For over 160 years, we've been helping our partners build their life insurance businesses and helping their clients protect what matters most. John Hancock Vitality is life insurance with a wellness-based program that rewards you for the everyday steps you take to live a longer, healthier life.

In 2004, Canadian multinational life insurance company Manulife Financial acquired John Hancock and operates it as an independent subsidiary. The company and the majority of Manulife's U.S. assets continue to operate under the John Hancock name.

John Hancock sells both term and permanent life insurance. To get a quote or apply for a policy, you'll need to contact an advisor through the site.

The company has an A+ (Superior) financial strength rating with AM Best, which measures the historical financial stability of an insurer.

John Hancock is perhaps best known for his signature on the Declaration of Independence. Examine this 19th-century painting, from the Mount Vernon collections, that depicts Thomas Jefferson handing a draft of the Declaration to Hancock, who was then president of Congress.

The function of insurance is to safeguard against financial loss by having the "losses of the few" paid by "contributions of the many" that are exposed to the same risk. Insurance companies invest premium dollars collected annually in a wide range of investments.

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Amicable Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office Amicable Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office, established in 1706, was the first life insurance company in the world.

Life insurance is a contract between a life insurance company and a policy owner. A life insurance policy guarantees the insurer pays a sum of money to one or more named beneficiaries when the insured person dies in exchange for premiums paid by the policyholder during their lifetime.

Ranking of the 20 largest insurance companies according to Forbes

Ben Feldman The late Ben Feldman was arguably the greatest life insurance salesman ever. During his 50 year career, Feldman created wealth for his clients while protecting their families and businesses. He was the first individual to sell one billion of insurance.

Signing the Declaration Hancock was president of Congress when the Declaration of Independence was adopted and signed. He is primarily remembered by Americans for his large, flamboyant signature on the Declaration, so much so that "John Hancock" became, in the United States, an informal synonym for signature.

I conjure you, by all that is dear, by all that is honorable, by all that is sacred, not only that ye pray but that ye act. Patriotism is easy to understand in America.