Quality pet insurance 'will cover a range of illnesses'

Posted : 29-01-2008

A high-quality pet insurance policy will cover a wide range of treatments and services, according to Sainsbury's Bank.

Claire Moyles, pet insurance manager at the financial services firm, explains: "Quality pet insurance will cover a wide range of treatments and services from dental accidents and behavioural treatments to advertising for lost pets.

"In 2007 alone we had claims covering well over 200 different categories."

According to data from the company, the most common pet insurance claim is for skin tumours, followed by general poor health, while lameness finishes off the top three.

It is suggested that the lifetime cost of owning a cat today is around £7,200, while an owner is likely to shell out £9,000 for a dog.

Furthermore, roughly a fifth of annual spend on both dogs and cats is attributable to veterinary costs.

Meanwhile, research by retailer Pets at Home suggests that domestic animal obesity in the UK is rising towards epidemic proportion.


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