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Farm Insurance

We’ve a fantastic farm insurance underwritten by Zurich, which is available to all FDC clients. This means, you can rely on our support for many years to come and avail of additional benefits as a FDC client. Protect what you’ve worked hard to build!

The comprehensive range of benefits offered are as follows:

Full Farm Visit

With Zurich farm insurance you will receive a full farm visit, concentrating on the adequacy of the sums insured and ensuring you have accurate liability cover for employees.

Farm Incorporations

As an FDC client you will receive clear direction around cover for farm entities and limited companies.

99% of Farm Insurance Claims Paid*

Zurich has a history of settling 99% of their farm insurance claims.*

*From January to December 2021, on average Zurich paid out on 99% of motor, home, van, farm and windscreen insurance claims.

As a FDC client, Zurich will help you tailor your insurance policy allowing you to protect what is most valuable to you. Your enhanced covers as a FDC client include:

  • Business Interruption

    €35,000 Increased Cost of Working (Farming Continuation Expenses). This overall limit is inclusive of the standard €10,000 provided under the Farm Protection Insurance Policy.

  • Bulk Milk Tanks and Milking Equipment

    Accidental Loss or damage cover to Bilk Milk Tank and Milking Equipment at no additional cost where selected under Section 1.

  • Increased Fire Brigade Charges

    Fire Brigade charges increased from €15,000 to €20,000 for any one incident.

  • Benefits of the Savings Plan

    For every farm insurance policy purchased with the Zurich farm team, as a FDC Client you are entitled to receive a €100 savings voucher, should you wish to open a Zurich Regular Savings Plan.

    Key Features and Benefits of the Savings Plan

    Regular Savings is a good lifelong habit – FDC and Zurich have designed a market leading product that is suitable for clients at all stages of life, such as:

    • Children’s Education Fund
    • Saving for a house deposit.
    • Alternative to low yielding deposit accounts.

     

    • Access to a market leading fund manager in Zurich Life.
    • Wide range of funds to cover all investment appetites.
    • No entry/exit or fund switch charges.
    • Competitive charging structure.
    • Ability to drip feed investment on a monthly basis from as little as €100 per month.
    • Extra 1% allocation when an initial lump sum of €5,000 is invested.
    • Online access is available to investors.

See how much you could save on your farm insurance


Data protection

Zurich Insurance plc is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Zurich will hold your details in accordance with our data protection and privacy policy together with all applicable data protection laws and principles. Information you supply may be used by us for the purposes of providing information to you relating to insurance products/ financial services provided by Zurich Insurance plc and sometimes with our affiliates and/or commercial partners. Unless you advise us otherwise, we may share information that you provide to companies within the Zurich Insurance Group and with other companies that we establish commercial links with so we and they may contact you (by email, SMS, telephone or other appropriate means) in order to tell you about carefully selected products, services or offers that we believe will be of interest to you. You may request a copy of your personal data held by Zurich Insurance by writing to the Data Protection Officer, Zurich Insurance, PO Box 78, Wexford. Your data shall be retained and used for these purposes (for up to 15 months) after the submission of this form. Please also see our full Privacy Policy available on www.zurich.ie/privacy-policy.

FDC Financial Services Ltd complies with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018. The data which you provide to us will be held on a computer database and paper files for the purpose of arranging transactions on your behalf. Your data will be passed on to the relevant product producers with whom FDC Financial Services Ltd has agencies, for the purpose of arranging transactions agreed with you. A copy of our privacy notice is available on request or at www.fdc.ie/what-we-do/financial-services/.

FDC Financial Services Ltd is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

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