Legal & General

Legal & General has said the insurance group is unlikely to bid for Sesame Bankhall, widely-believed to be the largest mortgage network in the UK.

Two out of five clients will decline taking out life cover even after full explanation of the insurance and its benefits, a chartered financial planner has said.

Legal & General (L&G) is launching a new online group protection quote and buy system for advisers insuring 10 to150 employees for group life assurance and/or group income protection benefit.

The Defaqto star ratings system has been called into question by industry experts following publication of its 2013 income protection (IP) products ranking.

Legal & General has partnered with a national charity to help employers minimise absences due to staff mental health problems.

An employee benefits advisers has called on insurers to address neglected workplace mental health issues, by building better group income protection rehabilitation and support programmes.

An adviser who helped his customer negotiate a difficult settlement on an old protection policy has been specially recognised at Legal & General's 2012 Business Quality Awards.

It was great news when the Coalition Government decided to look at what it could do to improve Britain's sickness absence record. It is an area of public policy that is important to get right if Britain is going to win the global race for business.

Legal & General has launched a new benefit, ‘Healthy Living', which will enable employers to see trends in their employees' health, as employees engage with it.

In the latest of a series exploring the finer points of critical illness protection, CIExpert's Alan Lakey examines children's cover/