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Manulife announces deal to reinsure $5.8-billion block of its business, freeing up capital for a share buyback
Manulife Insurance Toronto headquarters is photographed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.(Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Manulife Financial signs $5.8-billion reinsurance deal with RGA Life
Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office tower in Toronto, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Manulife drug plan members continue to face barriers when trying to fill prescriptions at pharmacies of their choice
Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office tower in Toronto, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Exclusive deals between insurance companies and pharmacies becoming more prevalent in Canada
Kari Wutzke, poses for a photograph at her daughter's home in Abbotsford, B.C, on Friday, February 16, 2024. Wutzke is a patient who has to navigate exclusive deals with pharmacies and drug suppliers for her tremfya prescription, to treat her arthritis. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
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Manulife reversed its pharmacy deal with Loblaw’s Shoppers Drug Mart – so what?
Vass Bednar
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Manulife extends earnings goal at Asia unit by two years
Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office tower in Toronto, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Manulife Financial Corp. says patients who require specialty drugs will be able to fill their prescriptions at any pharmacy following backlash sparked by the insurance provider signing an exclusive arrangement with Loblaw Cos. Ltd. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Thursday - and why
A pedestrian wearing a face mask walking past the Manulife Head Office at 200 Bloor St. East, in Toronto, is photographed on April 5 2020.
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Manulife tops profit estimates on strong performance at Canadian and Asia units, boosts dividend
Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office tower in Toronto, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Prescribing a strong dose of competition
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canada
Evening Update: London, Ont. police chief apologizes to woman at centre of Hockey Canada sexual-assault case
London Chief of Police Thai Truong attends a press conference as five Canadian professional hockey players face charges stemming from an alleged sexual assault dating to the time they were members of the country's 2018 world junior team, in London, Ontario, Canada February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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Manulife backtracks plan to give Loblaws exclusive right to fill prescriptions for some drug plan members
Customers leaving the Shoppers Drug Mart store on Yonge St. near St.Clair Ave., are photographed on Mar 17 2020. The drug store chain had offered the first hour opening to seniors or those with disabilities. One customer said that she was told by staff that this only applied to those stores that sold food products.
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Manulife, Loblaw need to ‘get the message’ on competition following deal, Champagne says
<div>The federal minister in charge of promoting competition says he's concerned about a deal between Manulife Financial Corp. and Loblaw Cos. Ltd. that restricts patients from filling out prescriptions for specialty drugs at other pharmacies under their insurance plans. Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne arrives to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick</div>
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Manulife-Loblaw deal to deliver specialty drugs sparks access, competition concerns
Some pharmacare policy experts are raising concerns about competition and patient access to much-needed medication after Manulife Financial Corp. announced certain prescription drugs under its coverage are now only available at Loblaw Cos. Ltd. pharmacies. Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office in Toronto on Feb. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Manulife Financial partners with Aeroplan over digital health-care initiative
Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office tower in Toronto, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Share buybacks are nice. But as a market signal, they’re terrible
Office towers are photographed in Toronto's financial district on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Avison Young says Toronto's downtown office vacancy rate was 12 per cent in the second quarter, up from 11.6 per cent in the first quarter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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Manulife strikes deal to reinsure $13-billion of risk on its books, freeing up capital for share buyback program
Manulife Financial Corp. has signed a reinsurance deal with Global Atlantic that it says will free up $1.2 billion in capital that it plans to use to buy back shares.
personal finance
Here’s how home owners can age in their own place, even if they are struggling to afford it
Robert McLister
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Manulife’s investment management unit to buy London-based credit manager CQS
Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office tower in Toronto, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Manulife reports better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Asia growth, interest rate boost
Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office tower in Toronto, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Manulife beats earnings estimates as sales climb in Asia and in global asset management
Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office in Toronto on Feb. 11, 2020. Manulife Financial Corp. says it had a net income of $1.4 billion attributed to shareholders in the first quarter in its first results under new accounting standards. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Will travel insurance save you if there’s a WestJet strike? It depends
WestJet has started to cancel flights as talks with the pilots’ union remained at a “critical impasse,” the company said in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, May 18, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Manulife’s Frances Donald is no dismal scientist
Manulife's chief economist Frances Donald, Feb 2023
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Manulife Financial steps up hiring in China as it looks to tap big pensions opportunity
Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office in Toronto on Feb. 11, 2020. The insurance company says its earnings slipped in the third quarter as market losses and hurricane costs weighed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Auto dealer segment helps fuel insurer iA Financial’s growth
Reasons You Need Insurance House
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Mortality rates returning to prepandemic levels, says Manulife CEO
In early 2022, Canadian insurers saw a spike in mortality claims as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 surged throughout the United States and Canada.
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Manulife profit falls as market volatility hits wealth and asset management unit
Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office in Toronto on Feb. 11, 2020. The insurance company says its earnings slipped in the third quarter as market losses and hurricane costs weighed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Manulife’s new preventative care partnership responds to increased claims for mental-health leaves, overwhelmed ERs
A pedestrian wearing a face mask walking past the Manulife Head Office at 200 Bloor St. East, in Toronto, is photographed on April 5 2020.
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Economic outlook to create ‘stiff headwinds’ for insurers but dividends are sustainable
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Top stock picks from ARC Independent Research (and those to avoid)
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Manulife Financial to outsource real estate operations in Canada; 50 job cuts expected
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Manulife gets Chinese regulatory approval to take full control of a funds joint venture
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Manulife to appoint former Teck Resources CEO Don Lindsay as board chair in February
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Manulife core profit hit by declines in wealth & asset management unit
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Want to retire earlier and stay healthy? Here’s an investing strategy to do just that
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Manulife reports $1.6-billion drop in earnings amid market turmoil and extended COVID-19 restrictions in Asia
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Manulife agent numbers in China, Vietnam slide on pandemic challenges, regulation