MetLife | Pet Insurance Review

I'm very frustrated with Met Life Pet Ins. b/c their claims process is NOT 5 to 10 business days as they like to advertise. This is deceiving and simply a lie. I submitted a claim for my dog on 11/26/24 and so far, crickets. I sent an email last week for an update, and still, no reply. I will tell you that my claims have been paid BUT, it's simply a painfully slow waiting game. Are they short-staffed? is this why the claims process takes seemingly forever?? Customer service needs to improve: respond to our emails, have a better chat set up. Your chat box is almost always down! You guys are a multi million dollar company...why the lame chat, the lack of communication, the leaving-us-clients-hanging? It's really a disservice and I'm just plain fed up.

My dog had. Diarrhea when I first got him because I was changing his food and they now called the chronic so anytime he has diarrhea. They have a get out of jail card for free and don’t have to pay the claim They’re calling a pre-existing. Really? You submit a claim now they want soap notes. I have had Pet insurance with everyone of my pets for the past 20 years I have never had to go hunting for notes from the vet. They say they’re going to pay within five or 10 business days but it’s more like two or three months if they pay you. They want to try anything they can not to pay claim even though it’s clearly noted that the claimant should be paid. It’s something that’s covered.

I bought this insurance because they claim to cover hereditary/congenital. Well that is a load of garbage. My dog had a very rare skeletal muscle hamartoma - it was congenital (as he was born with it) as well as Von Willebrand. Now at the time I got the insurance I was only aware of the Von Willebrand's but they told me it would be covered. Well we submit for his surgery to have his throat mass removed after waiting on a final histopathology only to be denied. They deemed it PREEXISTING. of course it was preexisting it was congenital. He was born with it.

I've had pet insurance since my dogs were puppies. I switched to metlife because my husband got a discount through his work. I had healthy paws, and they were great! Metlife? I feel scammed. I filed a claim back in Feb of this year and the bill went towards the deductible. Now, I filed a new claim, and again, this bill went towards the deductible? How and why? I've emailed them asking them, but I get no responses. About to call them, but I'm sure I'll get the run around. So far, in definitely not happy with this company.

I have submitted claims for my cat's meds in the past and was reimbursed. Now they are saying it is predisposed and they will not pay me. Also they are becoming a lot more strict and time consuming on claims.