Summary

Until you need it you won't realise how costly veterinary care can be. A classic case for insurance!

Pet Insurance. Warning: a visit to your vet can severely damage your wealth. Page 2

Author: Michael Challiner

Sheila's policy is a Budget policy issued by Pet Plan and covers

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lifetime conditions for up to £4,000 each year. Pet Plan also have two other pet schemes - their { motor insurance quote } Standard Policy will pay out up to £6,000 per year and their Supreme Plan provides unlimited cover. So you can see that even within the same insurance provider, you can be faced with several policies to choose from.

So there's lots of choice. Some policies even provide protection for kennel fees, or boarding fees if you become ill or even pay your cancellation fee for your holiday if your pet becomes ill before you travel.

Our advice is to look at several pet insurance web sites. { life insurance } Better still, print off their schedule of benefits and terms and conditions. Then spend forty minutes comparing their premiums and look closely at what you'll get for your money. We know it'll be a bore but a little extra effort now will be rewarded with a great deal and your peace of mind.

And if your dog could talk, he'd say thanks too. But perhaps a big lick will do!

Postscript

If you receive either Council Tax benefit or Housing Benefit, { mortgages } the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) will provide veterinary treatment free of charge.

At the moment there are some 5.8 million households that fulfil these eligibility conditions with just over 7 out of ten of homes served by either a PDSA PetAid practice or a PetAid Hospital.

There are 328 PetAid practices and 4 PetAid branches plus 43 PetAid Hospitals.