Kimberly Vaughn

Biography

Kimberly began her career practicing law in Chicago, eventually returning to her home state of Michigan when she joined Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company.  She started as a member of the Technical Claims team, providing advice and guidance on high severity and high complexity claims and, in 2016, became a line of business leader as AVP-Workers' Compensation Claims.  In 2018, Kimberly began in the role of AVP-Claims leading the general liability, commercial auto, and workers' compensation teams in Amerisure's North Region.  In 2021, she was chosen to launch a brand new team at Amerisure, the Claims Experience Organization (CXO), leading first as AVP-Claims Experience & Customer Analytics and then as VP-Claims Experience & Culture.  In 2023, after a decade of service at Amerisure, she was named VP-Claims, serving as the head of the Claims department.

Kimberly earned her bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctor from Michigan State University.  She is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Michigan, as well as being admitted to the US District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois and Northern District of Indiana, and the Supreme Court of the United States.   

Kimberly has earned her Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLMP), Certified Claims Professional (CCP), and Advanced Claims Professional (ACP) designations.  She successfully completed the CLM Claims College School of Leadership in 2020.  In 2017, she was a recipient of the inaugural RISE Award from RISE Professionals and in 2021, was a Comp Laude Award finalist.

She previously served as dean and faculty member for the CLM Claims College School of Workers' Compensation as well as content creator and faculty member for RISE Professionals Innovation Certificate program.
 

Education

• Michigan State University, Bachelor’s Degree
• Michigan State University, Juris Doctor

Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: IL, MI