Tom,
Sorry to hear about your misfortune. If you think it would be beneficial to carry your own insurance coverage on the animals,
Archangel Specialty has developed a new product for breeders of whitetail deer, elk, and other cervid species. Our policies cover the animal if it dies as a result of disease (pneumonia, gastrointestinal, cancer, etc.), parasite, bacterial infection, anesthesia, accidental trauma, or if it is stolen. Here is a link to an overview of the program:
[url]http://archangelspecialty.com/programs/wildlife-breeders/[/url] Note: we do exclude coverage for "government slaughter diseases" and malicious injury
Last week we launched this new product in the State of Wisconsin. We will be rolling it out in Texas, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Ohio over the course of the next month. If successful, we will expand into additional states.
We created this new product because our underwriter, while with her previous company, had received a lot of feedback from breeders such as yourself that felt that the marketplace was not offering adequate coverage for common causes of death. After a thorough research process, we believe we have developed the right policy and pricing that will allow us to serve the deer breeding industry for years to come. If you would like to learn about the coverage we offer, our toll free number is
1-800-575-9628. If you ask for information on the "
Wildlife Breeders" program you will be transferred to our underwriter. I would also be more than happy to answer your questions on this forum.
Chris Whiddon
