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Suppliers Guide · United Kingdom

KBIS

Equestrian insurance intermediary set up in 1986 as a bloodstock insurer, arranging horse, bloodstock, horsebox, yard and trainer cover in the UK.

Category
Insurance and finance
Country
United Kingdom
Head office
London
Founded
1986

What it supplies

KBIS is a UK equestrian insurance intermediary. According to its website, it was established in 1986 as a specialist bloodstock insurance provider trading as Kershaw Bloodstock Insurance Services; Guy and Liz Prest acquired it in 1991 and extended it to riding and competition horses, and Specialist Risk Group (SRG) acquired KBIS at the end of 2020. KBIS Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Its range covers bloodstock, sport horse, foal, catastrophe and horse and rider insurance; motor cover for horseboxes, trailers, horse transporters and farrier vans; personal accident and liability cover for grooms, riders and instructors; business cover for racehorse trainers, point-to-point trainers, riding schools, pony and riding clubs, polo, shows, competition centres and farriers; and property and yard insurance.

Products and services

  • Bloodstock insurance
  • Sport horse, foal and catastrophe cover
  • Horsebox, trailer and horse transporter insurance
  • Racehorse trainer and point-to-point trainer insurance
  • Riding school, event and competition centre insurance
  • Liability and personal accident cover for grooms, riders and instructors
  • Property and yard insurance

Sources

Details are taken from the pages on its own website listed below. Regulatory status is shown only where the supplier or the regulator states it. Listing last checked 17 October 2026.

  1. KBIS, home page
  2. KBIS, Our story
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