Legal & General Group plc, commonly known as Legal & General, is a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, England. Its products and services include investment management, lifetime mortgages (a form of equity release), pensions, annuities, and life assurance. As of January 2020, it no longer provides general insurance following the sale of Legal & General Insurance to Allianz. It has operations in the United Kingdom and United States, with investment management businesses in the Gulf, Europe and Asia.
Legal & General is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), the asset management arm of L&G, is the 10th largest investment management firm in the world by AUM. It is also the second largest institutional investment management firm in Europe (after BlackRock).
Type: Public limited company
Traded as: LSE: LGEN; FTSE 100 Component
Industry: Financial services, Asset management
Founded: 1836; 184 years ago
Headquarters: London, England, UK
Products: Investments, Lifetime Mortgages, Pensions, Annuities, Life, and General Insurance
Website: www.legalandgeneralgroup.com
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