Pet insurance...

Re: Pet insurance...

Martin Atkinson — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:01:16 GMT

I say that 'from my claims experience one provider has given the best service. This does not mean I recommend them but the fact we only have one provider's proposal forms on display in front of you may speak volumes'. Why pay someone to go on some useless course to say any more?

Re: Pet insurance...

Bob Russell — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:49:52 GMT

Direct-line are telling our clients that the massive increase in insurance costs are due to high vets fees. The only price rise we have had in the last 18 months has been VAT!

Referral centres around here are tending to compete more and offer more fixed price surgery. We refer quite a lot but always have so no real change there.

Funny how they can afford to have Stephen Fry doing the voice over for their ads and can afford to advertise widely on TV. I suspect this is where a lot of the extra expense is!

At least More Th>n Freeman is a sound alike rather than a very expensive American actor!

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Hannah Wynne Richards — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:08:41 GMT

I say it's illegal for me as a veterinary surgeon to advise on a policy, but I as a friend, am telling you as a friend that my animals are with Pet Plan-not recomending, but uptoyou what you do with that information-

Wynne

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james hunt — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:47:35 GMT

Anyone seen the latest Argos online banner which says "vets bills are so expensive" ?

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Clive Ansell — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:47:21 GMT

I have no wish to become an insurance adviser, there are insuance brokers for that. I will advise pet insurance as a good idea, but will not recommend one policy or company over and above another. I will sometimes advise against one company that I have had many problems with, can't remember the name off hand but something like pony and farmyard animal

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Bob Russell — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:37:52 GMT

We pull appropriate faces when people let us know which policy they are considering. I cannot remember where we got this training but I seem to remember it was free!

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Laurence Webb — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:06:15 GMT

You can become an advisor quite easily, which means that you aare trained to discuss specific policies (Petplan do this so you can discuss their policies with clients) but you still can't recommend a particular policy. If you do that you're acting as a finacial advisor and need to be qualified and registered with the FSA to do this.

I believe this is quite expensive. I contacted the FSA to ask if I could put affiliate links on our website to insurers (Petplan pay about £25 for every policy taken out via an affiliate link, others pay between £10 and £40 ish I think) and was told that this would equate to acting as a broker. To register as a broker would cost £1500 per year. Mind you i come accross scores of websites (both vets and non-vet ones) that have affiliate links and I can't believe that all of those are paying the FSA for the privilige. Either most people are getting away with it or I was misinformed.

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Mark Hedberg — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:47:39 GMT

What's a good place to get the training?

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Richard Carter — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:46:33 GMT

Yup - if you are selling a specific insurance you need to be registered as an insurance salesman (and trained and qualified and pay your subs etc - SIMPLES)