Dr Keith Houston.

I have been a clinical practitioner for the last 30 years in both the farm veterinary area and pet medical practice.

I have been in the position where clients have had to make heart-wrenching decisions because they have not had the funds to save their much loved pets. I have also seen the anguish and anxiety vets suffer from not being able to treat a family pet to the required standard due to their client’s financial constraints. Veterinarians hate being put in a position that undermines their ability to give an animal the best care possible.

Such pressures show the increasing importance of pet insurance. Growing Client expectations, together with a wider range of services and technological advances, mean that the cost of good medicine is increasing.

I have been a great advocate of pet insurance and have looked at the various policies on offer, their ability to pay out and their ability to sustain cover well into the future. Nobody appreciates a business that comes and goes over a short time.

To this extent I have looked at companies on offer and I have been most impressed with Pet Protect Insurance, its sensible offerings, and the fact that it is underwritten by IAG, owners of both State and NZI. As one of the biggest insurers on the block means, it will always be there.

For this reason I have volunteered to become Pet Protect’s Clinical Director overseeing any ethical and medical issues that may occur and to providing advice on the development of the best value pet insurance for customers.

Give yourself peace of mind, get onboard with Pet Protect and ensure you and your pet enjoy a long and happy life together, safe in the knowledge that if anything goes wrong you are pet protected.

Yours faithfully

Dr. Keith Houston
BVSc., Dip Sc. (Dist), MRCVS