Happening Tonight: Jade To Compete For Westminster Best In Show!
In case you missed it, here is Jade’s morning event . 28 dogs are listed as registered entrants, but […]
In case you missed it, here is Jade’s morning event . 28 dogs are listed as registered entrants, but […]
Jade and the entourage arrived in Newark, NJ Friday afternoon for the first of many firsts in the three-year-old German […]
The Jade Entourage is officially wheels up for Westminster 2022. We’ve been asked not to disclose Jade’s landing time or […]
Finally, Westminster 2022 is upon us. What better way to mark the eve of the greatest dog show on earth […]
The blockbuster Seresto flea-and-tick collar was skewered by lawmakers yesterday, who renewed their calls for parent company Elanco Animal Health, […]
This afternoon, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a subcommittee hearing on Seresto flea and tick collars […]
On December 7, 2021, Trupanion, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRUP), the “medical insurance for pets” provider announced a partnership with Chewy, Inc. (NYSE: […]
In Maine, a state senator and dog lover decided she had waited long enough for pet insurance legislation. When the […]
After six-months of sidelining the Pet Insurance Model Law aimed at protecting consumers – and following what has been an almost three-year drafting process— the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Pet Insurance Working Group will meet again on June 7 to consider proposed changes to the model law. NAIC Consumer Representative Birny Birnbaum, who is also the Executive Director of the Center for Economic Justice, called the proposed changes to the draft “stunning” in an email to TCR last week.
The policy says if condition X occurs during the 365-day pre-existing condition waiting period, it is not eligible. Only “Treatment that occurs AFTER [emphasis TCR’s] the three hundred and sixty five day waiting period” is eligible. Thus, even PPI’s own fine print even seems to indicate that it would not cover conditions that its salespeople told TCR in three different conversations with different representatives it would cover.
And here’s the kicker: PPI’s leaders refused repeated requests to discuss any of our questions over more than two weeks of attempts to get help clarifying the policy language.