ARAG Legal Services
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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Alternative dispute revolution
Given the logjam facing our court and tribunal system, the opportunity to mediate resolution to disputes without the cost and delay of court or tribunal proceedings promises huge dividends for all parties. This blog sheds light on the emergence of alternative dispute resolution.
Blog: The Civil Liability Act
If the Civil Liability Act took a long time to plan and pass, it seems to have taken even longer to get implemented. With the whiplash reforms implemented on May 31st, this blog briefly highlights some of the challenges presented.
LEI has shown its value and flexibility
For a huge number of companies, legal protection is proving as vital in surviving 2021 as it was for navigating 2020. This blog highlights the legal challenges facing many businesses and the importance of LEI cover.
SMEs' need for legal protection has never been greater
The unique pressures that 2021 is placing on businesses have made legal expenses or employment practices liability (EPL) cover indispensable for SMEs throughout the UK. Read this blog to find out more.
How has Covid-19 affected access to justice? Part three
Part three of this blog series looks at how the pandemic created a backlog of cases in almost all courts and tribunals, before highlighting why alternative means of resolving disputes such as mediation have become much more attractive.
How has Covid-19 affected access to justice? Part two
Part two of this blog series looks at how underinvestment in the justice system and reduced access to legal aid has impacted access to justice. The blog also highlights why the number of people reporting ownership of legal expenses insurance products has increased from 17% in 2017 to 29% in 2020.
Covid 19: Landlords FAQs
These are exceptionally stressful times for anyone renting a property and it can really help to have all the relevant information in one place. This content provides information on the questions that are being asked most often by callers to ARAG’s legal advice line.
How has Covid-19 affected access to justice? Part one
The impact that the pandemic has had on our justice system has been as seismic as anywhere else in society and will take as long as any other to recover. Part one of this blog series sheds light on the justice crisis before Covid-19 and the types of legal issues experienced over the past four years.
IR35: Will the rule changes from April 2021 affect your business?
This whitepaper provides an overview of the implications of HMRC's rules known as IR35. It explores how the rule changes in April 2021 will affect businesses and outlines why businesses need to ensure that they have robust processes in place for reviewing working arrangements.
What is IR35 and what is changing this year?
This content looks at #IR35 and the changes made to the 'off-payroll working rules'.