Working dog insurance increase

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All,

I have insured my working dog for the last 6 years with the same insurance provider as a working gun dog. My renewal has just arrived and the premium has increased by £130, has anyone else experienced such an increase in their premium. In all the time I have had my dog insured I have never made a claim.

ATB 243 Stalker
 
My wife had a call from pet plan recently to see if she would like to carry on from
the free month puppy insurance you get
she was upfront and said it would be a working gun dog to which they replied we
dont insure where you will be making a gain WTF planet are they on

regards pete
 
I have an Irish Wolfhound and insured her with Tesco Pet Insurance from 8 weeks old, at the 7th year renewal it went up from £22 a month to £70 a month, I phoned them and their justification was "well she's getting old now and you're more likely to claim" I patiently pointed out to them that in 7 years of paying £240 a year we'd never made a claim and surely thats what the premiums covered but she kept sounding like a parrot, so I cancelled.

I then went to NFU who I insure my business, house and cars with and they covered her and my Labrador for £43 the pair, including working dog insurance. 3 months later I had to have the Wolfhounds tail treated for an infection, and eventually amputated and they covered everything with no quibble, the bill was £1400.

So in short NFU are very good, but I think you have to have other insurance with them as well.

Cheers

Nick
 
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+1 for NFU.

We have 3 labs and a GWP, and they are insured at £78.00 / month for the four of them.... Listed as working dogs aswell....

All the best.

Neil.
 
Are you with them direct or through a local NFU office? The reason I ask is I know that the NFU have stopped doing dog insurance as a sole policy, you need to have something else with them, car, house, business, etc. One of my staff has 3 spaniels and they'd only insure him if he had something else with them.

So if thats all you have with them, perhaps they are trying to get you to jump? If you are with a local NFU office it might be worth a phone call to their head honcho, they are called Group Secretaries.

HTH

Nick
 
Countryside alliance, do a special dog insurance for working dogs last time I checked it was £5-6 per month, watch the big providers they dont insure working dogs, be carefull.
 
Just got the renewal through for my Weimaraner at 6 years old she is now costing just under £100 per month, but that's a bargain as last year she cost the insurance company (John Lewis) over £8,000. She is diagnosed with heart failure and has already cost the insurance £1,200 in the first month of her new policy
Wingy
 
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