Company Profile
Manulife Financial - The Global Company
4th largest life insurer in the world
Manulife is a new name in the Thai life insurance industry. Manulife’s presence in Thailand was a result of a large-scale global merger between Canadian-based Manulife Financial Corporation and U.S.-based John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. that was completed in April 2004. The merger saw the emergence of Manulife Financial Corporation, which has more than 115 years of experience in the life insurance business, as the major shareholder of the Company. Effective June 2005, the Company in Thailand is operating as Manulife Insurance (Thailand) Public Company Limited (formerly known as Interlife John Hancock Assurance Company)
Manulife Financial is one of the most progressive financial organizations in the world. With a legacy of more than a century of service, Manulife’s strength has been built on a commitment to be the most professional life insurer in the world. Simply put, that means being the best at everything we do because that is what our customers, our shareholders and the community expects of us. It’s also what we expect of ourselves.
Operating in Canada and Asia as Manulife Financial, and in the United States primarily as John Hancock, we are the largest life insurance company in North America and 4th largest in the world based on market capitalization as at February 28, 2009.
Since 1887, we have continuously embraced innovation as the means of maintaining our leading-edge role in financial protection and wealth management. Our global portfolio of financial products includes life insurance, pensions, mutual funds, annuities, group benefits and long-term care. Putting these products to work for our customers through our dedicated global sales channels has allowed Manulife to gain market share in every region in which we operate.
Manulife Financial is a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were Cdn$405 billion (US$330 billion) as at December 31,2008.
Manulife has among the highest ratings in the industry and is one of the strongest life insurance companies in the world (as at February 2009).
Manulife Financial Corporation trades as ‘MFC’ on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under ‘0945’ on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at www.manulife.com