best horse insurance company

[mole]

who do you guys insure your horses through? and are there any companies to avoid? coming up to the renewal date on my policy and i thought instead of trawling the net id ask you guys first!

 

[AmyMay]

NFU great.

E&L apparently not.

 

[JJ2]

NFU all the way. There is no other insurance company i would use or recommend

 

[DiablosGold]

NFU

 

[showjump2003]

I now use petplan because they seem to offer the best service for the older horse.

 

[EmilyGrant36]

I use Petplan!

 

[dixie]

I've used Petplan and NFU.

Petplan have paid out my claims with no problem at all. I'm still waiting for NFU, as sent in a claim last week but the vet said they were pretty good.

 

[palomino_pony]

Petplan for the older horse - no fuss when renewing either...or those annoying automated press 2 for...etc

 

[louisevictoria]

Defiantely NFU, used to be with petplan but swapped last year.

 

[knightsbridge]

AmTrust Equine - friendly, helpful and good premiums and most importantly excellent when dealing with my claim. Cannot fault them.

 

[Maesfen]

KBIS are very good, been with them for years!

 

[Darkly_Dreaming_Dex]

AIMS in Thirsk, North Yorks- low premiums, helpful horsey staff- paid out no problems on vets claim.

Havent heard anything good about other Yorkshire insurance companies

E&L

 

[pink_princess]

ive always used shearwater and would recomend them to anyone

 

[Oldred]

NFU, NFU,NFU - and if premium a bit higher its worth it.

 

[KatB]

KBIS. Horsey people, and cheaper than NFU!!

 

[Kenzo]

Always used Petplan for years but never actually made a claim but always heard they are good but this year changed to E&L (arhhh) was that a bad decision?

 

[mattilda]

I use PetPlan for horses and dogs. They aren 't the cheapest but pay out with no problem and are very helpful when you ring them.

 

[Zoobie]

NFU all the way baby

 

[joshesmum]

NFU their fab

 

[Marchtime]

Would highly recommend KBIS.
Petplan were not good when I had my eventer put down, made a stressful time even more difficult.
NFU put too many exclusions on my TB and premium kept going up and up. They were good though in terms of paying out etc.

 

[Gorgeous George]

NFU

 

[madgirl]

Would not recomend E and L anyone else had a bad experience?

 

[Nickijem]

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Would not recomend E and L anyone else had a bad experience?

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I had a lot of trouble getting E&L to pay out after my horse died of colic. It took six months before they said they needed to contact his previous owner (I had owned Jake for 10 years and never claimed plus I'd had him vetted when I bought him and given the insurance company a copy of the vets certificate).
I couldn't understand why they needed to contact the previous owner so started complaints procedures.
They then paid up in full immediately. I wouldn't recommend them especially when my vets said they would need payment upfront as I was insured with E&L and they were known for taking a very long time to pay out.