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Comprehensive, Accident-onlyMikki BoucheeMetropolitan Adelaide, SA
If your dog gets older than 9 they price you out so you leave....
I originally took out this insurance 11 years ago everything was included.......80% refund...excellent service..$500 annually..now they sent me a renewal for $2100 annually with many exclusions added during the years.
I have now cancelled my policy but they insist on the last months payment.....but take me to court....it is disgraceful......their service has gotten worse....and guess what they offered accident insurance....yeah great...she’s a boxer and lounges most of the day on the lounge....am putting my money in the bank for when my babe needs it.
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BrittaSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 3 reviews
Most vital insurance should you end up with a sick pet
We feel that this Pet Insurance has been great, easy to set up and claims are paid quickly, the Vet can lodge them online for us. We had this insurance since we adopted our 2 dogs.
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NetskiGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC
- 12 reviews
Good while the dog is young
2019. I have had insurance with these guys for around eight years. It used to cost me less than the price of a coffee a week for my "hardy" little dog and I can count on one hand the amount of claims I made, noting they were indeed very minor amd easily approved. Most of my vet visits were annual vaccinations, etc, which are not covered (or teeth). Needless to say my dog is now 11 and I just received a renewal for him this year. BILL SHOCK...it's gone up so much in price I have decided to cancel the policy. I am nervous about it but with a P...Read more
plater now in the family who needs car insurance (another rip off) and all the things that come with it, something had to give. I will be banking my money and hoping my dog continues with good health.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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DebSouth East Queensland, QLD
Great service
I have been with 1300 insurance for a number of years & have make as many claims with no problems
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Excellent insurance
I've been with this insurance for 7 years with 2 dogs. They have looked after us really well. I'm so happy we chose this insurance.
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Jackie
- 2 reviews
- 10 likes
Very disappointing
After paying premiums over the past couple of years for my rescue dog (and not needing to make a claim until now), it has taken multiple phone calls to try to get my claim for an infected flee bite paid out. The last two phone calls I was guaranteed it would be paid but I'm still being cross-examined each time a try to get this issue finalised. They are happy to take my monthly payments though and then send yet another letter saying they can't pay the claim. Very frustrating. This is the first negative review I have ever written but I feel people should be aware.
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Great Service over the Holidays
Our precious pet, Sugar, became very ill as Christmas approached. We had some very large Vet expenses, which put a big dint in our holiday budget. 1300 Pet Insurance were very prompt during the Holiday period ensuring my claim was paid in record time! Thank You!
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Disgusted and Outraged
I have been with 1300 Pet Protect for 6 years now and the service has plummeted while the price has increased sky high! The cost has increased every year quite dramatically and what is covered changes every 5 minutes. I pay more for this then own my top private health cover!! A vet consult at home isn't covered because it's not considered a consult?? I recommend opening a bank account for your pet and putting the money aside rather than paying for this lack of service.
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Been had!!!
Don't go near this company, they are crooks. We paid 1ooo dollars for comprehensive insurance and you guessed it, it didn't cover this or that. All it covered was if he broke his leg!! Yeah right comprehensive rip offs!!!!!!
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ROBBunbury
- 2 reviews
- 1 like
Disgracefull Company
Have two dogs with them one had a minor claim which they paid Put in a larger claim for poisoning and you guessed -- under the terms of our policy Rah Rah Claim is not accepted. Don.t go near them
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cocoAU
Changes in Policy
I've had my Husky insured since 2010 and have only made 1 or 2 claims which was over two years ago.. When I first took out the policy cremation was covered which is one of the reasons I chose 1300 Insurance. Since taking out the policy it's been changed and no longer covers cremation. My Husky is now 12 and a half years old and is healthy apart from a bit of arthritis. I'm cancelling the policy as I'm paying $44.18 a fortnight and I'll be putting that money into a separate account for the time comes.
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AnnHMelbourne
- 2 reviews
Poor service, slow and cumbersome claims process. Inflated pricing
I had my Labrador insured with them for >6 years. I claimed for a minor skin infection a few years back and what a fiasco trying to get your claim paid out!
Now my dog has reached 11 years old and they have inflated the renewal premium by 35%!!! This is blatantly unethical in my opinion. They know I won't get the dog insured with another provider now she is in her senior years.
I've cancelled the policy and will put the $100+ premium per month into a jar for emergencies that may arise. She is perfectly healthy other than the usual arthritis that Labs get....
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BrettPerth, WA
- 8 reviews
a sham
Was advised by email that the insurance would be cancelled due to late payment. I called to advise them that I would not renew as it was too expensive. They offered, and did send, a new quote for me to consider then went ahead and debited my credit card for the full (highest amount) against my instructions.
They are refusing to do anything more - 'bad luck, the 21 day cooling off period has expired'
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JayneCairns
Terrible customer service with way too many exclusions
So many exclusion clauses, not worth having, despite having the comprehensive coverage. Terrible customer service. The call centre is overseas and whilst very polite, the operators sound like they are reading from a prompt card and are no help whatsoever. My claim was denied, which I asked to be reviewed. Received rude email asking what I expected them to do about it.
Have cancelled the policy.
Avoid. Total waste of money.
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Jpet1958Brisbane
- 2 reviews
- 1 like
Excellent service
I had my boxer insured with this company and in the last two years he had over $10,000 worth of claims due to his cancer. All claims were paid quickly and without question. When he passed recently the were very understanding and I spoke quite easily to a customer care person who was very compassionate and cancelled my policy for me straight away. All claims were paid within two weeks and I have recommended this company to other friends. When I get my next dog I will insure again with them.
