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Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC) is an international financial services and direct life insurance company headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with shares listed on the Toronto, New York, and Philippine stock exchanges and under 945 in Hong Kong. This news page aggregates company‑related announcements, allowing investors and observers to review Manulife’s publicly reported developments in one place.
Manulife’s news flow covers a broad range of topics that reflect its role in life insurance, financial advice, and wealth and asset management. Recent releases include strategic sustainability initiatives such as the launch of Manulife Impact Forests, a global network of restoration sites in countries including Canada, the United States, Cambodia, Japan, and the Philippines, developed with community partners and veritree’s Smart Forest technology. Other updates highlight technology partnerships and AI adoption, including a multi‑year agreement with Adaptive ML to support Manulife’s enterprise AI platform and the deployment of AI‑enabled tools in areas like underwriting, customer service, and digital applications.
Investors can also find information on capital markets activity, such as the pricing of U.S. public offerings of senior notes, rating agency actions on Manulife and its subsidiaries, and communications about shareholder matters, including quarterly dividend declarations and responses to unsolicited mini‑tender offers. Operational and financial performance updates, including quarterly results, segment performance in Asia, Canada, the United States, and Global Wealth & Asset Management, and strategic acquisitions in asset management and insurance markets, are regularly reported through news releases.
By following this page, readers can review Manulife’s official communications on its strategy, financial performance, sustainability projects, AI initiatives, and shareholder information, based on the company’s own published news and regulatory disclosures.
John Hancock (NYSE/TSX: MFC) on Jan 29, 2026 launched Quick Quote, a GenAI underwriting support tool that trims preliminary life-insurance assessments from one day to about 15 minutes. Capacity: designed for >4,000 requests/month; pilot began end-2024 and supported >20,000 cases.
The tool aims to improve underwriting consistency, let underwriters focus on complex cases, and advance Manulife and John Hancock's AI-at-scale strategy while emphasizing responsible integration.
Manulife (TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC; SEHK: 945) will release its fourth quarter and full year 2025 results after markets close on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. A live webcast and conference call with Manulife's executive leadership team is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. ET to discuss results and take analyst questions.
Access details: dial 1-888-317-6003 or 1-647-846-2809 (Passcode: 1741569#); call in 15 minutes early. The webcast and archived materials will be available at the company investor website, and a replay of the call is available until May 12, 2026 (replay dial 1-855-669-9658 or 1-412-317-0088, Passcode: 1920470#).
Manulife (TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC) launched Manulife Impact Forests on January 13, 2026, a global network of restoration sites using veritree's Smart Forest technology to guide planting and monitoring.
The program currently includes sites in Canada, the U.S., Cambodia, Japan, and the Philippines and has restored more than 160 hectares and planted over 185,000 trees. veritree's platform combines satellite imagery, ground data, and bioacoustic monitoring to deliver real-time mapping, species selection, and measurable outcomes such as tonnes of carbon sequestered, hectares restored, biodiversity gains, and community benefits.
Manulife (NYSE:MFC) announced on Dec 22, 2025 a multi-year agreement with Adaptive ML to use its reinforcement-learning engine to fine-tune, evaluate and deploy open-source small language models for Manulife's enterprise AI platform.
The partnership targets real-time model optimization for use cases such as automating underwriting quotes, executing complex processes and advising sales professionals. Manulife cited Responsible AI principles and potential energy efficiency gains from using tuned SLMs, and noted it was named #1 life insurance company for AI maturity in the Evident AI Index for Insurance.
Manulife (TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC; SEHK: 945) cautions investors about an unsolicited mini-tender offer from Ocehan LLC to buy up to 50,000 common shares (under 0.003% of outstanding) at C$35.80 per share. Manulife said it is not associated with Ocehan and does not recommend acceptance.
The offer price represents approximately a 24.7%–28.3% discount to closing TSX and NYSE prices on key dates cited. Manulife reminded shareholders that mini-tender offers may avoid standard disclosure and procedural requirements and quoted regulator concerns that such bids can be below market.
Shareholders were advised to review Ocehan's documents, compare the offer to current market prices, consult investment advisors, and contact Manulife transfer agents for shareholder services.
Manulife (NYSE: MFC) had its Financial Strength Rating affirmed at A+ (Superior) and key Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings affirmed at aa- (Superior) by AM Best on December 12, 2025. AM Best also affirmed Manulife's long-term issuer rating at a- (Excellent) with a stable outlook and assigned/affirmed multiple issue-level ratings across senior debt, subordinated debentures and preferred shares.
AM Best cited a very strong balance sheet (LICAT improving, BCAR moved to very strong), strong operating performance, diversified business mix across Asia/Canada/US, and very strong enterprise risk management. Offsetting factors include remaining exposure to long-term care and secondary-guarantee universal life reserves and execution risk from strategic initiatives such as a planned India joint venture and generative AI rollouts.
Manulife Financial (NYSE: MFC) priced a U.S. public offering of U.S.$1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.986% senior notes due 2035 at 100% on December 2, 2025. The offering was made under a prospectus supplement dated December 2, 2025, to a registration statement declared effective by the SEC on September 29, 2025.
The company intends to use net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include future refinancing. BofA Securities, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley are joint book‑running managers. The securities will not be offered or sold in Canada.
Manulife (TSX: MFC, NYSE: MFC) announced that Colin Simpson, Chief Financial Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the Desjardins Toronto Conference on Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 1:45 p.m. ET.
A live webcast will be available via Manulife's investor relations website and a replay will be accessible for 90 days after the session.
Manulife (TSX: MFC) announced that Phil Witherington, President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat with TD Securities analyst Mario Mendonca on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. ET.
The discussion will cover the company's recent business performance and refreshed enterprise strategy. A live webcast and a replay will be available on Manulife's Investor Relations website, with the replay accessible for three months.
Manulife (TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC; SEHK: 945) announced that Hai Ling will join its Board of Directors effective January 1, 2026. Mr. Ling is President for Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Mastercard and has held senior roles at Bank of America and HSBC.
Mr. Ling holds a Doctor of Humane Letters, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He will serve on Manulife's Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
Board chair Don Lindsay said Mr. Ling's financial services and Asia market experience will support oversight of Manulife's strategy and operations.
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