A good day for lawyers?

Paul Asplin chief executive DAS

Paul Asplin examines the effects a rise in employment and general contract claims have had on low-cost family legal protection and considers whether it can survive as an add-on to household insurance

As all insurers know, a recession is not good for business and this one has been no different. Most of the leading providers in the legal protection sector have acknowledged, publicly or privately, a surge in employment and general contract claims, which has drawn particular attention to the established low-cost family legal protection model, usually sold as an add-on to household insurance.

There has been some lively debate about the future of this type of product in the insurance press, but

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