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Manulife Financial Corporation reports developments across its international insurance, financial advice, health solutions, and wealth and asset management businesses. The company operates as Manulife in Canada and Asia and primarily as John Hancock in the United States, with news commonly covering insurance distribution, retirement services, investment solutions, customer health and longevity initiatives, and community programs.
Recurring updates also include quarterly and annual results, dividend announcements, annual meeting materials, management information circulars, shareholder voting matters, executive conference participation, and capital actions involving common and preferred shares. News from John Hancock adds detail on U.S. insurance sales, executive benefits, the John Hancock Vitality program, and longevity-focused research and planning tools.
Manulife (TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC; SEHK: 945) declared quarterly dividends on specified non‑cumulative preferred share series. Dividends are payable on or after March 19, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 25, 2026.
Declared per‑share amounts range by series from $0.14675 to $0.396875, covering 11 preferred series.
Manulife (TSX/NYSE: MFC) reported record full-year core earnings of $7.5 billion for 2025 and core EPS $4.21, with net income to shareholders of $5.6 billion. The company raised its common dividend by 10.2%, repurchased 3.1% of shares in 2025 and announced a new NCIB to buy ~2.5%.
Other highlights: APE sales +14% to $9,717 million, new business CSM +28%, NBV +18%, remittances $6.4 billion and a LICAT ratio of 136% in 4Q25.
Manulife (TSX/NYSE: MFC) intends to launch a Normal Course Issuer Bid to purchase for cancellation up to 42 million common shares (~2.5% of shares outstanding), subject to Toronto Stock Exchange acceptance. OSFI has approved the NCIB; TSX acceptance and other regulatory approvals remain required.
As at Jan 31, 2026 Manulife had 1,676,743,043 common shares outstanding. The company may buy shares on TSX, NYSE, alternative trading systems, via private purchases under exemptions, or through derivative-based programs; all purchases will be cancelled.
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.