Manulife Financial Corporation Engages the Dragon

Dragon's done it again! We're proud to announce our latest client win, Manulife Financial Corporation.

We've been engaged to develop a new direct mail program announcing the company's formal name change from Manulife Financial Corporation to John Hancock Financial. Manulife Financial Corporation purchased John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. earlier this year, making it the second-largest life insurance company in North America, and the fifth-largest in the world.

The new direct mail program is targeted to the company's 15,000 US agents and brokers, and the goals are to announce the formal name change, introduce the agents to the new corporate branding and ask them to request their newly branded John Hancock sales materials. The name change is effective January 1, 2005.

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