F. Sidebottom Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Just bought a dog - (8 week old border collie for those who need to know!). Need pet insurance. Anyone got any advice, know of any good/bad companies to quote/ignore? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elphi 24 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 i insure my dog with Tesco which is reasonable and they pay out quickly. Ive never had any problems, no quibbles which is a miracle seeing as up to now my claims are around £6k in total!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 My parents use tesco as well, I'm not sure if they've ever needed to claim though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 tbh i have only had pet insurance for 1 year. i now only have 3 dogs, had 5 until 11am today, and have had 10 or 11 to date,plus 4 horse. as yet none of them have ever needed any work done that was more than the cost of the excess & the insurance,even with all the meds. policies also change as the dog ages and t&c's change as does benefits. i'm not suggesting you don't do it just ponder on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel C Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Don't use Sainsburys pet insurance whatever ya do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 We went with M&S after carefully looking at excess clauses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squashie28 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Petplan are supposed to provide a good insurance policy so I have heard. I saw this woman on TV not so long ago highly recommending them as her cat needed major heart surgery which cost almost £50,000. She didnt have any trouble from petplan insurance company when she put in the claim and her cat had sucessful surgery as a result. I dont have any pets myself but if I did I would like to get my insurance from them if this is what they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doodle Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 We are with M&S for both my dogs. You can have no excess and pay more in premium or have an excess such as £50 and pay less premium. Look out for insurance that covers your pet for life, which means that the insurance will carry on paying for treatment after the 12 months (so long as you pay the next years premium). This means that if your dog develops a long term illness, the insurance will continue to pay for treatment. Only a few insurance places do this, such as M&S & Petplan (petplan are apparently the bees knees of pet insurance). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 http://www.animalfriends.co.uk. not for profit company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anne_shirley Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 We went also for M&S for our cat, after looking at many, seemed one of the best as it covers your pet for life and is cheap. We chose to pay no excess as there wasn't much difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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