Most people insure the things they value the most: their health, car, home...and now many are insuring their pets. There are special health insurance policies that cover accidents and illnesses. One particular pet insurance plan, has covered some extraordinary cases. "While some of these cases may seem humorous in retrospect, we have to remember that, at the time, they were real emergencies for the pets and their owners," says Jack Stephens, DVM, founder and CEO of Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI). "The lesson to be learned is that pets can get themselves into an amazing variety of dangerous predicaments. From what we can tell so far, 2001 is going more smoothly for this group."
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