Pet Insurance Today
With veterinary costs rising to unprecedented highs, pet insurance is top of mind for many pet parents. For this reason, Isabel invited Brian Jorgensen of MetLife Pet Insurance to discuss the need for pet insurance and how to create awareness and financial support for pet parents in the US. In this episode, Brian and Isabel discuss the situations that pets get themselves into that cost pet parents a fortune in veterinary bills. They also highlight mistakes pet parents make that land them and their pets at the emergency vet on a Saturday night. It's not always the pet's fault, is it?! Join Isabel and Brian for this fun and relatable chat about pet insurance. You'll be happy you did.
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BIO:
Brian Jorgensen is head of MetLife’s Pet Insurance organization. In this role, he oversees sales, service, marketing, underwriting, operations and strategy for MetLife Pet Insurance, which provides pet health insurance to U.S. based dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, lizards, pot-bellied pigs and more. MetLife Pet currently serves more than 140,000 U.S. pets and their pet parents, in all 50 states plus D.C. In a relatively new insurance industry that is still evolving and expanding rapidly, Brian has responsibility for the growth, strategic development, and execution of the business and for partnering across MetLife to deliver digital-first services to current pet parents and to drive new customers through the group, direct-to-consumer, and animal welfare channels.
Prior to joining MetLife in May 2022, Brian was the President and COO of Healthy Paws Pet Insurance and Foundation. While there he oversaw the growth of the business from 40,000 pets to over 500,000 pets, with functional responsibilities that included pet acquisition, marketing, technology, accounting, finance, and operations. In addition, he was responsible for the development of strategies leading to rapid YoY growth and operational efficiency. Prior to joining Healthy Paws in 2014, Brian was a management consultant for nine years and technology consultant for 5 years.
Brian earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. He holds two Masters from the University of Chicago. He completed The Wharton School’s Customer Analytics program in 2016.
He and his wife are empty nesters living with a doofy pit-bull mix and a small yellow dog. .