Compare car, travel and more cheap insurance quotes » Family Pet http://www.bestbetinsurance.com Insurance Cover Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:15:07 +0000 en hourly 1 Travel Pet Insurance http://www.bestbetinsurance.com/travelinsurance/travel-pet-insurance-2/ http://www.bestbetinsurance.com/travelinsurance/travel-pet-insurance-2/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:34:51 +0000 admin http://www.bestbetinsurance.com/travelinsurance/travel-pet-insurance-2/ Recent changes to the UKs quarantine laws mean that it is now possible for you to obtain a pet passport (under the governments passport for pets scheme) and take your family pet away with you on holiday. However, before you run off down to your local travel agent and book tickets for the whole family to that exotic seaside tropical location you have always wanted to visit but have to put off because everyone else at home didnt want to leave Fido in the kennel, you might want to consider getting you and your family some travel insurance including that all important travel pet insurance.

A number of leading pet insurance providers now offer pet owners travel pet insurance to give pet owners the comfort of knowing whether they are far away in exotic places enjoying the sun and sea or closer to home enjoying the cultural delights of Europe, their pet will be insured against any illness or mishap that may unfortunately befall them.

Typically, included in the travel pet insurance is:

- x-rays
- injections
- lab tests
- prescriptions
- costs while they stay at the vet and recuperate

Keep in mind, however, that as with other types of insurance, travel pet insurance usually comes with what is known as an excess. In short, what this means is that you as the owner if the pet will be required to pay a certain amount until a threshold amount is reached. Thereafter you can claim for a reimbursement against the insurance provider. However, unlike humans, travel pet insurance premiums are usually calculated on the type of animal you have and the age of the animal. As such, it is possible to leave arranging the travel pet insurance policy until the last minute, then purchasing this online once you have decided that you will definitely be taking your family pet away with you on your family holidays!

Moreover, as with human travel insurance policies, pet travel insurance can be purchased either as annual policy or as a one-off travel policy. If you get an annual pet travel policy, this means you can take your pet with you whenever you travel one of the 25+ countries outside of the UK which the UK government currently has arrangements for the passport for pets scheme, or any of the European Union countries (which are all part of the passport for pets scheme already). Alternatively, with one-off pet travel insurance policies you need to name the country you are going to visit and the dates youll be there and the policy will only cover you for the duration and place stated.

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]]> http://www.bestbetinsurance.com/travelinsurance/travel-pet-insurance-2/feed/ 0 Why You Should Consider Pet Insurance For Your Family Pet http://www.bestbetinsurance.com/petinsurance/why-you-should-consider-pet-insurance-for-your-family-pet/ http://www.bestbetinsurance.com/petinsurance/why-you-should-consider-pet-insurance-for-your-family-pet/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:54:26 +0000 admin http://www.bestbetinsurance.com/petinsurance/why-you-should-consider-pet-insurance-for-your-family-pet/ Why You Should Consider Pet Insurance For Your Family Pet

If you have ever wonder about the benefits of insuring your family pet, then you may want to consider the following pointers as to why you should consider pet insurance for your family pet:

  • 1 in every 3 family pets will visit a vet this year for treatment
  • 40 percent of all vet fees are caused by unforeseen illnesses or accidents
  • less than 15 percent of family pets in the UK are covered by pet insurance
  • the average vet bill for care and attention needed following a road accident involving a cat or dog last year was circa. 750 – 1,000
  • 2 out of every 3 pet owners in the UK have admitted to having gone overdrawn at some time during their lives in order to pay for their pets vet bills.

    All of these are fairly scary statistics. Theyre event more scary when you consider that will a simple family pet insurance policy, paying a minimum premium of somewhere between 25 and 75 (depending on the size of the pet), all of these are totally unnecessary.

    If you want to get you pet insured and avoid any of these statistics happening to you, you can choose from:

    Pet Accident Insurance

    As the name suggests, with a pet accident insurance you are getting the basic minimum in pet insurance accident coverage. Under this policy the insurance company will reimburse you for all costs and expenses you incur caused as a result of your pet having been involved in an accident (unfortunately, more often than not, this means a road accident).

    Pet Accident and Illness Insurance

    With pet accident and illness insurance you get full coverage insurance; namely, your insurance company will agree to pay for all the costs and expenses incurred as a result of your family pet having suffered any illness or accident.

    Excess Amount

    One thing you do need to keep in mind when arranging your family pet insurance is the excess amount. As with all insurance policies, the excess amount is the amount you and the insurance company agree youll pay before you are entitled to claim against the insurance policy. While it is always a good idea to set an excess amount that would cover you for any mundane visits to the vet, so as to keep the premium down if nothing else, you dont want to se the excess too high that you end up having to pay for care and attention you thought would be covered by the pet insurance policy. It is, therefore, advisable that you have a look at some of your more recent vet bills and try and mind a medium between these sums so you have some idea of the excess before you set off arranging your family pet insurance.

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    ]]> http://www.bestbetinsurance.com/petinsurance/why-you-should-consider-pet-insurance-for-your-family-pet/feed/ 0 Travel Pet Insurance http://www.bestbetinsurance.com/petinsurance/travel-pet-insurance/ http://www.bestbetinsurance.com/petinsurance/travel-pet-insurance/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:11:16 +0000 admin http://www.bestbetinsurance.com/petinsurance/travel-pet-insurance/ Recent changes to the UKs quarantine laws mean that it is now possible for you to obtain a pet passport (under the governments passport for pets scheme) and take your family pet away with you on holiday. However, before you run off down to your local travel agent and book tickets for the whole family to that exotic seaside tropical location you have always wanted to visit but have to put off because everyone else at home didnt want to leave Fido in the kennel, you might want to consider getting you and your family some travel insurance including that all important travel pet insurance.

    A number of leading pet insurance providers now offer pet owners travel pet insurance to give pet owners the comfort of knowing whether they are far away in exotic places enjoying the sun and sea or closer to home enjoying the cultural delights of Europe, their pet will be insured against any illness or mishap that may unfortunately befall them.

    Typically, included in the travel pet insurance is:

    - x-rays
    - injections
    - lab tests
    - prescriptions
    - costs while they stay at the vet and recuperate

    Keep in mind, however, that as with other types of insurance, travel pet insurance usually comes with what is known as an excess. In short, what this means is that you as the owner if the pet will be required to pay a certain amount until a threshold amount is reached. Thereafter you can claim for a reimbursement against the insurance provider. However, unlike humans, travel pet insurance premiums are usually calculated on the type of animal you have and the age of the animal. As such, it is possible to leave arranging the travel pet insurance policy until the last minute, then purchasing this online once you have decided that you will definitely be taking your family pet away with you on your family holidays!

    Moreover, as with human travel insurance policies, pet travel insurance can be purchased either as annual policy or as a one-off travel policy. If you get an annual pet travel policy, this means you can take your pet with you whenever you travel one of the 25+ countries outside of the UK which the UK government currently has arrangements for the passport for pets scheme, or any of the European Union countries (which are all part of the passport for pets scheme already). Alternatively, with one-off pet travel insurance policies you need to name the country you are going to visit and the dates youll be there and the policy will only cover you for the duration and place stated.

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