Personal coverage for the life your business helped you build.
Your business helped you build a life worth protecting — a primary home, a lake cabin, seasonal properties, vehicles, and watercraft. Kain Carlson protects those personal assets with the same strategic approach he brings to your commercial coverage. One advisor who knows both sides.
All Personal Coverages
Personal coverage reviewed by the same advisor who knows your business — no gaps between the two sides.
Home Insurance
Home coverage reviewed alongside your commercial and umbrella policies — true replacement cost, not market value, with no gaps between personal and business.
Explore Home Insurance →Dwelling Coverage
Structural coverage at true replacement cost — not market value or assessed value, which are frequently lower than what it actually costs to rebuild.
Explore Dwelling Coverage →Personal Property Coverage
Contents coverage for furniture, clothing, electronics, and belongings — with scheduled items for high-value property that standard limits don't adequately cover.
Explore Personal Property Coverage →Home Liability Coverage
Personal liability protection that pairs with an umbrella policy for complete coverage — protecting your personal assets from claims that arise at or away from your home.
Explore Home Liability Coverage →Auto Insurance
Personal auto reviewed alongside your commercial policies — especially important when vehicles cross between personal and business use.
Explore Auto Insurance →Auto Liability Coverage
Bodily injury and property damage liability — the coverage that protects your personal assets when you or a household member causes an accident.
Explore Auto Liability Coverage →Physical Damage Coverage
Collision and comprehensive coverage for your vehicle — protecting your investment against accidents, theft, hail, and other covered losses.
Explore Physical Damage Coverage →Business Use Coverage
Personal vehicles used partially for work — important for owner-operators who use their personal vehicle for business without a separate commercial auto policy.
Explore Business Use Coverage →Vacation & Lake Home
Specialized coverage for lake cabins, Arizona homes, and seasonal properties — the lifestyle assets your business helped you build.
Explore Vacation & Lake Home →Seasonal Property Coverage
Coverage for properties with extended vacancy — different requirements from a primary home, with specific vacancy clause considerations for ND and MN winters.
Explore Seasonal Property Coverage →Waterfront Coverage
Dock, boathouse, shoreline structures, and water access exposures — coverage that standard homeowner policies exclude or severely limit.
Explore Waterfront Coverage →Recreation Equipment Coverage
ATVs, snowmobiles, boats, and other recreational equipment stored on-site — coverage that needs to be structured separately from the property policy.
Explore Recreation Equipment Coverage →Watercraft & Boat
Watercraft coverage for lake boats, pontoons, and personal watercraft — reviewed alongside your lake property and personal umbrella.
Explore Watercraft & Boat →Hull Coverage
Physical damage to the boat itself — agreed value or actual cash value, with agreed value being strongly preferred for protecting the full investment.
Explore Hull Coverage →Watercraft Liability
Bodily injury and property damage while operating the vessel — liability that extends to guests on board, swimmers in the water, and other watercraft.
Explore Watercraft Liability →Equipment & Accessories
Motors, trailers, equipment, and permanently attached items — often sub-limited or excluded from base watercraft policies and needing specific coverage.
Explore Equipment & Accessories →Personal Umbrella
Essential when your name is attached to a business. A personal umbrella adds a liability layer above home, auto, and watercraft policies.
Explore Personal Umbrella →Excess Liability Coverage
Adds $1M to $5M or more above your underlying home and auto limits — at a cost that is remarkably low relative to the protection provided.
Explore Excess Liability Coverage →Broad Umbrella Coverage
Picks up where your home, auto, and watercraft policies end — and often covers claims that underlying policies exclude, like certain libel and slander claims.
Explore Broad Umbrella Coverage →Asset Protection
Protects savings, real estate, and other personal assets from large liability judgments — a critical layer for business owners who have built meaningful personal wealth.
Explore Asset Protection →Home coverage reviewed alongside your commercial and umbrella policies — true replacement cost, not market value, with no gaps between personal and business.
Explore Home Insurance →Structural coverage at true replacement cost — not market value or assessed value, which are frequently lower than what it actually costs to rebuild.
Explore Dwelling Coverage →Contents coverage for furniture, clothing, electronics, and belongings — with scheduled items for high-value property that standard limits don't adequately cover.
