In recognition of a job well done,
Manulife-Sinochem Life Insurance has received an “Excellent
Organisation” award for 2009 from China’s State Council National
Economic Census Commission at the recommendation of the China
Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). Manulife-Sinochem was the
only foreign life insurer in China to earn this recognition.

In 1996 Manulife-Sinochem, a joint
venture (JV) between Canadian insurer Manulife Financial and
state-owned Chinese chemical giant Sinochem Corporation, became the
first Sino-foreign JV life insurance company licensed by the CIRC
in China.

Manulife-Sinochem launched
operations in November 2002 and today has 11,000 agents and
employees and 500,000 customers in 41 cities across China.