Pet Insurance Explained; Helping you through the Pet Insurance Maze; Pet Insurance - caveat Emptor!
By Chris Fairfax
Helping you through the Pet Insurance Maze
By Chris Fairfax, Legal Director, Animal Friends Insurance
www.animalfriends.org.uk
A Datamonitor Survey in November 2005 found that Pet Insurance was the most confusing type of insurance facing the consumer. Of some 60 UK pet insurance providers there are countless types of insurance to cover your pet so which ones do you chose?
You could have a hard job to ensure that you are getting what you think and that you don't fall foul of the "small print" when you come to make a claim. In this article I will help you steer through the Pet Insurance maze so you will at least know what to look for - and what pitfalls to avoid.
But do you need pet insurance at all? After all, 85%25 of the dog owners in the UK don't have dog insurance; 93%25 of cat owners don't have cat insurance. I suggest that there are very important reasons why any responsible pet owner should ensure they have proper pet insurance cover.
The cost of Pet Care
All pet owners appreciate the high costs of veterinary treatment and that vets fee costs are going up by more than 12%25 a year. Research shows that a typical vet fee for common complaints such as a kidney infection can be