AVBOB, Africa’s largest mutual society, has launched a new national product called AVBOB Legal Assist, which provides legal advice as well as litigation cost cover. The product is structured to provide sufficient cover for a range of legal issues.
AVBOB Legal Assist aims to provide both AVBOB members and the public with access to affordable and quality legal services – a combination that is not always possible or readily available to the public.
“Financial challenges are a big factor for many people when it comes to seeking proper legal assistance; however, this does not mean that they do not need it. Our approach is aimed towards providing affordable legal support to anyone who might need it”, says Carl van der Riet, AVBOB CEO.
ABOUT AVBOB LEGAL ASSIST
AVBOB Legal Assist offers a three-tiered product package. The level of cover and the number of legal issues covered increase as the tier increases: the higher the tier, the more cover one gets.
The product is underwritten by Guardrisk, which holds a non-life (traditionally known as a short-term) insurance licence. Legal Guardians will perform all the administrative functions such as issuing the policy, ensuring that premiums are received etc. and provide the actual legal assistance.
Legal Guardians has an extensive national panel of attorneys with varied specialities, which enables them to assist clients in all facets of the law covered within the policy, in any jurisdiction of South Africa.
OBJECTIVES OF THE AVBOB LEGAL ASSIST
- To ensure quality legal services for more people.
- To close the gap between demand and a growing need for legal services.
- To increase the availability and the right to legal services, amid the high cost of litigation in South Africa.
ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES
- South African common law recognises “as fundamental, the right of the individual to legal advice and legal representation”, which is at the heart of building empowered and thriving communities.
- Several barriers, including inadequate resources and a lack of knowledge about legal rights and the legal system, compromise the ability of people to access quality legal services.
- Legal Assist intends to make affordable legal assistance available to the public.
*For more information on AVBOB Legal Assist, visit: https://legalguardians.co.za/avbob/
ABOUT AVBOB MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY
AVBOB is 105 years old. The AVBOB Group comprises AVBOB Mutual Assurance Society, which provides insurance products, and two subsidiaries – AVBOB Funeral Service and AVBOB Industries, which manufactures our coffins and funeralware. Being a mutual means that AVBOB has no external shareholders but instead has members who receive a share of AVBOB’s surplus profit. Our members are our policyholders, and our mutual status drives our purpose.
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