Legal & General and Barclays have agreed a new protection arrangement.

Legal & General will provide all family and mortgage-linked Life and Critical Illness protection cover for Barclays retail customers on an advised basis.

The new arrangement builds on the mortgage protection distribution arrangement that Legal & General and Barclays have had in place since 2001.

Chris Last, managing director, Legal & General Bank & Building Society Distribution, said: “I am delighted to be widening our relationship with Barclays. Barclays is a key strategic partner for Legal & General and we have worked successfully together for many years.