For any agent that has actually ever before obtained a odd claim, consider this: Woodbridge, Va.-resident Jill Rygwalski rely upon her animal insurance coverage to cover costs when her silver-shaded Persian feline Charm swallowed greater than three feet of product packaging tape.
The feline made it through, but the story was good enough to earn Appeal the runner-up reward in the 7th yearly Hambone Honors, provided by Nationwide and its subsidiary Vet Pet Insurance coverage Co
. Though Charm lost to a West Virginia dog called Curtis, who ingested a wood bar-b-que skewer whole as well as lived with it in his stomach for greater than a year, the feline’s performance reflects a penchant for struggling family pets in Virginia.
In 2013, an Ashburn, Va. Jack Russell terrier placed third in the competition after a Snowy Owl swooped down and lugged the little pet away. The canine, aptly called Jack, made it through the experience regardless of interior as well as external injuries.
Virginia’s two-time platform performance is impressive thinking about Across the country guarantees about 22,000 animals in the state, which represents just 4% of its 550,000 policies throughout the United States.
This year, Charm was just one of 12 finalists from a swimming pool of 1.3 million Nationwide pet insurance coverage claims.
The Hambone Honors were developed in 2009 to highlight one of the most uncommon pet dog problems and the recoveries that follow those events. The reward was named after a pet that got stuck in a fridge. He could not venture out, yet made the most of his time in the chilly, feasting on a complete Thanksgiving pork before being located and also dealt with for a light situation of hypothermia.
Other Northeast animals that have been identified for this honor over the years include: 2013’s champion, Winnie, a Barnstable, Mass. pet who ate a two-pound bag of icy onion rings, and also 2011 victor Harley, a pug from Manville, R.I., that consumed ( and also inevitably passed) greater than 100 rocks.
