{"id":27375,"date":"2011-10-08T05:02:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T22:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-pet-insurance-worth-it\/"},"modified":"2016-09-27T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T05:00:59","slug":"is-pet-insurance-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-pet-insurance-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Is pet insurance worth it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nPaying to insure against vet&#8217;s bills can cost \u00a328 a month for a dog and \u00a313 for a cat. We look at what you get for your moneyIn these straightened times is it barking mad to be shelling out \u00a328 a month on pet insurance for your dog? Or what about almost \u00a313 a month for cat cover? These are the average amounts Brits are paying, according to financial research company Defaqto.But there are plenty of people out there paying a great deal more \u2013 sometimes as much as \u00a360 a month-plus for a premium policy for an older dog. And, of course, there are millions who don&#8217;t have any cover at all. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2011\/oct\/07\/pet-insurance-worth-it\" target=\"_blank\">Is pet insurance worth it?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Paying to insure against vet&#8217;s bills can cost \u00a328 a month for a dog and&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-77x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52445,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-auckland-estate-pet-clampdown-cat-and-dog-numbers-capped\/","url_meta":{"origin":27375,"position":0},"title":"New Auckland estate pet clampdown: Cat and dog numbers capped","date":"April 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Moggies and hounds won't be running rampant at a new Hobsonville housing project on Auckland's north-western fringes.Townhouse owners will only be allowed one big dog or two small ones. 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