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Who was the first pet on earth to be insured? ›

Lassie, the famous TV collie, received the first pet insurance policy issued in the U.S. in 1982.

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Of the two-thirds (67%) of Americans who are pet owners (defined as those who currently own a cat and/or dog), 24% have pet insurance, according to a new NerdWallet survey conducted online by The Harris Poll among 1,366 pet owners.

In 1982, the first pet insurance policy was sold in the United States, and issued to television's Lassie by Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI). In the United States, VPI has presented the annual Hambone Award to a pet covered by its policies since 2009.

In 2021, a literature review of the current evidence infers that domestication of the dog began in Siberia 26,000-19,700 years ago by Ancient North Eurasians, then later dispersed eastwards into the Americas and westwards across Eurasia.

In the most general terms, though, the best strategy would be to adopt first a middle-aged, well-mannered dog who shows little interest in cats, and then a kitten who has been raised in a household with friendly or indifferent dogs around.

Dogs are the most popular pet in the U.S. (65.1 million U.S. households own a dog), followed by cats (46.5 million households) and freshwater fish (11.1 million households). Millennials make up the largest percentage of current pet owners (33%), followed by Gen X (25%) and baby boomers (24%).

Processing a pet insurance claim is usually straightforward and your payout should take between seven and 10 working days. If you'd like an estimated date for the payout, call your insurance provider. Depending on who you're with, you may be able to track your claim's progress online.

Wyoming had the highest pet ownership rate in the United States, with 72 percent of households owning a pet in 2024. West Virginia came in second place with a 71 percent pet ownership rate. In comparison, Colorado's pet ownership rate that year was 65 percent.

We found that, on average, pet insurance costs $66 a month for dogs and $32 a month for cats. However, pet insurance premiums typically range from $15 to $90 a month. Pet insurance is an affordable alternative to paying vet bills out of pocket and can offer financial protection against high-cost emergency vet visits.

How much profit do pet insurance companies make? ›

Over the past five years, industry revenue has been growing at a CAGR of 19.2% to an estimated $4.0 billion, despite an estimated 9.8% increase in 2023 alone, when profit will expand to an estimated 8.1%.

Your pet insurance premium is based on a long list of factors, some of which can change from year to year. If your pet insurance premium has increased, one of these factors may be in play. Age: As your pet gets older, they're more likely to have an expensive-to-cover illness or age-related injury.

We love pets of all ages and therefore have no upper age limit! As long as your pet is over 4 weeks old, we can provide a policy for you. To get a quote with us online, please follow this link.

This spring, Mississippi and Washington became the third and fourth states, respectively, to adopt laws governing pet insurance. The first was California, in 2014. Maine was next, in 2022.

About half, or 44.6%, of pet owners stated they currently have pet insurance in our survey. On a larger scale, NAPHIA's 2022 State of the Industry Report found that more than 4.41 million pets were insured in North America in 2021, up from 3.45 million in 2020.

1947 – Britain starts issuing pet insurance policies. 1980 – Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) was the first company to offer pet health insurance in North America (Nationwide was VPI's underwriter since it was founded and acquires the company outright in 2009).

In Great Britain, evangelicals and abolitionists spearheaded the earliest animal protection laws (1822) and organized societies (1824), which became a blueprint for dozens of new anticruelty laws in America.

The first animal to be domesticated by humans was the dog, as a commensal, at least 15,000 years ago. Other animals including goats, sheep, and cows were domesticated starting around 11,000 years ago. Among birds, the chicken was first domesticated in East Asia, seemingly for co*ckfighting, some 7,000 years ago.

This is hard to find out about, but a burial of a man alongside an 8 month old cat is the oldest known evidence of cat domestication so far, at 9500 years old. With dogs, new evidence is coming to light all the time, but it's thought its likely to be between 20-40,000 years ago!