Animal Friends Pet Insurance | Specialist Cover for your dog or cat

Red Sands Insurance Company (Europe) Limited (RSL) is part of the Hollard Insurance Group, South Africa's largest independent and privately owned insurance group which has over £700m of assets. RSL, which provides Hollard’s European underwriting facility, specialises in niche lines of business where our passion for innovation and flexibility translate into superior customer satisfaction. For example we currently underwrite the UK's third largest motor warranty scheme.

Hollard has varied insurance interests worldwide but has been providing insurance protection to pets and pet owners for more than 17 years and is the largest and most experienced pet insurer in both Australia and South Africa. Thus for European and UK insurance business RSL can access and tailor insurance products from Hollard’s extensive knowledge base developed by insurance professionals over many years.

Both RSL and Hollard are proud to be working with such an exciting and ethical company as Animal Friends. We are sure that Animal Friends will benefit from the unique experience and support offered by RSL and Hollard to deliver some truly innovative products for the UK pet and companion animal insurance market.

Hollard may be South Africa’s largest private insurance company, but, like Animal Friends, it is a family-owned business that is passionate about people and partnerships. Hollard has been doing business differently for twenty seven years, and today, 1 300 dedicated staff provide both short-term and life insurance services to more than 6 million policyholders in over 8 countries on 4 continents. 

For the full protection of UK insurance customers RSL are members of the ABI, The Financial Ombudsman Scheme and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, so consumers are protected on all fronts.  RSL were Licensed by the Gibraltar Financial Service Commission in January 2004.