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Commitments and Contingencies | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract] |
Commitments and Contingencies | Commitments and Contingencies Legal proceedings The Company is regularly involved in legal actions, both as a defendant and as a plaintiff. The legal actions where the Company is a party ordinarily relate to its activities as a provider of insurance protection or wealth management products, reinsurance, or in its capacity as an investment adviser, employer, or taxpayer. Other life insurers and asset managers, operating in the jurisdictions in which the Company does business, have been subject to a wide variety of other types of actions, some of which resulted in substantial judgments or settlements against the defendants; it is possible that the Company may become involved in similar actions in the future. In addition, government and regulatory bodies in Canada, the United States, Asia and other jurisdictions where the Company conducts business regularly make inquiries and, from time to time, require the production of information or conduct examinations concerning the Company’s compliance with, among other things, insurance laws, securities laws, and laws governing the activities of broker-dealers. In September 2023, a lawsuit was initiated against the Company in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York as a putative class action on behalf of all current and former owners of universal life insurance policies issued by the Company that state that “cost of insurance rates will be based on future expectations that include taxes.” The Plaintiff’s theory is that the Company impermissibly failed to decrease the cost of insurance rates charged to these policy owners after the implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2018. It is too early in the litigation to offer any reliable opinion about the scope of the class policies that may be at issue or the likely outcome. Investment commitments In the normal course of business, various investment commitments are outstanding which are not reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements. There were $15,367 (2023 – $15,117) of outstanding investment commitments as at December 31, 2024, of which $1,143 (2023 – $781) mature in 30 days, $3,217 (2023 – $4,627) mature in 31 to 365 days and $11,007 (2023 – $9,709) mature after one year. Letters of credit In the normal course of business, third-party relationship banks issue letters of credit on the Company’s behalf. The Company’s businesses utilize letters of credit for which third parties are the beneficiaries, as well as for affiliate reinsurance transactions between its subsidiaries. As at December 31, 2024, letters of credit for which third parties are beneficiaries, in the amount of $271 (2023 – $466), were outstanding. Guarantees (I)Guarantees regarding Manulife Finance (Delaware), L.P. (“MFLP”) MFC has guaranteed the payment of amounts on the $650 subordinated debentures due on December 15, 2041 issued by MFLP, a wholly owned unconsolidated financing entity. The following tables present certain condensed consolidated financial information for MFC and MFLP. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income Information
For the year ended December 31, 2024 | MFC (Guarantor) | Subsidiaries on a combined basis | Consolidation adjustments | Total consolidated amounts |  | MFLP
Insurance service result | $- | $4,001 | $- | $4,001 |  | $-
Investment result | 871 | 4,329 | (1,679) | 3,521 |  | 52
Other revenue | (34) | 7,620 | 2 | 7,588 |  | 20
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders and other equity holders | 5,385 | 4,910 | (4,910) | 5,385 |  | 26
For the year ended December 31, 2023 | MFC (Guarantor) | Subsidiaries on a combined basis | Consolidation adjustments | Total consolidated amounts |  | MFLP
Insurance service result | $- | $3,977 | $- | $3,977 |  | $-
Investment result | 638 | 3,646 | (1,326) | 2,958 |  | 51
Other revenue | 14 | 6,736 | (4) | 6,746 |  | (7)
Net income (loss) attributed to shareholders and other equity holders | 5,103 | 4,785 | (4,785) | 5,103 |  | 1
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
As at December 31, 2024 | MFC (Guarantor) | Subsidiaries on a combined basis | Consolidation adjustments | Total consolidated amounts |  | MFLP
Invested assets | $126 | $442,371 | $- | $442,497 |  | $16
Insurance contract assets | - | 102 | - | 102 |  | -
Reinsurance contract held assets | - | 59,015 | - | 59,015 |  | -
Total other assets | 65,898 | 46,450 | (71,132) | 41,216 |  | 995
