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Direct Line Pet Insurance – get 20% off Essential cover when you buy online. Vet's bills can cost you thousands, but with Direct Line, we are here to help protect your pet and avoid the high costs.
Quick summary of cover:
We cover cats and dogs, must be currently in good health, aged between 8 weeks and up to 11 years (up to 6 years for some breeds), UK resident.
Essential policy covers vet's fees up to £4,000 (per eligible condition) for a maximum of 12 months’ treatment for each illness, injury or disease. Advanced policy covers vet's fees up to £6,000 (per eligible condition), with no time limit on reaching this amount.
Additional cover options:
1. Additional benefits including: advertising fees up to £1,000 if your pet should stray or is lost or stolen, up to £1,500 purchase price reimbursement if your pet is lost through theft, straying or accidental death, holiday cancellation up to £5,000 due to loss, illness or injury of your pet, up to £1,000 pet boarding costs if you have to go into hospital for more than 4 days in a row.
2. Third party liability for dogs causing injury to another person or damage to their property – up to £2 million (cover only available for dogs).
3.Overseas travel cover extends the cover above to countries included in the government's Pet Travel scheme, excluding liability arising under the laws of the USA or Canada. Includes: Quarantine costs, Loss of pet passport, Emergency expenses while overseas and Repeat tick and worming treatment.
Direct Line were the cheapest company when I first got my cat. When she was 3 years old she had kidney failure and was very ill. Direct Line were efficient on the phone, sent out the forms quickly and processed my claim quickly with no problem. They even paid for more expensive drops that I chose to have when I struggled to get my cat to take tablets. The price is reasonable, less than £10 a month currently, and they promise to cover your pet for life. The only downside is that they will only cover each condition for 12 months. They also recently sent me a fleece blanket for renewing with them, which I thought was a nice touch.
When I got my first dog I definately wanted to take out insurance as I knew anything could go wrong. After getting so many different quotes on the internet Direct Line was by far the most reasonable for what you get. Reasonable excess fee, reasonable premium and reasonable….well…everything!!!
I now have 3 dogs and they are all happily insured with Direct Line.
When one of my dogs broke her foot they happily went direct with the vets for the main costs, all the follow up costs I paid for but they sure were quick to settle the claim figures.
On the phone, they are always friendly, putting me, the customer, their priority, they are so kind and caring and will answer any questions and take out the neccessary action required.
Overall, Direct Line is a great insurance company, and wouldn’t change!
I feel confident with them and at ease to know my dogs are in safe hands if anything should happen.
Keep up the good work Direct Line!! x
cheap for the first year, and efficient. However the premium for the following year went up by 33%, they couldnt explain the increase. Have had to cancel the policy
I found Direct Line quick to settle vets direct, extremely slow (3months + due to backlog they said)to settle my expenses when making a claim. The premium had a significant increase after the first year. After our dog was put down and I had been told OK to cancel direct debit, I received several letters demanding a further premium for the month after her death. They had no real explanation and were very unhelpful.