Pets, Birds and Animals

Archive for the ‘animal insurance’ Category

In recent years, the culture of domestic animals has changed considerably in our country, and currently exists in Spain more than 10 million pets. In today’s society, pets considered, in many cases a family member, and the owners are aware of the responsibility of having animals and are increasingly concerned about their health, for damages suffered or may cause , and the veterinary care they need, which is sometimes an unexpected expense and higher. According to Ampere, such as emergency assistance for accident, surgery, amounting on average to $ 1,000 and can reach 2,000.

For this reason, the insurer has renewed its insurance Companion Animals in 2011 and has more flexible products, with prices more affordable. Ampere also is the only entity in the market to offer health insurance for pets, similar to that for people (health care or reimbursement of expenses) to cover 100 percent of the costs of illness or accident in aided schools with the organization and reimbursement of part of them should use other veterinary centers.

This service will add Liability coverage, mandatory for all dogs in the Community of Madrid and the Basque Country, for example, and others as compensation for death or theft of the animal, the payment of expenses incurred search in case of loss, legal defense, or stay in kennel when the owner of the pet must be hospitalized.

Pet Insurance Company comes in two forms, basic and extended. Covers the basic compensation for accidental death or theft, accidental veterinary care, kennel stay in hospital for the owner, slaughter and disposal costs, reimbursement of search for lost and, optionally, Responsibility Civil damages they cause, among other services such as veterinary guidance. Extended mode, in addition to this coverage’s, veterinary care when ill, and offers greater compensation in case of theft or accidental death of the animal.

A few years ago, pet owners would never have imagined the possibility of buying health insurance for unforeseen costs of their darlings.

Currently, there are several possibilities for pets.

As we expected with our family, it is worth our pets also have insurance that will provide more comfort to their owners to the unexpected.

An insurance company that offers this possibility is Ampere, which offers service in Spain.

Global Finance also offers this alternative, both for dogs and cat.

Liberty Insurance provides the service in Colombia and cover accidents, veterinarians and funeral expenses.

SPPD companies and Sunset also offers several coverage plans for cats and dogs in Spain.

Costs and Coverage

Costs vary between 10 and 50 euros a month or so, depending on the type of coverage requested.