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Your choice.
Turn your pension fund into an income for life with
a pension annuity from Legal & General.
Choose from a range of payment options and decide
when you want to start receiving your income.
Call 0800 048 2445 for your annuity quote.
Call charges will vary. We may record and monitor calls.
Why might I need a pension annuity?
If your pension fund won't provide you with an income or you'd like to secure an income for life, you can buy a pension annuity to turn your pension fund into an income.
The earliest you can buy your pension annuity is on your 55th birthday, whether you continue to work or not.
Find out more by reading our annuities explained guide.
You don't have to buy your annuity from your pension provider and it often pays to take the open market option and shop around because different annuity providers offer different rates and income.
Annuity options and how much they cost.
Our Pension Annuity offers you a fixed or increasing income for life that will never fall.
You can choose how you want your annuity income paid and whether to add an income for your spouse or partner when you die. Read more about your annuity options.
Each of the annuity options you choose will have an effect on your starting income. You can get a quick idea of how adding different options can affect your income by using our annuity calculator.
Extra income for health problems.
We could offer you extra income from our Pension Annuity if you have been diagnosed with one or more medical conditions. The more serious your condition(s), the more income we could offer.See a list of qualifying medical conditions.
We can even offer extra income for your lifestyle health risks. Smoking, being overweight, Type 2 diabetes,
high blood pressure or high cholesterol, when you buy your annuity, could each mean you're offered more.
Read more about these lifestyle health risks.
Call us for a quote on 0800 048 2445.
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Call charges will vary. We may record and monitor calls.
Take a few minutes to let us know what annuity options you want to include and we'll give you your guaranteed quote over the phone. Read more about our annuity quotes.
We'll take time to make sure you understand these options and to ask you all the right questions about your health, to ensure you don't miss out on extra income that might be available.
We're a longstanding provider of pension annuities. In the last 12 months we've paid our customers pension income of more than £1.3 billion. Call us for a quote to see what we can offer.
Pension Annuities.
Pension Annuity
Buy one direct from us or through a financial adviser.
Is it right for me? What are my options?
Call us on for your personalised quote
Annuity Calculator
Get a quick idea of how much income we could offer you using our annuity calculator. Try adding and removing options to see how it affects income.Annuity Plus
Smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes and weight (body mass index).
Enhanced Annuity
We could offer you extra income for life from our Pension Annuity if you
have suffered from one or more qualifying medical conditions.
List of potentially qualifying medical conditions for our enhanced rates
It Pays To Shop Around - 'Open Market Option'
You can choose from a range of annuity providers, products and options
but once you've bought your pension annuity you can't change it. We
recommend that you shop around and seek financial advice before buying.
Call us for a personalised quote
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Call charges will vary. We may record and monitor calls.
Guide to annuities
Buying a pension annuity is an important one-off decision. Our guides aim to help you choose
an annuity that best suits your individual circumstances.
Why Choose Us?
- We're a longstanding provider of pension annuities ranked amongst the FTSE top 100 companies.
- We offer standard and enhanced rate annuities that are available to buy with funds of just £1,000.
Buying an annuity direct from us - We currently have more than 730,000 pension customers. In the last 12 months we have paid our customers over £1.3 billion in pension income.
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