Press Releases

Justice Leaders and ARAG discuss about access to justice

Insurer meets coverage demands of customers and consumers in times of crisis

The Toronto-based ARAG Services Corporation amalgamated with ARAG Legal Solutions Inc., effective January 1st, 2022.

Two powerful benefit packages for an active animal life

Additional Legal Advice for all Affected and Relief Workers

The Dutch branch of ARAG SE and Dutch insurer Unigarant have
concluded a cooperation agreement. Unigarant is a subsidiary of Dutch

Natasha Gale becomes the new Chief Executive Officer of ARAG Services Australia, effective 1st July, 2021.

2021 best business start ever

On 27 April 2001 – 20 years ago – the ARAG Tower in the north of Düsseldorf was inaugurated. Learn more about the building in an interview with the famous architect Lord Norman Foster.

ARAG acquired DAS’ operations in Canada and continues to pursue its international expansion strategy

The Supervisory Board of ARAG SE has elected Dr. Dr. h. c. Paul-Otto Faßbender (74) as Chairman with immediate effect.

Dr. Renko Dirksen appointed Speaker of the Board of ARAG SE effective 4 July 2020

Extraordinary success for the ARAG Group in Business Year 2019 –
Stable premium rates expected in 2020 despite the impact of the COVID-19 crisis

Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, Chairman of the Management Board of ARAG SE, will withdraw from corporate management effective July 4, 2020.

Legal advice for everyone – and ARAG covers the costs

In response to the dynamic intensification of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ARAG Group has adopted a work policy based entirely on the home-office system.

Barbara Haynes becomes new Chief Executive Officer for ARAG Services Corporation in Canada.

After obtaining approval from the relevant supervisory authorities, the German family-owned ARAG Group has acquired the Irish business operations of DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited.

ARAG Services Corporation, the Toronto-based subsidiary of the ARAG Group, has appointed Barbara Haynes as Senior Advisor.

ARAG SE has launched a major offensive in the field of e-sports and is now the official insurance partner to the e-sports organization SK Gaming from Cologne.

The ARAG Group partners with HDI Global Specialty SE – Australia and continues to pursue its international expansion.

The Dutch branch of the ARAG Group becomes new cooperation partner of Aegon

ARAG SE sets the stage for the restructuring of the Management Board in 2020
The ARAG Group reports strong growth and earnings for Business Year 2018

Uwe Grünewald and Dr. Werenfried Wendler are new Board Members

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.

ARAG Board Member for Finance Werner Nicoll to Retire Effective 15 April 2019.
Supervisory Board appoints Wolfgang Mathmann to the Management Board of ARAG SE.

Birgit Eder (44) has been appointed Branch CEO of "ARAG SE - Direktion für Österreich" based in Vienna by the Management Board of ARAG SE.

Effective 1 April 2019, Dr. Matthias Effinger will take charge of a newly created department.

ARAG Group repositioned and remains on course for success

Düsseldorf-based family-owned enterprise places first in the portfolio institutionell Awards

An alternative to the Network Enforcement Act was – initiated by ARAG SE – developed by the Research Center for IT Law and Internet Policy (University of Passau).

ARAG SE and the Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung (German Foundation for Children and Youth) are supporting schools in digital education development projects.

The ARAG Group is stepping up its commitment to protecting personal rights and combating violence on the Internet and voicing its opposition to cyber violence on Instagram.

The ownership control proceedings have been successfully completed. Frankfurter Leben can now purchase 92 percent of shares in ARAG Leben from ARAG SE.

ARAG Annual Press Conference 2017: ARAG Group posts stable growth once again, with a 4.4 percent increase in premium revenue

Dr. Johannes Kathan to retire. Dr. Matthias Maslaton to assume his duties

The family-owned enterprise is expanding the scope of its social engagement in the field of school mediation to include the state of Bavaria.

The ARAG Group of Düsseldorf is realigning its corporate structure and focusing on the composite and health insurance segments, which have been growing for many years.

The ARAG Group continues to pursue its international expansion strategy. The Düsseldorf family-owned enterprise has now launched operations in Canada with the newly founded ARAG Services Corporation.

