Hunting insurance - civil liability of the hunter

Verified 31 October 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

What assurance is obligatory for the hunting ? What documents present in case of control ? What to do in case of termination of your contract ? We'll show you the main rules to know concerning insurance for hunting.

You must subscribe to a insurance that guarantees your civil liability as a hunter.

This insurance covers you for personal injury, equipment and intangible that you can cause to another person. For example, when you shoot, you hurt another hunter.

This insurance must:

  • Guarantee your civil liability for an unlimited amount
  • Ne pitch foresee of forfeiture enforceable against victims or to their rights-holders
  • Cover your civil liability because of your dogs. You are indeed responsible for the damage caused by your dogs.

During a control in hunting, you must present the insurance certificate in addition to your hunting permit and the validation of hunting license.

In case of termination or suspension of your hunting insurance contract, your permit to hunt ceases to be valid and is temporarily withdrawn.

For example, if your contract is suspended for non-payment of contributions.

You must hand over the validation of your hunting license to theOFB: titleContent.

Who shall I contact

  • French Office for Biodiversity (OFB)

    By mail

    French Biodiversity Office

    Hunting Permit Service

    BP 20

    78612 LE PERRAY EN YVELINES CEDEX

To retrieve the validation of your hunting license, you must justify be covered again by civil liability insurance for hunting.

Individual accident insurance

Individual accident insurance indemnifies you if you suffer personal injury during an accident, whether you are responsible for it or not. For example, you fall and you injure yourself with your weapon.

Care varies according to the contract: medical expenses, material goods (weapon, clothes...), financial loss in case of work stoppage or disability...

FYI  

Insurers offer different guarantees. For example, to cover your dogs against the damage they may suffer during the hunt. Check with your insurer to find the formula best suited to your profile.

Guarantee of legal protection

The guarantee legal protection is an insurance that allows you to benefit from a legal adviser or the assistance of a lawyer in a legal proceedings.

This guarantee may be useful in particular in 2 types of situations :

  • You seek redress to another person for harm you feel you have suffered
  • You you have to defend yourself, because another person feels that they have suffered damage for which you are responsible

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