Coles Ultimate

Comprehensive injury and illness cover for cats and dogs

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Description

Insurer
Coles
Policy
Ultimate
Underwriter
Guild Insurance Limited
Policy type
Comprehensive injury and illness cover
Animals covered
Cats and dogs

Cover summary

Minimum age for new cover
8 weeks
Maximum age for new cover
8 years
Maximum benefit per year
Choose from $10000, $15000, $25000 or $40000
Benefit paid per claim
Choose from 80% or 100% vet bill covered

Excesses

Excess
Choose excess from $100, $200 or $500

Covered events

Injury
  • Comprehensive cover
  • 2 day waiting period
Illness
  • Comprehensive cover
  • 21 day waiting period
Vet consults
1
Emergency treatment
1
Pre-existing conditions
Can be covered if condition is fully cured

Additional benefits

Routine care
  • <b>Routine Care Lite option:</b>
  • Up to $150 per year
  • Up to $80 for consultations or vaccinations <b>Routine Care Plus option:</b>
  • Up to $250 per year
  • Up to $80 for consultations, vaccinations, dental check-up, alternative/complementary therapies or behavioural therapy
Alternative therapies
  • Not covered
  • Some cover available under routine care option
Lost animal
Necessary euthanasia
Up to $1000
Telehealth vet service
Legal liability

Conditions

Allergic reaction
  • Covered
  • Covers allergic reaction to insect bite
  • No cover for allergic reaction to tick/flea bite
Brachycephalic Airway Obstruction Syndrome
  • Covered
  • Standard waiting periods
Behavioural conditions
  • Not covered
  • Some cover available under routine care option
Cancer
  • Covered
  • 21 day waiting period
Cruciate ligament conditions
  • Covered
  • Up to $5300
  • 6 month waiting period
Ear conditions
  • Covered
  • Standard waiting periods
Eye conditions
  • Covered
  • Standard waiting periods
Dental and oral health conditions
  • Optional
  • Cover limited to gingivitis, abscesses, tooth fracture, cavities, dental disease arising from infection and tooth resorption
  • Up to $800
  • 6 month waiting period
  • Treatment of tooth fracture, cavities, dental disease arising from infection and tooth resorption limited to restoration of canine and carnassial teeth (including orthodontic treatment, crowns and root canals) and tooth removal
  • Does not cover corrective treatment or cosmetic surgery
  • Insurer requires annual routine dental check-ups/treatment
  • Some cover available under routine care option
Ingestion of a foreign object
  • Covered
  • Up to 1 incident per year
  • Standard waiting periods
Heart conditions
  • Covered
  • Standard waiting periods
Orthopaedic conditions
  • Covered
  • Standard waiting periods
Patella luxation
  • Covered
  • Standard waiting periods
Joint conditions
  • Covered
  • Cover includes joint dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, hip dysplasia, hyperextending hocks and degenerative joint disease
  • Standard waiting periods
Intervertebral disc disease
  • Covered
  • Standard waiting periods
Hereditary conditions
  • Covered
  • Standard waiting periods
Pregnancy and obstetrics
Illness caused by parasites
  • Covered
  • Cover limited to tick paralysis
  • No cover for conditions caused by endoparasites, worms, ectoparasites, ticks, fleas or skin mites
  • Does not cover preventative flea/tick/worm control
  • Insurer requires regular preventative treatment for fleas, heartworm and worms and ticks
  • Up to $3500 for tick paralysis
  • 21 day waiting period
  • Some cover available under routine care option
Skin conditions
  • Covered
  • Standard waiting periods
Snakebite
  • Covered
  • No waiting period
Vaccinatable Conditions
  • Covered
  • Insurer requires regular vaccination for Feline infectious enteritis, feline leukaemia, cat flu, distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus, kennel cough and leptospirosis and any other vaccination recommended to you by a vet
  • Vaccine benefit available under routine care option

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