On the website of Dr. Judy Morgan’s Naturally Healthy Pets, pet owners are invited to “Kick the Kibble.”

“Feeding your pet a species-appropriate diet is the best way to ensure a long, healthy life,” …

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WASHINGTON — Sunny, the boisterou…

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By Emily Brill

On August 18, three hours after Tatiana Vivar and her husband, both New York City public school teachers, made an offer on their first home, Ms. Vivar opened a letter from Nationwide, h…

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Neither Mr. Friedman nor Ms. Plouf returned requests for comment for this article. But Adoro’s product and its marketing suggest that the two are betting they can build a pet insurance company around several features that Trupanion’s standard product does not offer. Adoro gives customers more options, covers examination fees and uses annual deductibles. Trupanion’s core subscription product, by contrast, emphasizes unlimited lifetime benefits, per-condition lifetime deductibles and direct payment to veterinarians.

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TCR's report on Forbes's pet insurance rankings

Now, a separate conflict with similar underpinnings has emerged. at the top of the publication’s rankings operations. Forbes is confronting a new controversy involving Randall Lane, its chief content officer, who was dismissed in July because of his relationship with the research firm Shook that produces Forbes-branded rankings related to investment advisers, as first reported in The New York Times.

This week, The New York Times reported Forbes’s dismissal of Mr. Lane, the editor responsible for overseeing all of its journalism, after learning that he had received an undisclosed payment of approximately $6 million from R.J. Shook, founder of SHOOK Research. SHOOK has partnered with Forbes since 2016 to produce rankings of financial advisers and wealth-management firms.

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The maker of Adequan, a popular arthritis drug for dogs and horses, is recalling four lots of the injectable medication because they may contain glass fibers.

If you have a senior dog with osteoarthri…

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Until now, TCR had been unable to confirm any “conditional renewal” or “non-renewal” notifications issued by Nationwide to owners in New York, the second largest pet-insurance market. Now, it seems, New York regulators may have finally caved:

“We got a notice that our whole pet and wellness insurance will be reduced to 50% reimbursement going forward. We have 2 cats with countless preexisting conditions under that insurance, so there’s not an alternative for us. Just wanted to give a heads-up for anyone in New York – it’s our turn now.” – Mrs. K. Loeffler of Brooklyn, NY, posting to the “Dropped By Nationwide” Facebook Group which now exceeds 2600 members

New York regulators, it seems, have now cleared the way for Nationwide’s pet insurance division to begin unloading New York residents who enrolled their dogs and cats in the company’s bestselling insurance product, “Whole Pet with Wellness.”

The Canine Review obtained a written notice Sunday informing the owner of a 9-year-old cat in Brooklyn, New York, that Nationwide Pet Insurance would be reducing her policy’s reimbursement rate to 50% upon renewal on September 24, 2026. The notice, dated July 27, 2026, is what’s referred to as a “conditional renewal” notice; and it states, in part:

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SEATTLE — When I noticed “canine schistosomiasis” on the agenda for a veterinary conference I attended here in June, my stomach dropped. No pun intended.

I had studied human schistosomiasis as an unde…

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A leading veterinary liver specialist at Cornell is warning that at least 12 million dogs across the United States, age 9 or older, may be at risk for serious liver injury; specifically, a condition …

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As 2025 draws to a close, The Canine Review presents an annual snapshot of executive compensation at the 10 U.S. animal nonprofits that pay their chief executives the most. The figures are drawn from…

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Please enjoy my version of Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” music video.

It features my best friend, Riley, though our relationship is strictly platonic.

I’ve included several Easter eggs…

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Conservative pundit and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson posted a nearly one-hour telemedicine industry funded attack on the veterinary medical profession’s main trade association on Monday.

In it,…

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Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York vetoed legislation for the second consecutive year. The bill would have established the first regulatory framework, namely a set of guardrails for consumers, for New Yor…

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The now VCA-owned Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center, a pioneer in the profession whose founding was chronicled in a 2001 New York Times profile, was closed again this past weekend for a third time. B…

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The Pet Food Committee of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, a panel of pet food industry stakeholders, voted on May 30, 2024, against establishing a voluntary “controlle…

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Pet insurer Trupanion, Inc. announced today that founder and longtime CEO Darryl Rawlings would step down in August 2024 ahead of reporting its first quarter earnings.

Margaret “Margi” Tooth, who curr…

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NELLIE’S VERSION, TAYLOR SWIFT’S “THE ARCHER” — MUSIC VIDEO RELEASE

Nellie has released her latest music video on her blog, “Essentially Nellie: Confessi…

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More reporting forthcoming. First story below:

“We’ve had Nationwide Pet Insurance for Lizzie’s whole life,” Alison Seltzer Friedman wrote on Facebook April 8. “When she turns 15 ½, they are canceling…

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