Tesco pet insurance

[fireblake]

A few weeks back my dog was savaged by another dog, this happened the morning my wife and i were going away for the weekend camping. The vets bill was £350 and we also put in a claim for the holiday, the 2 nights camping was £80. The small print said that the holiday claim could only be made if the injury was life threatening with the vets report. The vet said a hole in the neck was usually life threatening so we put the claim in. Tesco came back with the reply that camping in England could not be considered a holiday so that claim would not be honoured but the vets bill minus the excess.
I can feel an argument with a jobsworth coming on????


Mickey

[BBROWN1664]

I would have to agree that camping in England is no holiday

[noggythenog]

No use to you now perhaps but if u decide to change insurer my missus is a vet nurse and theres 2 companys she reckons are best based on the claims that she sees as she gets involved with the paperwork,


As per usual i cant remember for the life of me which one our dogs are insured with, it aint tesco though,possibly pet plan,


I shall question her when she finishes and let you know.

[manuel32]

You need a mortgage to get pet plan, £30 a month, we took out tesco , 1st year half price, £7 per month,, i ran my dog over,,vets bills came to £2,500 , Tesco paid out in 5 days,, cant moan.

[fireblake]

Nice one Manuel, I hope your dog is all ok now?

[Grahamm]

Tesco came back with the reply that camping in England could not be considered a holiday

WTF? You should cc your reply to the English Tourist Board!

[richfzs]

absolutely. They are taking the piss, and doing a very bad job of it. If they don't back down immediately, I think the likes of Watchdog might be quite interested in this sort of thing as well!

[noggythenog]

More than and pet plan are the best,


She said it,not me!,ours with more than,both terriers,bout 14 quid a month but they are only 3 years old,some breeds obviously more expensive than others,


Asked what she thought about tesco, not bad, better than some she says.

[Tori]

Pet insurance is a waste of money. Put the tenner a month into an account and leave it there. It's pretty unlucky to get a massive bills of thousands (I know it does happen though) Weigh up how much you've paid in insurance, then see how much you've actually used.

I have two cats. I have an isa that I put money in every month, and when they go (Which will be never, as they are clearly immortal lol) it will pay for cremations and vets bills etc.

[slappy]

don`t talk to me about vets bills,my wifes pet rabbit became seriously ill and had to be put down, £112!!!that is just taking the piss.