Installing Indoor Cat Tree

[Sarah 2]

I've just had my renewal through for pet insurance. It's with Pet Plan and it's soooooo expensive. They are good though.

 

Does anyone have any companies that do pet insurance that they would reccomend?

 

Thanks

[starboyhull]

We use petplan as they where the best after I searched the net and compared all of them that I found (although that was a year ago) as not many will insure shar pei's they did have the best overall cover but are slightly more expensive than some other companies.......

[Cinnamon]

We use M&S - very happy with them.

Prior to this we were with Tesco & they made the claim I made when my cat was run over a complete pain.

They asked for a reciept as proof of purchase (why would I pay for 2 years insurance if I didn't own the cat?), & even proof that she had been killed on the road

[Mel (& Paul)]

Our two woggles are with petplan - and are good - but when we had Minky they were a REAL pain and we ended up complaining to the Ombudsman about them - if it wasnt for the fact that Paul's mum died whilst it was all going on we would have taken it further.

The horse is through NFU - wonderful wonderful company

[Helen&Lee]

How about www.animalfriends.org.uk

They are a not for profit organisation - all the profit (net) they do make goes to animal charities around the world.

I know of someone who has had to claim from them and it was fine - I don't know whether it is any cheaper than other pet insurance though.

 

Helen

[TheGirlsMum]

We use M&S for the collie OH looked into loads of companies before taking it out and their cover looks really good and very reasonable, but haven't had to claim .......yet.

[chelsea]

petplan for both our german shepherds, so we've been with them since 1997. no problems claiming, I havent really compared premiums with others as im happy where i am.

 

someone at work had awful trouble with "More Than" (the one with Lucky the dog), when claiming for her dog.

[Sarah 2]

Thanks for the replies. I guess you get what you pay for. Maybe I'll just have to stick to Pet Plan. They are great when you claim.

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[Lesley]

How about www.animalfriends.org.uk

They are a not for profit organisation - all the profit (net) they do make goes to animal charities around the world.

I know of someone who has had to claim from them and it was fine - I don't know whether it is any cheaper than other pet insurance though.

 

Helen

 

Jazz is insured with this Company. We haven't had to use it yet so can't vouch for it.

 

It does cover problems for successive years rather than just for one year - our Vet told us to make sure about that point as some companies will only cover an illness for one year.

[Louise]

That is the reason I have a 'cat account' I put money in a seperate bank account each month and then when they need it for whatever they need it is there I have never actually needed to dip into it yet and have had it going for more than 10 years

 

Up till then I had animals with pretty horrendous accidents but to insure 3 animals seperately would have cost the same each month as I was saving then and I felt it was just too expensive and if they become ongoing problems you can e stuffed

 

The cat account has also paid for a couple of things around the house as now it is up to a reasonable level I make sure any excess is removed

[chrisnrob]

We used to insure our two cats with PetPlan. However, like you we found them a bit expensive. We are now with M&S who we have found much cheaper with a comparable level of service.

 

There's a useful article on Martin Lewis' MoneySavingExpert website about pet insurance (see http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/cut-pet-insurance-costs)

 

One of the main considerations is whether the policy offers a yearly limit or a per-condition limit. With a per-condition limit, the policy can stop paying out on a long-term condition. Both PetPlan and M&S offer yearly limits whereas some of the other (usually cheaper) policies offer a per-condition limit.

 

If you decide to stop with PetPlan then they do offer discounts for membership of various charities. For example, they offered a discount as I was a member of Cats Protection and got my cats from them - and they didn't ask for proof

 

Rob

[Happy-Mama]

Thanks for posting that link Rob. I've been looking for pet insurance for Benji, but a lot of the places I've looked at don't insure Rabbits. Now I can get a quote from Pinnacle as well as Pet Plan so at least have some choice