Legal & General

Legal & General will use customer postcodes as an additional risk factor when quoting for a conventional non-profit annuity.

Legal & General has added to its capital protected investment product series with the launch of the Growth Investment Plan Plus 11.

Legal & General (L&G) has recorded a 9% drop in UK new business in 2007, but life and pensions continued to perform well, up 11%.

Legal & General Wealth Management has recruited Mark Green, Rick Warner and Stacey Love to its tax and estate planning division offering adviser technical support.

Legal & General has abolished the requirement for customers to notify it of any change to their health or circumstances before their policy starts.

Legal & General has extended its terms of 1.5% extra allocation for Portfolio Bond investments on Cofunds to run until January 11 2008.

Punter Southall welcomes the move by Legal & General and Hargreaves Lansdown to use postcodes to determine annuity payouts.

Legal & General Wealth Management's pension sales have increased 38% in the first half of 2007 compared to the same period last year, according to an interim report.

The funds available on James Hay wrap has ticked past 1200, with the addition of 14 from Legal & General.

Legal & General has posted a £589m first half 2007 profit, up 5% from £560m at the corresponding time last year.