The blockbuster Seresto flea-and-tick collar was skewered by lawmakers yesterday, who renewed their calls for parent company Elanco Animal Health, […]
On December 7, 2021, Trupanion, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRUP), the “medical insurance for pets” provider announced a partnership with Chewy, Inc. (NYSE: […]
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.
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No individual at the FDA or at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has yet provided any basis for refusing to release canine DCM quantity of reports received, and it has now been more than eighteen months since the FDA last provided such data, saying then that it had received “1100 + reports of canine DCM between January 1, 2014 and July 31, 2020.”
It’s been three weeks since the pet insurance model law was removed unexpectedly from the agenda of the final 2021 meeting of […]
Update: On December 24, TCR again reached out to Chairman Beatty for an update. Mr. Beatty advised that he knew nothing beyond what Mr. Birnbaum had released days ago, which was that the delay was related to licensing. NAPHIA’s Kristen Lynch did not respond. An NAIC spokesman also did not respond.
Nationwide is cutting its losses–literally. The company’s 90%-reimbursement, unlimited pet insurance offering has been deep-sixed, spokeswoman Karen Davis confirmed to TCR. The genesis of the decision, although seemingly crystallized in recent company statutory filings with state insurance regulators (see below), is not something Nationwide CEO Kirt Walker would comment on. Now, consumers can take their pick between 50% or 70% reimbursement levels. And, they can take the $10,000 annual limit whether they like it or not.
Late Friday evening, the office of California Attorney General Robert Bonta confirmed to TCR through a spokesman that Hemopet founder W. Jean Dodds is now under investigation. The confirmation came in response to an inquiry from TCR late Wednesday, which provided a list of ongoing possible criminal legal exposures for Ms. Dodds and requested General Bonta’s comment on whether such activity was being investigated.
The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine announced the second Vitamin D dog food recall this month on Monday, Oct. 11. […]