Pet Sitter Insurance Comparison Charts
Pet
Sitter liability insurance is very important to all pet sitting / dog
walking / poop scooping businesses. PUPS highly recommends you become
and remained insured with a quality Pet Sitter Insurance provider
throughout your pet sitting or dog walking career.
At
PUPS we do not endorse any particular company, as we find they all have
good ratings and different features that suit different sitters
needs. You can use the comparison charts provided for your
country in order to decide which of the major providers is the best fit
for your business.
Be
sure to check back yearly, as rates and features do change, just as
your business needs change.
Disclaimers
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Professional United Pet
Sitters LLC
is not
affiliated
with any
pet sitter and dog walker liability insurance
companies, including the ones listed below.
Professional
United Pet Sitters LLC does
NOT offer or endorse ANY Pet Sitter insurance, business insurance,
health insurance, or bonding.
Pet sitter insurance
companies are listed below for your convenience only.
No pet sitter
insurance is included with membership to PUPS.
Professional United
Pet Sitters LLC, PetSits.Com, Happy At Home Pet Sitters, and the owners
are not liable for errors in or related to information presented
here. Please contact the companies directly for
more current information. The information listed is the
limited understanding we have based on the info we’ve
received. It may be right, or it may be inaccurate.
Or the insurance may be changing while we speak.
This is just for information purposes only, and we can not
and do not guarantee the accuracy in any way at any time. We are not
personally or professionally affiliated with any insurance listed
below.
www.PetSits.Com
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How to choose a
pet sitting
insurance provider
1. Click on your country in the comparison chart below, and
print the chart.
2. Decide which features are most important to your business,
and highlight the companies that provide these features.
3. Determine the final price for the companies that provide
the features you require.
4. Visit the websites of your final candidates to see if
there have been any changes in coverage or price.
5. Sign up for coverage. Many of the providers
listed do allow you to sign up right online or by mail.
***Important
Notes***
These
are the Insurance companies we've seen that provide coverage for pet
sitter and dog walker liability needs.
We've
tried to list only insurers that include Care, Custody, and Control (or
'Animal Bailee') of pets, including in their OWN homes, in base
coverage.
Many,
if not most, OTHER insurance companies will NOT include CCC.
Some may offer CCC as an expensive extra endorsement. But
please be warned, the latest twist we've heard as of 10/9/2007 from a
well known US general insurance provider is that the CCC coverage of
some local agents ONLY covers pets brought to a business property as
the 'primary place of business' (ie. a pet sitter's own home) and not
in client homes. And this limitation was not properly
explained to some sitters who had asked for confirmation.
That is
why most pet sitters use specialized pet sitter specific companies
& policies. However, feel free check with your local
company to see what they offer. Local company coverage, such
as State Farm and American Family, can vary based on location and may
be able to provide you with the appropriate coverage. Just be
sure to see the details of the CCC coverage in writing, and apply to
client's homes.
Please note, our experience has been that insurance reps frequently do
not know their policies perfectly, and DO give incorrect answers
frequently. We recommend you get all clarifications in
writing, and you review the policy details yourself whenever possible.
Comparison Charts
by Country
(Click
country name to view chart)
Chart above includes comparison of:
Chart above includes comparison of:
Australia
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Barker Meier - No
chart available at this time for Australia
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Others in the United Kindgom that may offer
customized Pet Sitting / Dog Walking coverage:
For more detailed
information,
including updates and source lists, please see the following links
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