Documented Executive Protection for Boards, Risk Officers, and K&R Compliance
Praetorian builds duty-of-care-compliant executive protection programs for public companies, family-controlled businesses, and Florida corporate headquarters. Pre-loss documentation. Post-incident defense. Insurer-aligned.
Praetorian Executive Protection builds duty-of-care-compliant executive protection programs that meet board scrutiny, K&R insurance pre-loss expectations, and emerging international travel risk standards including ISO 31030. Programs are built on documented advance work, threat assessment, travel security, residential coverage, and after-action reporting that defends decisions in the event of an incident.
After the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive, executive protection moved from a discretionary line item to a documented compliance question. Boards, general counsel, and insurance carriers now ask the same set of questions. What does your program look like in writing. How does it align with the K&R policy you carry. Where does it sit against ISO 31030 for travel. What gets documented. Praetorian builds programs that answer those questions in advance, before an incident makes the answer a liability.
Three Audiences, One Solution
This page is written for the people who actually scope, approve, and audit corporate executive protection programs.
Corporate Risk Officers and GCs
Chief risk officers, general counsel, and chief security officers responsible for documenting the program a carrier and a board will accept.
Board Secretaries and Audit Committees
Directors who need to see a documented duty-of-care program in committee materials. The question on the agenda is no longer whether to have EP, it is whether the EP that exists is defensible.
Insurance Brokers
K&R and corporate special risks brokers placing or renewing policies with Chubb, AIG, Hiscox, Beazley, or other major carriers, whose underwriters now ask documentation questions earlier in the cycle.
ISO 31030 Aware
Programs are designed against ISO 31030, the international standard for travel risk management, which is now the de facto benchmark global carriers reference.
OSHA General Duty Clause
Workplace violence prevention components address OSHA's General Duty Clause obligations and align with California SB 553 for organizations with California operations.
K&R Pre-Loss Documentation
Programs produce the documentation carriers expect to see in a pre-loss review. Threat assessments, travel risk briefs, and after-action reports are built to be audit-ready.
Florida Class B Licensed
Praetorian operates under Florida Class B Security Agency license B3600136. Operators are W-2 employees, licensed, and covered under agency insurance.
What Boards and Insurers Now Require
The post-2024 environment changed three things at once. Boards now treat executive protection as enterprise risk management rather than a perk. Insurers tightened pre-loss expectations on K&R policies, asking for documented program components before binding or renewing. Plaintiff bars expanded the duty-of-care theory across more cases, citing the OSHA General Duty Clause and emerging international standards. The result is a market where the executive protection a Fortune 500 ran two years ago is no longer enough. Programs must now be documented, defensible, and aligned with the policies and statutes they will be tested against.
Program Components
A duty-of-care-compliant program is built on six documented capabilities. Advance work, written venue surveys, route plans, and contingency routes for any executive movement. Threat assessment, ongoing analysis of identified threats and the digital exposure surface. Travel security, pre-trip risk briefs and on-trip coverage that aligns with ISO 31030. Residential coverage, assessments and plans for principal residences and the family picture around them. Crisis response, written protocols for incident response, ransom negotiation coordination, and communications. After-action reporting, written documentation that closes the loop on every assignment and feeds the next risk assessment.
K&R Insurance Alignment
Kidnap and ransom policies are increasingly underwritten on the strength of the insured's pre-loss security program. Carriers like Chubb, AIG, Hiscox, and Beazley do not require executive protection in the policy language. They do reward documented programs at binding, renewal, and at claim. Praetorian builds programs that produce the artifacts an underwriter expects to see and the documentation a claims team will look for in the event of an incident. We do not sell insurance and we do not act as a broker. We build the program that sits underneath the policy.
Florida Corporate Headquarters Coverage
Florida is a corporate relocation state. Public companies are moving headquarters and senior executives to Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, and the Space Coast. Florida-based principals carry a different risk profile than their Northeast and West Coast peers. Public property records are searchable. Hurricane season is a security event, not just a weather event. The state's aerospace, finance, and healthcare concentrations create predictable target lists. Praetorian is headquartered in Cocoa, recruits operators statewide, and runs deployments out of the geography where most coverage is actually needed.
Workplace Violence Prevention
The OSHA General Duty Clause obligates employers to maintain a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause serious harm. Plaintiff bars and federal regulators increasingly cite that clause in workplace violence cases. California SB 553 codifies a written workplace violence prevention plan obligation for most California employers, and similar legislation is in motion in other states. Praetorian's workplace violence prevention component produces the written plan, the threat assessment cadence, the response protocol, and the training documentation that align with the General Duty Clause and current state statutes.
Services Included
Every Solution is scoped to the situation. The components below describe what a full engagement covers when the threat picture warrants the full picture.
