Manulife or Manulife Financial is a Canadian insurance company and financial services provider, with a head office in Toronto, Canada. The company operates in Canada and Asia as "Manulife" and in the United States primarily through its John Hancock division. As of November 2014, it employed approximately 29,800 people and had 53,000 agents under contract.Manulife Bank of Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Manulife.