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Thanks again folks. Will definitely let you know if I have any luck (or otherwise!!). Fingers crossed. Jules

Thank you all for your comments, they're very helpful. It doesn't sound like anyone has the solution I was hoping for. I think I may have to do some legwork by going direct to insurance companies and asking them how they'd cope with us c cruising and hope if I find one that doesn't have a problem with it, that they have as good a cover as We currently have with Petplan. If all else fails I'll do as some of you have suggested and put the money by for vet bills should we need it, and hope for the best. Thank you all again. Looking forward to running into you out there on the water. Jules

Hi all, we're planning to move onto the water and become continous cruisers come the spring. We won't have a home mooring and our postal address will be that of a friend. Our 5 year old dog will be joining us, as you do, but we've hit a problem with his insurer. We've been happily insured with Petplan on an "all life" policy since we got him so i checked with them that they'd carry on once we were afloat. They were having none of it - to give them their dues they did check with their technical people before saying no - apparently the problem is that the area you live in and the level of vet fees in that area are used to calculate your premium, and they couldn't do this if we're all over the place. Since we currently live in Reading we assumed that our area was probably on the expensive side anyway, so I gave them the option to charge us for an expensive area (I.e. a high premium) regardless of where we were when/if we claimed. This didn't work for them though. So, I'm looking for recommendations please for a company that will give us proper all life cover for our lovely dog regardless of the fact that we're cruising the country. He does have a bit of history with his stomach (although he's been grand for a while now), so one that'll deal with pre-existing conditions would be helpful. Thanks, Jules