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BREA, Calif., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the campaign trail for the 2012 Presidential Election heating up nationwide, one of the hot-button issues at the center of the debate is human health insurance. Pet health insurance, on the other hand, is much less contentious as its popularity increases among U.S. employers looking to attract prospective pet-owning employees. One in every three Fortune 500 companies now offer Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI), the nation's oldest and...

BREA, Calif., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- While 2010 saw politicians argue the merits of human health insurance, there was little debate among employers as to the value of pet health insurance. Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI), the nation's oldest and largest provider of pet health insurance, saw demand among employers at an all-time high in 2010. Last year the company added nearly 400 large companies and associations to the list of more than 2,200 groups that offer pet insurance as a...

BREA, Calif., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- When Sally Benson of Grand Junction, Colo., lapsed into a diabetic coma in 2006, her German pinscher Thor came to her rescue by dialing 9-1-1, a task Benson had taught him years earlier. When Thor was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2009, Benson knew she had to repay him. "I couldn't put my dog down," Benson said, "I decided to do everything I could do to help him. He saved my life, so I saved his life." Today, Thor is cancer free. Veterinary Pet...