NU Online News Service, June 23, 2003, 1:24 p.m. EDT – John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Boston, has agreed to sell its group life unit to MetLife Inc., New York.
The companies hope to complete the deal later this year. The price and other terms were not immediately available.
The Hancock group life unit generated $1.6 million in sales in the first quarter, down from $6.5 million in sales in the first quarter of 2002, according to Hancock’s first quarter financial supplement.