Please read carefully through the important information below before you progress.
Data may be obtained from and shared with the wider Tesco Group, credit reference agencies and fraud prevention agencies on an ongoing basis. Information on how we collect and use your personal data (including profiling and automated decisions) and your rights under the data protection laws are available to read in our privacy notice. Find out more
Although our policies cover a broad range of scenarios, we can't cover every eventuality, so please see the list below for the things that aren't included:
We consider the following to also be pre-existing conditions:
Illnesses which you or your vet were aware of in the first 14 days of your policy first starting, or any illness that develops from them. By illness we mean, both diagnosed illness and signs or symptoms of illness (undiagnosed illness).
Cruciate* problems which you or your vet were aware of in the first 14 days of your policy first starting however caused, or any arthritis, illness or injury that develops from them.
Parvovirus, hepatitis, distemper, leptospirosis in dogs or feline leukaemia, cat flu or infectious enteritis in cats if you have not had your pet vaccinated against them and kept the vaccinations up to date.
* The cruciate ligaments are deep within the knee joint. There are two in each knee and they help keep the joint stable and make sure it only moves in a certain way.
† Discs are located between the bones of the spine. They are found along the entire length of the spine.
This policy will not cover health issues, concerns, illnesses and injuries which you or your vet were aware of before you took out the policy, they are known as pre-existing conditions. Pre-existing conditions are:
We consider the following to also be a pre-existing condition:
Accidents within the first 5 days of your policy first starting, or any illness or injury that develop from them.
Any treatment for cruciate ligament* problems however caused.
* The cruciate ligaments are deep within the knee joint. There are two in each knee and they help keep the joint stable and make sure it only moves in a certain way.
† Discs are located between the bones of the spine. They are found along the entire length of the spine.
Your Pet
And if you’re insuring a dog
If you've read the information above and can agree with all of the eligibility statements, you're ready to get a quote.
The form should take about five minutes to complete. If you have any questions, just give us a call.
Tesco Personal Finance plc, trading as Tesco Bank as part of the Tesco Group and the insurer who may underwrite your policy take the security of your data seriously. Detailed information on how we handle your data and your rights under data protection laws is available in our Privacy Notice.
We collect data when you browse our website (e.g. your IP address), request a quotation, partially complete a quotation, do not purchase or provide data indirectly via price comparison sites. We keep quote data for up to 7 years and we may use this information if you apply for a product again in the future.
We will use your data to give you quotes, provide our services to you, perform eligibility checks, work out insurance risk, manage debt, protect you and us against fraud and financial crime and manage and develop our business. Automated decisions may be taken to detect crime.
We use data such as your name and address, to find any Clubcard(s) that are linked to your address. That might be your Clubcard, the Clubcard of other family member(s), or the Clubcard of house or flat mates. We may use this information to tailor our communications and to try to bring you better terms, deals or offers, and this may include profiling on an on-going basis. We may also award Clubcard points.
Data may be obtained from and shared with the wider Tesco Group and fraud prevention agencies (FPAs). The FPAs will use it to prevent fraud and money-laundering and to verify your identity. If fraud is detected this may be shared with other organisations and you could be refused certain services, finance or employment.
By proceeding with your application you acknowledge we can use your data in this way.
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