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Livestock cover is set from veterinary-certified market value per animal, reduced for age or productive stage, and then capped at the scheme's insurable percentage — commonly 80% — so the owner retains a share of the risk and the incentive to care for the animal.
Sum insured per animal
Per animal = Market value x (1 - Age deduction %) x Insurable percentage
Total
Total sum insured = Per animal x Number of animals
Indicative estimate only. Fees, entitlements, limits and formulas vary by jurisdiction, statute, policy wording and the facts of the case. This is not legal, tax, insurance or financial advice — confirm with a qualified professional or the relevant authority.
By a certificate from a qualified veterinary officer at the time of insurance, usually with ear-tagging or biometric identification of each animal.
To preserve the owner's incentive against moral hazard, and because most subsidised schemes cap the insurable proportion.