Dog insurance | Free use of video appointments with veterinarian - DNB (2024)

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Be better placed to look after your dog if it become injured or unwell.

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Do you have any questions about buying dog insurance?

Speak to an insurance adviser

Have you had an accident or injury?

Start a video appointment with a veterinarian or report your pet’s illness or injury online.

Prices for dog insurance

You can check prices for dog insurance online. In order to get the best possible price for dog insurance, just choose the coverages you really need. That way you avoid paying for coverages you don’t need.

You can also choose between NOK 2500 or NOK 4000 in excess. Excess only applies to veterinary fees and loss of value in use. If you select the highest excess, your dog insurance will be cheaper.

Remember that you can also group all your insurance policies with us and get discounts on insurance.

What does dog insurance cover?

What does the insurance cover?

  • Veterinary expenses
  • Prescription medicines
  • Physiotherapy and chiropractic performed by a veterinarian
  • Permanently reduced value in use when the dog is fully trained for a specific purpose or is used as a breeding animal
  • Settlement payment in the event of death/being put down
  • Veterinarian appointment online via FirstVet

What does the insurance not cover?

  • Injury that occurs within the quarantine period of 20 days after taking out the insurance
  • Preventative treatment
  • Arthrosis and calcification
  • Food pellets and medicinal pellets

Are there any limits to the cover?

  • The insurance cannot be taken out until the dog is 5 weeks old
  • The overall settlement payment is limited to the insurance sum stated in the insurance certificate, and applies per insurance year/insurance event.
  • Dental disorders
  • For HD/AD, regardless of the dog’s age, both parents must be X-rayed and scanned in accordance with NKK’s guidelines for HD with a result of A or B, and for AD, a result of 0, as well as being continuously insured from before they turned 4 months old.
  • Caesarean sections in the breeds English Bulldog, French Bulldog, Mops, Boston Terrier, Chihuahua and Pomeranian or mixes that include the above breeds
  • General breed-specific limitations

Where is the insurance valid?

The insurance is valid worldwide.

What are my obligations?

You are obliged to report the dog’s/cat’s actual health condition, and any diseases/injuries the dog/cat has when the insurance is taken out.

The insurance certificate specifies which information is used as a basis. If anything is incorrect, you must inform us immediately. Security regulations are damage prevention and damage limitation measures you must take, and you will find these in the insurance certificate.

In the event of injury you must contact us as soon as possible. If you do not comply with your obligations, the settlement payment may be reduced, fully or partly.

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Among the best dog insurance policies

In 2021, Norsk Familieøkonomi (Norwegian Family Finances) tested and compared different dog insurance policies, and with a score of 5 out of 6, our dog insurance is among the very best. The test highlights the veterinary expenses coverage and that the life insurance has the longest duration in the test as especially positive.

We are also among the best for customer service and claim settlements according to Bytt.no, which updates results monthly based on experiences from the consumers themselves. See what else makes us best in test for insurance.

FirstVet – online veterinary

With DNB Pet insurance, video appointments with vets via FirstVet are covered.

  • Online veterinarians

Get a discount on insurance

Up to 15% group discount on insurance, and an extra 5% if you are a DNB bank customer.

  • See what discount you can get

Compare dog insurance

Get cheaper dog insurance by only selecting the coverage you need. When you buy dog insurance, you choose from two main coverages: one for veterinary expenses and the other for death, loss and theft. You can also combine these. In addition, you can choose to customise the insurance with our optional coverages for puppy litters, value in use and rehabilitation.

Veterinary expensesDeath, loss and theft

Veterinary expenses and prescription medicines

Select the sum insured up to NOK 50,000

Examinations, treatment and medicines for atopy/allergies

Up to NOK 5000

MRI and CT scan

Up to NOK 5000 per insurance event

Critical illness

Free video appointments with a veterinarian in the event of injury or illness

Death or euthanasia

Loss or theft

Dog litter

Optional add-on

Value in use

Optional add-on

Rehabilitation

Optional add-on

Use the table as a guide. See terms and conditions for a supplementary coverage overview.

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Customise your insurance with optional ancillary benefits

Loss of value in use

  • Loss of value in use provides compensation if your dog becomes permanently injured or ill and cannot carry out tasks within the insured area of use. This applies to service dogs, hunting dogs, herding dogs and breeding dogs.

Dog litter

  • If you’re a dog breeder, you may consider dog litter insurance as an ancillary benefit. This applies to puppy litters from when the puppies turn 1 month old to the day they are handed over to the buyer, or a maximum of 3 months. The insurance covers veterinary expenses, death, loss and theft. The highest compensation sum is NOK 6000 per puppy, in addition to the bitch’s sum insured. The insurance covers up to puppy litters over the course of a bitch’s life.

    It is a prerequisite that the pairing conformed to Norsk Kennel Klubbs (Norwegian Kennel Club’s) code of ethics for dog breeding.

Rehabilitation

  • Rehabilitation covers physiotherapy and chiropractic performed or requested by a veterinarian.

Useful to know about dog insurance

  • The insurance can be bought for dogs who are between 5 weeks and 7 years old, and up to 10 years old if you move the insurance to us from a different company.
  • You do not need a veterinary certificate when buying dog insurance.
  • A stolen/lost dog must be reported to us and to the police, and be searched for.
  • The dog must be tagged with ID.

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  • TravelInsurance for all types of travels, without accommodation requirements
  • PetsInsurance for dog, horse and cat
  • ValuablesInsurance for high-value items you are afraid of losing

Fremtind Forsikring

As a DNB customer, you get insurance supplied by Fremtind Forsikring – one of Norway’s largest insurance providers, with extensive experience. You are still a customer of DNB, and should contact us if you want to buy insurance, make changes, make a claim or have any questions.

To give you an offer, DNB will share your personal data with Fremtind. You can see how this is processed in Fremtind’s personal privacy statement.

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