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Legal & General Group Plc (LGGNY)
| Previous close | 19.81 |
| Open | 19.60 |
| Bid | 0.00 x 0 |
| Ask | 0.00 x 0 |
| Day's range | 19.60 - 19.95 |
| 52-week range | 11.19 - 20.48 |
| Volume | 10,695 |
| Avg. volume | 19,953 |
| Market cap | 23.733B |
| Beta (5Y monthly) | 1.55 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 11.14 |
| EPS (TTM) | 1.78 |
| Earnings date | N/A |
| Forward dividend & yield | 1.26 (6.34%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 13 Aug 2021 |
| 1y target est | 21.00 |
- Reuters
Life insurers shift to pre-pandemic norms after COVID vaccine roll-outs
The roll-out of COVID-19 vaccinations is making life insurers more enthusiastic about offering cover to those with underlying health conditions - some without even knowing whether customers have been vaccinated. Life insurers were imposing waiting periods to buy cover in the early stages of the pandemic for certain age groups, as well as for those who had been infected, saying the long-term health consequences of coronavirus were not fully understood. But now that vaccines are prevalent in major economies such as Britain and the United States, life insurers see fewer risks.
- The Telegraph
Record number of people forced to work into old age
Half of all over-50s will still be in the workforce by 2030 as older workers increasingly delay retirement.
- Reuters
Legal & General plans to expand into China -Telegraph
L&G has decided not to go down the insurance route in China, but Wilson suggested a fund management partnership is the most likely way the firm could expand into the nation, the newspaper https://bit.ly/3mnVNbg reported.
