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our pet insurance
Why insure your pet?
- You’ve made your pets a part of your family. You value their health and ensure they are always well looked after. But what would happen if they got injured or ill?
- The fact is that, no matter how well you look after them, most pets will require veterinary treatment at some stage, and an accident or illness can quickly add up to thousands in vet bills. Read more about why pet insurance makes sense.
Why choose Bow Wow Meow?
- We are pet people too, and have been helping protect Australian pets since 1995. We offer the care of a family business, backed by Australia’s leading pet insurance provider. We are well known and trusted in the pet community, having insured more than 200,000 Aussie cats and dogs.
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Our team is always thinking about how to make pet insurance better for our customers. We pride ourselves on our genuine caring service and offer GapOnly® in clinic claiming. Read more.
Our customers love us!
- We couldn’t be more proud to have won the prestigious Canstar Most Satisfied Customers Awardfor Pet Insurance for 2025, repeating our achievement of 2024!
- And to have been chosen as Pet Insurance Award Winner by Product Review for the past 9 years running, based on real customer reviews.
- Many of our customers have shared their stories about how we have helped them provide their pets with the best possible care in times of crisis. Read pet insurance reviews here.
Bow Wow Meow is proud to have been awarded winner of Canstar’s ‘Most Satisfied Customers’ Award in the Pet Insurance category for both 2024 and 2025!
Bow Wow Meow is proud to be the only Pet Insurer that has been awarded Product Review’s Top Rated Pet Insurance every year from 2018 to 2026! This is based on 3,193 independent customer reviews (as at 09/04/2026), with an overall rating of 4.5 stars.
We also have the following ratings on other review platforms:
Google Review rating of 4.5 stars (based on 1,358 reviews)
Trust Pilot rating of 4.6 stars (based on 555 reviews)
Bow Wow Meow has been chosen as Winner of 4 categories in the 2026 Finder Pet Insurance Customer Satisfaction Awards!
– Most Trusted Pet Insurance
– Easiest to Claim Pet Insurance
– Most Recommended Pet Insurance
– Legendary Service Pet Insurance
We also received Highly Commended Awards for Loved Brand Pet Insurance and Best Value Pet Insurance.
Bow Wow Meow is an Australian-owned and operated pet insurance provider. Our focus is purely on pets, and we are proud to have helped provide peace of mind to over 200,000 Aussie pet owners since 2008.
We've insured over 200,000 Aussie pets
Fast & easy claims processing
24/7 Live Vet^ care
GapOnly® on the spot claiming+
Award-winning service
Compare pet insurance plans
Our new Nose-to-Tail Cover offers flexible features to please even the fussiest pets and your budget.
You can choose:
- Your annual benefit limit – $10k, $20K or $30K options.
- Your benefit percentage level – up to 70%, 80% or 90% of your eligible vet bills back⑅.
- If you want to add on a single annual excess option.
- If you want to add on optional Booster Care benefit for specified dental conditions and specialised therapies◇.
- If you want to add on optional Routine Care non-insurance benefit for vaccinations, health checks and more.
Plus, there are no sub-limits and it comes with extra benefits like 24/7 Live Vet, a free pet ID tag3 and more.
Find out more about our cover options.
☆Based on maximum Bow Wow Meow claims evidenced between 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2019 for a particular species and breed.
△Based on a benefit rate of 80%. This is the calculated amount saved after the co-payment amount (20% of the vet bill in this case) has been deducted.
