that's what john hancock has in mind isn't it? >> it's broader than that but that's the fundamental. an incentive p to live healthier for your benefit and lower premiums. >> will this increase sales? i know it has been stagnant for years. this feels gimmicky to me. what do you think? >> i don't think it is. the industry has been in the telematics on the pnc side. there's opportunity as well. people are motivated by both good health and lower premiums so it seems like something that will catch on. it certainly has in south afterkarkster and moved to the u.k. and now in the u.s. >> who is the demographic, the younger crowd less likely to want to buy life insurance younger crowd is amenable to getting lower premiums but if you look around any mall people walking around you see it on people of all ages. target is broad. >> we see that's the case. what about privacy issues, inevitably t come up when they gather this kind of information about your activity at some point. will there be privacy issues facing the life insurance companies?

that is what john hancock is offering. the company is launching a new life insurance program that can save consumers as much as 15% off their annual premium. with that hefty discount comes with a price. you have to share your personal information. here to explain, the john hancock financial president. great to have you here, craig. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. gerri: we're very clear just about this product. i heard a lot about it. explain to me what you're doing? >> we launched this product today. i'm really excited to be transforming the life insurance industry here in the u.s. i guess what do i mean by that? first of all john hancock is already one of the major sellers of life insurance in america. but if you look at the market over the last 20 to 30 years, actually insurance ownership has been declining in the united states. gerri: down pretty dramatically about 30%. but you have a plan whereby people can get discounts on this product. ifthey share health information so tell me what your company is as

joining us to explain is john hancock, insurance president michael doubty. how does the program work. >> we've been trying to as an industry i'd say get people to be, you know, more engaging with life insurance products and the program basically works by saying if you stay healthy, you're going to live a longer, healthier life. that's good for us as an insurance company and good for you but that creates value. we can share it back with you as a consumer by lowering premiums and giving discounts and rewards from major retail partners. >> i see you have silver stat with us with 3500 point, gold, 7,000. platinum, 10,000. what do you have to do to get those? >> you can engage in a number of ways, getting people to take a small step to be healthy. for example, first time we've been able to integrate life insurance with a fitbit. we give everyone a fitbit so one of the things that can get you points is activity. taking step, going to the gym, august of those types of things will earn you points. going to get an annual physical screening rat a doctor or we've actua

msnbc when they asked if i regretted signing the letter my response was, my only regret is like john hancock that i didn't make my signature bigger. so the ayatollah can read it without his reading glasses. you know, i'm so grateful to be back with each and every one of you. it was 58 years ago that my father fled cuba. he'd when he came to america, he could not speak english. he was a teenager, 18 years old. he was washing dishes making $.50 an hour, and he was filled with hopes and dreams. the same hopes and dreams that everyone of us, everyone of our parents, everyone of her grandparents had and have. that is the miracle of america. no nation in the history of the world is allowed so many millions of people to come with nothing and achieve anything. it is why we will turn this country around. if you look at the fundamental dna of americans, we are all the children of those who risked everything for freedom.

john hancock says policyholders who wear a fitness tracker can get a discount. the company will provide a free monitor to track physical activity. it tracks other activity like doctor appointments. >>> coming up next, a fugitive wanted for murder taken down by the police chief. we're going to show you the bruise to prove it, coming up. >>> we're looking over here to oakland where i just saw a traffic break on the northbound side. even though the lanes were cleared of overnight construction, we still have crews in the area. i'll give you the latest, coming up. >>> tuesday, it is monday blues behind us. bay bridge there from the distance. like the gis wilistening. it's 4:54. san jose's top cop got his hands dirty. police chief tackled a murder suspect trying to get away. the chief gave us these photos last night. torn shirt there, small bruise, san jose pd says the suspect was brought in for questioning yesterday. that's when he made a run for it while in handcuffs. chief saw that arias was running and then sprang into action taking him down. chief says, quote, i

one life insurer, john hancock, was the to reward you with that with discounts. are the dollars that you save have big brother watching over you? joining me now john hann dock and michael doughty. how does the program work? >> we have been trying to as a industry get people to be more engaging with life insurance products. the program basically works by saying if you stay healthy, you will live a longer, healthier life. it is good for us, and it is good for you. that creates value and we can share can back with you by giving you lower premiums and giving you discounts. >> i see you have silver status, gold is 7,000, platinum it 10,000. we're all familiar with frequent flier programs, what do you do to get the points. >> it's taking people to take small steps to be healthy. first time being able to integrate life insurance with a fit bit. one of the things that can get you points is activity. taking steps, going to the gym. going to get an annual physical screening at a doctor, and we have partnered with walgreens for a free screening, getting a flu shot, going to

