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UK's Legal & General slips as full-year results miss estimates

** Shares of British insurer Legal & General LGEN.L down 5.7% at 243.7 pence, top loser in London's FTSE 100 .FTSE, which is down 0.63%

** Company reports annual core operating profit of 1.62 billion pounds ($2.18 billion), below company-compiled average analyst estimate of 1.65 billion pounds
** LGEN reports full-year Solvency II coverage ratio of 210%, compared with 232% a year earlier
** Up to Tuesday's close, stock down 1.3%, compared with a 4.18% YTD increase in FTSE index

 (Reporting by Simone Lobo in Bengaluru)

 ((Simone.Lobo@thomsonreuters.com, +919920570373))

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