This product offers you a comprehensive cover for all livestock types against untimely death. The death risk covered could be caused by fire and related Perils, birth complications, accidents, epidemics like uncontrollable diseases, emergency slaughter due to livestock medical defects et cetera. This cover is open to livestock types like Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Goat, Rabbits, Poultry, Pigs, and Fish.
The cover is specific to various livestock types with varying premium rates, waiting periods and cover limits depending on livestock population, rearing methodology, and previous experience of the prospective policy holder.
This policy offers Cover for various type of crops irrespective of them being under irrigation or rain-fed. Among the perils insured against include Fire & Special Perils, Floods, diseases, uncontrollable pests, and frost and hail impacts among others. The cover targets multiple varieties of crops based on their types and maturity periods including:
- Horticultural Produce such as tomatoes, onions, French beans et cetera.
- Floricultural produce covering specific kinds of flowers such as lilies, peonies & roses et cetera.
- Bi-annual and Annual crops such as maize, wheat, rice, beans in Annuals e.g. wheat, barley, maize, sorghum, rice etc.
- Forestry produce including cypress, eucalyptus etc.
- Cover can be extended to cover the Farmer’s Greenhouse structure
Sum Insured
Total cost of production (land rent, ploughing, seeds, fertilizer, chemicals, labour etc)
- (SI= Acreage x production costs per acre)
- Long Term Average Yield (LTAY); (SI= Acreage x yield per acre x price)
Major Exclusions
- All losses caused by non-insured perils.
- Theft, mysterious disappearances and unaccountable losses.
- Loss of earnings, loss by delay, loss of market or other consequential or indirect damage of any kind or description whatsoever.
- Loss or damage resulting from total or partial cessation of work or the retarding or interruption or cessation of any process or operation.
- Loss or damage occasioned by permanent or temporary dispossession of any property resulting from the unlawful occupation by any person of such property.
- Losses due to Looting, Plundering and Pillage of the property insured.
- Errors in pesticide application and failure to adhere to recommendation on application procedures.
Cover Requirements
The standard premium rate is 4% but subject to both downward and upward adjustment based on the risk exposure. The proposer has to fill in a Proposal Form, Submit a Veterinary Certificate, and ensure that their livestock are tagged.