Game Protection Cover

Game insurance 

There are different field cover options, as well as insurance options against sickness when purchasing new game and transporting it between destinations.

Other cover options include:

  • Capture cover
  • Stress after release cover
  • All risk death cover
  • Auction cover
  • Game register and catastrophe cover (including disasters like flooding, fire, storms and lightning)
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This cover is for the death of an animal as a result of its capture; or for injury of the animal sustained during the capture that might lead to its death; or the death of an animal within 24 hours as a result of chemical immobilisation. All chemicals must be administered by a registered veterinarian adhering to the SANS code 10331.

Transport cover is valid when an animal dies as a result of any wound obtained during transport, should the wound have been caused by the transport itself; or during an accident or hijack of a vehicle.

  1. No cover is issued for female animals in their third trimester of gestation.
  2. The driver of the vehicle in which the animal/s are transported, must be in possession of a valid and applicable driver’s license and the necessary permit.
  3. The claim will not be covered if the driver of the vehicle is under the influence of alcohol or drugs while driving and refuses to have any tests done to confirm it, or when a driver flees from the accident scene.
  4. Any transport not adhering to the terms of the SANS code 1031 will not be covered.

The cause of death has to be confirmed with an autopsy. Cover is valid for the death of an animal as the direct result of stress after transport and release.

This cover is available for different periods up to a maximum of 12 months. This option covers a wide variety of risks including sickness, injury in the veld, accidents, theft, natural catastrophise, and unlawful poaching of animals (rhinos are not covered). A variety of sickness and epidemics are not covered and excluded from the policy’s terms and conditions. Stress after release and death by predators are not covered under this option.

 

A combination of stress after release and all risk death cover for a limited period of 7 to 14 days.

A tailor-made combination of all the options mentioned above are issued for a specific auction for all the animals that will be auctioned on a specific day on that auction.

The insurance of all animals in one farmer unit with a maximum loss of R25 million per annum.

Covers the death of an insured animal as a result of flooding, fire, storms and lightning.

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Did You Know?

  • Crop insurance in South Africa started in 1929 by a group of farmers in the Eastern Free State.

    Crop insurance in South Africa started in 1929 by a group of farmers in the Eastern Free State.

  • The UN Report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, shows that Africa’s agricultural productivity growth has reduced by 34% since 1961. This is more than any other region.

    The UN Report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, shows that Africa’s agricultural productivity growth has reduced by 34% since 1961. This is more than any other region.

  • In 2022, Grain SA reported that 20% of grain producers in South Africa lost more than 60% of their white maize plantings to water damage.

    In 2022, Grain SA reported that 20% of grain producers in South Africa lost more than 60% of their white maize plantings to water damage.

  • It's estimated that only 30% of South Africa’s R2.5 billion annual crop industry is typically insured.

    It's estimated that only 30% of South Africa’s R2.5 billion annual crop industry is typically insured.