Skip to main content
Legal and General
  • Personal
    • Personal
    • Investments
      • Investments
      • Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP)
        • Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP)
        • Tax benefits
        • Understanding risk
        • FAQs
        • Apply now
      • ISAs
        • ISAs
      • Junior ISA
        • Junior ISA
      • General Investment Account
        • General Investment Account
      • Funds
        • Funds
        • Prices and reports
      • Contact us
        • Contact us
      • Investment articles
        • Investment articles
        • Getting started
        • Conscious investing
        • Market insights and research
    • Retirement
      • Retirement
      • Saving for retirement
        • Saving for retirement
        • Workplace pension
        • Pension Scheme Transfer to L&G
      • Before accessing your pension pot
        • Before accessing your pension pot
        • Pension tracing
        • Pension consolidation
      • Using your pension pot
        • Using your pension pot
        • Pension Annuity
        • Pension Drawdown
        • Fixed Term Retirement Plan
        • Cash-Out Retirement Plan
        • Retirement income calculator
      • Later life mortgages
        • Later life mortgages
        • Equity release with a lifetime mortgage
        • Retirement Interest Only Mortgage
      • More money in retirement
        • More money in retirement
        • Equity Release calculator
        • Retirement Interest Only Mortgage Calculator
      • Later life care
        • Later life care
        • Care Costs Calculator
        • Finding care
        • Care assistant
      • Retirement articles
        • Retirement articles
        • Our podcast
      • All retirement products
        • All retirement products
      • Contact us
        • Contact us
        • Bereavement
    • Life cover
      • Life cover
      • Life insurance
        • Life insurance
        • Additional benefits
        • Information you need to know
        • FAQs
      • Contact us
        • Contact us
      • Income Protection Benefit
        • Income Protection Benefit
      • Decreasing life insurance
        • Decreasing life insurance
        • Additional benefits
        • Important information
        • FAQs
      • Critical illness cover
        • Critical illness cover
        • Information you need to know
        • Additional benefits
        • What critical illnesses are covered?
        • FAQs
        • Customer testimonials
      • Over 50s Life Insurance
        • Over 50s Life Insurance
        • How to make a claim
        • Over 50s news and articles
        • Funeral Benefit Option
        • Claimant testimonials
        • Putting a policy in Trust
        • Over 50s FAQs
      • News and articles
        • News and articles
        • Life Insurance Guides
        • Family life & Care
        • Life Insurance Definitions
    • Insurance
      • Insurance
      • Home Insurance
        • Home Insurance
        • Buildings Insurance
        • Contents Insurance
        • Combined cover
        • Tenants Insurance
        • Frequently asked questions
        • Make a claim
      • Pet Insurance
        • Pet Insurance
        • Multi-pet Insurance
        • Frequently asked questions
        • Make a claim
      • Contact us
        • Contact us
    • Mortgages
      • Mortgages
      • Surveying service
        • Surveying service
      • Equity release with a lifetime mortgage
        • Equity release with a lifetime mortgage
      • Retirement Interest Only Mortgage
        • Retirement Interest Only Mortgage
      • Contact us
        • Contact us
    • Existing customers
      • Existing customers
      • Investment support
        • Investment support
      • Offers
        • Offers
      • Retirement and lifetime mortgage support
        • Retirement and lifetime mortgage support
      • Life Cover support
        • Life Cover support
      • Insurance support
        • Insurance support
    • Login
    • Register
    • Worldwide
  • Adviser / Wealth
    • Adviser / Wealth
    • Login
    • Register
    • Worldwide
  • Employer
    • Employer
    • Login
    • Register
    • Worldwide
  • Institutional
    • Institutional
    • Login
    • Register
    • Worldwide
Search
  • Personal
  • Adviser / Wealth
  • Employer
  • Institutional
  • Worldwide
Legal and General
  • Login
  • Register
  • Search
  • Investments
    Investments
    • Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP)
      • Tax benefits
      • Understanding risk
      • FAQs
      • Apply now
    • ISAs
    • Junior ISA
    • General Investment Account
    • Funds
      • Prices and reports
    • Contact us
    • Investment articles
      • Getting started
      • Conscious investing
      • Market insights and research
  • Retirement
    Retirement
    • Saving for retirement
      • Workplace pension
      • Pension Scheme Transfer to L&G
    • Before accessing your pension pot
      • Pension tracing
      • Pension consolidation
    • Using your pension pot
      • Pension Annuity
      • Pension Drawdown
      • Fixed Term Retirement Plan
      • Cash-Out Retirement Plan
      • Retirement income calculator
    • Later life mortgages
      • Equity release with a lifetime mortgage
      • Retirement Interest Only Mortgage
    • More money in retirement
      • Equity Release calculator
      • Retirement Interest Only Mortgage Calculator
    • Later life care
      • Care Costs Calculator
      • Finding care
      • Care assistant
    • Retirement articles
      • Our podcast
    • All retirement products
    • Contact us
      • Bereavement
  • Life cover
    Life cover
    • Life insurance
      • Additional benefits
      • Information you need to know
      • FAQs
    • Contact us
    • Income Protection Benefit
    • Decreasing life insurance
      • Additional benefits
      • Important information
      • FAQs
    • Critical illness cover
      • Information you need to know
      • Additional benefits
      • What critical illnesses are covered?
      • FAQs
      • Customer testimonials
    • Over 50s Life Insurance
      • How to make a claim
      • Over 50s news and articles
      • Funeral Benefit Option
      • Claimant testimonials
      • Putting a policy in Trust
      • Over 50s FAQs
    • News and articles
      • Life Insurance Guides
      • Family life & Care
      • Life Insurance Definitions
  • Insurance
    Insurance
    • Home Insurance
      • Buildings Insurance
      • Contents Insurance
      • Combined cover
      • Tenants Insurance
      • Frequently asked questions
      • Make a claim
    • Pet Insurance
      • Multi-pet Insurance
      • Frequently asked questions
      • Make a claim
    • Contact us
  • Mortgages
    Mortgages
    • Surveying service
    • Equity release with a lifetime mortgage
    • Retirement Interest Only Mortgage
    • Contact us
  • Existing customers
    Existing customers
    • Investment support
    • Offers
    • Retirement and lifetime mortgage support
    • Life Cover support
    • Insurance support
lifecover-giftcardimage-1400x450-2.jpg

