RIMS Rising Risk Professional Award Winner Tyler Vaughan

About this episode

In this episode, Justin interviews Tyler Vaughan, the RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional, discussing his career journey and insights on the risk management industry.

Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Manager at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society. In this episode, Justin interviews RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional, Tyler Vaughan. Tyler explains the pizza-and-bonus-points incentive that got him to attend the risk management and insurance informational session in college, which launched his risk management career. Tyler shares what it was like beginning in the industry as COVID was shutting down offices. He encourages students not to seek a remote position, but a hybrid or office position, at least for the first couple of years of their careers, to grow knowledge and build a network. Tyler shares his feelings about winning the RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional Award and his hopes for the future of the risk industry. Listen for insight on building a risk management career, mentoring, and networking. Key Takeaways: [:01] About RIMS and RIMScast. [:14] Public registration is open for RISKWORLD 2026, which will be held from May 3rd through 6th in Philadelphia. Visit RIMS.org/RISKWORLD to register. [:27] About this episode of RIMScast. Our guest today is the RIMS 2026 Rising Risk Professional, Tyler…

People in this episode

Host: Justin Smulison

Guest: Tyler Vaughan

Topics covered

• risk management
• career development
• networking
• mentoring
• COVID-19 impact

Keywords

• risk management
• insurance
• career advice
• networking
• COVID-19
• RIMS
• Rising Risk Professional

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RIMS, Risk and Insurance Management Society

Places: Philadelphia

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