Your Pet Insurance Guide

Cancer Treatment Often Successful And Expensive: Pet Insurance Can Help

Cancer is a common problem not only in people, but in our pets as well. If diagnosed early, treatment can either cure or achieve remission giving the pet a longer and good quality of life. The mainstays of treatment aren't much different from those recommended for people - surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. While the costs of such treatments are nowhere near the cost in human medicine, it can still run into the thousands of dollars. Most pet insurance companies cover cancer treatments as long as the condition wasn't pre-existing. Some pet owners have reservations about treating their pets for... Read more →

The Dilemma: Should I Purchase Pet Insurance?

I came across an article describing one family's journey when deciding whether or not to purchase pet insurance for their pets. One reason I think it is worth reading is that it talks about many of the objections that some people have to pet insurance. First of all, rather than purchasing pet insurance, they decided to open a savings account to pay for their pet's healthcare expenses. They quickly learned that while this strategy works great if your pet remains relatively healthy, it has serious shortcomings if your pet experiences one or more serious accidents and illnesses. Because they had... Read more →