Partnership Overview
On September 24, 2026, in Gurugram, Across Assist announced an exclusive partnership with Lawyered to integrate on‑ground legal assistance into its roadside assistance (RSA) offering.
Market Context
India records 1,336 road accidents each day, amounting to 5,13,563 accidents in 2025—approximately one incident per minute. The e‑challan system has issued ₹66,020 crore between January 2015 and March 2026, of which ₹42,176 crore (about 64 %) remains unpaid.
Service Details
Under the agreement, RSA customers will receive Lawyered’s suite of services as a standard inclusion: a 24×7 legal helpline, lawyer representation at the incident site, assistance with filing FIRs, handling motor‑accident compensation claims, and pan‑India challan discovery and resolution. The legal network comprises more than 80,000 lawyers, providing coverage for close to 98 % of India’s pin codes.
Company Profiles
Across Assist is an integrated assistance and protection provider operating across automobile, gadget & appliance, travel & medical, and home assistance. It serves over 5 million customers, works with more than 10,000 service partners in 190 countries, and offers multilingual 24×7 response and technology‑led case management. In the automobile segment, it runs one of the country’s largest roadside networks covering repair, towing, battery assistance, key replacement, challan assistance, and personal accident cover with live tracking and digital claim visibility.
Lawyered is a legal‑tech platform dedicated to the mobility ecosystem. It supports over 5 million vehicles with 24×7 legal support through its LOTS247 (roadside legal assistance) and ChallanPay (challan discovery and resolution) products, and reaches 98 %+ of pin codes via its lawyer network. The company is backed by Rainmatter (Zerodha), Turbostart, Finvolve, and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
Executive Comments
Neeraj Verma, Co‑Founder & CEO of Across Assist, said bundling legal assistance turns a vehicle‑protection plan into owner‑protection, and that Lawyered’s nationwide legal infrastructure makes the offering viable. Himanshu Gupta, Founder & CEO of Lawyered, stated the partnership creates a 360‑degree safety shield, embedding legal rails alongside Across Assist’s roadside network so that legal support becomes a core component of mobility protection.
Funding and Backers
Lawyered’s investors include Rainmatter (Zerodha), Turbostart, Finvolve, and MeitY.