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AnnPerth
- 6 reviews
- 4 likes
I'm Impressed.
I have had my pet insurance policy for three years. In June this year, my dog was diagnosed with Lymphoma (cancer in the lymph nodes)..... and I have been nothing but 100% satisfied with my dealings with 1300 Pet Insurance. I have paid the oncologist directly and then claimed back 75% from the insurance company. All accounts have been refunded directly back into my bank account promptly -- from posting claim to receiving funds it takes about a week. I honestly have been very impressed!
Efficient processing of claims. They made contact with me when necessary via phone and e mail.
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Tatiana
- 2 reviews
- 2 likes
We cancelled our policy
We had two dogs insured with this company for over a year. In that year only one out of four vet bills was reimbursed as they have so many exclusions. The one that was reinbursed required a ridiculous amount of extra documentation and took many months to be processed. Also, I was on hold for 30 min at a time trying to get through to their call centre, which seems to be located overseas. Not worth the money IMO
cheap
everything else
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cjoSydney
- 3 reviews
1300Insurance experience
I lodged my first ever claim in relation to a veterinarian bill of 7 January 2013 for an amount of $352.50. The claim form obtained from the 1300Insurance website was completed and signed by both myself and the attending vet, and posted to the address on the form.
On 18 January I received a reply in the mail re claim advising that ‘We have recently received your claim but unfortunately we are unable to finalise your claim based on the information provided’. The following documents were requested to finalise the claim: Claim form, Invoice, V...Read more
et history. I then scanned the necessary documents, minus the original claim form which was already posted and which had obviously been received given they had responded to it in the letter dated 18 January. These documents being tax invoice, payment and vet history were emailed to [email protected] as per the instruction on 24 January. I heard nothing back so after four weeks of silence I rang but was unable to get through and sent an email on 25 February. Again I had no response so followed up again with an unsuccessful phone call and an email dated 11 March. It took until 12 March from my 24 January email for a response to be sent which repeated a request for the claim form – already received, and the Invoice – which was scanned in the documents forwarded on 24 January and again on 25 February. Yet again I responded on 18 March in an email requesting a call as I could not get through on the telephone number provided despite several lengthy attempts but again nothing happened. On 20 March an exact repeat of the previous letter was sent ie ‘We have recently received your claim…unable to finalise…provide us with the following’ – claim form and tax invoice.’ Again I tried to get through to the telephone number but waited for almost an hour. I then contacted my bank to put a stop on my direct debit.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Customer41BRISBANE
- 3 reviews
- 4 likes
Avoid using 1300 insurance pet protect- terrible service, slow claim processing
It has taken them almost three months to cancel my policy (and it is still not actioned) and the claim system is so slow - I rang up to cancel my policy and was told that there were still a number of claims that had been lodged 3 months ago.
Our dog passed away in early 2013. So after having the policy for 5 years I called 1300 insurance pet protect to cancel our policy. After being on hold for just over an hour I spoke to someone regarding my policy and the payment that I needed to make to close out the policy. Firstly I was given the inco...Read more
rrect payout figure, after which the manager took over the phone call and told me that the person I had been dealing with had not been properly trained and that he would personally ensure that the cancelation of my policy would be carried out. They confirmed that we would need to pay back all of the insurance claims that had been paid to us in the 6 month period on top of the monthly payments we had already made. Some of the claims we had made were still outstanding - after 3 months of processing by the company! So we didn't need to pay those one back. While waiting for the manager to send me the email confirming my cancelation, a further monthly payment was taken from my account. The manager finally sent an email (2 weeks later - after I followed them up) confirming the claims that would need to be paid back. The email stated that I only needed to reply back confirming the amount to be taken out. I sent an email back confirming the company could take the he amount to be withdrawn and that the policy was to be closed out. I assumed that this had been undertaken; however on the 7 March a further monthly payment was withdrawn from my credit card. I called pet insure again waited on hold for another hour to speak with someone who told me that they were new to the company and so didn’t know what to do. They spoke to their manager. It was disappointing to once again have such a lack of customer service by someone who not adequately trained in such simple tasks and uses it as an excuse. After much waiting the new employee spoke to the original manager who confirmed he had missed seeing the email in his inbox and had not actioned my request. Daniel confirmed that he would contribute the payments made to pet insure as a result of his colleagues inaction and finalise my account with pet insure. Unfortunately my formal complaint has also been dealt with by the manager who the complaint is with - completely unprofessional. This was still not actioned by the company. And still not resolved. It's been almost three months now.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
flyinghigh1Greater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
- 20 reviews
- 21 likes
I can't believe this company is still operating!
I spent a long time comparing what seemed the lesser of two evils and purchased a 1300 Insurance Pet Protect Insurance plan
All I can say is that I’m ever so grateful my claim was less than $200. Heaven forbid I would have had a $5000 or more claim rejected.
I have paid them a steadily $30 a month premium for over the past year. I recently had a trip to the eye specialist for my pet which cost $170.
I lodged the complete paperwork and information to them however they sent me a letter in the post a week later stating that not all the in...Read more
formation was provided. When I contacted their claims department they informed me that documents were missing. I assume their incompetent staff did not upload them correctly as they were all neatly binded together in an express post envelope. Also, why don’t they call or email their customers? It’s a bit ironic they are “1300 Insurance” yet most of their correspondence is via snail mail. Is it to make you give up trying after waiting so long in a drawn-out process, so they can be more profitable? I have now received a letter stating that my claim does not qualify for assessment and won’t be paid as this is apparently not covered (????)Furthermore I thoroughly checked the policy wording, schedule and booklet and cannot see anything that excludes “eye conditions” other than pre-existing, which this is not.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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