Released on: October 21, 2008, 4:43 pm

Press Release Author: Berni Ryan

Industry:

Press Release Summary: Legal & General's general insurance business annual online
survey, 'Safe as Houses', which asks people for feedback and their views on home
security and safety, aims to highlight the safety of UK homes.

Press Release Body: Legal & General's general insurance business annual online
survey, 'Safe as Houses', which asks people for feedback and their views on home
security and safety, aims to highlight the safety of UK homes.

One can express their views by logging on to www.legalandgeneral.com/safeashouses.
This website provides a general understanding of the home owners' security and
safety concerns as also the precautions they are taking to avoid any uncalled for
incident. This survey is running for a month and it would end on Friday 10 October
2008. People entering in the survey stand a chance to win John Lewis vouchers worth
GBP500. The winners will be decided by a lucky draw.

For Legal & General, the survey is a useful tool in order to construct a helpful
overview about the home security concerns in UK. The survey will enable us to know
whether customers are required to do something in addition, to protect their
belongings and home. When the public is highly worried about the street crimes, such
a thing is particularly very important. Changing Face of British Homes, a research
conducted by Legal & General keyed out that there is an increase in vandalism. In
fact, 33%* of the survey participants stated that occurrences of such intentional
damage to property are indeed on a rise.

Households without any security measures were attacked by burglars almost ten times
more than the ones which maintain some minimum levels of security for examples
deadlocks put on doors and locks on window. This was revealed recently in a Crime in
England and Wales 2007/2008 report**. The percentage of burglary is almost 25% in
the former in comparison to 2.3 % in the latter. A key defence to burglary is
chiefly home security.

Elaine Parkes, Head of technical services for Legal & General's general insurance
business said: "As a household insurer who is concerned that our customers
understand their insurance cover, we believe it is important to improve consumer
awareness of home safety and security measures. We have produced a special guide,
Safeguarding Your Home***, which outlines how people may protect and safeguard their
home and possessions."

Elaine continued: "Installing an intruder alarm, good quality locks and security
lighting or living in a Neighbourhood Watch area can all help to deter a burglar
entering a person's home. As well as providing customers with quality insurance
cover we also offer customers a possible discount on the costs of their cover, if
they do take some security and safety precautions." Ends

Notes to Editors:

*. Legal & General's Changing Face of British Homes research was conducted by
YouGov, among a GB representative sample of 4,089adults between 12 and 15 February
2008.
** Link to crime stats is available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7511192.stm
*** The Legal & General special guide, Safeguarding Your Home, is available to
download at http://www.legalandgenral.com/safeguard
1. Legal & General's Changing Face of British Homes is an ongoing research by Legal
& General's general insurance business to understand how people from different
demographic groups use and relate to their homes. The study will take a look at the
home lives of people across the UK in order to understand their changing needs and
tastes, http://www.changingfaceofbritishhomes.co.uk
2. The information contained in Legal & General's press release is intended solely
for journalists and should not be used by consumers to make financial decisions.
Full consumer product information can be found at http://www.legalandgeneral.com or
by calling 0800 0277156. We may record and monitor calls. Lines are open 8am to 8pm
Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday. Alternatively, consumers should
speak to their insurance adviser to check they do have adequate cover in place.
3. Legal & General Insurance Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Services Authority (FSA).
4. Issued by Legal & General Insurance Limited. Registered address is One Coleman
Street, London EC2R 5AA.

For more information contact:
Berni Ryan
PR Manager GI and Annuities
t:01737 375 369
m:07788926 790
f:01737 374 275
e: berni.ryan@landg.com

Web Site: http://www.legalandgeneral.com

Contact Details: Contact:
Berni Ryan
Web Site: http://www.legalandgeneral.com
Email: joe.wiggins@landg.com
Phone: 01737374275

Address:
Legal & General Insurance Limited
One Coleman Street,
London
UK
EC2R 5AA.