2009 News Releases

Bandung - Manulife Indonesia, through its Bandung district office, is linking up with the Evergreen Hash House Harriers (HHH) to sponsor a cross country running event for approximately 2,000 people on October 25, 2009 in Lembang, West Java.

Participants include customers, agents and employees of Manulife Indonesia, and Evergreen HHH members. This is the first time that Manulife Indonesia has sponsored a sporting event of this scale in Indonesia.  Besides running, the participants will also be able to enjoy tai chi, line dancing and aerobics.

This activity aims to increase brand awareness of Manulife Indonesia in Bandung, where the life insurance company operates a sales office, as well as helping to promote the benefits of exercise through sports such as cross country running. 

As part of its sponsorship, Manulife Indonesia will also donate 20 pairs of desks and chairs and 100 school bags to 2 elementary schools - SDN 3 Wangunsari and SDN 2 Cibogo - in Lembang to mark the event.

David Beynon, Manulife Indonesia’s President Director, praised the activity. “As part of our commitment to ‘Bringing Dreams to Life’ and to celebrate 14^th Evergreen HHH Anniversary, we are proud to support this activity dedicated to the Bandung and Lembang society,” he said. “We also would like to thank Evergreen HHH for the opportunity to work with them on this exciting event. We hope this activity will increase people’s awareness of the benefits of exercise as part of a healthy life style,” Beynon added.

The event will be attended by David Beynon, Adi Purnomo, Vice President Director and Chief Operating Officer, Nelly Husnayati, Executive Vice President and Chief Agency Officer, Benny M. Waworuntu, Asst. Vice President Agency, and Oey Tjun Seng, District Manager, Bandung District Manulife Indonesia.

About Hash House Harriers
The Hash House Harriers (abbreviated to HHH, H3, or referred to simply as Hashing) is an international group of non-competitive running and social clubs. An event organized by a club is known as a Hash or Hash Run, with participants calling themselves Hashers. The Evergreen HHH was established in 1995 in Bandung. At present, the club has 600 members coming from Bandung area and its surroundings.

About Manulife Indonesia in Bandung
Manulife Indonesia in Bandung was established in 1986. Currently, with around 250 agents and staff under 5 sales operations, this sales office is one of the top ten producing Manulife Indonesia’s sales offices in country-wide operation. As at September 30 2009, it has served approximately 26,000 customers.

About Manulife Financial in Indonesia
Manulife Indonesia offers the most comprehensive products and services in the Indonesian financial services industry through Life Insurance, Employee Benefits and Mutual Fund products. Headquartered in Jakarta, Manulife Indonesia operates through a network of over 120 sales operations in more than 20 cities throughout the country, supported by almost 6,000 employees and full-time professional agents who serve well over 1.5 million customers.

Up to mid-2009, Manulife Indonesia earned several prestigious awards such as:

•  Excellent Designation 2009 from InfoBank magazine (for the fifth time, since 2002, 2005, 2007, and 2008)

•  1st Runner Up Best Life Insurance 2009 from Investor magazine (for the third consecutive years)

•  Call Center Award for Service Excellence 2009 from Marketing magazine and Carre-CCSL (Center for Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty) for the third time, having previously won the same award in 2006 and 2008.

About Manulife Financial
Manulife Financial is a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 22 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$421 billion (US$362 billion) as at June 30, 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.

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