I felt that an infographic would be a great way to present the essentials of pet health insurance. I sometimes also feel that the insurance companies deliberately make things complicated to entice customers to sign up to the kind of policy terms and conditions that are best for the insurer! Cat owners should also note that perhaps the best form of pet health insurance is a personal savings account! Although that does require a lot of self-discipline to ring fence the saving account into which you transfer around £50 per month. Once the savings have built up you have an insurance policy without an expensive admin fees. It is my personal favorite form of pet health insurance.
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Cats and dogs can be more expensive to insure than a house and contents in the UK
Cats and dog health insurance can cost more than combined home insurance (insuring the building and the contents). It sounds remarkable but here is an example concerning the most popular dog breed in the UK at the moment (2023): the French bulldog. On my research, to insure a young French bulldog will start at …
Top 10 pet health insurers in the UK and what insurance does not cover
It’s useful for cat and dog owners to know what others consider to be the best insurers and also to be aware of the exclusions to health insurance cover before embarking on purchasing a product. I am going to rely on Trust Pilot, the online review business to list the top 10 best insurers. …
Provision of veterinary services should be funded along the lines of the best human healthcare systems
A cursory investigation will tell you that dogs are taken to the vets much more than cats and cats are not taken to the vets enough. Cat owners resist taking their cat to the vet. I am one of those cat owners. It is not about money for me but the hassle. But vets …
UK pet owners go abroad to cut bills for veterinary treatments
NEWS AND VIEWS-UK: In an extraordinary development, I’m told that in the UK, cat and dog owners are flying abroad to places like France and Turkey to seek treatments for their companion animals which are priced reasonably and which are a fraction of those charged in the UK. And the reason why many veterinarians …
Cost of pet insurance in UK can be the same as the cost of car insurance (2023)
The Which? website lists the most expensive breeds of cats and dogs to insure but the information is confused except in one way: it’s expensive and in certain instances the equivalent of insuring your car. The average cost of car insurance in the UK is around £400 depending upon the type of insurance you …
Perfect Pet Insurance reviews – read this
A Perfect Pet Insurance story which paints the insurer as less than perfect when processing a large claim.
Is it Worth Having Pet Health Insurance?
Is it worth having pet health insurance? You can bet your bottom dollar it is! This is a very serious question which many kitty guardians may be asking themselves today. According to a recent article on Pet MD by veterinarian Dr. Doug Kenney, a recent study was done by “Consumer Reports”. Their conclusion was: …