Cliff Dugan Named Managing Partner, St. Louis Agency, John Hancock Financial Network

Clifford L. Dugan Jr. has been named managing partner of John Hancock Financial Network’s St. Louis agency, according to the company’s recent press release. The St. Louis Dugan General Agency is located at 73 Clarkson Rd., Ellisville, Mo., with satellite offices in Clayton and Charleston.

As head of the agency, Dugan is responsible for increasing John Hancock Financial Network’s insurance and investment product sales in the St. Louis marketplace. The firm will assist families and businesses on products and services for estate planning, retirement, college savings, business succession, life and long-term care insurance and investment diversification.

“We are delighted that Cliff has agreed to head our St. Louis operation,” said Bill Palmer, president and chief executive officer, John Hancock Financial Network. “We will benefit from his wealth of talent and experience. We look forward to continued growth and development of this region with Cliff’s leadership.”

“I’m very pleased to be working with John Hancock and I look forward to making this agency the firm that people want to do business with,” said Dugan. “My goal is for our client-centered philosophy to show in everything we do.”

Before assuming his new role, Dugan had held management positions within the firm and was responsible for overseeing sales and the development of agency sales representatives. Prior to that, he had worked in the field as an agent. As a producer, Dugan has consistently been a MDRT and Council Level qualifier.

John Hancock Financial Network (http://www.jhnetwork.com/) has over 100 offices across the United States, and is a career agency distribution unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, a Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide.

Source: John Hancock Financial Network