Conference participants, most of whom are school principals, teachers and school social workers from various types of schools in North Rhine-Westphalia, are invited to take part in one of ten workshops on the subject of “Intercultural Conflict Management & Mediation”.

Annual Press Conference 2016: The ARAG Group presented itself in excellent shape in 2015.

An international trend: increasingly young victims, the workplace severely affected as well, schools facing increasing pressure, government challenged to react.

The 2016 portfolio institutionell Awards jury honors ARAG’s holistic approach

ARAG SE enters the spring of 2016 with a revised logo and a new communication campaign.

Award ceremony on the 22nd of february 2016 at the Ministry for Education and Schools

The Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin) has approved and certified the internal risk capital model for the ARAG Group under Solvency II.

What effects does cyberbullying have in different countries, and how do people in the countries in question deal with them? These are only a few of the questions addressed in the first international comparative study entitled "ARAG Digital Risks Survey – View on Cyberbullying Prevention"

The Bildungsnetzwerk Versicherungswirtschaft (Insurance Industry Education Network, BWV) has honored the ARAG INTandem Program with the InnoWard for 2015.

ARAG to Expand its Scandinavian Business

The Annual Report for 2014 of the ARAG Group of Düsseldorf was honored as “Silver Winner Worldwide” in the insurance industry within the context of this year’s LACP Vision Awards.

ARAG demonstrated considerable agility and a very healthy constitution in 2014. Fiscal year 2015 has progressed in a promising and dynamic manner.

ARAG SE, Düsseldorf, gives notice to entirely exercise redemption of the subordinated bearer bond issued in 2005.

Together with highly respected partners as the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), ARAG is seeking to enhance sport accident research and accident prevention in Germany.

Dr. Renko Dirksen (38) has been appointed by the Supervisory Board of ARAG SE to the Group Executive Board.

ARAG SE continues to demonstrate its commitment to social responsibility and has now stepped up its funding support for CSR activities. ARAG developed the innovative "Conflict Management at Schools" project, which was successfully launched at 21 schools in North Rhine-Westphalia in March 2014.

The Supervisory Board of ARAG SE has extended the appointment of Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender as Chairman and CEO for five more years effective 4 July 2015.

ARAG SE continues to demonstrate social responsibility. The Düsseldorf-based family enterprise is now providing funding support for the DKJS in the field of digital education.

ARAG's UK subsidiary ARAG plc named "Personal Injury Insurance Provider of the Year", "Legal Expences Team of the Year" and "Underwriting Service Awards Team of the Year".

"The realignment of the ARAG Group has not slowed our growth. In fact, our business has progressed even more favorably than we predicted - especially in terms of earnings," explained Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, CEO of the ARAG Group.

ARAG mathematicians predict the winner of the FIFA World Team Cup 2014 using a special formula developed by themselves: Germany will win - closely followed by Brazil.

ARAG SE is buying the direct, brokered legal insurance business of DEPSA.

Bullying and cyberbullying are not confined to young people and the school environment. Adults are affected as well - at work or in the Internet.

JUVE AWARD for inurance group ARAG: The Legal Department was named "In-house team of the year for regulated industries."

ARAG SE launched an international graduate trainee program on 1 July 2013.

“From the standpoint of our shareholders, Fiscal Year 2012 was the most successful year in the history of ARAG within the Group structure established in 2003”, noted Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, CEO of the ARAG Group, at the Annual Press Conference.

ARAG supports the most extensive study of cyberlife ever conducted in Germany, in which more than 10,000 parents, teachers and pupils participated.

ARAG increased its interest in HELP Forsikring from the present 44.8 percent to more than 90 percent and aims to become the sole shareholder within yearend.

The "Bündnis gegen Cybermobbing e.V".and ARAG jointly conduct the largest German study on Cyberlife und Cyberbullying.

The Düsseldorf-based insurance group ARAG has successfully completed a cross-border merger of six of its European units.

ARAG ranks ahead of its competitors when it comes to the comprehensibility of product and customer information according to a study.

