Security.

We make financial security easier to achieve for millions of people.

Our products help to protect individuals and businesses against a wide range of risks - everything from poor health and natural disasters to the risk of outliving savings in old age.

When it comes to financial strength, we are the reassuring choice.

We, Legal & General Assurance Society, are highly rated for financial strength amongst UK insurance companies. Who rated us? Three of the world's leading independent rating agencies, Standard & Poor's, Moody's and A.M.Best.

This means our customers can be confident that we will be there for them when they need us and that we will remain secure even through the difficult times.

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We're one of the UK's leading financial services companies.

We aim to take a stand on the issues that matter to us as a business, to our customers and to broader society. As a Group, we’re one of the UK's leading financial services companies. On behalf of our customers we hold over 4% of all London listed equities. With this reach and scale comes significant influence, which we aim to use to foster responsible governance within organisations whilst delivering returns for our customers.

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We're the UK's number one protection provider.

Swiss Re (Term and Health Watch report 2010) has named us as number one for new business sales in 2009 for:

  • Individual protection and critical illness - five years in a row
  • Individual term - seven years in a row.
We are the Most Trusted Income Protection Provider for the second year running – Moneywise Customer Service Awards 2010.

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We're the experts' choice.

Our investment management business is one of the largest investors in the UK stock market, managing £347 billion (as at 30 September 2011) for our customers. We offer a range of unit trusts, including equity, fixed income, index tracking, property, cash and asset allocation funds for both corporate and individual customers.

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About us.

Who we are

We are a leading provider of risk, savings and investment management products in the UK. Established in 1836, we’ve been in business for 175 years, which not only gives us credibility but it demonstrates our experience in every kind of economic climate. 

We are responsible for investing £370 billion worldwide (as at 30 June 2011) on behalf of investors, policyholders and shareholders. We also have over seven million customers in the UK for our life assurance, pensions, investments and general insurance plans. We are one of the biggest providers of index-tracking investments in the UK, managing £232 billion (as at 30 June 2011).

Our fund management arm, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) is one of Europe’s largest institutional asset managers and a major global investor. LGIM manages £347 billion in assets for more than 3,000 clients (as at 30 September 2011).

Every day matters

At the heart of our business are people who understand real life.  When we do business, we do our very best to think about the things that matter to people every day. We do this as the decisions they make today will define their lives tomorrow.

Finance plays an important role in everybody’s life, and good financial companies are those that connect with customers’ lives accordingly. As a financial services provider, our customers rely on us, whether it’s protecting against unforeseen circumstances, helping to save for retirement or investing money wisely so that it grows over time. 

Our promise to our customers is to continue to deliver what really matters to them and to help millions of people manage their financial future.

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Doing what matters

We aim to take a stand on the issues that matter to us as a business, to our customers and to broader society. View our most recent CSR report.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM)

If you are an institutional investor or if you would like to work for LGIM please take a look at this website.