Legal & General and Northern Rock team up

This partnership with Northern Rock is built on a 20-year history between the two companies. Legal & General's life protection and investment products will be available to Northern Rock's customers through its branch network, call centres and web site.

Chris Last, Legal & General's managing director of bank & building society distribution, said: "This expansion of our partnership with Northern Rock strengthens our relationship and continues to demonstrate our position as one of the UK's leading bank and building society providers for life, pensions and investments. We will continue to work with Northern Rock to deliver a compelling offering to their customers and to grow our protection and investment businesses."