Your senior dog deserves just as much care in their twilight years. Our pet insurance for older dogs has a Defaqto 5 star rating when you choose vet fees over £4k with all optional extras included.
Up to £15,000 vet fees
Choose vet fee cover from £1,000 to £15,000 to suit your pet’s needs. Your limit resets each year you renew.
Choose vet fee cover from £1,000 to £15,000 to suit your pet’s needs. Your limit resets each year you renew.
Tailored pet insurance
Your pet is unique. Chose your limits, excess and optional extras to create a policy that fits them like a collar.
Your pet is unique. Chose your limits, excess and optional extras to create a policy that fits them like a collar.
Switch with continuous cover
Switch to Petsure on a like for like basis, with no gap in cover, and your cover could start immediately**.
Switch to Petsure on a like for like basis, with no gap in cover, and your cover could start immediately**.
Up to £15,000 vet fees
More info
Choose vet fee cover from £1,000 to £15,000 to suit your pet’s needs. Your limit resets each year you renew.
Tailored pet insurance
More info
Your pet is unique. Chose your limits, excess and optional extras to create a policy that fits them like a collar.
Switch with continuous cover
More info
Switch to Petsure on a like for like basis, with no gap in cover, and your cover could start immediately**.
Defaqto 5 star rating when you choose vet fees over £4,000 with all optional add-ons included.
Basic cover alone has 3 star rating
Three-time winner of the National Insurance Awards Pet Insurance Award 2022, 2023 & 2024
Awarded Best Pet Insurance Provider at the Insurance Choice Awards 2022
Expert advice for your older dog is a video call away with FirstVet. A FirstVet consultation never counts as a claim and their UK-registered vets are available 24/7.
You have peace of mind that you can get immediate support for your senior pup whenever and as often as you need it.
Choosing Petsure to protect your senior pooch gives you more than just vet fee cover. Here’s what you get from our older dog insurance.
Dental accident
If your pet has a dental accident or injury, you’re covered up to your chosen vet fee limit. Just make sure you’re taking your pet for annual-check ups and following vet dental advice.
If your pet has a dental accident or injury, you’re covered up to your chosen vet fee limit. Just make sure you’re taking your pet for annual-check ups and following vet dental advice.
Behavioural treatment
Help from an expert with your pet’s emotional and mental well-being, as advised by a vet. Cover up to your chosen vet fee limit (maximum 12 sessions combined with complementary therapy).
Help from an expert with your pet’s emotional and mental well-being, as advised by a vet. Cover up to your chosen vet fee limit (maximum 12 sessions combined with complementary therapy).
Complementary therapy
This includes alternative treatments like hydrotherapy or acupuncture, as advised by a vet. Cover up to your chosen vet fee limit (maximum 12 sessions combined with behavioural treatment).
This includes alternative treatments like hydrotherapy or acupuncture, as advised by a vet. Cover up to your chosen vet fee limit (maximum 12 sessions combined with behavioural treatment).
Emergency care
If you have an emergency (like an unplanned hospital visit) and can’t look after your pet, you get up to £1,500 towards towards pet minding costs.
If you have an emergency (like an unplanned hospital visit) and can’t look after your pet, you get up to £1,500 towards towards pet minding costs.
Third-party liability for dogs
This is when your dog causes injury to someone or their pet, or causes loss or damage to another person’s property. Cover for up to £2,000,000 for legal action made against you or your dog.
This is when your dog causes injury to someone or their pet, or causes loss or damage to another person’s property. Cover for up to £2,000,000 for legal action made against you or your dog.
Choice of optional extras
Choose from a range of optional extras to suit your pet’s needs, such as dental illness and cover if your dog gets lost or stolen.
Choose from a range of optional extras to suit your pet’s needs, such as dental illness and cover if your dog gets lost or stolen.
Dental accident
More info
If your pet has a dental accident or injury, you’re covered up to your chosen vet fee limit. Just make sure you’re taking your pet for annual-check ups and following vet dental advice.
Behavioural treatment
More info
Help from an expert with your pet’s emotional and mental well-being, as advised by a vet. Cover up to your chosen vet fee limit (maximum 12 sessions combined with complementary therapy).
Complementary therapy
More info
This includes alternative treatments like hydrotherapy or acupuncture, as advised by a vet. Cover up to your chosen vet fee limit (maximum 12 sessions combined with behavioural treatment).
Emergency care
More info
If you have an emergency (like an unplanned hospital visit) and can’t look after your pet, you get up to £1,500 towards towards pet minding costs.
Third-party liability for dogs
More info
This is when your dog causes injury to someone or their pet, or causes loss or damage to another person’s property. Cover for up to £2,000,000 for legal action made against you or your dog.
Choice of optional extras
More info
Choose from a range of optional extras to suit your pet’s needs, such as dental illness and cover if your dog gets lost or stolen.
