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Legal Insurance

Here we explain how legal insurance helps cover costly legal services.

How can legal insurance help me?

This article explains the key differences between our Basic and Advanced legal insurance plans, including how the policy terms work and key coverage details.

What are the main differences between our Basic and Advanced legal insurance plans?

This article explains the distinct roles of Feather plays in managing your legal policy on your behalf.

Understanding your legal insurance policy and how Feather can help

This article explains the main factors that influence the monthly premiums for legal insurance, including plan choice, age, location, family status, and profession.

What factors impact the cost of legal insurance

This article explains how deductibles apply to legal insurance claims, detailing differences for policies purchased before and after December 2024, and how claim history affects deductible amounts.

How do deductibles work for legal insurance?

This article explains the differences between tenant associations and legal insurance for tenant-related legal matters, including access to legal advice, consultation speed, and flexibility in legal representation.

What are the differences between using tenant associations or legal insurance for legal support?

General policy information

This article explains how to use gap coverage to maintain continuous legal insurance coverage when switching from another provider to Feather, including the switching process, claims handling during policy overlap,…

How can I switch my legal insurance to Feather without losing coverage?

You can now update your legal insurance plan directly from your Feather account - no cancellations or new sign-ups needed. This article explains how.

How can I update my legal insurance plan or policy details?

This article explains how waiting periods work in legal insurance and the specific times based on area of law related to a claim.

What are the waiting periods in legal insurance and how do they affect coverage?

This article explains that legal insurance does not cover pre-existing or ongoing legal disputes, defines what qualifies as a pre-existing issue, and stresses the importance of reviewing policy terms to…

What does legal insurance cover for pre-existing or ongoing legal issues?

This article explains the cancellation rules for legal insurance policies, highlighting the one-month notice requirement, the importance of knowing your policy start date, and how cancellation timing affects premium payments. 

What are the legal insurance cancellation policy and how does the notice period work?

Information about signing up and starting legal insurance

Sign up, cancellations, and changing plans

This article explains the various common situations where legal insurance can provide financial support for legal costs, covering work issues, personal disputes, traffic incidents, home and property matters, and criminal…

What types of legal issues can legal insurance help with?

This article explains when legal insurance covers contract review services, clarifying that review before signing is generally not covered unless a contract breach occurs, and highlights conditions for coverage after…

Does legal insurance cover the review of contracts before signing?

This article clarifies the requirements to be able to use your legal insurance to appeal a tax assessment.

When can I file a tax law claim with legal insurance?

This article explains that our legal insurance policy is exclusively available for renters or owner-occupants and how that may impact landlords.

Can landlords or people subleasing their apartments use Feather’s legal insurance?

This article helps explain the difference between legal insurance (with the Home Add-On), liability insurance, and home contents insurance, and when each one protects you as a renter in Germany.

How does the Home Add-On for legal insurance differ from liability insurance and home contents insurance?

This article explains if legal insurance can be purchased after moving out to assist with landlord deposit disputes, outlining waiting periods and coverage limitations based on move-out and key handover…

Can I get legal insurance to help recover my landlord deposit after moving out?

This article goes over how Feather’s legal insurance works (or doesn't work) with business-related matters.

Does Feather's legal insurance cover legal issues related to my business?

This article explains what’s covered under the traffic add-on for legal insurance, including when it can help with fines, accidents, and disputes related to driving or vehicle ownership.

How does legal insurance’s traffic coverage help me?

Coverage details

This article explains how to check coverage for a legal issue with legal insurance and the process for initiating a claim.

How can I verify if my legal matter is covered by our legal insurance?

This article explains the important differences between these two important features of legal insurance.

What is the difference between a phone consultation and submitting a claim in legal insurance?

This article explains the steps following a legal insurance claim submission, including claim evaluation, documentation requests, consultation approvals, claim denials, and how to proceed with an approved claim.

What occurs after I submit a claim for legal insurance coverage?

This article explains how to request a free phone consultation for legal advice included in legal insurance, the steps to book it, and the difference between phone consultations and submitting…

How can I request a phone consultation with a lawyer through my legal insurance?

This article explains the steps to submit a legal insurance claim through Feather, what happens during claim processing, lawyer recommendations, and coverage limitations for ongoing legal issues.

How do I submit a legal insurance claim with Feather?

This article explains how to hire a lawyer when you have legal insurance in Germany, including submitting claims, requesting lawyer recommendations, and understanding legal fee billing under the Lawyer Compensation…

How can I hire a lawyer with legal insurance in Germany?

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