Embrace | Pet Insurance Review

Embrace was very fast and efficient in processing a claim for both a wellness visit and for an injury.

I tend to believe that we all experience people/companies/customer service differently, and that one person's glowing review will be another person's miserable experience. This is one of the latter; I chose Embrace precisely because of some glowing reviews I had come across. Timing or events, however, conspired, and by the time I was able to file a wellness claim, they had apparently upgraded the software they use to process claims. Instead of the 5 to 10 days, it has nearly been thirty days, and I am entirely fed up. Since I rescued two cats from a kill shelter, I needed the wellness reimbursement to enable other bills to be paid and unfortunately, all I got were excuses about the upgrade. I then came across a series of extremely negative reviews about reimbursements and coverage, complete with contact numbers for the Attorney General of the relevant state and the Better Busienss Bureau. I wrote, politely, to cancel the policies on the 15th. I just received an email giving me a head's up that they hadn't gotten the ACH payments canceled because, per the author of the email, I had only canceled last night. To say that I am livid would be an understatement. IF the payments are processed, which is actually likely, I will also end up paying overdraft fees because, thanks to not having been reimbursed, I had to pay out of pocket for my two cats who WERE covered, as well as more out of pocket care for the rescued kitten, who needed her second immunization. If you go with Embrace, speak to a human being and then get everything nailed down in hard copy. I am so not impressed, and even when I first expressed the urgency of getting the claims processed in the promised 5 to 10 business days, I got zip reassurance or action.

We have been loving pet insurers since we were adopted by D-O-G ("dee OH jee") the English Mastiff and quickly switched to Embrace Pet insurance because of these types of online reviews (I did some research!) and their excellent coverage plans. THANK YOU for Embracing him (and us) all these years! He's been one happy and healthy (and spoiled!) pup ever since.

Two of our three dogs (one goldendoodle, the other a labradoodle) were both treated for eye infections. The visits involved extensive diagnostic testing at the vet's office as well as medications. Both claims were filed and paid well within the two-week turn around period. Such comfort to know that cost is never an issue when caring for my dogs.

We unfortunately had a house fire where four pets were trapped inside. We were not at home. We received a call from a neighbor who informed us of the house fire. We rush home to fine our two dogs in the front yard on their doggie beds. One deceased, one survivor. Thankfully the Clark County Fire Department made an attempt to rescue our pets from the house. Sadly, we lost a dog, a cat and an bird to smoke inhalation. Our surviving dog, Hank, a german shepherd, suffered sever smoke inhalation and was taken to the veterinarian for smoke inhalation, He was in very bad shape and I was afraid that we would lose him too. A large veterarian bill would have been more than we could have afforded at that time of the fire. Fortunately, We have Embrace insurance and the worry of a large medical bill was the least of our concerns. At the time we purchased Pet Insurance, I admit, I had wondered how wise a purchase it would really be. Since the fire I am convinced it was as important as purchasing health insurance for anyone in my family. Hank was in the hospitalized for ten days. Thanks to the great skill of our veterarian and Embrace, we were able to bring Hank home. The security of knowing that a large pet medical bill would be covered was the best part of Embrace Pet Insurance. The bonus was the reimbursement check we received from the medical claim. We use the money to have a electronic pet door installed when our house was rebuilt. The monthly premium payments are worth the sacrifice to insure that my Pets will receive the best medical treatment.