# John Hancock

> John Hancock is Manulife's U.S. financial-services brand, serving more than 10 million Americans through life insurance, annuities, retirement-plan administration, investments, and long-term-care solutions. Its distinguishing bet is behavioral insurance: the Vitality program connects eligible policies to health education, activity incentives, premium savings, wellness rewards, and access to screening and monitoring technologies, turning a traditionally low-contact product into an ongoing relationship.

- **Founded:** 1862
- **Headquarters:** Boston, United States
- **Team size:** Approximately 5,100 employees are associated with John Hancock on LinkedIn; Manulife reported more than 37,000 employees globally at the end of 2025.
- **Products:** Term life insurance, Permanent life insurance, John Hancock Vitality, LifeCare, Protection VUL
- **Notable:** More than 160 years of operation in the United States., Launched John Hancock Vitality in 2015 and marked its tenth anniversary in 2025., Named to Fortune's 2025 Change the World list, where it was the only life insurer among 50 selected companies.

## Products & services

- **Term life insurance** — Coverage for fixed periods, with eligible policies able to include Vitality wellness benefits.
- **Permanent life insurance** — Universal, indexed universal, variable universal, and survivorship policies designed for protection, cash-value potential, estate planning, and wealth transfer.
- **John Hancock Vitality** — A behavioral-insurance program offering education, incentives, rewards, premium savings, wearables, wellness services, and access to preventive-health tools for eligible policyholders.
- **LifeCare** — A hybrid indexed universal life product combining death-benefit protection with long-term-care benefits and digital application and underwriting.
- **Protection VUL** — A variable universal life solution combining long-term death-benefit protection, cash-value growth potential, and optional living-benefit riders.
- **Quick Quote** — A generative-AI underwriting support tool that helps financial professionals obtain preliminary life-insurance assessments in minutes.
- **Retirement-plan services** — Recordkeeping, administration, participant support, plan investments, target-date funds, and retirement-income tools for employers, sponsors, advisers, and savers.
- **Investments and annuities** — Mutual funds, ETFs, IRAs, 529 plans, and fixed, variable, immediate, and group annuity servicing through John Hancock and Manulife investment businesses.
- **Longevity Preparedness tool** — A personalized assessment, developed from research with MIT AgeLab, covering health, finance, care, home, activities, community, transitions, and social connection.

## Achievements

- More than 160 years of operation in the United States.
- Launched John Hancock Vitality in 2015 and marked its tenth anniversary in 2025.
- Named to Fortune's 2025 Change the World list, where it was the only life insurer among 50 selected companies.
- John Hancock says most Vitality members engage with the program 20 to 30 times per month.
- The 2025 Longevity Preparedness Index established a national benchmark across eight domains using a representative sample of 1,307 U.S. adults.
- Manulife reported US$145.8 billion in U.S. assets under management at the end of 2025.
- Supports more than 10 million Americans across insurance, annuities, investments, and retirement services.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Enhanced Protection Variable Universal Life to broaden access to flexible permanent coverage with growth potential and living-benefit riders.
- **2026-05** — Launched the Longer. Healthier. Better. Network with an initial 200 independent financial-professional members.
- **2026-04** — Released a personalized Longevity Preparedness assessment and added Vitality offers for at-home AEDs and blood-pressure monitoring.
- **2026-02** — Enhanced LifeCare, its hybrid indexed universal life product with long-term-care benefits and streamlined underwriting.
- **2026-01** — Introduced Quick Quote, a generative-AI tool for preliminary life-insurance underwriting assessments.
- **2025-10** — Published the inaugural Longevity Preparedness Index with MIT AgeLab; U.S. adults averaged 60 out of 100.
- **2025-09** — Named to Fortune's 2025 Change the World list for the Vitality behavioral-insurance program.
- **2025-05** — Marked Vitality's tenth anniversary and announced collaborations with Function Health and Nutrisense.

## Links

- Website: https://www.johnhancock.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/john-hancock
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/johnhancockusa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnhancock/

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Last updated: 2026-08-13