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Test yourself: Consider these common insurance myths and facts and learn how to make pet insurance work for you and for pet owners.

Test yourself: Consider these common insurance myths and facts and learn how to make pet insurance work for you and for pet owners.

Test yourself: Take 10 minutes and consider these 10 common insurance myths and facts. (Data based on the 2012 Advanstar Survey on Veterinary Pet Insurance; 2,349 respondents.) As you check your answers, you'll find information and resources you need to make pet insurance work for your practice and your clients. Give yourself a point for every correct answer and find out if you’re an insurance expert with the scorecard at the end of the quiz.

Test yourself: Consider these common insurance myths and facts and learn how to make pet insurance work for you and for pet owners.

Taking a leadership role in pet insurance at your practice does more than simply build your program. It helps create a coordinated effort that leads to educated team members who can teach more pet owners about the value of pet insurance-and ultimately offer their pets the care they need.

Test yourself: Consider these common insurance myths and facts and learn how to make pet insurance work for you and for pet owners.

Test yourself: Consider these common insurance myths and facts and learn how to make pet insurance work for you and for pet owners.

Test yourself: Take 10 minutes and consider these 10 common insurance myths and facts. (Data based on the 2012 Advanstar Survey on Veterinary Pet Insurance; 2,349 respondents.) As you check your answers, you'll find information and resources you need to make pet insurance work for your practice and your clients.

Test yourself: Consider these common insurance myths and facts and learn how to make pet insurance work for you and for pet owners.

Bust this myth: Pet insurance companies will decide the medical care practices offer.

Use these steps to boost your education program to the next level and effectively teach pet owners about pet insurance.

Move through the rooms of a virtual veterinary practice and follow the workup as a canine emergency case or a feline illness case unfold. Work through each interactive case study and observe how the existence or absence of a pet insurance policy could influence client decisions and alter the case outcome.

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