LV=
Our History
We continue to help people to live financially confident lives.
Since 1843, our purpose has been to help individuals and families to live with financial confidence by protecting their income while they are working and maximising it when they stop. This still remains at the very heart of LV= and is the reason we exist.Â
Our Values
We help you believe in you!
Courageous, curious and always learning.
We’re proud to offer a supportive, collaborative environment where people grow, thrive, and make a real difference to our members and customers every day. If you’re passionate about building skills for life and shaping a career where your voice matters, we’d love to meet you.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We want LV= to be a truly inclusive place where everybody feels comfortable being themselves and where individuals are recognised and respected. We’re committed to creating a positive culture right across the business – a culture that embraces, values and celebrates individual differences.Â
Our senior leadership team harnesses a diverse range of thoughts, ideas and perspectives. Our Five diversity, equity and inclusion networks continue to be sponsored by members of our executive team. To support our vision, our colleague-led diversity, equity and inclusion networks hold regular meetings with their members and each have their own agendas and objectives for the year.Â
Inclusion is one of our four core values. For us, being inclusive is all about embracing all contributions, valuing individuality and allowing everyone to be their authentic self. To bring about real change, we believe focus is required on building inclusion, equity and equality, as well as diversity.Â
Actions speak louder than words and to be truly successful our values need to be ‘lived and breathed’ through the actions we take and how we operate as a business. Our values form a key part of our performance management process and evaluation. Our colleagues are measured, rewarded and held accountable both on what and how they deliver.Â
Our Chief Executive, David Hynam has a passion for DEIW. He has championed equal opportunities for all throughout his career and it is part of our core values. We launched our refreshed DEIW strategy and members of our Executive team sponsor our five networks (Balance, Diversability, Pride, Respect and Wellbeing). Each network harnesses a diverse range of thoughts, ideas and perspectives, and champions allyship throughout the organisation.Â
Our Locations
Wherever you want to work, whatever you want to do, you’re sure to find your fit at LV=
Inspired by a sense of challenge, our 1,300 people work in three offices across the UK to do what’s right for our members and customers. These offices are Bournemouth, Exeter and Hitchin.
Working Environment
Collaboration, curiosity and challenge!
At the heart of the LV= community is how we work together to make the right calls for our members and customers – every day.
You can be sure you’ll be trusted when you need it and given the freedom to grow in whatever direction suits you. Join us and you’ll be constantly challenged and stretched to be the best you can be. We see it as a partnership – we’ll help you develop as you help us grow. It’s a challenging, exciting time and we can’t wait to see what the future holds. For all of us.
Financial Times Best Employers UK 2025
We’ve been recognised in the top 25 of the Financial Times UK’s Best Employers. Over 20,000 employees across the UK were independently surveyed to create these rankings.
Disability Confident employer
We’re committed to creating an inclusive, accessible workplace where everyone can thrive. Diversity makes us stronger, and we’re here to support every colleague to succeed.
We're Carbon Negative
This means that we’ve calculated our carbon emissions and offset 110% of our total emissions which has supported worthwhile projects.
