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Why More Employers are Adding Pet Insurance to their Benefits Lineup?

Written by Aaron Harpaz on . Posted in Blog, Featured.

Families look different these days. Gen Z has more freedom to choose their own path than ever before. From kids, no kids, or a furry friend who gets treated like one. With housing costs climbing and raising kids getting pricier, more people are choosing a furry companion instead. It’s a real shift, and it’s showing up in the workplace too. 

We’re seeing pet insurance move from a nice-to-have to a must-have. For a lot of employees, it’s now a real factor when they’re sizing up a job offer. It has become a real edge for employers trying to attract and keep good people in seats. 

The Business Case

For a lot of pet owners, their pets aren’t just a pet, it’s family. When something goes wrong, the costs can be brutal. Emergency vet visits alone can run into the hundreds or thousands of dollars, and advanced treatments can climb even higher. 

It’s not just the wallets that are hit. It’s the emotional stress and energy that take a toll. Employees carry it with them to work, and for some, pet care concerns are becoming a real factor in whether they stay at a job or start looking elsewhere. 

Offering pet insurance gives employees peace of mind, and that shows up at work. It supports engagement, eases stress and builds loyalty. When leadership invests in what actually matters to employees, employees notice. 

5 Reasons Pet Insurance Belongs in Your Benefits Offering: 

  • Loyalty 
    People stay where they feel valued. A benefit that covers something an employee cares about at the current moment gives one more reason for them to stick around. 
  • Setting Yourself Apart 
    Most companies offer the same traditional standard benefits. Pet insurance is still uncommon enough, but trending in the direction of a must-have. Makes your offering stand out without a high cost.
  • Direction of the Workforce
    The employees of today and tomorrow are shaping lives differently. More are choosing pets. A benefit that reflects that reality shows you’re paying attention and moving with the current shift.
  • Emotional Relief
    Employees are no longer stressed about an unexpected vet bill or the ability to support them. Employees become more present, focused, and productive at work.
  • Care
    As the employer, it will show that you care about what matters to the employees, not just the output at the end of the day. 

Pet insurance is quickly becoming a benefit employees expect, not just appreciate. As more people choose pets over/or alongside kids, the emotional stress and financial toll it takes on employees is carried to the workplace. For employers, it’s a low-cost way to boost loyalty in employees, stand out in the competitive markets, and show employees that you are an employee-first organization. 

In short, a small addition to your benefits lineup can make a big difference in retention.

2026 Conference – From Awareness to Action, A Practical Talk on Women’s Health Benefits

Written by Aaron Harpaz on . Posted in Blog, Employer Conferences, Featured.

On May 13th, 2026, we hosted our annual Employers & Leaders Conference. Guided by our guest speaker, Angela Johnson, CEO & Founder of sanoLiving, we came together to learn and discuss how employers and insurers are moving from awareness to implementation in the women’s health benefits space. Angela Johnson delivered an insightful presentation on women’s health and how to implement it in our benefits offerings while also being a proactive employer. We dove into one of the most under-addressed drivers of benefit claims, productivity loss, and turnover in today’s workplace.

Key Takeaways from the Presentation:

Angela’s presentation highlighted the gaps in women’s health that were driving up benefit costs and pushing talented women out of the workforce. Notably, most benefit plans aren’t built to catch it.

Here are some of the standout insights:

  • Women’s health gaps are driving benefit costs, and it is increasing the cost for organizations every year.
  • What makes implementation hard: discomfort discussing women’s health, low awareness of impact on productivity, absences, & claims, and managers not equipped to recognize or respond.
  • What works: clear coverage that is easy to access, continuous awareness, and manager enablement to support employees.
  • Women have 2x more long-term disability mental health claims and a large jump in chronic disease drug claims versus men.
  • Menopause alone has pushed out women out of the workforce entirely.
  • Women hit peak earnings right when midlife health issues hit the hardest.
  • Most benefit offerings such as EAPs, telemedicine, and health care spending accounts treat symptoms but often miss the ability to find the root cause.

About the Speaker:

Angela Johnson is the CEO and Co-Founder of sanoLiving, a women’s health company whose programs reach more than 1,400 Canadian employers and 1.6 million employees and their dependents through partnerships with insurers such as Medavie, Pacific Blue Cross, and Desjardins, as well as third-party administrators, advisors and direct-to-employer relationships.

She brings deep experience as the founder of Medical Confidence and a former IBM leader, helping reshape how women access and receive care. sanoLiving combines AI-supported telemedicine, licensed clinicians and coaching to deliver assessment, diagnosis, prescriptions and navigation to in-person care, along with personalized support across the full spectrum of women’s health.

Continuing the Conversation:

We’re incredibly grateful to have Angela Johnson and all attendees join us and make this year’s conference a success.

If you’d like to learn more about women’s health and what can be implemented or if you simply are trying to understand more of your utilization details, we love to start the conversation. We invite you to explore our services here.

Stay tuned for more events and resources designed to inspire and empower leaders in being proactive in today’s work environment.