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Manulife New York Participant Newsletter Receives Award --League of American Communications Professionals’ 2002 Inspire Awards Recognize Participant Newsletter-- Valhalla – Manulife New York’s quarterly 401(k) participant newsletter, “there”, was awarded Honorable Mention by the 2002 Inspire Awards.1 The League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) sponsored these awards, which recognize the best in employee communications. The quarterly newsletter was among more than 300 entries submitted for the LACP’s Inspire Awards. Manulife New York’s newsletter, “there,” scored high in the areas of First Impressions, Creativity, Message Clarity, Variety of Features and Relevance to employees. With over 300 entries, competition was extremely tough, but, according to Tyson Heyn, APR, Chairman LACP, “there” exhibited “exceptional characteristics which set it apart as something truly special.” With its primary focus on educating participants on the benefits of financial and retirement planning, “there” is distributed to all of Manulife New York’s over one million participants. “The LACP’s recognition of our newsletter reconfirms our commitment to providing participants with easy-to-read materials that educate, inform, and hopefully, inspire participants to enjoy their working life while getting ‘there’,” said Kendall Kay, Chief Strategy Officer for Manulife New York's Group Pensions Division. “We are pleased to receive this award and proud of the revised look and tone that we relaunched the newsletter with in 2002.” The LACP is an organization dedicated to supporting and recognizing excellence in the practice of professional communicators. Established in 2001, LACP’s goal is to help facilitate discussion of best-in-class practices in communications and recognize those who demonstrate exemplary communications behaviors. The LACP sponsors quarterly competitions, with the Winter Competition being the employee newsletter competition or “Inspire Awards.” About Manulife New York Manulife New York is committed to offering the highest quality annuity, life insurance, and pension products to our clients. Its family of products has been built around a powerful combination of investment options chosen with the goal of providing attractive, risk adjusted returns and broad diversification across asset classes, investment styles and asset managers. With Manulife New York’s broad product lines, competitive underwriting, excellent ratings and quality customer service, Manulife New York is committed to providing quality products designed to help create and preserve wealth for our clients. Manulife New York can be found on the Internet at www.manulifenewyork.com. Manulife Financial is a leading Canadian-based financial services group operating in 15 countries and territories worldwide. Through its extensive network of employees, agents and distribution partners, Manulife Financial offers clients a diverse range of financial protection products and wealth management services. Funds under management by Manulife Financial were US$96.4 billion (Cdn$141.6 billion) as at March 31, 2003. 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.1Awarded Honorable Mention in the 2002 Inspire Awards Employee Newsletter/Web Site Competition in the category of quarterly, print publications of companies with an employee base of more than 10,000 and annual revenue of more than $1 Billion. -30- Media Contact: Wendy W. Smith U.S. Communications 617-854-4348 wendy_smith@manulife.com |
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