Klaus Heiermann (47) has been appointed as Chief Representative of ARAG SE effective 1 January 2013.

The Supervisory Boards of ARAG Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG and Interlloyd AG have appointed Wolfgang Mathmann (45) to the Executive Board effective 1 January 2013.

Press release: The industry journal Claims Magazine has named ARAG’s UK subsidiary ARAG plc. “Insurance Provider of the Year.”

“The ARAG Group is growing, earning good money while the financial markets remain in a crisis mode and still has solid capital backing,” noted Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, Chairman of the ARAG Board of Management, with respect to the Group’s business development at the Annual Press Conference.

The Supervisory Boards of ARAG Lebensversicherungs-AG and ARAG Krankenversicherungs-AG have appointed two new members to the Management Board: Dr. Roland Schäfer and Renko Dirksen.

The Norwegian legal insurer HELP Forsikring AS, an associate company of the ARAG Group of Düsseldorf, commences business operations in Sweden in May.

The Supervisory Board of ARAG SE has approved a new management structure and a redistribution of responsibilities within the Group Management Board. The current...

ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG has now completed the process of transformation into a “Societas Europaea” (SE).

ARAG North America has been selected for the third consecutive time as one of the „Best Places to Work in Insurance“

“A phase of intense implementation work has now begun for the ARAG Group. We are adapting our national and international corporate structure to meet the challenges of the future,” explains Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender.

Dr. Matthias Effinger (40), presently CEO of the ARAG Group’s Belgian subsidiary, has been appointed by the supervisory board of ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG Austria to the management board of the company.

Over the course of the past decade, the Düsseldorf insurance group has undergone an extensive change process and is now redefining its brand position accordingly.

“In recent years, the ARAG Group has shed its role as a niche provider”, said Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender.

Effective 17 February 2011, David Murray (43) has been appointed
President and CEO of ARAG North America, based in Des Moines, Iowa.
He succeeds Cameron Sutton, who recently retired.

ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG has initiated the process of converting to a “Societas Europeae (SE). The Management Board has approved the corresponding conversion plan. The operational holding company of the ARAG Group is to be reincorporated as an SE in the course of 2011.

Annual Report Press Conference 2010 - Income from normal business activity doubles - Group shows moderate but solid growth - International business and health insurance continue to grow

The ARAG Group has decided to sell INTERIURA International AG, its subsidiary specialising in international claims settlement and services, to the Dutch firm CED International B.V.

The Supervisory Board of ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG has reappointed Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender (63) to another five-year term as Chairman of the Board of Management effective 4 July 2010.

The American subsidiary of the ARAG Group ranks among the most attractive employers in the US insurance market: ARAG North America is one of 33 companies that have been selected in a nationwide study as “Best places to Work in Insurance”.

HELP Forsikring AS of Norway, a partly owned subsidiary of the Düsseldorf-based ARAG Group, has concluded a group legal insurance contract with Industri Energi.

“Although the collapse of global financial markets has affected us as well, the ARAG Group has demonstrated its strength over the course of the crisis,” noted Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, Chairman of the ARAG Board of Management, with regard to developments during business year 2008 at the presentation of the Group’s annual financial statements.

ARAG Slovenia launched business operations at its headquarters in Ljubljana in May 2004. During the past five years, the fully-owned subsidiary of ARAG Austria has established itself as a legal insurance specialist in the Slovenian insurance market and now maintains a portfolio of over 57,000 policies.

At a meeting held today, the Supervisory Board of ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG named Hanno Petersen (41) to the position of Director, Underwriting/Services.

The progressively worsening economic situation has triggered a rapid rise in the incidence of legal disputes between enterprises and their employees.

The British subsidiary of the ARAG Group acquires the family and commercial legal expenses portfolio from Capita Assistance, a division of Capita Insurance Services of London.

ARAG plc., the British branch subsidiary of the ARAG Group, acquired ATE Limited effective 12 March 2009.

Dr. Joerg Schwarze (43) has been appointed to the Board of Management by the Board of Supervisors of ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG.

Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) and ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG have signed a letter of intent regarding cooperation in the legal protection business.