MetLife | Pet Insurance Review

I have had Met life for both my sibling dogs for 8 years and have had 0 trouble with getting my claims paid. Total transparency. When I have called with questions they have been super friendly and always explained things in a manner I totally understood and was ok with as per my policy that I picked. My premiums did go up and down per my use of them as insurance does remember. But I highly recommend this insurance company and will get them again when we get other dogs in the future.

MetLife will take up to a MONTH to process claims. And you can call in and try to get them to move faster; they will not. The service is not great. My advice is to go elsewhere.

I submitted a claim 3 weeks ago and they finally just got back to me today and denied my claim. My dog got started on a medication while on the insurance for joint pain. I tried to submit it to get some money back as it is an expensive medication. They denied it because the pet had to of had pain prior to that visit. Anything prior to that visit wasn’t covered under my insurance then it had to be a pre existing condition. So they won’t pay for the pills because they are just assuming she was in pain prior to that visit. Pretty shady if you ask me. Because I just started noticing that day she was walking weird. But I guess they can assume anything to get out of paying of course. Oh if you want to submit an appeal to get the claim reprocessed again, you have to have your vet fill out the form and send it back to the insurance company. Idk about you but I live in a very rural location and my vet covers 3 different small towns. So for him to take time out of his day to just fill out a form that will probably get denied again is a waist of his time and mine. Also got told on the phone by customer service claims (as an example) - explained that a ACL tear also can be counted as a chronic pre existing condition because the muscle can break down over time. There for that would have started before insurance. So they are really weaseling through the fine print. Sad to say health insurance insurance is better than this and that ain’t saying much.

We have had some close calls with our 2 cats ! It has costs a fortune to keep them alive. My husband had other pet insurance, which covered nothing at a very high price. We heard about Met Pet Ins. took a chance, and it was the best ever move!!! MET PET PAYS IT ALL!!!! So thankful for it. If anyone cares about their pet ,GET MET PET INSURANCE !!!!

Coming from another insurance company, the claim process is as easy however I found I was not able to leave any explanation or comment. Also, there were no instructions for how to receive payment. On my previous company's claim site, everything was right there from the beginning. By not having a place for explanation/comment, I feel I will have to guide my veterinarian on how to comment as the practice is extremely busy and sometimes the vet notes are not as descriptive as necessary.