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L&G slumps to a loss and halves dividend

By Andrea Felsted and Peter Thal Larsen

Published: March 25 2009 08:54 | Last updated: March 25 2009 21:38

Legal & General on Wednesday made the first dividend cut in its history in an attempt to conserve capital as it reported heavy losses for 2008.

The group, which also revealed it would hold back from writing certain types of policies requiring high amounts of capital, halved its final pay-out to 2.05p a share.

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