I do have insurance for my gypsy vanners, but have had it for minis in the past. I always liked to insure for the first year I had them, at the very least. My reasoning was, I never knew, if due to stress and travel, I would have to deal with shipping fever that would lead to dehydration and or colic, or if, not knowing the horse's personality, they would be a wild child until they settled in.
I have on occasion used it, and was grateful to have it. I had a mini that had been shipped with some show horses. It was her first time off the farm, she was stressed, came down with shipping fever, I am sure it was something the show horses had an immunity to, but none the less,I had to take advantage of the. Insurance. She was lethargic, not eating, barely passing stools, high fever.... I was running IVs at home and giving meds under the instruction of a vet, but I felt she needed more, things were not turning around quick enough. After 24 hours at the animal hospital, she was fine, just needed a constant drip IV rath than running them every few hours.
Used it years later for my GV for her eye.
I had used Connaway and assoc. (I believe it was great American) for the minis. I had. Insured. On reccomendation for my GVs, I use Jarvis. I believe the cost is a little more, but the service was impeccable and completely hassle free! I previously had to deal with faxing reports, dropping off reports, having the vet send them in.
With Jarvis, I made one call, explained what transpired, gave them a phone number and expected the typical return calls consisting of "do you have a fax number, you need to do this this and this, then do this this and that" to my surprise, I went to pick up my GV from Penn Vet, told them I would need a fax, address and name to forward the info to, they replied "nope, your insurance already called, we already faxed your info to them, we will send them the reports, and a copy of your payed invoice and they will get you your money ASAP"
The accident happened on a Sunday (always a weekend or holiday) picked my girl up on Monday. Had my refund minus my deductible in less than a week. Sorry for the long story, I am completely thrilled with the service from Jarvis.
