Liability that follows you outside the house entirely
A board seat, an executive role, or significant involvement with a nonprofit carries personal liability exposure that has nothing to do with your home or your driving record. Directors and officers liability, employment-related claims, and general governance disputes can all name a board member or executive personally, and a standard personal umbrella policy wasn’t written with this specific exposure in mind.
Where the gaps typically show up
- Assuming the organization’s D&O policy covers everything, when personal exposure can extend beyond what a corporate policy actually protects
- Nonprofit board seats specifically, which often carry thinner organizational coverage than a for-profit board role
- Personal umbrella policies that exclude business or professional activities by default, unless specifically endorsed to include them
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What we check
We review what organizational coverage already exists, where the gaps are, and whether personal umbrella coverage needs a specific endorsement to extend to board or executive activity. This is a common blind spot precisely because it feels like the organization’s problem to insure, not the individual’s.
The organization’s insurance protects the organization. It doesn’t always protect you personally, and that gap is worth confirming before it matters.
Part of the full picture
Board and executive exposure gets reviewed as part of the same full asset review as everything else, since it’s exactly the kind of liability that’s easy to overlook until it’s tested.