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Credit Ratings
Rating agencies each assign financial strength, claims paying ability or credit ratings to The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, its subsidiaries and its securities. All of these ratings are within each rating agency's highest ranges of categories, thereby recognizing the Company as among the strongest in the life insurance industry. Printer Friendly Version

Financial Strength/Claims Paying Ability Ratings
Senior Unsecured Debt Ratings
Subordinated Debt Ratings
Commercial Paper Ratings
Manulife Financial Capital Securities (MaCS) Ratings
Preferred Share Ratings
Term Deposit Notes
Short Term Deposit Notes

Financial Strength/Claims Paying Ability Ratings
-
Standard & Poor's
Moody's
A.M. Best
Fitch
DBRS
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

AA+
Aa3
A+
AA
IC-1
John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.)

AA+
Aa3
A+
AA
 
John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York

AA+
Aa3
A+
AA
 
Manulife (International) Limited

AA+
    
John Hancock Life Insurance Company

AA+
Aa3
A+
AA
 
John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company

AA+
Aa3
A+
AA
 
John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Co.

AA+
Aa3
A+
AA
 
Manulife Life Insurance Company

AA+
    



Senior Unsecured Debt Ratings
-
Standard & Poor's
Moody's
A.M. Best
Fitch
DBRS
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.

AA-
A3
a
A+
AA
John Hancock Life Insurance Company

AA+
A1
aa-
John Hancock Global Funding

AA+
Aa3
aa
AA
Manulife Finance L.P.

AA-
aa-
A
Manulife Financial Corp.

AA-
a
A
AAL




Subordinated Debt Ratings
-
Standard & Poor's
Moody's
A.M. Best
Fitch
DBRS
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

AA
a+
A
AA(low)
John Hancock Life Insurance Company

AA-
A3
a+
A+
Manulife Finance L.P.
A+
a-
A-


Commercial Paper Ratings
-
Standard & Poor's
Moody's
A.M. Best
Fitch
DBRS
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

  
R-1 (middle)
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.

A-1+
Prime-2
F1


Manulife Financial Capital Securities (MaCS) Ratings
-
Standard & Poor's
Moody's
A.M. Best
Fitch
DBRS
Manulife Financial Capital Trust
AA-
 
a
A+
A(high)yn
Manulife Financial Capital Trust II- Series 1
AA-
A(high)



Preferred Share Ratings
-
Standard & Poor's
Moody's
A.M. Best
Fitch
DBRS
Manulife Financial Corporation

A or P-1(Low) 
bbb+
A-
Pfd-1 (low)n



Term Deposit Notes
-
Standard & Poor's
Moody's
A.M. Best
Fitch
DBRS
Manulife Bank of Canada
AA-
AA



Short Term Deposit Notes
-
Standard & Poor's
Moody's
A.M. Best
Fitch
DBRS
Manulife Bank of Canada
A-1+
R-1 (middle)