As a legal and general client, we are pleased to offer you exclusive offers for our life insurance products. Legal & General Group plc, commonly known as Legal & General, is a British multinational financial services and wealth management company headquartered in London, England. Products and services include investment management, life mortgages (a form of share release), annuities, annuities and life insurance. From January 2020, following the sale of Legal & General Insurance to Allianz, Allianz will no longer offer non-life insurance. [3] The firm operates in the UK and US, with investment management firms in the Gulf, Europe and Asia. [1] Legal & General was founded in June 1836 by Sergeant John Adams and five other lawyers in a café in Chancery Lane. [6] Originally called the New Law Life Assurance Society, the Society was limited to lawyers. The name was changed to Legal & General Life Assurance Society to reflect the fact that the policies were available to the general public, but ownership of the shares was limited to lawyers. The group expanded into the UK and soon began acquiring foreign life insurance companies, buying a retirement business from the Metropolitan Life Assurance Company of New York in the 1930s. [6] In the 1970s and early 1980s, Ron Peet (1925-2020), a socially responsible actuary, was CEO of Legal & General, having led the Australian operations. [36] Peet helped campaign for thalidomide`s children, Legal & General then owned a large block of shares (3.5 million) in the Scottish beverage and pharmaceutical company Distillers.
[37] [38] With our affordable prices, this is a simple New Year`s resolution. How we protect the information you sendHow we protect the information you send To learn more about how we collect, store and use your personal information, see our Privacy Policy. This includes information about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and what it means to you. In the 1940s, Legal & General`s headquarters were moved from Temple Bar House in the City of London to a converted former girls` school in leafy Kingswood, Surrey, with the exception of some management functions that remained in London. The girls` school (St. Monica`s), which served as the basis for the site, was attended by writer Vera Brittain, mother of politician Shirley Williams. [10] The Kingswood site, which included sports fields, a park, a large and luxurious swimming pool, a canteen and a mock English pub, was expanded in the 1950s and again in the 1980s. [11] In 2015, it was announced that the headquarters would close “possibly before 2025.” [12] [13] Indeed, after a period of uncertainty for Kingswood employees,[14] it was announced that the site would close much earlier, in 2018. [15] The terms and conditions governing the use of our online services have been improved to make them as fair as possible for you.
Please read the Electronic Services Agreement (opens in a new window). If you click on the Register button, you will be deemed to have accepted the new Terms and Conditions and that they constitute a binding contract between you (the User) and us (Legal & General). The company became a wholly owned division of Legal & General Group plc in the 1970s. [7] Legal & General Group, founded Legal & General America as a holding company in 1981 and purchased the Government Employees Life Insurance Company (GELICO) and its subsidiary in New York. The GELICO name was changed to Banner in 1983. William Penn was purchased by Legal & General Group Plc in 1989 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Banner Life Insurance Company. She bought the Dutch branch of Different Assurance Group and also opened a store in France in the 1980s. [7] We are committed to leadership, transparency and consistency in sustainable investing, a commitment that cuts across the global organization. Select one of the following products for help, information, and contact options. The former Legal & General logo includes the image of the Temple Bar (which is still used in the logo of the company`s Social and Sports Committee) and the date of foundation. The umbrella logo used today was introduced by former Chief Press Secretary Gordon Macdonald in June 1984.
Between 1991 and 1994, Legal and General sponsored regional weather forecasting for the ITV network and in 1999, Legal & General announced plans that never materialized to merge its operations with National Westminster Bank to form the UK`s first bancassurance company. [16] Please take a moment to answer three security questions.