Explore Personal Property Coverage →Personal liability protection that pairs with an umbrella policy for complete coverage — protecting your personal assets from claims that arise at or away from your home.
Explore Home Liability Coverage →Personal auto reviewed alongside your commercial policies — especially important when vehicles cross between personal and business use.
Explore Auto Insurance →Bodily injury and property damage liability — the coverage that protects your personal assets when you or a household member causes an accident.
Explore Auto Liability Coverage →Collision and comprehensive coverage for your vehicle — protecting your investment against accidents, theft, hail, and other covered losses.
Explore Physical Damage Coverage →Personal vehicles used partially for work — important for owner-operators who use their personal vehicle for business without a separate commercial auto policy.
Explore Business Use Coverage →Specialized coverage for lake cabins, Arizona homes, and seasonal properties — the lifestyle assets your business helped you build.
Explore Vacation & Lake Home →Coverage for properties with extended vacancy — different requirements from a primary home, with specific vacancy clause considerations for ND and MN winters.
Explore Seasonal Property Coverage →Dock, boathouse, shoreline structures, and water access exposures — coverage that standard homeowner policies exclude or severely limit.
Explore Waterfront Coverage →ATVs, snowmobiles, boats, and other recreational equipment stored on-site — coverage that needs to be structured separately from the property policy.
Explore Recreation Equipment Coverage →Watercraft coverage for lake boats, pontoons, and personal watercraft — reviewed alongside your lake property and personal umbrella.
Explore Watercraft & Boat →Physical damage to the boat itself — agreed value or actual cash value, with agreed value being strongly preferred for protecting the full investment.
Explore Hull Coverage →Bodily injury and property damage while operating the vessel — liability that extends to guests on board, swimmers in the water, and other watercraft.
Explore Watercraft Liability →Motors, trailers, equipment, and permanently attached items — often sub-limited or excluded from base watercraft policies and needing specific coverage.
Explore Equipment & Accessories →Essential when your name is attached to a business. A personal umbrella adds a liability layer above home, auto, and watercraft policies.
Explore Personal Umbrella →Adds $1M to $5M or more above your underlying home and auto limits — at a cost that is remarkably low relative to the protection provided.
Explore Excess Liability Coverage →Picks up where your home, auto, and watercraft policies end — and often covers claims that underlying policies exclude, like certain libel and slander claims.
Explore Broad Umbrella Coverage →Protects savings, real estate, and other personal assets from large liability judgments — a critical layer for business owners who have built meaningful personal wealth.
Explore Asset Protection →Your Personal Risk Does Not Stop at the Office Door
When you own a business in ND or MN, your personal assets and your business liability are more connected than most advisors acknowledge.
“Your personal risk does not stop at the office door. When you own a business in ND or MN, your personal assets and your business liability are more connected than most advisors acknowledge.”
Personal Insurance Questions from ND & MN Business Owners
Most business owners do — and that separation is exactly where gaps form. A personal lines advisor who does not know your business may miss the crossover exposure: vehicles used for work, a home office, or umbrella limits that do not account for your commercial liability. One advisor who covers both sides sees the full picture and eliminates those blind spots.
At minimum: homeowners or renters insurance, auto insurance with appropriate liability limits, and a personal umbrella policy. Business owners in ND and MN often also need lake cabin or seasonal property coverage, watercraft coverage, and scheduled personal property for high-value items. The right combination depends on what you've built — both personally and professionally.
A personal umbrella policy sits above your home and auto liability limits and activates when a claim exceeds those underlying limits. For business owners with meaningful personal assets — property, savings, investments — an umbrella is one of the most cost-effective protections available. Most business owners in ND and MN are underinsured here.
Standard homeowners policies have significant gaps for home offices and business-related property. Business equipment, inventory stored at home, and liability arising from client visits are often excluded or severely sublimited. We review your homeowners and commercial policies together to make sure nothing falls through.
At minimum once a year, ideally tied to your business renewal. Life changes — a new property, a vehicle purchase, a major renovation, a change in business revenue — all affect your personal risk profile. As your advisor across both commercial and personal lines, Kain reviews everything together in one annual conversation.