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thoughts now from the man behind the plan john hancock, welcome to power lunch. tell me how it works. are we right saying potentially every moves are tracked? as i understand it what you get if you sign up for this program, which i gather is both -- available in a term life or a whole or universal life format is basically a fit bit that tracks your activity or your output, am i right on that or what more does it count that i'm not aware of? >> yeah basically, you're absolutely right. a fitbit basically tracks your activity so there's actually inside a fitbit there's not gps technology, so it does not track your every move, but, basically, our program is really -- there's a lot of science behind it obviously, and data that's straightforward. if we were a life insurance company, if our customers are staying healthy, we're doing well, we'll share value back with people. we encourage them to maintain and take small steps to improve their health. >> i used a fitbit until it petered out on me, frankly, but it linked back to the cell phone or ipad. does this link up to

john hancock will start offering life insurance discounts if you wear those fitness trackers.need to opt into a new program and then you will get a free fit bit, the program also tracks other activities including doctors visits and vital testing. you may be asking about privacy. the fit bit is collect less information than is normally required to open a policy. >>> the chicken in your fridge will be soon be different. we're joined with more on that. what's this all about? >> you are thinking about dating on chicken, aren't you? >> i'm trying to figure it out. >> one of the nation's largest poultry producers says it will eliminate antibiotics from a quarter of its chicken production. the company is responding to mounting worries that overuse of antibiotics is leading to the rise of drug resistant germs. tyson has also reduced the use of antibiotics in their chicken. >>> and using direct messages to someone else without having to follow them first, fs not automatic, you have to opt into the service. twitter is filing for a trademark on the term "tweet storm" or a linked series o

john hancock says policy holders who wear a fitness tracker will get a discount. the company will provide a free monitor to track physical activity and other activities like doctor's appointments. >>> follow-up now. stricter greener building codes coming to palo alto. city council members last night approved a new ordinance which would require new buildings to accommodate solar panels and also run irrigation systems utilizing second-hand laundry water. they're currently drafting their first-ever sustainability plan. palo alto city leaders also want to make sure they're connecting with the neighborhoods. the city council improved a neighborhood engagement program which includes outreach efforts from each of the city's 37 neighborhoods. the plan would also allow neighborhoods to periodically use public facilities free of charge to host block parties and other gatherings. >>> we've been talking a lot about the drought lately. and possible tough new rules. well today the san jose city council may take action. the city is thinking about increasing the severity of the o

we bring in meagan green, chief economist at john hancock.t's your expectation for the headline number? >> i think it could be around 250,000. to be honest, i'll be looking through the headline matter. >> because you want -- >> i'm looking -- >> wage growth. >> yeah, i want to see how much wage pressure we've been getting. >> do you expect to see some? >> i don't. in addition to bad economic indicators lately we have a global glut of labor. >> meagan do you look -- it's interesting if we keep adding jobs the aggregate income labor goes up. does that at some point matter or are you wanting to see wage growth specifically pick up? does that distinction make any sense? >> yeah eventually you think it would start to feed through into the wage data. it hasn't so far. i'd like to see it picking up in its own right. as long as we have billions of workers coming online in the emerging markets, i don't see why we would see wage growth pushing in. if we don't have wage growth pressures, we won't have upward pressure on -- >> what do you think steve? >>

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. >>> john hancock has a way to save on life insurance.a honored the ohio state buckeyes football team on monday for winning the national championship back in january. but take a look as one player stole the spotlight during the group photo. defensive tackle michael bennett gave the president bunny ears as you see in that picture memorable moment for sure. some people are asking, though, was the move funny or is this disrespectful. we'll let you be the judge. >>> now let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. hey al. >> he's lucky the secret service didn't take him down. >> that's true. >> thanks so much. let's show you what we have going on as far as our weather is concerned for today. wet weather stretching from new england back through the great lakes and on into northern texas. some wet weather into the pacific northwest where they could use any shower activity they can get now. for tomorrow looking at a risk of strong storms along the gulf. look for enhanced risk of severe weather central oklahoma into northern texas. more wet w

i am, i've teamed up with john han hancock. it's a new type of life insurance.nancial health. this new program they will reward people for healthy living. >> they give you -- >> every time you job you get some -- >> you can get a reduction on your premium. they have a reward plan. >> incentive based. >> it's interesting because the average american is five years older than your age. it's called you vitality age. the good news is, you can prove that with -- >> what's your vitality age? >> older than it should be. it's called episode 21. and five kids at home. >> do you get a discount for fighting crime? >> i should. i'm going to see if that's on the website. >> you say you have no time to rehearse. you memorize, go out there and boom. >> we get after it. we do. you know, there will be some rehearsing if there's an elaborate stunt scene. mostly for safety precautions. >> i would like to be your body double if steve doesn't want to do it. >> let's do it. >> do you want to say good bye to your mother? >> good bye, mom. >> she's got to keep watching. >> it doesn't go

and financial services and you know, needing to take responsibility for where you put your john or jane hancockwould throw out this, though, i have thought about a lot now covering it for four years and that is there's a lot of things in american life we are not allowed to do because the government says or we don't object to them and a very good example would be if you take prescription pharmaceuticals, you can't go and buy your pharmaceuticals off the shelf and have to be approved by the food and drug administration and we did that for a reason early in the 20th century, namely there are a lot of quacks out there and fake doctors who might fleece people for their last money because they were desperate, sick and trying to get well. and the ultimate conclusion that we drew from that situation was that you needed regulation to force the bad actors out and make sure the good actors could profit from genuine innovation from finding some sort of compound that would actually heal people or fight diseases and that sort of thing. so we take this for granted in an area like pharmaceuticals, we don't do