Sainsburys Bank Pet Insurance

Ranked

#10
10 of 23 insurers by customers

 

Read over 200 customer reviews for Sainsbury's Bank Pet Insurance who offer flexible pet insurance and claim to pay 97% of claims within 5 days, often direct to your vet.

They offer three types of pet insurance with vet fee cover up to £10,000. Customers have 24/7 access to vet nurses to answer your pet health queries, and extra discounts for Nectar members and multi-pet policies. Sainsbury's Bank Pet Insurance is underwritten by Pinnacle Insurance plc.

Customers have reported both negative and positive experiences with Sainsbury's Bank Pet Insurance. Some customers praise how easy it is to claim and quick payouts, while others have found it difficult to contact customer services or been disappointed by claim denials. Overall they are given a rating of 1.8 stars out of 5. 

Reviews

1.8
  • 231 reviews
  • Excellent
    16%
  • Very Good
    2%
  • Average
    1%
  • Poor
    6%
  • Terrible
    75%
Coverage

Single pet and multi Pet Insurance is offered. Time Limited £3,000 cover is offered where each condition and illness will be covered from 12 months since the pet first started showing symptoms. Once the limit is reached for a condition that condition will no longer be covered. 2 Maximum Benefit cover levels are offered (£3,000 and £6,000) which provide cover up to the maximum amount per condition. 4 Lifetime cover levels are offered (£2,500, £5,000, £7,500 and £10,000) which provide cover up to a maximum amount each year.

Access to 24/7 Vet Nurse helpline available and you can manage your policy online with My Pet Portal.

Cover for the death of your pet, loss or theft cover to help with advertising, emergency boarding fees and holiday cover are all included as standard.

Policies are subject to exclusions and conditions so please always consult the insurer's policy documents before you buy.

Excess

A fixed excess per condition is deducted from the first claim for each separate illness, injury or condition. Under certain conditions you also pay a percentage of the remaining claim amount in addition to the excess.

Age Limits

From 8 weeks to 9 years of age. If insurance is purchased before your pet's 9th birthday there is no upper age to renewals if there are no breaks in cover.

Waiting Period

14 days.

Additional Policy Information
Can they pay your vet direct?

Yes, it is possible to arrange this.

Please note

Policies are subject to exclusions and conditions so please always consult the insurer's policy documents before you buy. 

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Company info

Sainsbury's Bank offer flexible pet insurance and claim to pay 97% of claims within 5 days, often direct to your vet. Sainsbury's Bank Pet Insurance is underwritten by Pinnacle Insurance plc and they offer 7 levels of cover: 1 time limited policy, 2 levels of Maximum Benefit cover and 4 levels of Lifetime cover. They offer 24/7 access to vet nurses to help with pet health queries. 

Sainsbury's Bank Pet Insurance Reviews

By:
Angela Love
Posted: 16/09/2017
1

I am absolutely furious with this company. My pet has a calcium deposit on his eye. They asked for a Full Clinical History. I sent the full report from his specialist eye vet in South Africa. They advised me this was fine. I then received a letter...

Breed

Yorkshire Terrier

Species:
Dog
By:
Jackie
Posted: 15/09/2017
1

Do not use they refuse to pay me a claim , trying to say it was due to pre existing conditions it was a new claim for a new condition.they have also put the prices up so high so now I have cancelled and gone with someone else.

Breed

West Highland White Terrier

Species:
Dog
By:
charlotte
Posted: 08/09/2017
1

To cut a long story short we went on holiday left our dog with a friend he got poorly he took him to his local vets as he lives 30 mins away from us.. he had numerous tests biopsy spend around £650 on bills to find out he was riddled with leukaemia. We...

Breed

German Shepherd

Species:
Dog
By:
Julia
Posted: 03/09/2017
1

I have been paying for this insurance for 12 years now for my very healthy 12 year old lab with one claim when she was 3 years old in all that time. They have just put the insurance up to £1110.68 a year. Choose Pet Plan which may start at a higher rate...

Breed

Labrador Retriever (Black)

Species:
Dog