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POSTED: | BY: Carolyn
Fetch Pet Insurance growth opportunity
I have been a Fetch Pet Insurance client since 2020 (they were Pet Plan then).
It is just recently when I obtained my 2nd fur baby that I actually started interacting with Fetch and have been very unhappy with their service. My experience with Fetch has been the following;
1. They do not offer multi-pet discount or a family plan.
2. Year over year increases in policy cost is very high. In 4 years my premium has doubled.
3. I have a claim submitted for over 2 weeks and no communication except, my claim is still under review.
4. They expect the pet owner to know that "soap notes" from the Vet is required for each claim. It is our responsibility to know we have to ask for these notes. No where do they state this in their website or claims portal or when you call to ask questions on how to submit a claim.
5. When I call the vet to ask for the medical notes, they Vet advises, the insurance company typically contacts them and asks for this information to be sent.
6. Fetch representative advised me they find it is a more efficient process for the pet owner to request this information and send it to them.
Who is this more efficient for, the pet insurance company? Definitely not for the pet owner who submits a claim, waits over two weeks, calls for an update, is advised they require medical (soap) notes and once submitted will be reviewed and "expeditated".
Bottom line communication and transparency is the key to good professional customer service and communication.
Fetch does seem to be trying to provide a good experience, however they have a lot more work to do and to stop treating their clients time as it is expendable.
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