Poultry more

Individual and tailored insurance for the Poultry industry.

Cover includes:

• All Risks of Mortality including accident, sickness and disease, (but excluding named government slaughter diseases)
• Restricted Perils (for example: fire, flood, storm etc)
• Limited Theft and Unlawful Removal
• Disease only insurance for parent and grandparent breeding stock. Insuring death and economic slaughter following positive testing for:
  • Mycoplasma Gallisepticum
  • Salmonella disease
• Extensions:
  • Mechanical breakdown and power failure
  • Debris removal
  • Unforeseen heat stress
  • Transits: International or domestic
  • Day-old chicks
  • Hatchery to farm
  • Farm to slaughter house
  • Government slaughter: To pay the difference between government compensation and current market value for named diseases, for example:
    • Newcastle’s Disease
    • Avian Influenza
  • Loss of income
    • Broilers: to pay 20% of maximum value for up to 3 cycles following loss of or damage to poultry houses
    • Laying stock: to pay an indemnity based on loss of eggs following loss of or damage to poultry houses

Coverage will be subject to certain minimum standards for example bio-security, back up generators, alarms and communications.

Underwriters will always consider new risks and are able to provide bespoke insurance solutions in such cases, for example:

• Economic slaughter as a result of Mycoplasma Gallisepticum and the loss of eggs.
• Loss of profits for slaughter house/hatchery in the event that a government order for slaughter or movement restriction following Avian Influenza interrupts the normal operating throughput.
• Property and liability risks.