Changes Designed to Help Financial Representatives Support Clients and Grow Business

BOSTON, December 01, 2009 - John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS) launched an enhanced website for financial representatives to help them support clients and grow their business. With improved navigation and updated materials and tools, the site provides financial representatives with easy access to the tools they need to do their business with John Hancock RPS.

With additional features and new navigation, the enhanced site includes:

• New "block of business" management functionality that allows financial representatives access to contract and participant-level information, and the ability to create advanced reports that can be used with prospects and clients
• The ability to compare and contrast John Hancock RPS investment options, create advanced investment reports for clients and access historical returns
• FundEvaluator, an enhanced tool that offers a quick way to analyze John Hancock's entire fund lineup and the ability to generate customized, professional reports for new or existing clients
• New practice management and business building online tools
• An interactive version of John Hancock RPS's PRIME Elements program which focuses on the five major elements required in successful retirement plans.

"The enhancements make this website more robust and easy to use, it will be a great asset to financial representatives," said Andrew Ross, Senior Vice President of Marketing, John Hancock RPS. "In today's environment, we want to make sure our financial representatives have what they need to succeed."
 

The financial representative website is located at: www.jh401kadvisor.com