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What should your customer do when they come across a legal dispute?
Legal disputes often arise unexpectedly. Whatever the situation, taking the right steps early on helps protect your customer for the legal process ahead. Here are some key actions to take as soon as your business customer faces a legal issue.
Trim trouble: What you can do after a salon slip-up
What rights do you have if you don’t like your new hair style? Grace Hughes from ARAG Law, has all the information you need to know about your rights and what you can do if your dream makeover turns into a nightmare.
Blog: What you told me you want from risk management
Risk management needs to scale, hit harder and modernise fast. Johnny Thomson, head of strategic planning at RiskSTOP Group, reveals the industry’s top demands – and how data and AI are already reshaping what insurers, brokers and clients expect.
When can you cancel a gym membership?
Every January millions of people rush to sign up for gym membership contracts. But how fair are these contracts and can you terminate them if your situation changes? Sheikha Begum, Legal Advisor, at ARAG Law, provides a few key points for gym members.
Valentine's Day - who gets to keep the ring?
Valentine's Day seems the opportune moment ‘to pop the question’ to a significant other. Unfortunately, not every engagement ends in a walk down the aisle. Serena Raja from ARAG Law investigates the complex legal position surrounding ring ownership at…
Roundtable: Transforming risk management in commercial insurance
From AI and sensors to board-level governance and SME engagement, an Insurance Post roundtable held in conjunction with RiskSTOP delved into how insurers and brokers can help businesses navigate a complex risk landscape and strengthen loss prevention…
Survey: Rebuilding trust in commercial combined
Commercial combined etrade was meant to simplify placement. Instead, brokers say rigid systems, slow referrals and automated declines are making one of the market’s most important products harder to trade. Martin Friel reports
Infographic: Top 10 reasons for equipment breakdown insurance
No matter what type of business or organisation, where its located, or what type of equipment they depend on, businesses should consider equipment breakdown insurance.
Working on Christmas Day
Most people will be counting down to some much deserved annual leave in a few weeks’ time when Christmas arrives, but for some, it will be business as usual. If your boss has put you on the rota, can you legally refuse to turn up? Read this blog to find…
Don't let fraudsters steal your Christmas cheer
The festive season should be about family, food, and fun - not fraud. Yet, as online shopping surges in December, scammers are working overtime. This blog sheds light on the latest fake purchase confirmation scam and reg flags to watch for.
Claus for concern: Is Santa trespassing?
When he enters your home, is Father Christmas actually trespassing? If he does so without your expressed permission, could he be prosecuted? Louise Newbould-Walton, Senior Associate Solicitor at ARAG Law, explains what you need to know about the laws…
More than just legal insurance
More than mere protection against the most common legal risks facing businesses, legal expenses insurance has developed into a broad risk management tool that helps companies to navigate and mitigate a much wider range of threats. This article explains…
Women in clinical negligence - Part three
ARAG has been speaking to women working in clinical negligence about their experiences and views on this specific area of law. In this blog, clinical negligence specialists discuss cases, experiences or moments in their careers when they felt as though…
Women in clinical negligence - Part two
ARAG spoke to a number of women working in clinical negligence about their experiences, challenges faced and the impact they think women have had on this vital but often embattled area of law. This blog focuses on how women have changed the clinical…
Women in clinical negligence - Part one
ARAG asked a number of women, at different stages of their legal careers but all working in clinical negligence, about their views and experiences. One question that we put to them was about the biggest challenges that they had faced in their legal…
Dishonest tactics
In this content, Hector Stamboulieh, in house counsel at ARAG Legal Services UK, sheds light on how “shotgun effect” allegations of fundamental dishonesty, now relatively common in personal injury claims, are starting to drift into clinical negligence.
Product recalls: A consumer's guide
Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, you have the right to a repair, replacement or possibly refund for goods which are not of satisfactory quality, fit for purpose and/or as described. This blog highlights what consumers should do if they have bought a…
Bonfire night: Rules & risks
With Bonfire Night fast approaching, Aditi Kanojia, paralegal at ARAG Law, sheds light on the laws surrounding private firework displays and Bonfire Night celebrations to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all.
Halloween & the law: What you need to know before the tricks begin
Halloween provides time for spooky fun, but it can also bring some unexpected legal questions. To help you avoid turning Halloween into a legal horror story, Sophia Ahmed, a paralegal legal advisor at ARAG Law, answers some of the most common questions…
London's Japanese Knotweed problem
Japanese Knotweed is now so pervasive that it’s become a major legal headache as well as an environmental one. This content highlights the environmental risks that Japanese Knotweed presents in London and the widespread legal implications for homeowners…
The future of SME and mid-market broker trading
At a recent roundtable hosted by Insurance Age in partnership with Eaton Gate, leading brokers examined how digitalisation, e-trading and MGAs are reshaping SME and mid-market trading.