Executive Protection
Close protection for chief executives, board members, and at-risk corporate officers. Coverage scoped to threat picture, calendar, and travel pattern.
Travel Risk Management
Pre-trip risk briefs, ground transportation vetting, hotel security review, and on-trip protection aligned with ISO 31030 travel risk management standards.
Protective Intelligence
Threat monitoring, digital exposure analysis, and OSINT covering identified threats and the public-facing executive footprint.
Residential Coverage
Principal residence assessment, family-picture review, perimeter and access control, and documented response plans for the home and the people in it.
Workplace Violence Prevention
Written plan, threat assessment cadence, response protocol, and training documentation aligned with the OSHA General Duty Clause and applicable state statutes.
Crisis Response and After-Action
Documented response protocols, K&R coordination, communications planning, and written after-action reporting that closes the loop and feeds program iteration.
From Intake to Sustained Coverage
Program Scope Conversation
We open with a working session covering principal population, geography, travel pattern, current EP posture, K&R policy alignment, and the board or counsel expectations the program needs to meet.
Gap Assessment
Praetorian produces a written gap assessment against ISO 31030, the OSHA General Duty Clause, and the documentation expectations of major K&R carriers. The assessment is structured for use in committee materials.
Program Design
We design the program against the gaps. Advance work, threat assessment, travel, residential, workplace violence, and crisis response. Each capability is documented as a written protocol, not a verbal expectation.
Implementation and Onboarding
Operators are deployed, principals are briefed, and the documentation cycle starts running. Programs typically reach a steady-state cadence within 60 to 90 days of contract signing.
Audit and Iteration
Programs are reviewed against the threat picture and the policy environment at least annually. After-action reports drive iteration. Board and insurer-facing documentation is refreshed on schedule.
What Sets This Solution Apart
Fortune 100 Operational Background
Christopher Smith led personal security for Jeff Bezos and the Amazon Board of Directors at Kennedy Space Center and built site security for Project Kuiper. The duty-of-care framework Fortune 100 boards demand is the framework Praetorian was built inside of.
Real Class B Agency
Praetorian Executive Protection LLC operates under Florida Class B Security Agency license B3600136, with W-2 operators carrying Class D and Class G licenses where required and covered by agency insurance.
Documentation First
Programs are built around what gets written down, not just what gets done. The artifact of every engagement is documentation a board, counsel, and an underwriter can use.
Florida-Resident Geography
Headquartered in Cocoa with operators recruited and deployed statewide. We are the local partner for executive populations that have moved to or live in Florida.
Questions About This Solution
Does our K&R insurance policy require executive protection?
Carriers do not typically write executive protection into K&R policy language. Underwriters do reward documented pre-loss programs at binding, renewal, and at claim. Praetorian builds programs that produce the documentation a carrier expects to see and a claims team will reference if an incident occurs.
What is ISO 31030 and does it apply to us?
ISO 31030 is the international standard for travel risk management published in 2021. It is voluntary, not law, but has become the de facto benchmark global carriers, multinational HR teams, and audit committees reference when evaluating corporate travel risk programs. Praetorian's travel components are designed against it.
Does the OSHA General Duty Clause apply to executive protection?
The General Duty Clause (29 U.S.C. § 654(a)(1)) obligates employers to provide a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause serious harm. Workplace violence is a recognized hazard. The clause does not name EP, but plaintiff bars and regulators increasingly cite it in workplace violence cases, which makes documented prevention components a defensible posture.
Do you work with our existing security provider?
Yes. Praetorian regularly augments existing in-house corporate security or third-party guard contracts with documented EP capability, written program design, and the executive-facing coverage in-house teams are not built to deliver. We do not require sole-provider status.
How long does program onboarding take?
Most programs reach steady-state cadence within 60 to 90 days of contract signing. Immediate executive coverage can begin within days of an engagement letter. The documentation cycle, board-facing materials, and audit posture take a full quarter to settle into a sustainable rhythm.
Do you cover small and mid-cap companies?
Yes. Documented duty-of-care expectations are no longer reserved for the S&P 500. Mid-cap public companies, family-controlled businesses, and private equity-owned companies are increasingly subject to the same documentation expectations from their carriers and boards. Praetorian scopes programs to the company.
The capabilities this Solution draws on. Each service page describes the doctrinal detail behind the engagement.
Executive Protection
Close protection for chief executives, board members, and corporate officers.
Event and Travel Security
Pre-trip risk briefs, travel coverage, and event security aligned with ISO 31030.
Workplace Violence Prevention
Written plan, threat assessment cadence, and response protocol documentation.
Protective Intelligence
Threat monitoring and OSINT on the executive footprint and identified threats.
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