Pets Best
Established in 2005.
Pets Best Insurance is a pet health insurance company that was founded by Dr. Jack Stephens-- the very veterinarian who pioneered pet insurance in the US in the early 1980s. In 1981, Dr. Jack had to euthanize a dog because the dog's owner couldn't afford treatment. Shortly after, the owner and her child saw him in a local store. When the woman asked her child if she remembered Dr. Stephens, she answered, "Yes, he's the one who killed our dog." Determined to do away with "economic euthanasia," Jack founded the first U.S. pet insurance company the following year.