Legal & General

Group Risk Development (GRiD) has calculated that Legal & General accounted for a fifth (19.2%) of total claims value (£1.244bn) paid out by the group protection industry for group life, income protection and group critical illness in 2013.

Legal & General is training its life protection staff in customer empathy and engagement following a partnership with learning specialist Hemsley Fraser.

TSB Bank has launched a partnership with Legal & General (L&G) to offer protection insurance to its customers from the beginning of July 2014.

Legal & General has launched an Income Protection Benefit (IPB) product including an income guarantee and the removal of state benefits being deducted from monthly benefit payments.

Legal & General's retail protection sales rose by 56% year-on-year in quarter one to £42m, results from its interim management statement have revealed.

Paradigm Mortgage Services has has confirmed it will be taking its first post-Mortgage Market Review (MMR) and protection round table to Birmingham this month.

Thousands of people are putting themselves at risk of a major stroke by dismissing their symptoms and are unaware that they are having a mini-stroke; a report has warned.

Legal & General (L&G) has gained Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation on its business protection workshops for advisers.

Legal & General affiliate IFAs and tied advisers helped their clients claim £41.2m against their Life and Critical Illness cover policies in 2013 thanks to the firm's early warning System of electronic notification.

Legal and General's gross protection premiums have risen by 5%, according to the insurer's preliminary results for 2013.