Older dog insurance

[Gareth]

Best quote I've had for Tara age 9yrs is from Axa approx £27 a month.

Pet Insurance Quotation:
Quote for your Pedigree Dog Tara, aged 09 years, 01 month for an annual policy with cover start date 14/03/2010
Your annual premium is £326.47
Excess £75

http://www.axa.co.uk/insurance/pet

[Gareth]

Section 1 Veterinary•All reasonable costs for Treatment of Your Pet by a Vet up to £7,000 per period of insurance.
•All reasonable costs of Complementary Treatment carried out by a Vet or under the direction of a Vet up to £250 per Condition.
•All reasonable costs for behavioural problems carried out by a specialist under the direction of a Vet up to £250 per Condition.
•All reasonable costs of a clinical diet for Your Pet, up to £200 per Condition, as long as it is recommended by Your Vet in order to treat a Condition and is only available from Your Vet.
•All reasonable costs for Treatment of Your Pet by a Vet up to £1,000 per Condition whilst Your Pet is abroad under the Pet Travel Scheme. This cover is provided subject to a maximum of three trips per Period of Insurance and a maximum trip duration of 60 days.
•The cost of cremation up to £100 if Your Pet dies or is put to sleep by a Vet as a result of an accident or Illness covered by this Policy.
Section 2 – Third party liability•Legal liability up to £2,000,000 if someone is injured or killed or their property is damaged as a result of an incident involving Your Pet.

[LouLou]

Something to be aware of - The M&S excess goes upto £70 plus 20% of total cost of treatment when the dog gets to 9.

[Diana]

thanks, I could possibly ghet a much better deal with Cindy I've just emailed them about their exclusion policy - i.e. Animal friends wanted to exclude any treatment for cancers cos she has a couple of fatty lumps... here's hoping

[Gareth]

Something to be aware of - The M&S excess goes upto £70 plus 20% of total cost of treatment when the dog gets to 9.

Most insurers ask for a % on top of the excess after 8 yrs so I was suprised to see Axa wasn't!!

What concerns me is they are offering cheap insurance for the first year and will then load it thereafter. See Lisa post Greenbee.

Greenbee is a trading name of John Lewis plc. John Lewis plc is an appointed representative of AXA Insurance UK plc which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

[Jean]

I'm surprise they will take older dogs. When I was thinking of changing with Spoof either they weren't interested or charged the earth but it was a few years ago. Currently I'm paying £65 a month for Spoof (13+ yrs) so that quote seems quite reasonable.

[Lisa Coull]

Bl**dy hell that's good

[mandy]

I've got Lucan (Lab pup) with Axa costing £19 per month, haven't had to claim yet so don't know what they're like. £27 for Tara sounds very reasonable, I already pay £25 pm to M&S for Bracken and he's only 3!