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From its beginnings as a six-man operation in a Düsseldorf townhouse directly on the Rhine, ARAG has developed into an international insurance group with over 6,000 employees, around three billion euros in premium income, and more than 13 million customers. Today, ARAG is not only the largest family-owned company in the German insurance industry, but also the world’s largest legal insurer. 26/08/2025
Social media insurance

Anyone who has been the target of a defamatory comment on social media will know how frustrating it can be to get it taken down. Comments can be liked and shared instantly, but the wheels of justice in the tech world turn slowly. 07/02/25
Overcoming Blue Monday

The festive season is often filled with excitement and joyous celebrations. However, once the decorations are packed away and the cheer fades away, many people find themselves facing a challenging time. The period after the holidays, particularly January, can feel like a real slog. 20/01/25
ARAG is launching a new policy

ARAG is launching a new policy to protect individuals from social media defamation, hateful content, stalking, and sexploitation. The policy aims to safeguard personal reputations and mental well-being by offering legal protection and financial support against these online threats. 01/10/2024
Access to Justice starts with empowerment

I was both excited and honoured to be invited to participate in the ARAG Access to Justice Conference in Amsterdam. Our colleagues in the Netherlands brought together leading figures from the fields of technology and international justice with more than 200 business leaders from 19 countries, to explore the important theme of delivering universal access to justice. 1/07/2023
Access to Justice Conference 2024

Key actors from the frontiers of technology as well as international justice joined voices during the international ARAG Access to Justice Conference on April 19, in Amsterdam. 18/06/24
ARAG Group Doubles Net Income

The ARAG Group again increased its gross premium income strongly in 2023 – by 7.9 percent (€174 million) to €2.37 billion. Including sales of service companies, total revenues amounted to over €2.4 billion. The underwriting result of €138 million is the second strongest in the Group’s history. Profit from ordinary business activities increased by 40 percent to €137 million and net profit doubled compared to the previous year to reach €86 million. 3/06/2024
Our Regulatory Purpose

Michael English, our Head of Legal & Compliance, explains ARAGs corporate and regulatory structure and how the international groups global mission to extend access to justice as widely as possible, aligns with the regulatory expectations placed on the company, in Ireland. 29/05/2024
Empowerment Takes Center Stage in Amsterdam

Key actors from the frontiers of technology as well as international justice joined voices during the international ARAG Access to Justice Conference on April 19, in Amsterdam. 26.04.24
Our Range of Products

Brendan Little, Head of Sales & Marketing for ARAG Ireland, talks through the extensive range of legal expenses insurance products that the company sells through brokers, insurers and MGAs. 08/03/2024
Delivering Access to Justice

In this video, Adrienne OSullivan, Michael English and Brendan Little explain how that founding principle still drives the global ARAG Group, to this day. 21/02/2024
ARAG and RiskEye unveil new product to support NAPD

Irish social media monitoring firm RiskEye has developed a new service alongside ARAG in a bid to protect school principals who are struggling to deal with issues arising on social media. 20/02/24
Getting ready for ARAG DAY

Ever since our Company began, it has been our purpose to help people to gain access to justice, as we appreciate it is often difficult for many people to assert their rights and find legal assistance easily. As part of our new five goals to 2030 (530), one of our key aims is to promote this need, together with those charities who work with those less able in society. This is where the idea of ARAG Day came into fruition. 22/09/2023
Path of Dynamic Growth Continues in 2021 for ARAG Group

ARAG as the largest family-owned enterprise in the German insurance industry and now positioned as the leading legal insurer worldwide with over 10 million customers, has released their results showing growth of 9.1% in 2021. 08/06/2022
Changes to Numbers with the prefix 1850 and 1890

The Commission for Communications Regulation (COMREG) have communicated with all companies advising that from the 1st of January 2022, numbers with the prefix 1850 & 1890 will be withdrawn from operation. 22/11/21
Arag 2021 round up

It’s our 2nd birthday and we find the country back facing intensified Covid-19 restrictions.01/12/2021
Workplace Relations Commission: Don’t make the wrong move

The last 18 months or so has been the most disruptive and transformative period many businesses will have faced in their existence. Published on 10/09/21
ARAG Bloomberg 50 Global leaders

The ARAG Group was part of the Bloomberg LP #50GlobalLeaders series produced by TBD Media Group.Click for the full video for a real insight into our founding principle and continuing purpose, and how the customer is at the heart of everything we do. 20/07/2021
Legal and Corporate Governance Executive

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Underwriter

Were recruiting: Come and join the team as an underwriter in Dublin. 27/05/2021
ARAG Group Defies COVID-19 Crisis Recording Significant Growth

The ARAG Group increased its gross premium income in 2020 by 4.8 percent from €1.76 billion to €1.85 billion (Published on 27/05/2021)
What is legal expenses insurance?

