Petrowski to Lead Off Reinsurance Symposium With Reinsurance Forecast
GPW and Associates’ Greg Petrowski will present ‘Dealer Participation for the 2020s’ at the ninth annual Agent Summit.

LAS VEGAS — Organizers announced that Greg Petrowski of GPW and Associates Inc. will return to the Agent Summit stage at the upcoming 2019 event, scheduled to take place May 19–22 at the Venetian & Palazzo Resort Hotel Casinos in Las Vegas.
Petrowski will present “Dealer Participation for the 2020s” at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, to commence the Reinsurance Symposium portion of the Agent Summit agenda.
“With so much activity surrounding dealer participation, we are fortunate to have Professor Petrowski as lead-off man once again. You can expect him to unveil the mystery within the realm of reinsurance today, of which there are many.”
Petrowski serves as senior vice president, secretary, and treasurer for GPWA. He has more than 30 years of technical and practical experience in the producer-owned reinsurance and captive segments and counts auto dealers and dealer groups as well as major insurance companies and national banks among his clients. He presented “The Current State of Dealer and Agent Reinsurance Programs” at last year’s event.
“The Summit provides a great forum for industry professionals to meet and learn from each other,” Petrowski said.
Registration for Agent Summit 2019 is now open at the event’s website. To discuss sponsorship opportunities, contact David Gesualdo via email or at 727-947-4027.
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