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What are the principles of pet insurance?: Pet insurance is designed to take the worry out of owning a pet – ensuring that if your pet falls ill or has an accident, you can take your pet straight to the vet without having to consider potentially expensive vet bills.
Which animals can be covered?: You can cover dogs, cats and horses with the pet insurance policies offered through this website.
What is not covered by my pet insurance policy?: There are a number of situations in which your pet will not be covered by a pet insurance policy.
What do I do when my pet dies?: You are covered if your pet dies from accident or illness – although you are not covered if your pet dies from old age.
Am I covered for a holiday cancellation?: Holiday cancellation cover is provided within most standard pet insurance policies.

What is a select breed dog?

There are a number of 'select breeds' which are identified by pet insurance companies as breeds which incite higher veterinary costs than other breeds, in the same way that some dogs cost more to feed. Therefore if you have what is considered to be a select breed dog, your insurance will incur a supplementary insurance premium.

These breeds are: Beauceron, Bernese Mountain Dog, Bulldog, Deerhound, Dogue de Bordeaux, Estrela Mountain Dog, Great Dane, Irish Wolfhound, Leonberger, All Mastiff Breeds, Newfoundland, Old English Sheepdog, Pyrenean Mountain Dog, Rottweiler and St Bernard.

Be prepared to pay more for your pet insurance if you have one of the above breeds.