clientele.

Link to the NSA (National Security Agency) for a history of the Army Security Agency: Origins of the Army Security Agency