It is very clear to me, why it is almost impossible to find any reviews for this insurance company and why they don't allow comments on their social media...because you would not be seeing anything positive.
When we originally decided on this insurance for our puppy (it was the insurance the shelter had picked for a free 7 day trial), the customer service agent was already harassing us about our choice of coverage and gave us the whole sales pitch even though we asked him not to, trying to get us to choose a more expensive package. He was obviously offended by us not buying in and insisting on our original choice.
The first two claims continued to be a hassle, since one claim was randomly placed on hold. We were not informed of this and only realised this after we were not reimbursed for weeks and I checked the portal again. As a reason, they gave a missing invoice. An invoice that I had already uploaded.
This December our puppy suddenly passed away after we drove 5 hours rushing her to an emergency clinic in the middle of the night.
We left that clinic heartbroken, without her, but with a hefty vet bill, that we had to pay right there.
After a week of mourning we took care of all the bureaucratic tasks and handed in our claim by providing the extremely detailed invoice the clinic gave us. Since this had been an emergency, we did not take the time to print out the claim form, Petsecure asks you to have filled out by your vet.
Thinking the invoice would be enough, I submitted the claim and waited.
I got the email saying our insurance was cancelled (due to our pet's demise) almost right away and figured the payment would come soon after. Instead it took another while for them to send an email asking for the claim form.
I emailed the form to the clinic right away but knowing it could take a while for them to get back to me (more pressing tasks at hand like, I don't know, saving lives?) I called Petsecure to ask them if this was really necessary.
I was greeted by a rude customer service agent who expressed zero compassion. When letting him know that this is adding stress to an already horrible situation, he had the audacity to point out that it took us one whole week to hand in the claim after our puppy died.
Even though I stayed polite the whole time and assured him that I had no personal issue with him and just wanted to point out a flaw in the companies policies, he showed no understanding and kept repeating the same words "this is for practical reasons"
DO NOT INSURE YOUR PET HERE.
You will spend your days sending around forms like chain letters and waiting for money to arrive when you should be spending time with and taking care of your pet.
As a comparison, other pet insurance companies have 24/7 customer service and will pay the clinic instantly so you don't have to spend money you don't have (the whole point of insurance). read more