Mine are insured for what it would cost to buy them. When Spice was pts this enabled us to purchase another horse. My vet bills for Mo were more then I paid for her!!
mines insured for £3,500 even though hes worth alot more cause of his breeding. We got him for £3000 and my sisters pony we bought for £550 and hes insured at that price
Mine arent insured- I take the risk that if they need anything major done, I'd have to think very seriously before going ahead.
But none of mine are worth very much anyway and I get public liability/3rd party through various memberships.
None of mine are insured over here except for liability and damage to property. If they need the vet, they get him. Each horse has an individual value which is irrelevant to the sale price or purchase price, and each horse would have as much as we deemed acceptable.
In England all of my horses were insured for everything except mortality. None of them were insured for their market worth. I kept all "purchase prices" as close to £1,000 so as to keep the premiums low but without compromising on Vet fees or liability.
I can't understand people who insure their "regular" horses for thousands especially when lots of them don't even have mortality - doesn't make sense to me