Mature Horse insurance
Cover for horses aged 20 years or older.
Cover for accidental injuries
At Animal Friends our specialist equine team know first-hand that many horses carry on living full and active lives as they get older.
- Our Mature Horse insurance policy offers cover for accidental injuries for horses aged over 20 years.
- It’s also a Time Limited policy, which means we’ll cover each new injury for 12 months – as long as you renew your policy.
- We’ll provide cover for each new accidental injury up to £2000 or after 12 months from the date of the accidental injury, which ever comes first.
Would you like to know more?
Read through our policy documents for more information.
Already an existing customer?
Please refer to the policy documents we sent you when you took out or renewed your policy. You can login to your online account to view these.
Optional additional benefits
In addition to veterinary fees cover, our Mature Horse policy also allows you to customise your cover with a range of optional additional benefits to suit your own needs.
We’ll cover the purchase price or the amount of cover you choose for this section, whichever is less. You can choose up to £1,500.
We’ll cover some of the cost of finding your horse if they’re stolen or go missing. We’ll cover either 15% of the cover amount you chose when you took out your policy or £300 – whichever is less – towards the cost of advertising and a reward.
If your horse needs to be rescued, we’ll pay up to £1,000 to the registered organisation that carries out the rescue.
We won’t cover claims if your horse goes missing or is stolen in the first 14 days of your policy.
We realise that your horse passing away can be an extremely difficult time, so we’ll help you manage your policy and any claims as fast as possible.
If your horse dies or is put to sleep, we’ll cover their purchase price or the amount of cover you chose when you took out your policy, whichever is less. You can choose cover up to £1,500 and we’ll only cover deaths caused by accidents.
We’ll also cover up to £200 to remove and dispose of your horse’s body if they die in a way covered by this policy. For example, you won’t be covered if your horse dies in a hunting accident.
We don’t provide cover if your horse dies within the first two days of your policy start date.
There might be a time when someone holds you responsible for an incident involving your horse. For example, your horse’s actions might result in someone being killed, getting injured or having their property damaged. If someone makes a legal claim against you due to an incident involving your horse, we’ll cover your legal costs. If we’re settling a legal claim, we’ll also pay compensation and legal costs for the person making the claim.
You must follow advice given to you about your horse’s behaviour by their past owners, rehoming or rescue centre staff, vets, behaviour specialists or the authorities. If you don’t follow their advice, and that leads to a legal claim, we won’t be able to cover the claim.
If you choose this benefit you will have cover for up to £2million.
Please read the policy booklet for full details of what is included and what is not included.
We’ll pay up to the amount shown in Your Schedule to repair or replace your horse trailer if it’s stolen or damaged. We’ll pay either the amount you paid or how much it was worth at the time of the incident, whichever is lower.
If your trailer is damaged in an accident or by vandalism, we’ll decide whether to repair or replace it. We may send someone to check the damage before we make a decision.
You must also keep it secure using a wheel clamp or tow hitch lock, or by keeping it in a locked building. We won’t be able to pay your claim if you don’t.
You can choose cover up to £1,500, £3,000 or £5,000.
We won’t cover claims if your horse trailer is stolen or damaged in the first 14 days of your policy.
If your saddlery and tack is stolen or damaged, we’ll cover the cost of repairing or replacing it. You can choose cover up to £1,500, £3,000 or £5,000.
We won’t cover claims if your saddlery or tack is stolen or damaged in the first 14 days of your policy.
The amount we pay will depend on how old the equipment was when it was stolen or damaged. If it’s less than three years old, we’ll cover the full amount you paid for it, and after this we’ll pay a percentage. These percentages are listed below:
| Up to 3 years | 100% |
| 3 years and 1 day to 4 years old | 90% |
| 4 years and 1 day to 5 years old | 80% |
| 5 years and 1 day to 6 years old | 70% |
| 6 years and 1 day to 7 years old | 65% |
| 7 years and 1 day to 8 years old | 60% |
| 8 years and 1 day to 9 years old | 55% |
| Over 9 years and 1 day old | 50% |
We’ll provide cover if someone is injured or killed in an accident while riding your horse in the UK. We’ll only cover injuries to riders you’ve named in your policy – so make sure to tell us the details of anyone riding your horse regularly. Please read the Mature Horse policy booklet for details on how much cover we provide.
Why choose Animal Friends?
We're not like other leading UK pet insurers, we were built with a purpose. With over 25 years' experience and over one million of the nation's pets covered, customers choose Animal Friends for:
- Affordable, award-winning cover to suit you
- Every policy bought helps support animal welfare and conservation around the world
- Fuss-free claiming. Vets can claim on your behalf
- Expert advice and guides
- Friendly UK-based team.