Protecting Your Pets: Insurance and Beyond

Our pets are our faithful companions, and we must do whatever we can to give them a safe and healthy life. A good first step is to purchase high-quality pet insurance, which will protect your furry friend now and in the future. Remember that insurance is there as a safety net, but you can avoid costly claims by creating a safe environment for your pet, so they don’t get sick or injured in the first place. Let’s talk about the importance of insurance and how to keep your pets safe…

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Grumpy Cat’s owner faces income loss risk without social media insurance

Social media insurance loss - Image of Grumpy Cat

In the absence of coverage for animal influencers, owners risk financial losses when their pets die. Following the death of Grumpy Cat, the lack of a niche social media insurance product for animal influencers has fallen into the spotlight. As a result, the popular meme cat’s owner is at risk of some major financial losses. Under the law, a pet – even a social media influencer – is comparable to any other possession. Grumpy Cat left a fun and beloved legacy behind, along with a business that had been highly…

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Japanese pet insurance market takes off due to high vet costs

Japanese Pet Insurance - Man with Cat in Japan

Veterinary bills are on the rise in Japan, sending dog and cat owners to buy policies to help cover expenses. Considerable advances in veterinary care have helped dogs and cats to live longer, boosting the Japanese pet insurance market well beyond where it was only a handful of years ago. Longer lives and improved veterinary care has sent the price of pet health care skyward. Since veterinary care now comes with a higher expense, Japanese pet insurance policies have taken off. The reason is that dog and cat owners are…

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Pet insurance helps employers please workers through coverage for furry family members

As an acknowledgement to the importance of the role pets play in the lives of their owners, employers seeking an affordable way to please their workers are increasingly offering pet insurance, which helps those employees with the rising cost of animal health care. Newly released research from John Lewis Pet Insurance has shown that among pet owners of cats and dogs, 6 percent have created social networking profiles for their companion animals. The survey included 2,003 pet owners in the United Kingdom, who revealed that their pets had profiles on…

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