The Accelerator by Hagerty

About The Accelerator by Hagerty

A podcast by Hagerty Insurance for insurance agents. The Accelerator podcast series is designed to empower Hagerty-partnered agents with actionable advice, knowledge, strategies, and tools to grow their business through the collector car insurance market.

Publisher

Hagerty

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Mar 2025

Latest episode

17 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 14 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Inside the Porsche Club of America: Building Enthusiast Community with Vu Nguyen

   Bryant Kolle and John Gessner interview Vu Nguyen, Executive Director of the Porsche Club of America, about building enthusiast community and connecting with collector car clients.

2. 

   22 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Car Enthusiast Clients You Didn’t Know You Had

   Bryant Kolle and John Gessner interview each other, revealing how insurance agents identify and serve overlooked car enthusiast clients to expand their business.

3. 

   1 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   RADwood Rising: The Growth of 80s and 90s Enthusiast Culture with Art Cervantes

   Host John (Hagerty) interviews Art Cervantes, co-founder of RADwood, exploring the booming 80s and 90s enthusiast car culture and its investment potential.

4. 

   11 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Mindset Over Metrics: The Community-Driven Growth Model with Jeremy Benjamin

   Host Bryant Kolle and John Gessner interview Jeremy Benjamin about his community-driven growth model, revealing how passion and authentic relationships fuel remarkable agency success.

5. 

   30 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Hagerty Bull Market List Explained: What Cars Are Becoming Collectible with Larry Webster

   Larry Webster discusses with John Gessner and Bryant Kolle the Hagerty Bull Market List, revealing what makes cars collectible and how agents can protect enthusiast vehicles in this interview.

6. 

   23 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Owning the Future of Enthusiast Insurance: A Conversation with Jeff Briglia

   Jeff Briglia, President of Insurance at Hagerty, discusses Hagerty's unique customer-first culture and its approach to serving shifting generations of car enthusiasts in an interview with Bryant Kolle and John Gessner.

7. 

   24 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Tuning the Frequency: How Mindset Powers Agent Success with Toby Brazwell

   Toby Brazwell discusses emotional intelligence and mindset, explaining how insurance agents can improve performance by building a personal board of advisors and treating every interaction as an interview in this interview.

8. 

   28 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Behind the Numbers – How Product and Underwriting Power Hagerty’s Advantage

   Sabrina Wheaton and Kennen Choiniere explain Hagerty's underwriting and product strategies, revealing how they ensure stability and provide excellent service to agents and clients in this interview.

9. 

   19 Sept 2025

   Elevating Standards in Private Risk: A Chat with PRMA’s Diane Delaney

   Diane Delaney, CEO of the Private Risk Management Association, discusses the evolving landscape of high-net-worth risk management, including cyber threats and passion assets, in an interview, offering insights to sharpen expertise and spark client conversations.

10. 

    20 Aug 2025

    Market Stability, Car Values, and the Growing Influence of Younger Enthusiasts with Brian Rabold

    Hosts John Gessner and Bryant Kolle interview Brian Rabold, VP of Automotive Intelligence at Hagerty, discussing market stability, car values, and the growing influence of younger enthusiasts.

11. 

    17 Jul 2025

    Building Boutique Success: Community, Cars, and Culture in Insurance with Dana Acabbo and Carrie Keller

    Insurance professionals Dana Acabbo and Carrie Keller discuss launching their boutique agency, building client trust through car culture, and leading with authenticity in the insurance industry in an interview.

12. 

    28 May 2025

    Wildfires, Floods, Hurricanes: When Disaster Strikes Classic Cars

    Hagerty claims experts Lee Meeler, Jeff Mullenix, and David Herbert discuss real-world catastrophe claims like wildfires and hurricanes, highlighting rapid response and customer connection when disaster strikes classic cars.

13. 

    19 May 2025

    From Million-Dollar Wrecks to Lifetime Clients: Lessons from the Claims Team

    Hagerty's claims team members Lee Meeler, Jeff Mullenix, and David Herbert share stories of high-value collector car claims, revealing how specialized knowledge and transparent processes cultivate lasting client relationships in this interview.

14. 

    6 Mar 2025

    Why Confidence is Your Best Asset in Business and Sales with Lydia Fenet

    Auctioneer and confidence coach Lydia Fenet discusses her career, offering insights on confidence, sales, and networking, and shares how she applies these skills to the auction world in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Inside the Porsche Club of America: Building Enthusiast Community with Vu Nguyen

Published 17 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Believe it or not, a lot of people don't truly know how to drive. So if you want to do aggressive, more advanced driving, we have the right platform in PCA for you to do that through autocross, through high-performance driver's education, track time. And then if you want to get super serious, we have a whole club racing series. And then a lot of our club racers end up in the pros and go into IMSA and WEC. There's a track for that. But rewind back to the average person of what they're going to do locally with PCA. We have driving events. We have technical sessions. We have ice cream runs. We have dinners, socials. […]

Who has been a guest on The Accelerator by Hagerty

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

• Vu Nguyen
• Art Cervantes
• Jeremy Benjamin
• Larry Webster
• Jeff Briglia

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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