2010 News Releases

Boston – John Hancock Annuities has added new electronic delivery features to its award-winning web site, www.jhannuities.com, in an effort to help financial advisers monitor their clients’ account activity. “Email Alerts” help advisers by providing next day email notification of financial transactions in the accounts with a consolidated delivery of daily activity.   Another newly introduced tool, “Recent Activity,” allows authorized advisers to review financial transactions that have occurred in their book of business over the most recent seven-day period.

“Financial advisers are increasingly looking for new ways in which to effectively and efficiently manage their business, and John Hancock has been at the forefront of efforts to offer useful tools to help them,” said Tom Mullen, Vice President, Marketing, John Hancock Annuities. “These new options are easy to set up and can be customized by transaction type for payments, withdrawals, portfolio exchanges, and contract and rider fees.”  

John Hancock Annuities’ web site was recently honored with multiple wins in the 2009 Annuity Monitor Awards, presented by Corporate Insight, a leader in the ongoing review of annuity industry websites. John Hancock Annuities was awarded more gold medals in 2009 than any other company and was the only firm to earn three consecutive gold Monitor Awards in two categories—Public Home Page Navigation and Client Account Information.

In 2009, www.jhannuities.com introduced numerous upgrades to contract detail information including:   expanded personal rates of return, faster navigation via a new universal menu that offers direct access to key client resources, newly added help functionality, and emphasis on eDelivery.

About John Hancock Financial and Manulife Financial Corporation

John Hancock Financial is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation (the Company), a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 22 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and in most of Asia, and primarily as 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$440 billion (US$420 billion) as of December 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.

The John Hancock unit, through its insurance companies, comprises one of the largest life insurers in the United States. John Hancock offers a broad range of financial products and services, including life insurance, fixed and variable annuities, fixed products, mutual funds, 401(k) plans, long-term care insurance, college savings, and other forms of business insurance. Additional information about John Hancock may be found at www.johnhancock.com.

Media Contact:     
Beth McGoldrick
(617) 663-4751
bmcgoldrick@jhancock.com