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Our Policies
Our cat insurance policies offer different levels of vet fee cover, from Accident Only to Lifetime £18,000. Most policies include cover for dental and other helpful treatments such as physiotherapy. See below for more details of each policy type.
Lifetime insurance offers ongoing vet fee cover for accidents and illnesses and can protect your pet for life, as long as you renew. There are two types of cover available.
Lifetime Annual Limit
- You can choose cover from £1,000 to £18,000 each year for vet fees.
- You can claim for as many conditions as you need to, as long as you stay within your chosen annual vet fee limit.
- The limit resets every year when you renew.
- Your cat’s conditions will be covered for life, as long as you renew your policy.
- Dental accident & dental illness cover up to £3,000 with our Lifetime £10,000 and Lifetime £18,000 policies and up to £1,000 with our Lifetime £4,000 and Lifetime £5,000 policies.
- Dental accident cover up to £750 with our Lifetime £2,000 and Lifetime £3,000 policies.
- Complementary therapy from £500 to £3,000, depending on your chosen policy.
Lifetime Condition Limit
- You can choose cover of £1,000, £2,000, £4,000 or £6,000 each year for vet fees.
- You can claim up to your chosen amount for vet fees per policy year for each condition your cat might have.
- The limit resets every year when you renew.
- Your cat’s conditions are covered for life, as long as you renew your policy.
- Dental accident cover up to £750 with our Superior policy.
- Dental accident & dental illness cover up to £1,000 with our Superior Plus and Prestige policies.
- Complementary therapy from £500 to £1,000, depending on your chosen policy.
Policy terms and conditions apply.
With Maximum Benefit cat insurance, you have one fixed amount of vet fee cover for each accident or illness. You can make claims for as many accidents or illnesses as you need to each year.
- You can choose a fixed amount of vet fee cover for each accident or illness you may need to claim for.
- You can keep claiming until the fixed amount of cover for the accident or illness is reached.
- There’s no time limit for how long you can claim for each accident or illness. After the vet fee limit is reached, we won't cover the accident or illness again.
- Dental accident cover up to £750 with a Max Plus policy.
- Dental accident & dental illness cover up to £1,000 with a Max Extra policy.
- Complementary therapy between £500 and £1,000, depending on your chosen policy.
Policy terms and conditions apply.
Time Limited cat insurance provides cover for accidents and illnesses for up to 12 months.
- Each new condition is covered for up to 12 months, or until your vet fee limit has been reached, whichever happens first (as long as you keep renewing your policy).
- The 12 months start from the date your pet first showed signs of the condition.
- After 12 months, or when the vet fee limit is reached, we won’t cover the accident or illness again.
- Time Limited policies also have an annual limit - this is the most we'll pay each year for all conditions you may need to claim for.
- Dental accident cover up to £750 with a Prime policy.
- Dental accident & dental illness cover up to £1,000 with a Prime Plus policy.
- Complementary therapy between £500 and £1,000, depending on your chosen policy.
Policy terms and conditions apply.
With our Accident Only cat insurance, you’re covered up to £2,500 per year for each accident your cat may have.
- There’s no limit to how many accidents you can claim for each year.
- For each accident, we’ll cover treatment costs for as long as your cat needs care (as long as you renew your policy each year), up to a lifetime limit of £15,000.
- This cover is only for accidents. It doesn’t cover illnesses or diseases.
- Dental accident cover up to £500.
- Complementary therapy up to £500 for each accident.
Policy terms and conditions apply.
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Our policies are designed to provide peace of mind at an affordable price, providing protection for your furriest family member while also making a positive impact. Since we were founded, we’ve donated millions of pounds to animal welfare and conservation charities around the world.
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Cat insurance FAQs
Cat insurance helps you to cover the cost of veterinary treatment if your cat gets injured or falls ill. It can also have additional benefits such as cover for if your cat dies or is put to sleep (if you paid for them) or if they injure someone or damage their property.
It is important to choose a cat insurance policy that best suits your needs now and in the future. We have policies that can provide cover for accidents and illnesses. If you would like to cover your cat for long-term conditions which will need treatment year after year, such as diabetes, then you may prefer a Lifetime policy. If you have a smaller budget then you may choose to have cover for accidents only or for an illness that will not last more than 12 months.
Find out which policy meets your needs by completing an online quote.
Most of our cat insurance policies cover dental accidents, with some covering both dental accidents and illnesses.
- Accident Only includes dental treatment for accidents, up to £500.
- Time Limited includes:
- Accident cover up to £750 with a Prime policy
- Accident and illness cover up to £1,000 with a Prime Plus policy.
- Max Benefit includes:
- Accident cover up to £750 with a Max Plus policy
- Accident and illness cover up to £1,000 with a Max Extra policy.
- Lifetime Annual includes
- Accident cover up to £750 with our Lifetime £2,000 & £3,000 policies
- Accident and illness up to £1,000 with our Lifetime £4,000 & £5,000 policies
- Accident and illness up to £3,000 with our Lifetime £10,000 & £18,000 policies
- Lifetime Condition includes:
- Accident cover up to £750 with our Superior policy
- Accident and illness up to £1,000 with our Superior Plus and Prestige policies.
Policy terms & conditions apply.
If your cat is lost or stolen we will pay a percentage of the amount you paid or donated for them, depending on their age, up to the cover limit amount in the policy you choose. Please see your Policy Booklet for more info.
This benefit is not available on our Accident Only policies.
Pre-existing conditions aren’t covered by this policy. We consider a condition to be pre-existing if it was first noticed before your policy start date or within the waiting period, whether they needed treatment previously or not.
If you noticed something was wrong with your pet before you took out the policy, it could be a sign of a pre-existing condition. This is true even if you decided not to take them to the vet. For example, if your dog was limping before the policy started, and your vet later confirmed this was due to Arthritis, we’d consider this a pre-existing condition.
Remember, there is a waiting period at the start of this policy. The waiting period is 14 days for illness and 2 days for accidents. If a condition is first noticed or an accident happens in the waiting period, these will be considered to be pre-existing conditions as well.
Any injuries caused by accidents your pet had before you took out this policy will also be considered pre-existing conditions. This includes any complications, illnesses or conditions that might not be noticeable straight away but later appear as a result of the earlier accident.




