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‘ARC ANGLE’: JULY 2023

A roundup of the latest news, legal updates, and industry trends from Arc Legal Group.
Significant enhancements to the redundancy rights of employees on maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave

The Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023 came into force on 24 July 2023.

The Act includes significant enhancements to the redundancy rights of employees on maternity, adoption or shared parental leave and has received full support from the Government and MPs from various parties.

Find out what changes have been made to the new Act which received Royal Assent. Read more.

Feedback Thursday’s

“Excellent service received, please pass on my thanks to the plumber who diagnosed the fault very quickly and fixed the issue within one hour.

Very professional and polite, you have made a severely disabled child and very stressed mum very happy.” – Home Emergency

“Thank you to the team at Arc Legal who helped me enormously in my case for unfair dismissal. Just shows how important Legal Expenses Insurance is as without it I would not have been able to afford to pursue my case, which I won with 100% compensation.

They were helpful, supportive, and professional throughout the whole case and I cannot recommend them highly enough.” – Family Legal Expenses Insurance

Arc Legal in the news… In-depth: Could Legal Expenses have a role to play as the landlord pressure cooker reaches boiling point?

The value of Legal Expenses Insurance and Rent Guarantee (LERG) products for landlords is set to rocket as the Renters (Reform) Bill heralds challenging times ahead.

In July Insurance Age published an in-depth examination of the upcoming Renters (Reform) Bill, and the likely impact on the insurance industry.

Ricard Finan was one of the experts invited to comment and highlights the importance of LERG product in providing support for landlords following this key piece of legislation. Read a summary of the article here. Read more.

AmTrust Cares programme

As the AmTrust Cares corporate giving programme celebrates its first anniversary this month, our Colchester, Cardiff, and Brierley Hill offices will be donating food and toiletry items throughout July, as part of the AmTrust Cares Food Drive. All donations will be donated to local food banks.

To give our AmTrust Cares Food Drive a healthy boost we have decided to forego the weekly office treats and monthly pizza Wednesday throughout July across our offices. Read more.

Michael Cutmore recently used his volunteering hours to help a small community school’s annual production of ‘Privates of the Curry Bean (a take on Pirates of the Caribbean if you hadn’t already guessed). Read more.

Arc Legal in the news… In-depth: Legal Expenses Insurance needed more than ever

As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, Tim Mullin talks to Insurance Age in-depth, exploring the issues and canvassing the opinions and insights of industry leaders to find out whether Legal Expenses Insurance is needed now more than ever before. Read more.

Long road to justice: What’s happening in the civil courts

With civil courts suffering considerable backlogs, there are significant concerns about the long wait times for individuals to receive the justice they deserve.

With waiting times varying from court to court, and the situation unlikely to improve anytime soon, we update on the current state of play and how Arc Legal Group and our panel solicitor, Irwin Mitchell, are managing our customers’ expectations. Read more.

British Insurance Awards 2023

What an amazing night at the British Insurance Awards and congratulations to all the winners, hope you all had a fantastic night.

As a sponsor, we’re proud to support this prestigious event and celebrate the achievements across the insurance industry.

Leaders look back on 20 years of servicing the ancillary insurance services market

As Arc Legal Group commemorates two decades of serving the ancillary insurance services market, CEO Frank O’Malley stands out as a driving force behind the company’s success. Read more.

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