All the headlines from our Pet Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 23 2021 // The U.S. inland marine insurance segment experienced a “significant downturn in profitability” in 2020, with its loss ratio deteriorating by nearly 16 percentage points amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to...
Apr 5 2021 // U.S. insurance regulators are close to creating a legal standard for pet insurance that would address long-standing consumer complaints that insurers rarely pay up when their furry friends are not well.A National...
Mar 26 2021 // U.S. insurance regulators are close to creating a legal standard for pet insurance that would address long-standing consumer complaints that insurers rarely pay up when their furry friends are not well.A National...
Nov 13 2020 // Lemonade plans to start selling term life insurance in the next 90 days, adding to its current rental, homeowners and pet insurance offerings, the company said in an earnings report this week.During an investor conference...
Aug 17 2020 // Progressive will enter the voluntary benefits market through a relationship with Pets Best, which is part of Care Credit, a Synchrony product.Progressive Pet Insurance by Pets Best will be available to all U.S. companies...
Feb 19 2020 // Trupanion Inc. (TRUP) reported fourth-quarter net income of $636,000, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The Seattle-based company said it had profit of 2 cents per share.The results surpassed Wall...
Feb 7 2020 // Insurtech carrier Lemonade plans to debut pet insurance later this year.Lemonade says it hopes to launch the pet insurance product within a few months, pending regulatory approval. It has opened its site to early...
Jan 21 2020 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a fine of $950,000 against ACE American Insurance Co. and Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America for reportedly overcharging 18,000 Washington consumers for nearly...
Dec 5 2019 // MetLife has agreed to acquire PetFirst Healthcare, a pet insurance program administrator that currently distributes its pet insurance products through animal welfare agencies, direct-to-consumer channels and...
Nov 14 2019 // Nationwide’s pet insurance operation has new top dog.Heidi Sirota has been named chief pet officer for Nationwide’s pet health insurance unit. In her new role, Sirota will oversee all aspects of Nationwide pet...
Sep 26 2019 // Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Group has expanded its stand-alone, veterinary care insurance for companion horses to include six new states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Texas. Policies are...
Apr 16 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines in March totaling $158,000 against insurance companies, agents and brokers for violating state insurance regulations, including one fine of $25,000 levied...
Apr 2 2019 // Program specialist NSM Insurance Group has acquired Embrace Pet Insurance, a Cleveland-based national provider of pet health insurance for dogs and cats.No terms of the transaction were disclosed. Embrace offers an...
Jun 13 2017 // Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Group has launched a new product for the equine industry that provides veterinary care insurance for companion horses – typically only available for race or performance horses. Policies...
May 22 2017 // Petplan Australasia announced that MS Amlin Syndicate 2001 of Lloyd’s will become the new underwriter of its pet insurance plans in Australia – a move that is designed to enhance policyholder benefits with broader...
Feb 1 2017 // RSA Insurance has made its first external investment in a fintech company, Pitpatpet Ltd., the Cambridge, England-based creator of the PitPat dog activity monitor and dog care intelligence data platform.PitPat attaches...
Jan 4 2017 // Economical Mutual Insurance Co., the Waterloo, Ontario-based property and casualty insurance company, announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Western Financial Insurance Co. (WFIC) and its...
Sep 6 2016 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined a pet insurance company $150,000 for violating state laws.Kreidler said his agency issued fines in July against American Pet Insurance, which goes under the name...
Aug 16 2016 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined a pet insurance company $150,000 for violating state laws.Kreidler sayid his agency issued fines in July against American Pet Insurance, which goes under the name...
May 18 2016 // Economical Mutual Insurance Co., the Waterloo, Ontario-based property and casualty insurance company, announced plans to acquire Desjardins Group’s pet insurance business, Western Financial Insurance Co. (WFIC) and...