2009 News Releases

As the first joint venture company in China approved to offer employee benefits, Manulife-Sinochem recently launched two new group packages – Group Accidental and Group Comprehensive – offering flexible options to small- and medium-sized businesses.

With its foreign parent company Manulife Financial having more than 100 years experience in global employee benefits and annuity markets, Manulife-Sinochem has the ability to offer clients professional service, fast and efficient claims processing and value added options. Manulife-Sinochem has also made it a priority to serve small- and medium-sized companies as a key focus of its group insurance business, offering them secure and comprehensive employee benefits services.

With a low premium, the newGroup Accidental Package is suitable for a broad range of small- and medium-sized companies. This package includes accidental death and disability benefits; accidental hospitalization reimbursement benefits; accident outpatient reimbursement benefits; and accidental hospitalization income benefits.

TheGroup Comprehensive Package provides a more comprehensive range of benefits with term life insurance in addition to accidental death and disability benefits, accidental hospitalization reimbursement benefits, critical illness benefits, accident outpatient reimbursement benefits and hospitalization income benefits.

These new packages, Group Accidental and Group Comprehensive, further improve Manulife-Sinochem’s product line and provide customers more affordable, convenient and flexible solutions for their employee benefits.

About Manulife-Sinochem
Manulife-Sinochem is a joint venture company between Manulife (International) Limited and the China Foreign Economy and Trade Trust Company (a member of the Sinochem group). It was the first Chinese-foreign joint-venture life insurance company established in China. Manulife-Sinochem began operations in November 1996. To date it has over 10,000 professionally trained agents and employees, providing financial and insurance services to over 400,000 customers. The company is now developing steadily in over 35 cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and in provinces including Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Shandong, Fujian and Chongqing. With more than ten years’ successful experience, Manulife-Sinochem is committed to offering comprehensive insurance products combined with excellent customer service and professionalism.

Manulife-Sinochem can be found on the internet at www.manulife-sinochem.com

About Manulife Financial
Manulife Financial is a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia, and primarily through John Hancock in the United States, the Company offers clients a diverse range of financial protection products and wealth management services through its extensive network of employees, agents and distribution partners. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were Cdn$405 billion (US$322 billion) as at March 31, 2009.

Manulife Financial Corporation trades as ‘MFC’ on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under ‘945’ on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at www.manulife.com.

Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at www.manulife.com.

About Sinochem
China Foreign Economy and Trade Trust Company (FOTIC) is a core enterprise of Sinochem. Sinochem is an important state-owned enterprise in China, with main focus in the sectors of agriculture, energy, chemicals, finance and real estate. It is also one of the four largest state-owned oil companies in China and the largest fertilizer provider that manufactures, distributes and markets all varieties of fertilizers. Sinochem has been listed among the Fortune Global 500 companies eighteen times and ranked 257th in 2008. In 2008, Sinochem International got yearly award of “The best corporate governance of listed companies in China”

Sinochem can be found on the Internet atwww.sinochem.com.

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