Dog-Related Injury Claims Nearly $900M In 2021 (Insurance Information Institute)

Dog-Related Injury Claims Nearly $900M In 2021

  Friday, April 15th, 2022 Source: Insurance Information Institute

As pet owners return to the workplace or school, pets will be left home alone. Behavioral issues such as separation anxiety could result in aggressive and destructive behavior.

This could be a problem for dogs that were adopted during the pandemic as well as pets that have become used to their pet owners being at home.

March 2020 had the most dog-related injury claims, when people first went into lockdown at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to State Farm. Dog bites were up 21.6 percent from the previous March, likely due to dogs dealing with owner stress, disruption in routines and more people around the house throughout the day.

With the easing of restrictions for activities outside the home—experts feared it would lead to another spike in bites.

The overall number of claims slightly increased to 17,989 in 2021 from 17,567 in 2020, accounting for more than one-third of all homeowners liability claims paid out, costing $881 million.

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