5
out of 5
POSTED: | BY: James
I'm pleasantly surprised at how well Trupanion has treated us as a relatively new customer with an unexpected illness.
I was quite skeptical about pet insurance when my wife strongly suggested that we cover Cavanaugh, our Sheltie-Shepard mix rescue pup. I had a negative bias that I assume emanated from a combination of personal experience and the experiences of friends and family with third-party insurance and “warranty” plans of all ilk. The process of covering Cavi was quite easy – the Trupanion website is first-rate – and the clarity of what I was purchasing and how underwriting and coverage worked gave me some comfort. I also has a sense that I was doing business with a well-run and seemingly well-capitalized company.
So, we enrolled Cavi and our coverage became effective 1-30-2020. Along about the third week of March Cavi started throwing up. He had not exhibited such a symptom before. We took him to the veterinarian and started feeding him rice and other digestively gentle foods. The vomiting seems to abate for a time but has continued to return.
We are still working with our veterinarian to ascertain the root cause, and we’ve gone from x-rays to lab work (we await yesterday’s results) and from the very first visit Trupanion has stepped up and covered us. We quickly surpassed our $250 deductible, and Trupanion has yet to fail to cover Cavi as we work through this problem.
That this happened so early in our relationship with Trupanion, and that they are there taking care of us and giving us the peace of mind that we will not have to make a healthcare decision about Cavi based purely upon financial implications, has brought me around 180 degrees on the efficacy of pet insurance.
Our veterinarian recommended Trupanion to us and I’m very glad she did. I did a bit of due diligence with other providers, but ultimately decided to go with her recommendation.
I highly recommend Trupanion based upon the way they have treated us as a new customer.