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[PR Newswire] – BOSTON, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — John Hancock Funds won four awards at the 2012 Lipper Fund Awards event last night in New York City. The firm received a Group Award Trophy in the Mixed Assets, Large … View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News

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The state of Mississippi has asked Hancock County for $6 million in funds not spent on a “property acquisition” project. The project is a limited buy-out plan designated to reduce the repetitive losses of residents in low-lying areas of Hancock … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

The battle for control of Italian insurer Fondiaria-SAI heated up on Wednesday when two private equity funds tabled a rival offer to one brokered by top investment bank Mediobanca to rescue the troubled insurer by merging it with peer Unipol. … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

Feb 18 – Former Olympus Corp president Tsuyoshi Kikukawa aided the firm in securing 70 billion yen, a part of which was allegedly used to conceal massive investment losses, the Nikkei business daily reported, citing unnamed sources. As an executiv… View full post on Yahoo! Health News

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Arizona is set to get $5.2 million in disaster aid from the Department of Agriculture. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award as part of more than $300 million in emergency assistance to 33 states and Puerto Rico. Utah and … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

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[PR Newswire] – BOSTON , Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — John Hancock Funds, in a move to increase its business in the Wirehouse distribution channel, has tapped Chris Mee to lead the team focused on the channel. Mr. Mee, … View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News

[PR Newswire] – BOSTON , Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — John Hancock Funds is continuing the expansion of its institutional sales team with the hire of Kevin R. Hogan as Managing Director. Mr. Hogan joined the company … View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News