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Agency Application Form
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Agency Application Form

This Agency Application Form will form the basis of the agreement between your firm (“The Firm”) and DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited (“DAS”). The agreement is for the provision of after the event services to clients of The Firm and DAS will be the recommended supplier of these insurance services.

Sign and date the declaration at the end of the proposal form. Please write in BLOCK CAPITALS or tick the appropriate boxes. Please continue on a separate sheet if more space is needed.
Please complete the form as fully as possible and provide all relevant supporting information and documentation as required

Firm details

(In order to recommend ATE Insurance products, law firms are required to obtain an exemption number from the FCA in addition to their SRA requirements).

Directors/Partners and Department Heads/Supervisors

Please give the following information in connection with all Directors/Partners and Department Heads/Supervisors (or attach details on a separate sheet if necessary

Further details

Have any of the persons listed been convicted of any criminal offence other than minor motoring offences?
Note: you are not required to include convictions regarded as “spent” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Have any solicitors currently or previously been subject to disciplinary proceedings by the Office for the Supervision of Solicitors or Law Society?
Are any employed solicitors or partners in the firm subject to restrictions on their Practicing Certificate?
Are there any matters of a financial nature that you should disclose?

Confidentiality agreement

I/We agree to treat as secret and confidential any information and/or material relating to the business, affairs, finances,
systems, processes and/or methods of operation of either Party which is disclosed by one Party to the other in connection
with the operation of this Agreement (whether oral or in writing and whether or not such information is expressly stated
to be confidential or marked as such) (“Confidential Information”).

Data protection

By completing this form you consent to DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited, and/or any member of the
DAS Group using the information you supply, including personal sensitive information as defined in data protection laws,
for the purpose of managing the agency relationship. This will include agency administration and processing, fraud prevention,
legal proceedings, trade references, credit searches, enquiries, records and discussions. Some of the information may also
be passed to the regulator and our insurers to the extent necessary to meet our regulatory and insurance requirements.
In addition the information you have supplied may be used by the DAS Group to advise you of other products or services that
may be of interest.
We may share your information with our associated service companies and third parties with whom we have a business
relationship. They or we may contact you to tell you about services which may be of interest to you. The information
you have supplied to us is confidential and will only be used for marketing purposes with your consent.
If you wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please tick this box
You can ask to see a copy of the information DAS Group holds about you by writing to the
DAS Group Data Protection Officer | DAS House | Temple Quay | Temple Back | Bristol | BS1 6NH

Application checklist

Please use the following checklist to ensure you submit all the relevant information, to enable us to consider your application

Declaration

I/We hereby apply to DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited to be an agency for the purpose of providing
after-the-event insurance services to my/our clients.

I/We declare that the information given in this application is true and complete and I/we agree that this application
shall be the basis of any agency appointment.

I/We understand that if it is found that any information provided is untrue, that the appointment may be terminated
at the sole discretion of DAS. I/We also undertake to advise DAS promptly and in writing:

(a) of any change of name;
(b) of any change of address;
(c) of any change of Directors, Principals, or Partners;
(d) of any changes in Capital Structure or Partnership Agreement;
(e) in the event of the business becoming bankrupt, insolvent, going into liquidation, entering into a composition
with any creditors, or a receiver being appointed, with full details of all parties concerned;
(f) if any Partner or Director is or becomes subject to disciplinary proceedings instituted by any professional
or other similar body;
(g) of any convictions for Criminal offences (other than minor motoring offences) of any Director, Controller,
Principal or Partner occurring after the date of this Application.

You must tell us when the information in this form changes

Bank reference consent

To be completed and signed by Applicant in accordance with the signing mandate held by their Bank.
To provide DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited | DAS House | Quay Side | Temple Back | Bristol | BS1 6NH
as status enquiry/financial reference to me/us.
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DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN202106) and the Prudential Regulation Authority | DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited, DAS House, Quay Side, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6NH | Registered in England and Wales | Company Number 103274 | Website: www.das.co.uk | Underwriting | Information Request Form | 09.2020 | DAS 20523.01