ALLIANCE & LEICESTER LIFE INSURANCE Alliance & Leicester was formed in 1985 through a merger of the Alliance Building Society and the Leicester Building Society, Aliance & Leicester BS became a bank in 1997 when it was floated on the London Stock Exchange. Alliance & Leicester was acquired by the Spanish firm Banco Santander in October 2008 Alliance Leicester Life Assurance was set up to help provide life insurance for their customers via their branch network. During the 1980's & 90's this worked well until due to market conditions they stopped selling their own prducts. The Alliance & Leicester was tied to Scottish Amicable for endowment sales between 1989 & 1996 before it stopped selling endowments, as the mortgage market slowly moved from endowments to repayment mortgages.   In 2012 Alliance & Leicester for Life Assurance purposes currently products were provided via Legal & General but now Bright Grey & Pinnacle Insurance. Alliance & Leicester Life Insurance products includes Life insurance cover, decreasing (mortgage protection), level term assurance, family life insurance , Critical Illness or Income Protection.  Looking in 2012 to compare Alliance and Leicester Life Insurance products against other Uk Insurers > Need a Competitive Life or Critical Illness Insurance Quote ? Article on:Alliance Leicester Life Insurance ~ for more information visit www.alliance-leicester.co.uk * ( * Note: You are now leaving the regulated site of Uk Life Insurance Quotes. Neither ourselves, nor Sesame Ltd, is responsible for the accuracy of the information contained within the linked site.)  FOR PROTECTION PRODUCTS WE USUALLY OFFER FROM A LIMITED PANEL OF PROVIDERS For products with an investment element we will introduce you to an authorised adviser