Legal expenses
Q&A: Andy Talbot on Arag’s transformation
Ahead of the 2025 British Insurance Brokers' Association Conference, Andy Talbot, director of broker, ATE & marketing, tells Insurance Age about the feedback from brokers, technology upgrades, and how Arag is positioning itself as a smarter, stronger…
Addept enters legal expenses market with double launch
Addept Insurance Services has today announced the launch of the first of a new suite of legal expenses insurance products.
Holt to succeed Haynes as director of underwriting at Arag
Nathan Holt will take over as director of underwriting at legal expenses insurer Arag when David Haynes becomes CEO at the start of April.
Buss retires from Arag UK CEO role as Haynes steps up
David Haynes has been named CEO of Arag UK Holdings and Arag Legal Expenses Insurance as Tony Buss retires from the role.
Das UK brand exits market in Arag integration
Legal expenses insurance provider Arag has completed the integration of the Das UK brand a year on from the deal going through.
MGA appoints new MD
MGA Alps has appointed Michelle O’Reilly as managing director, replacing Ian Micklewright.
Ex-Das UK boss Coram departs for UK insurer CEO role
The ex-boss of Das UK, Tony Coram, has returned to former parent company Munich Re as CEO of its primary insurance business, Great Lakes (UK).
Meet the MGA feature: Arc Legal
Arc Legal CEO Lee Taylor outlines the value in having a supportive parent of the scale of AmTrust; and why it makes sense to keep an eye on legislation and social changes in order to innovate and develop new products.
Alps moves another book to AmTrust
Alps, a provider of insurance add-on policies, has moved its landlord legal expense book to AmTrust International.
MD Beales retirement leads to string of senior hires at legal expenses insurer
Drive Further Collective, owners of Financial & Legal, has restructured several of its leadership roles following the decision by managing director Karen Beales to retire from her executive position and move to a non-executive capacity at the end of…
Epoq launches landlords legal expenses insurance
Epoq has teamed up with Temple Legal Protection to launch legal expenses insurance for landlords, adding to its portfolio after last month’s product release.
Das grew 8% with stable COR in 2023 en route Arag deal
Das has posted growing gross written premium to £139.3m in the run-up to being bought by Arag.
Epoq Legal launches ‘re-imagined’ LEI for businesses
Epoq Legal has unveiled a legal expenses insurance product featuring LegalAde for businesses, in partnership with Temple Legal Protection.
Blog: Are insurance add-ons still relevant in 2024?
Julian Tomlinson, chairman of Alps, argues some insurance add-ons are more vital for policyholders today than they’ve ever been.
Arc Legal and HB Underwriting team up to tackle employer’s liability gap
Arc Legal Group has partnered with HB Underwriting to cater for the latter’s policyholders who find themselves as employers because of their care needs.
Markel launches FintechRisk+ policy
Markel has launched FintechRisk+ in its second insurance policy development of the week.
Markel adds legal expenses to PI combined
Markel has added legal expenses cover as standard to its professional indemnity combined product in a move it stated was in response to broker feedback.
Filing pinpoints Arag growth in 2023
Arag boosted the number of risks placed by 3.6% in 2023 to 3.09m, a filing at Companies House has revealed.
Biba 2024: Arag UK leaders promise best in class for brokers as integration rolls forward
Arag and Das have exited the state of limbo and can now power forward with the integration of the two businesses, the bosses have told Insurance Age.
Arc Legal founder Finan launches Addept Group after buying broker Policywise
Arc Legal Assistance co-founder Richard Finan has returned to the insurance market with a new wholesale business Addept Group, having acquired broker Policywise.
Arag posts 60% profit leap in run-up to Das UK integration
Legal expenses insurer Arag grew profit and turnover in 2023 as it readied itself for the takeover of Das UK.
Biba Conference 2024 countdown: Arc Legal’s Martin Johnson
As the Biba Conference gets ever closer, Martin Johnson, head of partnerships at Arc Legal, outlines why Manchester trumps London as a location for the event and his fond memories of Bez shaking his maracas.
Intellectual property – how can brokers help clients insure the intangible?
There is more intellectual property in existence today than ever before – and its value is growing at a faster rate than physical assets. Martin Friel explores what products exist to help brokers protect their clients’ intangible assets and why SMEs are…
Swigciski swaps Das for leadership role at HSB
HSB has recruited David Swigciski from Das as managing director of Premier Guarantee succeeding Jacki Goodman who retired at the end of 2023.