Manulife Philippines Historical Timeline

1901	Sold first Manulife policy in the Philippines
1907	Received license to engage in business in the Philippines
1923	Edwin E. Elser appointed Head of the Manila Agency
1934	Manila Agency ranked #2 overall in Manulife Worldwide New Business Contest
1935	Paquita Gonzalez joins the Manila Agency as one of the first female Sales Associates
1942	Paquita Gonzalez secures company records and funds at the outbreak of World War II
1945	Manulife’s Manila Agency opened for post war business operations in the Philippines
1957	Manulife's Philippine Branch celebrates 50 years of local business operations
1966	Philippine Branch moves into full-time sales agent requirement
1967	Cebu office opens
1973	Philippine Branch moves Head Office to the Makati Central Business District
1982	Manulife's Philippine Branch celebrates 75 years of local business operations
1999	Year of demutualization
1999	Manulife Philippines launched as a wholly-owned domestic subsidiary
1999	Manulife Financial Corp. is listed in the PSE - the first foreign company to do so
2000	Manulife Financial Plans, Inc. approved by SEC for operations
2002	Acquisition of the in-force business formerly belonging to MetLife Philippines
2003	Integration of CMG Philippines operations
2004	Merged with the life insurance business of John Hancock Life Insurance Corp. in the Philippines
2006	Integration of Pramerica operations
2007	100 years of Philippine business operations
2007	Strategic bancassurance alliance with China Banking Corporation to form Manulife China Bank Life Assurance Corporation

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