Arag Legal Expenses
ARAG plc is an internationally successful, quality insurer, independent and family owned - providing access to justice since 1935. We provide an innovative and comprehensive range of legal expenses insurance and assistance products to brokers, underwriting agents and insurers.
Our products allow brokers to offer legal protection to businesses, families, motorists, and landlords and our range of assistance products include Home Emergency, Landlord Emergency and Motor Breakdown.
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In depth: LEI as a proactive shield - the role of the insurance broker
The widening access gap in legal systems is increasing risks and potential costs not just for individuals but for businesses forced to seek justice too.
In depth: Businesses falling into the justice gap
Widely seen as a personal problem, diminishing access to justice also severely impacts businesses.
In Depth: Businesses falling into the justice gap
Widely seen as a personal problem, diminishing access to justice also severely impacts businesses. Tony Buss, managing director at ARAG explains how the justice gap has become a major issue for companies in the UK and what brokers can do to help.
In Depth: LEI as a proactive shield - the role of the insurance broker
The widening access gap in legal systems, exacerbated by chronic underfunding and post-pandemic pressures, presents significant difficulties for individuals and businesses seeking justice and challenges for insurance brokers in effectively serving their…
Tony Buss to lead merged Arag and Das UK business as deal completes
Arag Group has announced that its UK boss, Tony Buss, pictured, will lead the new enlarged legal expenses business, having completed the acquisition of Das UK from German insurance group ERG Versicherung AG.
ARAG on the challenges still facing SMEs
Conversations about the cost-of-living crisis and surging energy bills understandably tend to zero in on the impact upon on individuals and families, yet many businesses are struggling too.
ARAG to provide hire car cover for Hastings Direct customers
Leading legal expenses insurance and assistance provider ARAG has been selected by Hastings Direct to supply vehicle hire insurance to motor clients of the Bexhill-on-Sea based insurance provider.
Video: ARAG’s Claims Portal
In this video, BTE claims team leader, Bianca Allison, talks about ARAG's Claims Portal, which was developed in-house, to enable policyholders, brokers and solicitors to initiate, update and check on the progress of a legal expenses insurance claim.
Partner benefits - ARAG's EduMe training platform
In this video, corporate account manager Jason Howse talks about ARAG's EduMe platform for business partners, which provides a comprehensive suite of training packages to help staff sell legal expenses insurance and assistance products with confidence.
Day-one benefits – ARAG’s legal services website
In this video, broker account manager Ben Parkinson and corporate account manager Jason Howse talk about ARAG's legal services website and the benefits that it offers to personal, commercial and property owner policyholders.
Legal expenses insurance - how brokers can sell “peace of mind”
It might be expected that brokers looking to sell ancillary insurance products to UK businesses are facing customer resistance. One sector that is firmly rebuffing this expectation is that of legal expenses insurance.
Arch UK promotes Julie Collins to Bristol branch manager
Arch UK regional division has promoted Julie Collins to branch manager in Bristol, succeeding Ruth Hitchcox who has been named national production improvement lead.
Arag’s Andy Talbot confident Das deal will be positive for brokers
The UK head of sales and marketing at Arag, Andy Talbot, has promised brokers ‘best of breed products’ with a takeover of Das UK in the offing.
Arag Group strikes deal for Das UK
Arag Group has signed up to buy Das UK, subject to regulatory approval, in a move that would create a near £200m gross written premium legal expenses insurance business.
In Depth: Could legal expenses have a role to play as the landlord pressure cooker reaches boiling point?
Specialist legal expenses cover has the potential to turn down the heat as those renting out property face challenges on all fronts, including from the Renters (Reform) Bill. Rachel Gordon investigates.
In Depth: Legal expenses cover… needed more than ever?
Clients may want brokers to advise on how to reduce premiums, but this is the one add-on to hang onto according to providers as Rachel Gordon discovers.
Arag tops £60m GWP as profits return to £500,000
Legal expenses insurer Arag broke through the £60m gross written premium barrier in 2022, building on the previous year’s growth when it topped £50m for the first time.
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Video: What is legal expenses insurance?
Legal expenses insurance enables families, businesses, landlords and motorists to protect themselves from the cost of some common legal problems. Watch this short video to find out more.
Resolving legal disputes for landlords and tenants
As mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution recover some lost ground, this content explains how a new process that ARAG developed in response to the Coronavirus Act, is proving every bit as helpful in the difficult circumstances…
Legal expenses insurance - a beacon of hope in the civil justice wasteland
The civil justice system in the UK has become harder and harder to access, whilst the support mechanisms once available to help SMEs and families navigate a legal problem have been hollowed out.
Justice on the brink - the role of LEI in mitigating the challenges facing the UK justice system
The impact of the pandemic on schools and our health services has been widely publicised, but the UK justice system is enduring challenges every bit as acute.
£2 billion and counting
Cases insured under an ARAG ATE policy have now recovered more than £2 billion in damages for victims of personal injury.