Legal & General Teams Up With comparethemarket.com to Deliver Wider Choice in Home Insurance Cover

LONDON, March 31, 2011 - comparethemarket.com, one of the UK's leading price comparison websites,
welcomes leading insurance brand Legal & General from April to its home
insurance provider panel. The insurer will boost the price comparison
website's offering with its Essentials and Extra home insurance cover. These
products provide our customers with a wider degree of cover and so greater
choice in the most appropriate home insurance to suit their needs.

Legal & General's affordable, good quality home insurance cover supports
comparethemarket.com's commitment to offer choice that is also an easy user
experience for our customers.

Founded in 1836, Legal & General is one of the UK's leading financial
services companies. As at 31 December 2010, they had over seven million
customers in the UK with life assurance, pensions, investments and general
insurance plans. They were also recently voted Best General Insurance
Provider*. Their customer-friendly approach and great service is completely
in line with comparethemarket.com.

The comparison website is a modern phenomenon. When comparethemarket.com
launched in 2007 we were receiving 50,000 hits a month. It's now in excess of
2 million, with more and more customers returning every day to find the right
product on the market, at the right price for their insurance needs.

"Legal & General is one of the most established names in the business,"
says comparethemarket.com Commercial Director, Jeremy Moll. "We are all about
quality, transparency, and the right choice every time for consumers. It's
great to have a partner which believes in the same."

Mike Lawler, Direct & Affinity Director at Legal & General's general
insurance business, said, "Legal & General understands that comparethemarket
customers all have very different requirements and want to be able to choose
home insurance cover that actually suits their particular needs. Essentials
and Extra provides comparethemarket.com (
www.comparethemarket.com/home-insurance/) customers with the choice to
arrange home insurance that offers fundamental cover or more comprehensive
cover, if that is what is needed. Plus, giving them the reassurance that
comes with the Legal & General brand, and excellent service, especially when
they need it most."

About Comparethemarket.com

- comparethemarket.com was launched in 2006 as a motor
insurance comparison site, offering customers a wide range of competitively
priced insurance quotes (www.comparethemarket.com/) instantly online.
It is now one of the UK's leading price comparison brands.

- As well as insurance, comparethemarket.com now also offers
comparisons on credit cards, loans, current accounts and savings accounts.

- comparethemarket.com has grown rapidly over the past three years from
50,000 monthly visitors to around 2 million a month

- comparethemarket.com actively selects its brand partners to
ensure quality service to consumers.

For further press information, please contact: Simon Walsh at Good Relations Tel: +44(0)20-7861-3184 Email: swalshATgoodrelations.co.uk Or Berni Ryan at Legal & General: +44(0)7788-926790 - berni.ryan at landg.com