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Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we provide financial advice and insurance, operating as Manulife across Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States.
Manulife at one point serviced over 26 million customers worldwide. [6] Manulife is the largest insurance company in Canada and the 28th largest fund manager in the world based on worldwide institutional assets under management (AUM). [7] Manulife Bank of Canada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manulife.
About us. Manulife is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. We operate primarily as John Hancock in the United States and Manulife elsewhere. We provide financial advice, insurance, as well as wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions.
Every day you face decisions about your future – decisions about education, healthcare, investing or planning for retirement. At Manulife, we’re committed to helping you through these important life moments. It’s about giving you the confidence to make the right decisions so you can spend time on the people and things that really matter.
- Formation of The Company
- The Early 1900s
- Mid-1900S
- 1990s – Early 2000s: Name Changes to Manulife
- Recent History
Manulife was incorporated by an Act of Parliament as “The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company,” on 23 June 1887. Included on its list of business and political supporters was Canada’s prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, who was the company’s first president. Prior to his re-election in 1878, Macdonald’s Conservative Party had campaigned on a pl...
As Manufacturers Life expanded internationally, their Canadian growth remained strong. In 1901, Gooderham built on this progress by amalgamating Manufacturers Life with the Temperance and General Life Assurance Company. This union was encouraged by several businessmen who were shareholders in both companies and believed that economies of scale woul...
Post-war recovery was quick and successful. In 1956, however, the Gooderham family announced its intention to sell its 45 per cent stake in Manufacturers Life. This raised concern among both management and the general public that the company could be sold to American interests. In response, the federal government quickly passed legislation allowing...
As Manufacturers Life worked to diversify its business, it decided to change its name to better represent a wider range of products and services. In 1990, the name was changed to Manulife Financial. In 1993, Manulife made a brief foray into the banking industry when it acquired and combined the Regional Trust Company, Cabot Trust, and Huronia Trust...
The 2008 global financial crisis was a particularly challenging time for Canadian insurance companies. To resolve the crisis situation, global monetary authorities significantly increased the supply of money and lowered interest rates. For life insurance companies who had sold products with guaranteed payouts, this meant they had trouble matching t...
About us. With headquarters in Toronto, Canada, Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading financial services company with offices in 19 other countries across North America, Europe and Asia. For more than a century, we’ve been helping people around the world protect their loved ones, grow their wealth, improve their health and build a ...
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