Our short video explains how legal expenses insurance works and who it is suitable for. Published on 29/03/2021
25 years at the helm

Today marks a milestone in my professional life – 25 years in legal expenses insurance. (Published on 01/04/2021)
Happy 1st Birthday ARAG Ireland

Here in ARAG so much has happened in our first year of operation.We are now fully integrated into the ARAG Global family and enjoy the support and comfort that this brings to our team. (Published on 01/12/2020)
Commercial Legal Protection to help your GDPR woes

Brexit will soon be complete, the White House is due to have new occupants and the Covid vaccination is close. But what will occupy the news in 2021? [Published on 19/11/2020]
Commercial Legal Protection – Employment Cover

In 2020, many business owners and managers have found themselves having to make decisions they never thought they’d have to make. Successful and growing businesses suddenly had to hit the Pause button. [Published on 18/11/2020]
COVID 19 – Health & Safety considerations

Covid-19 has changed the way that many businesses operate. The upheaval of the last few months is testament to that. We have seen some businesses close their doors in March and only open them again recently or are planning to reopen soon. Others continued to trade under very different circumstances. Those in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors will have invested in equipment and training to allow them to safely open to the public once again. They now do so with the priority of customer and staff safety at the forefront of operations. (Published on 20/07/2020)
Part vii update Important Notice

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT INSURANCE POLICIES WITH DAS LEGAL EXPENSES INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (Published on 17/08/2020)
Getting employees back to work

As businesses are slowly emerging after lockdown there are several considerations for getting back to “normal operations”. Things may not happen straight away, or they may be operating in a different fashion to their pre-lockdown identity. Depending on their trade, demand may have spiked or slumped during the crisis and there may now be a time for adjustment required to align the business to the new circumstances. (Published on 07/07/2020)
The legal challenges of moving a business online

As companies across Ireland innovate to ensure they can continue to serve their customers during these exceptional times, there is an inherent risk that they may fall foul of legislation and codes that may not have applied to them until now. (Published on 21/05/2020)
Extraordinary success for the ARAG Group in Business Year 2019

Extraordinary success for the ARAG Group in Business Year 2019. (Published on 18/05/2020)
Online shopping Making smart decisions

Earlier this year the CSO released figures from a survey they had taken of Irish online shopping habits in 2019. 51% had purchased clothes online, making clothes the most purchased item online by the Irish public. Holiday Accommodation (47%), Other travel purchases (45%) and Tickets for events (45%) were next on the list of what people in Ireland had purchased online in 2019. (Published on 29/04/2020)
Innovation: iQ Insider Quarterly article

If proof was ever needed that necessity is indeed the mother of invention, then the current global pandemic offers us plenty. At the sharp end, researchers are already on their way to developing a vaccine for Covid-19, and those responsible for testing, trialing and manufacturing it will have to be equally inventive to get it mass-produced on an unprecedented scale and in record time.(Published on 06/04/2020)
Free Access to Employment Law

We realise that these are exceptionally stressful times for anyone running a business and it can really help to have all the relevant information in one place when you are trying to navigate swiftly changing legislation. (Published on 02/04/2020)
Notice to employers on COVID-19

These are unprecedented and fast moving times in which we find ourselves. Our Country is facing into uncertainty and looking for assistance and guidance. (Published on 19/03/2020)
CORONAVIRUS MESSAGE

Due to the spread of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) we are taking precautionary measures to protect our staff, whilst in the meantime, continuing to serve our policyholders. (Published on 18/03/2020)
Experts in your corner

Anyone running a business will need to master many skills. They need to understand finance, health and safety requirements, customer service, taxation, negotiation and managing staff, amongst numerous other things. For most successful entrepreneurs, any expert advice or assistance they may be able to call upon is most welcome. (Published on 17/02/2020)
Welcome to ARAG

Today marks the official launch of ARAG Legal Protection Limited, a company that we are sure will advance the benefits of legal expenses insurance throughout Ireland. (Published on 02/12/2019)
ARAG Launches in Ireland

The newest fully-fledged member of the ARAG family has launched in Ireland with a familiar team of market professionals, that already share decades of legal expenses insurance experience between them. (Published on 01/12/2019)
ARAG launches operations in Australia

Australia becomes the 18th country in the ARAG Group. (Published on 08/07/2019)
ARAG acquires DAS’ Operations in the Republic of Ireland and continues to pursue its international expansion course

The ARAG Group continues to move ahead with the internationalisation of its legal insurance business and is now about to launch operations in the Republic of Ireland. (Published on 19/06/2019)

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Access to Justice starts with empowerment

Access to Justice Conference 2024

ARAG Group Doubles Net Income

Our Regulatory Purpose

Empowerment Takes Center Stage in Amsterdam

Our Range of Products

Delivering Access to Justice

ARAG and RiskEye unveil new product to support NAPD

Getting ready for ARAG DAY

Path of Dynamic Growth Continues in 2021 for ARAG Group

Changes to Numbers with the prefix 1850 and 1890

Arag 2021 round up

Workplace Relations Commission: Don’t make the wrong move

ARAG Bloomberg 50 Global leaders

Legal and Corporate Governance Executive

Underwriter

ARAG Group Defies COVID-19 Crisis Recording Significant Growth

What is legal expenses insurance?

25 years at the helm

Happy 1st Birthday ARAG Ireland

Commercial Legal Protection to help your GDPR woes

Commercial Legal Protection – Employment Cover

COVID 19 – Health & Safety considerations

Part vii update Important Notice

Getting employees back to work

The legal challenges of moving a business online

Extraordinary success for the ARAG Group in Business Year 2019

Online shopping Making smart decisions

Innovation: iQ Insider Quarterly article

Free Access to Employment Law

Notice to employers on COVID-19

CORONAVIRUS MESSAGE

Experts in your corner

Welcome to ARAG

ARAG Launches in Ireland

ARAG launches operations in Australia

ARAG acquires DAS’ Operations in the Republic of Ireland and continues to pursue its international expansion course