Legal & General America

Legal & General America is a GREAT place to work!

LGA is a nationally recognized market leader in the individual life insurance industry. LGA has been certified as a great workplace for 3 years in a row by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work® based on anonymous survey responses from employees. We are pleased to report that close to 80% of our employees ranked LGA as a great workplace overall, and the majority said they take great pride in their work and feel good about the company's contributions to the community.

Our employees' passion, dedication, innovation, and hard work, as well as our annual charity campaigns, wellness programs, and career development opportunities contribute to creating our great workplace culture.

As an employer, Legal & General America provides:

A stimulating environment that strives to challenge staff to their full potential.
A work culture which encourages employee participation, teamwork, mutual trust, creativity and initiative.
Recognition of employee achievements and contributions that continue to strengthen our competitive position.
Benefit and compensation programs that truly encourage and reward quality performance.
Educational opportunities which allow employees to develop their skills, grow professionally and advance their careers.
A chance for employees to be active and effective volunteers through charitable giving campaigns over the course of each year.

Helping people when they need us most is why we are here. Over 3,600 families and businesses across the United States were the beneficiaries of more than $1 billion in claims last year!

We offer our full-time staff and eligible part-time staff a highly competitive benefits package. As a company we strive to provide financial protection to our clients, and our benefits certainly help us do the same for our employees. The list below shows a brief summary of the benefits provided by LGA, which are subject to change. Full details are made available to employees at time of hire and they are occasionally updated. Specific provisions and administrative procedures may apply. Please watch our benefit video for more details!

- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Group Term Life Insurance
- Individual Term Insurance
- Spending Accounts
- Leave Programs
- Parental Leave
- 401(k) Savings Plan (match dollar for dollar up to 6%)
- Cash Balance Pension Plan
- Volunteering
- Matching Charitable Contribution Program
- Disability Plans
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Professional Study Programs
- Industry Sponsored Courses
- Employee Assistance Program
- On-site Fitness Facility & Online Fitness Programs
- Wellness & Mental Health Programs

We are part of the worldwide LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP.

Our story begins over 180 years ago.

In 1836, six respected lawyers met in a London coffee house where life insurance was the topic of discussion. They decided to form an association under the chairmanship of John Adams which was eventually named Legal & General Life Assurance Society. Those founders had the same attitudes toward innovation and risk taking as those which characterize the Legal & General Group today. The financial skills of those six lawyers laid the foundation for L&G's worldwide business.

Our headquarters is still in London, but Legal & General is expanding its presence outside of the United Kingdom. The Group's US operations now include investment management; pensions risk management as well as providing life insurance. We're also expanding our investment management operations in Asia, the Gulf and other international markets. In the UK we're the leading provider of life insurance, investment management for corporate pension plans and pensions buyout services. Our long history not only demonstrates our credibility, but shows our experience in every kind of economic climate. Legal & General Group currently has over 10 million customers for life insurance, pensions, investments and general insurance plans and have over 3,000 institutional clients.

Legal & General America is born.

Legal & General Group formed Legal & General America as a holding company in 1981, and bought Government Employees Life Insurance Company (GELICO) and its NY affiliate. The GELICO name changed to Banner in 1983. William Penn was purchased by Legal & General Group Plc as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Banner Life Insurance Company in 1989. While Banner and William Penn remain the companies that underwrite and issue our policies, we go to market under a single name, Legal & General America.

A HISTORY of financial strength with LEGAL & GENERAL.

Our parent company, Legal & General Group Plc is a top 10 global asset manager and is the seventh largest insurer in the world according to A.M. Best's 2017 report based on 2015 net assets. As of June 30, 2016, Legal & General Group had £842 billion (over $1 trillion) in worldwide assets under management, on behalf of investors, policyholders and institutions.

Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and A.M. Best recognize Legal & General Assurance Society Limited as one of the UK's top rated companies for financial strength, with Standard & Poor's confirming our AA- rating in 2016.

"NINETY percent of our international focus is on the U.S. The OPPORTUNITY is so great.” - Dr. Nigel Wilson
CEO, Legal & General Group