After almost three years of fighting for my dog’s coverage, I’ve learned exactly what Trupanion’s “customer care” really means: delay, deny, and deflect. I provided every document they asked for to prove my dog’s medication was eligible. Instead of taking responsibility for their repeated mistakes, they blocked my number, forced me into email-only communication, and still refuse to provide real answers. Because Trupanion now labels my dog’s condition as “pre-existing,” I’m trapped — paying premiums to a company that refuses to do what it promises. They advertise compassion and transparency, but the reality is cold, dismissive, and profit-driven. Trupanion has turned what should have been support during a stressful time into a three-year nightmare of frustration and financial loss. If you truly care about your pet, stay as far away from this company as possible. They don’t deserve your trust, your money, or the responsibility of protecting your animal’s health. I wish I never went with this company

I've had Trupanion for my cats for over 2 decades. It provides very good coverage for everything but routine vet visits and vaccines. The reason I didn't give it 4 or 5 stars is because the rates go up significantly every year--much more than the cost of inflation. You have to be quite well-off to afford Trupanion coverage now compared to when I first signed up. There are other, less costly pet insurance plans but once your cat has a medical condition you have to stay with the one you have as no pet insurance covers pre-existing conditions. On a positive note, my cat was recently diagnosed with feline diabetes and Trupanion has covered all her diagnostics, bloodwork and medications for this condition. So I am very happy about that.

It’s gotten so expensive!

Please trust that this is the absolute slimy company you are reading reviews to try to avoid.

Easy to sign up, customer service is not good and daily email reminders are pushed to get your pet’s vet records. Had a question immediately after signing up, called customer support and got a recording directing me to leave a message. Left a message, called right back and now a rep answered. Wanted to cancel immediately but the rep assured me that they offered good service and she would call me back Monday (this was on Friday) I was in the middle of speaking with her and got disconnected. No call back and now 7:00 pm on Monday, haven’t heard a thing. I don’t trust that trying to file a claim with this company will be a good experience. Cancelling.

Embrace is a total scam. You are better off saving the premium money for when your pet needs to see a vet. Despite having received my vet records for the 12 month pre-policy Embrace is still withholding reimbursement for an emergency vet visit due to an insect bite 6 months ago. They are now requesting vet records from 4 years ago so they can keep hunting to try to find that pre-existing condition to get them out of reimbursing me. Beware.

I got a quick response, but it didn't answer my question. I've asked again twice, but to no avail. ☹️

Somewhere along the way, they changed their terms to not cover the exam. My bad for not reading the small print I guess. So with a 1K deductible, my urgent care trip of $1500 only got me back a couple of hundred bucks. They also have not managed to get their portion to me in the 72 hours they tout it would happen. IN THE FOLLOWING RESPONSE WE GOT THE STANDARD "WE REALLY CARE..." MESSAGE AND A REQUEST TO CALL. NOTE THAT AS REGARDS BOTH OF THESE ISSUES, I ALREADY DID THAT. STILL NO PAYOUT. BUT I AM NOT GONNA CALL AGAIN TO GET THE SAME "ANSWER' AS BEFORE. JUST SEND THE PAYOUT MONEY THAT IS DUE, PLEASE.

We insured our dog with Embrace her whole life. The monthly premium started at around $60 dollars and steadily increased over the years. Last year, we paid them nearly $5000 in premiums with barely any claims. On her 12th birthday, they emailed me, telling us we'd now have to pay $733 a month - $8,796 a year for a 10k yearly max. When I complained that there was no point, and that now I would never get close to getting back the thousands and thousands I'd put into the policy over the years, they gave me some different options, but only one set that would still "cover" my dog's recent injury. I use "cover" loosely, since they're still denying the physical therapy claims. I cannot believe that now, as my dog ages and really needs the support, we won't have any help for her or her ailments, after we worked so hard to keep her happy and healthy for so long. It seems like the people who work at this company care, but their model is so broken. Maybe the whole pet care and pet insurance industry is broken. I don't know. But save the money yourself. Set it aside while your pets are young and healthy, so you can support them yourself as they age. Trust me, overall, it will save you thousands.

Your pre-qualification folks have repeatedly declined to provide coverage for new incidents claiming they were the result of a pre-existing condition without bothering to check if that was truly the case. When I tried to appeal the decision, I had to go through a long process only to find out that a case for this was never created. When I checked back after a couple weeks of hearing nothing, a very nice lady created the case and you paid only $540 from a $1400 bill because of your mess.