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In 2021, around four-in-ten consumers owned a before the event (BTE) legal expense insurance (LEI) policy, compared with only around one-quarter in 2019. The rise in ownership has been driven by older consumers aged 55+. This means in 2021, just over 19 million adults had an LEI policy, with almost 28 million policies outstanding. Almost four-in-ten LEI policyholders own more than one LEI policy, often having one attached to their motor insurance and one to their home insurance. These findings come from the BTE Legal Expense Insurance 2021 report.
In the past five years, almost one-in-five consumers (slightly more LEI policyholders) said they had been involved in one of 10 legal actions presented to them (which covered most of the legal actions a consumer was likely to be involved in). Of the LEI policyholders involved in one of the legal actions specified, just over one-third had claimed on their LEI insur