Segregated funds net assets | - | 435,988 | - | 435,988 |  | -
Insurance contract liabilities, excluding those for account of segregated fund holders | - | 396,401 | - | 396,401 |  | -
Reinsurance contract held liabilities | - | 2,669 | - | 2,669 |  | -
Investment contract liabilities | - | 13,498 | - | 13,498 |  | -
Total other liabilities | 15,052 | 63,825 | (1,575) | 77,302 |  | 726
Insurance contract liabilities for account of segregated fund holders | - | 126,545 | - | 126,545 |  | -
Investment contract liabilities for account of segregated fund holders | - | 309,443 | - | 309,443 |  | -
As at December 31, 2023 | MFC (Guarantor) | Subsidiaries on a combined basis | Consolidation adjustments | Total consolidated amounts |  | MFLP
Invested assets | $86 | $417,124 | $- | $417,210 |  | $9
Insurance contract assets | - | 145 | - | 145 |  | -
Reinsurance contract held assets | - | 42,651 | - | 42,651 |  | -
Total other assets | 59,023 | 42,411 | (63,410) | 38,024 |  | 969
Segregated funds net assets | - | 377,544 | - | 377,544 |  | -
Insurance contract liabilities, excluding those for account of segregated fund holders | - | 367,996 | - | 367,996 |  | -
Reinsurance contract held liabilities | - | 2,831 | - | 2,831 |  | -
Investment contract liabilities | - | 11,816 | - | 11,816 |  | -
Total other liabilities | 12,070 | 55,129 | (539) | 66,660 |  | 718
Insurance contract liabilities for account of segregated fund holders | - | 114,143 | - | 114,143 |  | -
Investment contract liabilities for account of segregated fund holders | - | 263,401 | - | 263,401 |  | -
(II)Guarantees regarding John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) (“JHUSA”) Details of guarantees regarding certain securities issued or to be issued by JHUSA are outlined in note 23. Pledged assets In the normal course of business, the Company pledges its assets in respect of liabilities incurred, strictly for providing collateral to the counterparty. In the event of the Company’s default, the counterparty is entitled to apply the collateral to settle the liability. Where pledged assets have been delivered to a counterparty, the pledged assets are returned to the Company if the underlying transaction is terminated or, in the case of derivatives and Manulife Bank securitized mortgages, are partially returned if there is a decrease in the net exposure due to market value changes. The amounts pledged are as follows.
| 2024 |  | 2023
As at December 31, | Debt securities | Other |  | Debt securities | Other
In respect of: |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives | $14,517 | $25 |  | $10,431 | $26
Secured borrowings(1) | - | 2,216 |  | - | 2,220
Regulatory requirements | 303 | 91 |  | 307 | 74
Repurchase agreements | 658 | - |  | 201 | -
Mortgages on ALDA properties | - | 284 |  | - | 278
Manulife Bank securitized mortgages(2) | - | 7,603 |  | - | 6,990
Non-registered retirement plans in trust | - | 286 |  | - | 298
Other | - | 289 |  | - | 283
Total | $15,478 | $10,794 |  | $10,939 | $10,169
(1)During the year, the Company pledged certain of its mortgage loans with the FHLBI. Of this amount, $1,098 (2023 – $998) is required collateral for the US$500 outstanding borrowing to JHUSA under the FHLBI facility; and $1,118 (2023 – $1,222) is excess collateral that can be called back by JHUSA at any time. (2)The Manulife Bank mortgage securitization program includes CMB securitization of $3,274 (2023 – $2,900), HELOC securitization, which includes restricted cash and short-term securities, of $3,163 (2023 – $2,912), and additional encumbrances of mortgages and cash required by the securitization program's operations of $1,166 (2023 – $1,178). Participating business In some markets where the Company maintains participating accounts, there are regulatory restrictions on the amounts of profit that can be transferred to shareholders. Where applicable, these restrictions generally take the form of a fixed percentage of policyholder dividends. For participating businesses operating as separate “closed blocks”, transfers are governed by the terms of MLI’s and John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company’s plans of demutualization. Fixed surplus notes A third party contractually provides standby financing arrangements for the Company’s U.S. operations under which, in certain circumstances, funds may be provided in exchange for the issuance of fixed surplus notes. As at December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had no fixed surplus notes outstanding.

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