Everything about calling Legal & General from abroad
Who Legal & General is, and what 0800 048 2446 is for
Legal & General is a UK insurer and pensions provider. Its retirement team looks after annuities, retirement income and drawdown, both for people who already hold a product and for people still weighing one up. On its retirement contact page, under the question on how to contact it by phone, Legal & General lists 0800 048 2446 for annuity new business, beside a separate workplace pensions line. The page adds that calls may be recorded and monitored, and that call charges may vary. It gives no opening hours for this number.
Why a UK freephone number can be hard to reach from abroad
0800 048 2446 sits in the UK freephone class, the 0800 and 0808 ranges. Freephone is priced for calls that start on a UK network. From a foreign SIM, +44 800 becomes an international call, and some foreign carriers and internet calling plans may not connect the range at all; those that do may charge it as an ordinary international call. None of this means a fault with Legal & General's line or with your phone: the number was designed for callers already inside the UK.
What Losali does with UK freephone numbers
Losali is an independent dialler that runs in a web browser. Losali's telecom carrier connects the call, so your foreign operator never has to handle the +44 800 prefix. You install nothing, keep your own SIM, and pay for prepaid minutes with no subscription. The panel at the top of this page shows the current state of the Legal & General number.
New business, existing customers and online quotes
The 0800 line is listed for annuity new business, which is about taking out an annuity, not about payments on one you already hold. Existing Retirement Income and Annuities customers are given a separate UK 03 number on the same contact page. That page also prints a number labelled Overseas, +44 (0)1737 375 151, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, without saying which queries it handles. If you want a quote, Legal & General says the easiest way is its website, where you can compare products and apply online. For an online quote it asks that you are a UK resident with a net fund value of £10k or more and no valuable benefits attached to your pension policy. Once an application is in, its progress can be tracked in your online account.
- Details of the pension or pensions you want to use, from your latest statements.
- An idea of your fund value, since the online quote asks for a net fund value of £10k or more.
- Your question written down in a sentence or two.
- A pen and paper for a reference number and the adviser's name.
The number type on this page
0800 048 2446 is a UK freephone number, in the 0800 range. Inside the UK, freephone numbers cost nothing to call from landlines and mobiles. It is not a premium or special-rate line. Legal & General also publishes ordinary numbers for other retirement questions; this page dials only the freephone line.
Practical tips before you dial
The contact page gives no hours for the annuity new business line, so plan the call for a UK weekday and allow for the difference with your own time zone. Keep your pension statements in front of you. A headset and a connection you trust help, since a call that drops halfway means starting again. Before you hang up, ask for a reference and note the date.
What kind of number is this?
Freephone 0800 / 0808. Free to call from inside the UK. With Losali the call is billed at €0.99/min, per whole minute, prepaid, and the price is shown before the call starts.