It’s always a joy getting the chance to catch-up with our customers, we know their hobbies are their passions: whether that’s owning a pony used for eventing, or camera equipment for a wedding photographer. Here, we caught up with Anna-Beth about her pony, Harvey. Background Having had ponies as a child, Anna-Beth decided to share […]

Our customer, Geoff, talks us through his recent experience with The Insurance Emporium when he had to make a claim. Background Geoff told us all about his wife’s horse, Franco, who up until recently was used for riding. Geoff’s wife describes Franco as “such a gentleman. He’s lovely and a handsome boy. He’s just like […]

People choose to take out horse insurance for several reasons, often to have cover for the unexpected. As we know, horses are naturally curious creatures and if left to their own devices can get into all sorts of mischief, which is why horse insurance can give you peace of mind. However, while we know that […]

With years of providing specialist horse insurance behind us, we understand the importance of keeping your horse healthy, happy and safe. Unfortunately, animals don’t have access to the kind of health care that we do, and vet’s fees can soon add up. In 2024 our average horse insurance claim for digestive issues was £922, the […]

Worms are an inevitable fact of life for horses, and the vast majority of them have some level of infestation. Worm eggs, such a tapeworm, are usually ingested from infected pasture, they then develop into worms inside the horse’s gut or lungs before being passed out onto the pasture via faeces which can then infect […]

As we say goodbye to summer and brace ourselves for the shorter days and the inevitable wet weather that autumn and winter in the UK brings, we need to be aware of some of the issues that can affect our equine friends. Constant rain can turn our fields into mud baths, and while our horses […]

Some people are happy to keep the number of pets they own to a minimum, after all, even having one still requires a lot of our time and money and is a big responsibility. However, sometimes there are people who are devoted to ensuring that even as animals get older, they can still enjoy their […]

Having a hobby or passion doesn’t just have to be for when we’re young, and that includes horse riding, which can be a skill picked up later in life (see our blog on taking up horse riding in later life). We recently caught up with our customer Sally who, after 20 years of not riding, […]

We love our horses; there are currently 847,000 horses in the UK alone, and we love making them happy and giving them treats. But despite the well-known saying ‘eat like a horse’, you can’t just give a horse anything to eat, apart from the fact that they’re herbivores, they have a very complicated digestive system. […]

A major fixture on any racing fan’s calendar, the Grand National is held annually at Aintree racecourse, near Liverpool. It first took place in 1839 and has become part of British culture; often referred to as the ‘ultimate test of horse and rider’ due to the distance and the large fences, many of which have […]