It seems that the focus of this question has gone to whether anyone has received a letter from the facility storing the semen. My question is does anyone who has semen stored, and I assume there are quite a few, do you have insurance on it? If you do have insurance, what method do you use to place a value on it (i.e. number of straws or number of potential puppies)? Who is your insurance company? Thank you Debra Hnath Msg: #2 in digest Subject: Re: Frozen Semen Question Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:22:58 -0500 From: barbara17236@xxxxxxx Our storage vet in Maryland hasn't sent any letters. Maybe they are trying to lower their insurance premium by having the client have insurance coverage instead. I would call the office manager and the reason for the letter. Barb H -----Original Message----- From: RIN TIN TIN <misshereford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: GSD Showlist <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sat, Jan 9, 2010 5:33 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Frozen Semen Question The clinic at which we have frozen semen collected and stored, Brittmoore nimal Hospital sent a letter stating, "We are recommending that you onsider independently acquiring insurance for your stored semen if it is of xtreme value to your breeding program." 1) Has anyone who has semen stored been asked this by their storage vet? ) If anyone has insurance with what company? ) Any other information you may wish to provide Faithfully Yours, in Tin Tin, iss Daphne Hereford. ww.RinTinTin.com Msg: #4 in digest From: "RIN TIN TIN" <misshereford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Frozen Semen Question Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 17:35:34 -0600 I did call the clinic and they would not give any explanation for the reason for "recommending" additional insurance. And I called my insurance agent and he said in his 30 years he had never been asked that question. And my insurance agent deals with rural issues. In addition, my agent said in order to insure something we would have to identify the perils: ie: what type of security the facility had; the value of the semen; what type of backup generators the facility had and other issues relative to the perils to be insured. I was curious if anyone who had semen stored had heard of anything like this before. I am a bit concerned because if the clinic is worried enough to make such a "recommendation" in a letter is the semen I have stored there safe? daphne Faithfully Yours, Rin Tin Tin, Miss Daphne Hereford. www.RinTinTin.com. _____ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================