Trupanion Canada | Pet Insurance Review

Trupanion miscommunicated (or perhaps downright lied) about preexisting condition exclusions, so now that I am leaving them I have much fewer options for my older pets, and I have paid plenty of premiums to them and never gotten a dime in coverage. (Which I understand is sometimes how insurance works if you don't need it, but we did and they failed, miserably.) Feb 2018: I move to Canada from the US. My prior pet insurance company doesn't exist here. But Trupanion does! I sign up. My pets have no huge issues, though one has had a tooth extracted for periodontal disease. Aug. 2018: That same pet needs more extractions. I call Trupanion, trying to budget for whether/when to do it at the vet. They tell me he's actually fine, his teeth are not excluded! Pleasantly surprised, I go ahead with the procedure. A month or so later: LOL no. Claim denied in full. Reason? Pre-existing periodontal disease. I call Trupanion and express significant displeasure. They explain, in excruciating condescending detail, how pre-existing condition exclusions work. I tell them I know this but I asked them beforehand so I could budget and they told me we were fine. I ask something about the wording of the vet record that has the prior condition on it, and they ask if I've engaged in medical fraud. (I haven't, I've told them all prior vets, I'm just sick of their jargon.) Sooo that's fun. I calm down and decide to stay with them. I understand why the exclusion was applied, it just wasn't communication well, and like I guess they have to be on guard against fraud or whatever. A year later, my cat who never had periodontal disease previously prior shows signs of it and needs extractions. I go ahead with them, confident that he, at least, is covered. HIS CLAIM IS DENIED. REASON? HE HAD TARTAR ON HIS TEETH ONCE PREVIOUSLY. TARTAR. T. A. R. T. A. R. I sign up with a local Ontario pet insurance association as soon as I can and cancel Trupanion. I inform them as to why several days beforehand and get no response (I basically tell them to hold the legalese, I understand they have the legal right to do what they did but they are terrible at what they do and I will be canceling... I guess if they can't come back at you with legalese they don't see a point in responding). Anyway, buy at your own risk. Good thing I can have tartar on my teeth and still get dental coverage. I shudder to think what this company does when your pet is actually sick.

Trupanion has supported us through a very tough time when our precious dog Stella was very sick. It’s so easy to use and delivers what’s promised. We could focus on our little Stella and didn’t have to worry about the money aspect. It’s accepted everywhere and it’s better than any human insurance EVER! And I know, I work in human health care.

I find the staff great, coverage reasonable and I get quick turnaround on claims which helps me to give my girl the best care possible and THAT is what this is really all about. Thanks !!!

Fast and easy claim experience. Always very helpful on the phone.

Always an easy process and turn around times are very fast. Thanks!