The Accel Advantage: Insurance and Financial Services

About The Accel Advantage: Insurance and Financial Services

The Accel Advantage brings business owners and C-suite leaders behind the scenes with our experienced team, covering topics ranging from insurance for you or your business, retirement and financial planning, to group benefits. Discover insights, stories, and strategies - plus a fun look at the people and culture powering The Accel Group and Accel Wealth Management. That's the Accel Advantage!

Publisher

The Accel Group

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Apr 2025

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Off Script: Where to Eat & What to Do in West Des Moines & Iowa City

   Where should you eat, golf, and spend your weekends in West Des Moines and Iowa City? Tyler and Luke are going Off Script to share some of their favorite local spots, weekend activities, and travel destinations. From favorite national parks like Yosemite and Denali to Friday night dinner spots like The Tavern, Pancheros, and Simon's, the conversation covers a little bit of everything. They also talk golf, Iowa football, the Iowa City bar scene, and a few places worth adding to your list. Whether you're looking for your next dinner spot or just want to get to know the people behind The Accel Advantage, this episode is all about the favorites, recommendations, and random conversations that happen when we go Off Script. 🎧 Tune in for more Off Script episodes from The Accel Advantage! Chapters 00:00 – Welcome to Off Script 00:08 – Favorite National Parks: Yosemite vs. Denali 00:50 – Upcoming Trips: The Presidents Cup & San Jose Sharks 01:40 – Where to Eat in West Des Moines 02:08 – Pancheros, The Tavern & Iowa City's Best Fried Chicken Sandwich 02:27 – A West Des Moines Favorite: Simon's 03:07 – Favorite Weekend Activities in Des Moines 03:29 – Weekends in Iowa City: Golf, Bowling & Hawkeye Football 04:05 – That's a Wrap on Off Script The Accel Advantage, The Accel Group, Off Script podcast, West Des Moines restaurants, best restaurants in West Des Moines, where to eat in West Des Moines, Iowa City restaurants, best places to eat in Iowa City, things to do in West Des Moines, things to do in Iowa City, Iowa weekend activities, Iowa golf courses, Iowa City nightlife, Simon's Restaurant Des Moines, The Tavern Valley Junction, Pancheros Jordan Creek, Mickey's Iowa City, Iowa Hawkeyes football, favorite national parks, Yosemite National Park, Denali National Park, Presidents Cup golf, San Jose Sharks

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Workers’ Compensation 101: Managing Claims, Reducing Risk & Getting Employees Back to Work

   Workers’ compensation can be one of those areas of running a business that only gets attention when something goes wrong. But having the right processes in place before an injury happens can make a big difference. In this episode of the Accel Advantage podcast, Corey Rekers sits down with Ashley Buck, Accel’s Director of Claims and Risk Management, to break down what business owners should know about managing workers’ compensation claims. They discuss how to prepare employees for workplace injuries, when to use urgent care vs. the emergency room, the difference between medical-only and indemnity claims, and why having a return-to-work or light-duty program can benefit both employers and employees. Corey and Ashley also talk about experience modification factors, why open claims and reserves matter, how workers’ compensation claims can affect contractors working with larger GCs, when employers need to involve OSHA, and how resources like nurse triage can help simplify the claims process. Whether you’re a business owner, HR leader, manager or simply responsible for workplace safety, this episode offers practical reminders for managing workers’ compensation more effectively. In this episode: • Preparing employees for workplace injuries • Medical-only vs. indemnity workers’ compensation claims • Return-to-work and light-duty programs • Experience modification factors and open claims • Managing reserves and closing claims • Workers’ compensation and contractor requirements • OSHA reporting requirements • Nurse triage and carrier resources • Building a stronger relationship with your insurance carrier Learn more about The Accel Group at acceladvantage.com. Subscribe to the Accel Advantage podcast for more conversations about the decisions business owners face every day around risk, money and growth. Chapters 00:00 Intro: Workers’ Compensation for Business Owners 00:43 Ashley Buck’s Career in Claims 01:52 Preparing Employees for Workplace Injuries 03:10 When to Use Urgent Care vs. the ER 04:21 Medical-Only vs. Indemnity Claims 05:52 Building a Return-to-Work Program 06:49 How Return-to-Work Can Help Employers 07:58 Experience Mods, Reserves & Open Claims 09:17 Workers’ Compensation & Contractor Requirements 10:17 When Employers Need to Report to OSHA 11:58 Building a Strong Relationship With Your Carrier 12:59 How Nurse Triage Can Simplify Claims 13:22 Final Takeaways workers compensation, workers compensation insurance, workers comp, workers comp claims, workers compensation claims, workers comp for business owners, workers compensation Iowa, workplace injury, workers comp insurance, claims management, risk management, return to work program, light duty work, experience modification, experience mod, OSHA, OSHA reporting, workplace safety, business insurance, insurance for business owners, workers comp for contractors, nurse triage, employee safety, Accel Group, Accel Advantage Podcast

3. 

   8 Sept 2026

   Off Script: What Happened to Being Bored?

   What happened to being bored? In this Off Script minisode, Tyler McAndrew, Director of Business Systems and Technology and Mitch Graybill, Director of Property and Casualty Operations, take a trip down memory lane and talk about the things kids today might never experience. Technology has made life easier in a lot of ways, but has it also taken away some of the freedom, disappointment, and random adventures that came with growing up in the ’80s, ’90s, and early 2000s? No insurance talk. No big business lesson. Just two Accel teammates shooting the breeze about growing up, raising kids, and the things they kind of miss. Welcome to Off Script! Where our team gets to step away from the day job and just be themselves. Keywords what happened to being bored, childhood nostalgia, growing up in the 80s, growing up in the 90s, growing up in the early 2000s, 80s kids, 90s kids, early 2000s nostalgia, technology and childhood, kids today, insurance bros, parenting, raising kids, parenting in the digital age, childhood memories, growing up without technology, life before smartphones, life before social media, Blockbuster, VHS, riding bikes as a kid, summer as a kid, small town Iowa, childhood freedom, nostalgia podcast, funny podcast, workplace podcast, employee stories, company culture, Accel Group, The Accel Group, Off Script podcast, Accel Advantage podcast, insurance professionals, humanizing insurance, behind the scenes, employee culture, boredom, screen time, kids and technology, childhood then vs now, parenting today, digital childhood, 80s vs 90s childhood 00:00 – Welcome to Off Script 00:27 – What Will Our Kids Miss About Growing Up in the ’80s & ’90s? 01:05 – When You Couldn’t Just Google Everything 01:50 – Dating Before Texting 02:25 – Picking a Movie by the VHS Cover 03:05 – The Freedom of Growing Up Without a Cell Phone 04:05 – Calling Your Parents at Work 04:50 – Pay Phones, Collect Calls & Long Distance 05:35 – Kids Today Don’t Know How to Use the Phone 06:20 – Back to Work

Who has been a guest on The Accel Advantage: Insurance and Financial Services

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• John Tatum
• Chandler Lamm
• Jonathan Patterson
• Rachel Lee
• Taylor Bierl

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100

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Quality

26

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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