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Manulife promotes Asia insurance head Phil Witherington to group CEO

Asia was the largest contributor to Manulife’s group earnings, accounting for 44 per cent of the total in the third quarter.

19 Nov 2024 - 5:22PM

Insurance

Exclusive | Manulife on track to reach 50% Asia earnings target by 2027

19 Nov 2024 - 10:04AM

Hong Kong society

Manulife executive in Hong Kong criticises employer for policies in autism cases

19 Nov 2024 - 10:05AM

Banking & finance

Stronger Hong Kong-Asean ties to open doors in banking, insurance markets

Hong Kong has set up advisory groups to foster stronger ties with Southeast Asia and the Middle East, helping open doors to markets.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:07AMvideocam

Daryl Ng Win-kong, part of the Asean advisory group, speaks at the
Hong Kong-Asean Summit in Admiralty in September 2024. Photo: Eugene Lee

Consumer protection in Hong Kong

Hong Kong tests find half of home air purifiers ‘slow’ at removing toxic gas

Consumer Council tests of 10 air purifiers find half slow in formaldehyde removal and some exaggerated particulate filtration effectiveness.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:19AM

Banking & finance

Exclusive | Manulife to use new Macau office to tap Greater Bay Area opportunities: CEO

The Canadian insurer will in October move into a new office in Yoho Treasure Island, a mixed-use complex capable of accommodating 1,000 sales and general staff.

19 Nov 2024 - 10:06AM

Insurance

Hong Kong life insurance sales surge amid soaring demand from mainland visitors

Life insurance sales in Hong Kong surged by 39 per cent in the first quarter thanks to a world record policy sold by HSBC Life and strong growth in the number of mainland Chinese visitors buying policies in the city, according to data from the industry regulator.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:12AMvideocam

Insurance

Hong Kong insurers’ sales to yield-hungry mainland China visitors rocket

Sales of policies to mainland visitors hit HK$46.8 billion (US$6 billion) in the nine months to September, compared with HK$1 billion a year ago, according to data from the Insurance Authority.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:18AMvideocam

Insurance

Exclusive | Manulife doubling down on rich mainland customers with new Hong Kong centre: CEO

Manulife will open its second prestige customer centre in Hong Kong and invest more on digital tools to support growing business from returning mainland Chinese customers, its newly appointed Asia CEO says.

19 Nov 2024 - 10:07AM

Banking & finance

Manulife says MPF members switched funds more frequently in pandemic-led market

Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund saw a pickup in the frequency of members changing their investment fund choices in the three pandemic-stricken years, 2020-2022, according to Manulife, the largest pension scheme provider in the city.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:07AM

The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority has urged members not to try and time the market. Photo: Enoch Yiu

Banking & finance

Manulife moves CFO to Hong Kong, joining peers using city as Asia expansion base

Canada’s biggest insurance company has appointed CFO Phil Witherington as president and CEO of Manulife Asia, effective July 1, as it looks to tap Greater Bay Area, regional opportunities.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:08AMvideocam

Hong Kong is already Manulife’s Asian headquarters, and Witherington plans to use it as a base from which to expand further into the Greater Bay Area and other regional markets. Photo: SCMP Handout

Insurance

Hong Kong insurers’ sales to Chinese visitors jumped 28-fold in first quarter

Life insurance sales to mainland Chinese visitors rose by 28 times in the first quarter, as the reopening of the border unleashed a wave of pent-up demand, data from the Insurance Authority showed.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:09AMvideocam

Banking & finance

Exclusive | Manulife unit seeks Hong Kong domicile with eye on Greater Bay Area, CEO says

Canadian insurer Manulife (International) wants to redomicile its Hong Kong unit in the city from Bermuda as it has big plans for expansion in the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong and Macau CEO Patrick Graham says.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:06AMvideocam

China Conference Hong Kong

Manulife’s GBA survey shows the need to close the ‘protection gap’

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As the longest continually operating life insurer in Hong Kong, Manulife aims to understand the protection needs of GBA residents around health and wealth through consumer surveys to promote healthier and longer lives in the communities it serves

Insurance

HSBC Life, Manulife turned Macau into springboard for growth during lockdowns

Go where the customers are. Insurers relied on the mantra over the past two years to reach big-spending mainland clients in Macau as travel curbs starved Hong Kong of its economic lifeblood.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:12AM

Tourists at the ruins of St Paul’s in Macau. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Insurance

HSBC, AllianzGI, Manulife, Prudential eye China’s pension scheme

HSBC, Allianz Global Investors, Manulife Investment Management, and Prudential are among some of the biggest global insurers keen to capture China’s potential US$1.5 trillion private pension market.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:17AMvideocam

Banking & finance

Manulife takes control of China unit as foreign ownership barriers fall

Beijing has given Manulife Investment Management the all-clear to take complete control of its mainland Chinese joint venture, in a move analysts said reflects the country’s increased willingness to open up its financial markets to foreign players.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:10AMvideocam

A trusted name for 125 years

How Hong Kong’s longest-running life insurer will help drive city’s recovery as it marks 125th anniversary

Damien Green, CEO of Manulife Asia, says the company will continue to support city’s community and economic recovery through business growth

19 Nov 2024 - 11:16AM

Damien Green, CEO of Manulife Asia, previously spent two and a half years as CEO of Manulife Hong Kong and Macau. Photo: SCMP/May Tse

A trusted name for 125 years

How 3 insurance professionals have helped Hong Kong tackle challenges such as Covid-19 pandemic

Manulife Hong Kong’s actuary Danny Lee, wealth management manager Winvy Lung and advanced analytics specialist Alex Fung devised new customer offerings and services

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Banking & finance

Prudential names Manulife Asia CEO as its next top executive

Anil Wadhwani, a former Citigroup and Manulife executive, will be based in Hong Kong as part of Prudential’s shift to Asia.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:16AMvideocam

A trusted name for 125 years

125 years: how Hong Kong and Manulife, the city’s longest-continuous insurer, are entwined

Insurer stays with the city through many ups and downs, including wartime invasion, stock market crashes and epidemics

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Manulife’s agents pictured in Central in 1977. Photo: Manulife

Banking & finance

Manulife to expand office, insurance force to tap Greater Bay Area riches

Manulife will take up space in its fifth office location in Hong Kong this year and grow its agency force to tap into insurance demand and rising wealth in the Greater Bay Area, CEO Damien Green says.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:11AMvideocam

Damien Green, chief executive of Manulife Hong Kong and Macau, is confident in the future of Hong Kong. Photo: May Tse

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Manulife sets up game-changing digital customer engagement

Products are designed with a person’s needs in mind and obsession with customer feedback

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Insurance

Manulife says investment-linked insurance products set to boom

19 Nov 2024 - 11:22AM

Insurance

Manulife to double army of agents in Asia

19 Nov 2024 - 11:21AM

Insurance

Manulife sets out to track AIG, as a gaggle of insurers jostle for licences

19 Nov 2024 - 11:23AM

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Manulife Financial Corporation is Canada’s largest insurer and a leading international financial services provider. With its global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, it provides financial advice and insurance.

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19 November, 2024