Animal Health Digest introduces a “Pet Insurance Guide,” a tool designed to save time, advance pet health insurance conversations, and highlight its benefits for clients, their pets, veterinarians, and their teams. The free, non-commercial PDF is available here. Link.
AHD’s Pet Insurance Guide helps animal pros easily take pet owners through the “who, what, when, where, and why” of choosing pet insurance policies. It is easily shared in person and via video calls. It can also be shared via social media, in newsletters and kept online as an internal or external resource.
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“We’ve listened to feedback about pet insurance for a decade,” shared Kirk Augustine, AHD founder. It remains confusing for pet owners due to pricing, deductibles, coverage limits, clinic acceptance and other concerns. Faced with endless options and exclusions, many pet owners are overwhelmed.
Confused pet owners considering pet insurance and those with existing policies they don’t understand often seek advice from veterinary teams. While veterinary teams can help clear up some confusion, time constraints and ethics limit these discussions.
Source: Animal Health Digest. August 21, 2025. Link. Note: To help veterinary professionals avoid liability issues, the American Animal Hospital Association recommends that veterinary teams refer clients to an online marketplace or comparison tool that provides personalized recommendations <Link>.
Pet health insurance can help pets get the health care they need and make it more likely that owners will follow their veterinarian’s recommendations. When animal health pros, guided by ethical principles, help clients make informed decisions about how to pay for their pets’ health care, we are fulfilling our roles as advocates for both patients and clients.” – AVMA