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People take out pet insurance to cover unforseen events that could happen to their pets such as accident or illness. If you have ever had to pay a veterinary bill, you will know that they are not cheap and are actually more likely than household or car insurance claims.

What Should Pet Insurance Cover?

There are different types of pet insurance: budget plans tend to cover the basics like veterinary fees, while other cover more:

• You can get life-long cover, annual cover or individual condition cover
• Veterinary fees for any treatment your pet requires dut to illness or accident
• Third party liability - if property is damaged, or someone is killed, injured or falls ill as a result of an incident involving your pet, third part liability can pay compensation and costs awarded against you by a court and the legal cost and expenses for defending a claim against you
• Advertising and reward - if your pet goes missing, some insurance policies can partly or fully cover your costs incurred from advertising
• Boarding costs - some policies can help pay boarding costs of you can't look after your pet due to unforseen circumstances such as personal accident or illnes

Some more comprehensive policies may cover things such as mergency repatriation, loss of documents, holiday cancellation or death of your pet.

Pet Insurance Frequently Asked Questions

Why do I need pet insurance?
How do I choose the right policy?
What pets can be insured?
Will my pet get cover for existing conditions?
How does my pet's age afect insurance premiums?
Can I insure more than one pet on one policy?
What about ensuring a rare animal or breed?

Why do I need pet insurance?

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How do I choose the right policy?

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What pets can be insured?

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Will my pet get cover for existing conditions?

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How does my pet's age afect insurance premiums?

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Can I insure more than one pet on one policy?

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What about ensuring a rare animal or breed?

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How Do I get Covered?

As with any type, we recommend that you shop around or use a good independent adviser or broker.  This will ensure that you have access to a large range of insurers meaning you should get the right policy at the right price.

If you are happy to do this online, you can use our comprehensive pet insurance comparison engine:

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