Manulife Financial Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial protection and wealth management products and services to individual, corporate, and business customers primarily in Asia, Canada, and the United States. Its products and services include individual life insurance, group life and health insurance, long-term care services, pension products, annuities, mutual funds, and banking products. The company also offers retirement products to group benefit plans; reinsurance services, such as property and casualty retrocession; and asset management services to institutional customers. It markets its products under the Manulife Financial and John Hancock brand names. The company provides its products and services through various distribution channels, including insurance agents and brokers, securities brokerage firms, financial planners, pension plan sponsors, pension plan consultants, and banks. Manulife Financial Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.