Legal & General Group Plc , commonly known as Legal & General, is a British multinational financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its products include life insurance, general insurance, pensions and investments. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Egypt, France, Germany, the Gulf, India, the Netherlands and the United States. As at 31 December 2011 it had total funds under management of £371 billion. It listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Legal & General was formed by Sergeant John Adams and... five other lawyers in June 1836 in a Chancery Lane coffee shop. Originally called the New Law Life Assurance Society, the society was restricted to those in the legal profession. The name was changed to Legal & General Life Assurance Society to reflect that policies were available to the general public but with share ownership restricted to those in the legal profession. The group expanded in the UK and soon began to acquire overseas life assurance companies, purchasing a pensions business from the Metropolitan Life Assurance Company of New York in the 1930s.
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| Founded: | 1836 |
| Headquarters: | London, England |
| Industries: | Financial Services |