---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001840776-22-000091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HGTY"
cik: "0001840776"
company_name: "Hagerty, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T23:23:17.461011+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hagerty announces departure of Chief Strategy Officer Kelly Smith effective June 17, 2022

## Summary
- Kelly Smith, Chief Strategy Officer, separated from Hagerty effective June 17, 2022.
- Employment Agreement terminated under Section 5(a); Smith eligible for severance payments.
- No successor or interim replacement for the CSO role has been announced.
- Employment Agreement terms incorporated by reference from the 2021 10-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001840776-22-000091
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HGTY
- cik: 0001840776
- company_name: Hagerty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840776/000184077622000091/0001840776-22-000091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840776/000184077622000091/hgty-20220617.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001840776-22-000091.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly Smith departed as Chief Strategy Officer at Hagerty, Inc..
  - Action: separated
  - Role: Chief Strategy Officer
  source text: On June 17, 2022, Hagerty, Inc. (the "Company") reports that Mr. Kelly Smith, the Company’s Chief Strategy Officer, was separated from employment with the Company effective June 17, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840776/000184077622000091/0001840776-22-000091-index.htm

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