kennel club insurance ?

starlight29

Hi
I get my springer spaniel puppy on saturday the breeder has registered him with the kennel club and I got the paperwork this morning for his 4 weeks of free insurance with them. On the letter it tells you about continuing the cover I just wondered if anyone has used them are they expensive ? Or does anyone know a good insurer totally new to this the vet offers 4 weeks free insurance with petplan when he has his jabs but hes already with kennel club for now.

Bit lost with it all I dont want to be paying a fortune but want him covered


Thankyou

Starlight

elliebellie

Hi, below is a post i added recently about kennel club insurance, hope it helps?
"Hi, my darling boy who I lost just before Easter, was insured with KC and I can honestly say I never had an issue with them. They paid out in the region of £80,000 (yep, £80,000) over the 12 years he was with me. The premiums did go up a fair bit, which given how much they paid out was fair enough, but the service I got was brilliant. I even got a lovely handwritten card when I called to let them know he had died. Can't speak highly enough of them."

starlight29

Thanks so much for that it helps alot im sorry you lost your dog sounds like he was very well loved
Will definatley be having a look at kennel club I cant get a quote till I get him on sat but will do it then

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Larac

I would just say that when I looked into having my Goldie insured by Kennel Club insurance after the initial 4 weeks, was a bit gob smacked at the quote - at the time three years ago it was £45 a month. I appreciate the comments that have been made above about level of service. John Lewis quoted me for lifetime cover £23 which I felt was a more fair price given the dog was only a few months old. They have quoted me this year £35 for life time cover which hopefully puts some perspective into current status as he now just over 3 years old.

rising_from_the_ashes

I would do a couple of quotes to see how they compare

A few I would use:

Petplan (generally regarded as the best)
John Lewis (really good but they have changed underwriter recently so not sure if this is still the case)
Axa (good prices & used to be JL underwriter!)
Argos (but I got really high quotes from them)

Make sure you get a "proper" lifetime cover - one that renews with a set amount each year (some lifetimes have a set amount in total - you could reach that in, say year 2, and then not be covered for the rest of the pets life) HTH

starlight29

Thankyou for that I will have a look at those and thanks for explaining the lifetime bit I get it now
Just sent off his microchip paperwork and get a free month with petplan with it and the vets do a free month too when he has second jab so im trying to be clever and have the free ones one month after another lol whilst I look at quotes

Starlight