Life cover

Sometimes life can be unpredictable, but we're here to help you plan for the unexpected.

Life Insurance Decreasing Life Insurance Over 50s Life Insurance Critical Illness Cover

Life Insurance

Find out more Find out more
  • Get a quote Get a quote
  • Help financially protect your family
  • Can be used to pay off a mortgage or cover bills

Decreasing Life Insurance

Find out more Find out more
  • Get a quote Get a quote
  • Designed to protect a repayment mortgage
  • Cover reduced throughout the length of your policy

Over 50s Life Insurance

Find out more Find out more
  • Get a quote Get a quote
  • Can be an affordable way to leave a cash sum for loved ones
  • Could be left as a gift or to help cover funeral costs

Critical Illness Cover

Find out more Find out more
  • FAQs FAQs
  • Can be added to Life Insurance or Decreasing Life Insurance for an extra cost
  • Help provide extra protection for you and your loved ones

*£100 gift card after you take out Life Insurance or Decreasing Life Insurance - T&Cs Apply.
 £110 gift card after you take out Over 50s Life Insurance - T&Cs Apply.

COVID-19 Statement

Supporting our customers at this challenging time

We’re all facing the difficult challenge of responding to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and our hearts and thoughts go out to the people who have been affected by this. Our primary aim is to support our customers at the times when they most need it, and this is unchanged. In this time of uncertainty we want to provide you with as much information as we can. We’ll continue to update you on our approach as we continue to monitor this difficult, evolving situation.

In the meantime, we’ve put together some questions and answers that may help you.

Read our FAQs here View - Read our FAQs here    

Help to stay safe from scams

See how you can protect yourself from fraud.

Why choose us?

182 years’

experience

Defaqto 5 Star Rated

Life Insurance

Highly rated

for financial strength

News and articles

consumer - LGI - FB- mum with baby headress

Life cover decision tree

Use our life insurance decision tree to help you work out what type of cover might suit your needs and personal circumstances.

Find out more Find out more
consumer - LGI - FB- articles and guides - guy on phone

Life insurance calculator

Use our life insurance calculator to help you work out how much cover you might need.

Find out more Find out more
consumer - LGI - FB- father and son plant

Life insurance news and guides

From information about different types of life insurance to articles about looking after your health and well-being - check out our wide variety of articles and guides.

Find out more Find out more
consumer - LGI - IMAGE - FB - paying for your funeral

How to pay for your own funeral

Discover the various options available for paying towards the cost of your funeral in advance.

Find out more Find out more
consumer - LGI - IMAGE - FB - discussing death

Discussing your death with loved ones

Find out more about how to broach and discuss end of life planning with your loved ones.

Find out more Find out more
consumer - LGI - IMAGE - FB - funeral costs UK

Breaking down the cost of funerals

We’ve taken a look at the costs of funerals region-by-region across the UK.

Find out more Find out more
Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Twitter
  • Accessibility
  • Legal and regulatory information
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookie policy
  • Security information
  • Sitemap
  • All our websites
  • About us
  • Making a complaint
  • Group website
  • Modern Slavery Statement
  • Careers

© Legal & General Group plc 2021

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Twitter