Legal & General

Legal & general has marked National family Week by pointing out the need to the financial value parents contribute to their home when assessing a family's need for financial protection.

Legal & General has committed to end the stigma of mental health problems by signing up to Time to Change.

Exclusions and removals from Critical Illness plans can cause confusions in the future, Alan Lakey explains.

Businesses across the UK are exposing themselves to serious financial risk through the absence of share protection insurance, according to Legal & General.

Stress, depression and anxiety has increased to a seven year high in the financial services sector, Legal and General has reported.

Legal & General (L&G) has seen a marked decline in lapsed policies across its protection product channels, which it partly put down to an ‘early warning system' it rolled out to advisers in 2006.

Legal & General has partnered with Unbiased.co.uk to form a campaign to tackle the UK's business protection gap with the help of advisers.

Businesses are struggling with debt structure and day-to-day cash flow management, yet the amount of businesses underinsured has grown, Legal and General has reported.

Legal & General retail protection paid 91% of income protection claims last year, its statistics have shown.

Legal & General has stressed the importance of income protection following Shelter reports of increasing numbers of people receiving housing, debt and benefits advice.