Legal & General Home insurance UK

This is a specialist page for Legal & General home insurance. Disclaimer The following details are not an endorsment of Legal & General home insurance; we encourage you to shop around before you choose your home insurance provider.

Legal & General are one of the best known financial services companies and brands in the UK. Legal & General Home Insurance is a straightforward way for you to cover your home and prized possessions. It takes just a few minutes to get a quote online and you can tailor the policy to meet your needs. They were named 'Best Home Insurance Provider' at the Personal Finance Awards 2008.

Legal & General say: ...

1. Saving money can often mean cutting back on quality - but that's not the case with Legal & General Home Insurance. That’s why they were awarded ‘Best Home Insurance Provider’ at the Personal Finance Awards November 2008.
   You can save up to 43% off their standard rates online. If you want to save even more, you can select a higher excess – that’s the amount you’d pay towards any claim. Choose a higher excess and Legal & General will give you a significant saving on your premium.
   As well as great savings, they provide quality cover and excellent service. From the big things like fire, flood and theft, right down to your freezer contents and downloaded music files, you can rest assured it's covered.
   You can also tailor your cover for extra peace of mind – with optional extras such as accidental damage, legal protection and personal possessions cover.
   Here's just some of the things that are included as standard with their buildings and contents insurance:
   • Home emergency – provides cover up to £150 for emergencies such as a burst pipe or break in
   • Alternative accommodation provided should you need to move out of your home temporarily because of an insured event, like a fire
   • Your contents sum insured is automatically increased by 10% one month before and after special events like Christmas or a wedding
   • Includes credit card cover, it you suffer a loss from credit card fraud – up to £5,000
   • Freephone 24-hour helplines for domestic emergencies and legal help
   • Contents temporarily removed from your home. For example, this would cover students' belongings while they are living away from home – up to 15% of contents sum insured (min £7,000)
   • Replacement locks and keys if your keys are stolen – up to £750
   • They even cover your freezer contents – up to £1,000

   Important Information
   Please note that home insurance is designed to cover certain unforeseen events and doesn’t cover everything. It does not cover things like general wear and tear or damage that happens gradually over a period of time. There is also an excess on each claim.
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To get an instant quote for your home insurance from Legal & General follow the link above. You can then return to this page and compare the quote you get with other quotes offered by the other insurance sites listed in our Price Survey. This is a regular survey of the main online insurance sites in the UK to see which ones are cheapest. It shows most of the sites you might want to visit for a cheap home insurance policy in the UK. The sites included offer a good selection of the rates generally available and are easy enough to use. Some are big household name insurance companies such as DirectLine and Norwich Union, while others are small dedicated online insurance specialists or online offerings from existing intermediaries.