S&P upgrades Legal & General Reinsurance to ‘AA-’ to reflect core status; Outlook stable

Legal & General Reinsurance (L&G Re) announces today that ratings agency Standard & Poors (S&P) has upgraded its long-term financial strength rating from ‘A+’ to ‘AA-‘.

Since L&G Re was formed in 2014, it has become an integral part of the Legal & General group's reinsurance strategy and S&P now considers L&G Re to be a core component of the group.

In 2019, L&G Re reported total profit and comprehensive income of £455 million on an IFRS basis versus the group's total profit after taxes of £1,810 million (about 25% of the group's total). In addition, L&G Re's equity accounted for about 14.5% of group shareholder's equity at year-end 2019.

L&G Re’s ratings upgrade by S&P aligns it with the ratings on the group’s other core operating entities. The stable outlook also parallels S&P’s outlook on the other members of the L&G group.