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ManyPets | Petplan | Agria | |
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| Maximum vet fees | £15,000 per year | £15,000 per year | £12,000 per year | £20,000 per year |
| Cover for pre-existing conditions? | ||||
| No compulsory excess? | ||||
| No compulsory co-payments for older pets? | 20% (from age 9) | 20% (from age 7) | Min. 10% (from any age) | |
| Tailor limits per pet on a multi-pet policy? | ||||
| Dental treatment for accidents? | ||||
| Behavioural treatment and complementary therapy? |
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ManyPets | |
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| Maximum vet fees | £15,000 per year | £15,000 per year |
| Cover for pre-existing conditions? | ||
| No compulsory excess? | ||
| No compulsory co-payments for older pets? | 20% (from age 9) | |
| Tailor limits per pet on a multi-pet policy? | ||
| Dental treatment for accidents? | ||
| Behavioural treatment and complementary therapy? |
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Petplan | |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum vet fees | £15,000 per year | £12,000 per year |
| Cover for pre-existing conditions? | ||
| No compulsory excess? | ||
| No compulsory co-payments for older pets? | 20% (from age 7) | |
| Tailor limits per pet on a multi-pet policy? | ||
| Dental treatment for accidents? | ||
| Behavioural treatment and complementary therapy? |
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Agria | |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum vet fees | £15,000 per year | £20,000 per year |
| Cover for pre-existing conditions? | ||
| No compulsory excess? | ||
| No compulsory co-payments for older pets? | Min. 10% (from any age) | |
| Tailor limits per pet on a multi-pet policy? | ||
| Dental treatment for accidents? | ||
| Behavioural treatment and complementary therapy? |
| Maximum vet fees | |
|---|---|
| £15,000 per year | £15,000 per year |
| Cover for pre-existing conditions? | |
| No compulsory excess? | |
| No compulsory co-payments for older pets? | |
| 20% (from age 9) | |
| Tailor limits per pet on a multi-pet policy? | |
| Dental treatment for accidents? | |
| Behavioural treatment and complementary therapy? | |
| Maximum vet fees | |
|---|---|
| £15,000 per year | £12,000 per year |
| Cover for pre-existing conditions? | |
| No compulsory excess? | |
| No compulsory co-payments for older pets? | |
| 20% (from age 7) | |
| Tailor limits per pet on a multi-pet policy? | |
| Dental treatment for accidents? | |
| Behavioural treatment and complementary therapy? | |
| Maximum vet fees | |
|---|---|
| £15,000 per year | £20,000 per year |
| Cover for pre-existing conditions? | |
| No compulsory excess? | |
| No compulsory co-payments for older pets? | |
| Min. 10% (from any age) | |
| Tailor limits per pet on a multi-pet policy? | |
| Dental treatment for accidents? | |
| Behavioural treatment and complementary therapy? | |
†For Lifetime policies only – details correct as of 10 September 2024 via competitor websites. Competitor products are subject to their own T&Cs and can have different limits and requirements for cats versus dogs at different ages. For full details, please check the relevant policy wording.
For full details of Petsure pet insurance, please read our policy wording.
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Expert advice for your older dog is a video call away with FirstVet. A FirstVet consultation never counts as a claim and their UK-registered vets are available 24/7.
You have peace of mind that you can get immediate support for your senior pup whenever and as often as you need it.
“I’ve teamed up with Petsure as their vet ambassador. Their insurance products could cover cats and dogs, healthy or with pre-existing conditions, old or young, with great flexibility to suit both you and them.”
Having older dog insurance could give you the confidence that you’re prepared for unexpected vet bills.
Like their humans, senior dogs get weaker as they age and become more susceptible to infections and illnesses.
Check out these other reasons why it’s worth thinking about getting cover for your older canine.
How much you’ll pay for your older dog’s insurance comes down to things like their breed, age, if they have pre-existing conditions, and where you live.
You can choose farewell cover as an optional add-on to your policy. This includes death from accidental injury or illness and cremation or burial.
It’s hard to think about saying goodbye to your canine companion. Having farewell cover can give you the space to process their passing without worrying about the cost.
If you’re ever faced with the difficult experience of losing your older dog, know that you are not alone. We’ve partnered with Blue Cross to give you bereavement support when you need it most.
You have access to a dedicated support number and can speak with trained volunteers 365 days a year, from 8.30am to 8.30pm. Find the Petsure support number in your My Petsure account or through our claims team.
At Petsure, we see dogs as hitting the ‘older’ milestone when they reach the age of eight.
But we also encourage our senior pack members to act as young as they feel!
Learn how to keep your pet happy and healthy with guidance from expert vets and behaviourists.
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*Cover for pre-existing medical conditions is subject to acceptance. They will not be covered unless you have declared them and they are shown on your Confirmation of Cover.
**Illnesses and symptoms won’t be covered in the first 14 days and accidents won’t be covered in the first 2 days of the policy. This is unless you are switching from another lifetime pet insurance product with no break in cover and the claim you want to make would have been covered by your previous policy. Other exclusions may apply to other sections.
