Pet insurance in Australia

If you are reading this, then you are possibly searching for more information about pet insurance, especially in Australia.

Like many insurance policies these days, and especially at the moment with the financial climate being as it is, it can be a difficult decision whether to worry about pet insurance?

And there is no easy formula or secret as to how to decide whether to have pet insurance or not?

Sometimes the decision may be more based upon your financial circumstances? And other times, maybe more about the type of pet that you want to insure? Or maybe the pet's health?

Maybe even the level of knowledge or experience that you have with the type of pet may be a factor that you may use in deciding whether to get pet insurance.

After deciding that you may want pet insurance, another decision is what pet insurance company are you going to use?

There are numerous organisations offering pet insurance, and many are reputable etc.

One organisation that I suggest that you do NOT use is Petplan (www.petplan.com.au), as from my own experience, and in my opinion their standard of service is not good.

Please bear in mind when trying to compare pet insurance organisations and their various polices, that some of the differences between them can include (for example):

• some charge more for for some breeds;
• some will insure older pets while some won't;
• some have different premiums for the policies;
• some have different excesses for claims; and
• some have different plans (eg some may have only one plan, while others may have more).

Please note that the details on this page about pet insurance may change without notice, may not remain current.

Good luck with your searches and decisions about pet insurance.   Another page about pet insurance that is being updated.