JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned member of the Board of Directors of John Hancock
Variable Life Insurance Company does hereby constitute and appoint Michele G.
Van Leer, Ronald J. Bocage, Earl W. Baucom, Julie H. Indge, and Peter
Scavongelli, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution, his
or her true and lawful attorneys and agents to execute, in the name of, and on
behalf of, the undersigned as a member of said Board of Directors, the
Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, each amendment to the Registration Statements, and filings
required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, John
Hancock Variable Life Account S, John Hancock Variable Life Account U, John
Hancock Variable Life Account V, John Hancock Variable Annuity Account I, John
Hancock Variable Annuity Account JF, and any other variable annuity or variable
life insurance separate account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company
in existence on the date hereof or hereafter lawfully created and to take any
and all action and to execute in the name of, and on behalf of, the undersigned
as a member of said Board of Directors or otherwise any and all instruments,
including applications for exemptions from such Acts, which said attorneys and
agents deem necessary or advisable to enable John Hancock Variable Life
Insurance Company or any variable annuity or variable life insurance separate
account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms as his or her
own act and deed all that each of said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to
have done by virtue hereof. Each of said attorneys and agents shall have, and
may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
the date shown.
June 4, 2001 /s/ DAVID F. D'ALESSANDRO
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Date David F. D'Alessandro
Chairman
JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned member of the Board of Directors of John Hancock
Variable Life Insurance Company does hereby constitute and appoint Michele G.
Van Leer, Ronald J. Bocage, Earl W. Baucom, Julie H. Indge, and Peter
Scavongelli, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution, his
or her true and lawful attorneys and agents to execute, in the name of, and on
behalf of, the undersigned as a member of said Board of Directors, the
Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, each amendment to the Registration Statements, and filings
required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, John
Hancock Variable Life Account S, John Hancock Variable Life Account U, John
Hancock Variable Life Account V, John Hancock Variable Annuity Account I, John
Hancock Variable Annuity Account JF, and any other variable annuity or variable
life insurance separate account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company
in existence on the date hereof or hereafter lawfully created and to take any
and all action and to execute in the name of, and on behalf of, the undersigned
as a member of said Board of Directors or otherwise any and all instruments,
including applications for exemptions from such Acts, which said attorneys and
agents deem necessary or advisable to enable John Hancock Variable Life
Insurance Company or any variable annuity or variable life insurance separate
account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms as his or her
own act and deed all that each of said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to
have done by virtue hereof. Each of said attorneys and agents shall have, and
may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
the date shown.
June 4, 2001 /s/ MICHELE G. VAN LEER
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Date Michele G. Van Leer
Vice Chairman
JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned member of the Board of Directors of John Hancock
Variable Life Insurance Company does hereby constitute and appoint Michele G.
Van Leer, Ronald J. Bocage, Earl W. Baucom, Julie H. Indge, and Peter
Scavongelli, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution, his
or her true and lawful attorneys and agents to execute, in the name of, and on
behalf of, the undersigned as a member of said Board of Directors, the
Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, each amendment to the Registration Statements, and filings
required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, John
Hancock Variable Life Account S, John Hancock Variable Life Account U, John
Hancock Variable Life Account V, John Hancock Variable Annuity Account I, John
Hancock Variable Annuity Account JF, and any other variable annuity or variable
life insurance separate account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company
in existence on the date hereof or hereafter lawfully created and to take any
and all action and to execute in the name of, and on behalf of, the undersigned
as a member of said Board of Directors or otherwise any and all instruments,
including applications for exemptions from such Acts, which said attorneys and
agents deem necessary or advisable to enable John Hancock Variable Life
Insurance Company or any variable annuity or variable life insurance separate
account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms as his or her
own act and deed all that each of said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to
have done by virtue hereof. Each of said attorneys and agents shall have, and
may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
the date shown.
June 4, 2001 /s/ RONALD J. BOCAGE
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Date Ronald J. Bocage
Director
JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned member of the Board of Directors of John Hancock
Variable Life Insurance Company does hereby constitute and appoint Michele G.
Van Leer, Ronald J. Bocage, Earl W. Baucom, Julie H. Indge, and Peter
Scavongelli, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution, his
or her true and lawful attorneys and agents to execute, in the name of, and on
behalf of, the undersigned as a member of said Board of Directors, the
Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, each amendment to the Registration Statements, and filings
required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, John
Hancock Variable Life Account S, John Hancock Variable Life Account U, John
Hancock Variable Life Account V, John Hancock Variable Annuity Account I, John
Hancock Variable Annuity Account JF, and any other variable annuity or variable
life insurance separate account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company
in existence on the date hereof or hereafter lawfully created and to take any
and all action and to execute in the name of, and on behalf of, the undersigned
as a member of said Board of Directors or otherwise any and all instruments,
including applications for exemptions from such Acts, which said attorneys and
agents deem necessary or advisable to enable John Hancock Variable Life
Insurance Company or any variable annuity or variable life insurance separate
account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms as his or her
own act and deed all that each of said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to
have done by virtue hereof. Each of said attorneys and agents shall have, and
may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
the date shown.
June 4, 2001 /s/ BRUCE M. JONES
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Date Bruce M. Jones
Director
JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned member of the Board of Directors of John Hancock
Variable Life Insurance Company does hereby constitute and appoint Michele G.
Van Leer, Ronald J. Bocage, Earl W. Baucom, Julie H. Indge, and Peter
Scavongelli, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution, his
or her true and lawful attorneys and agents to execute, in the name of, and on
behalf of, the undersigned as a member of said Board of Directors, the
Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, each amendment to the Registration Statements, and filings
required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, John
Hancock Variable Life Account S, John Hancock Variable Life Account U, John
Hancock Variable Life Account V, John Hancock Variable Annuity Account I, John
Hancock Variable Annuity Account JF, and any other variable annuity or variable
life insurance separate account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company
in existence on the date hereof or hereafter lawfully created and to take any
and all action and to execute in the name of, and on behalf of, the undersigned
as a member of said Board of Directors or otherwise any and all instruments,
including applications for exemptions from such Acts, which said attorneys and
agents deem necessary or advisable to enable John Hancock Variable Life
Insurance Company or any variable annuity or variable life insurance separate
account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms as his or her
own act and deed all that each of said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to
have done by virtue hereof. Each of said attorneys and agents shall have, and
may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
the date shown.
June 4, 2001 /s/ BARBARA L. LUDDY
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Date Barbara L. Luddy
Director
JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned member of the Board of Directors of John Hancock
Variable Life Insurance Company does hereby constitute and appoint Michele G.
Van Leer, Ronald J. Bocage, Earl W. Baucom, Julie H. Indge, and Peter
Scavongelli, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution, his
or her true and lawful attorneys and agents to execute, in the name of, and on
behalf of, the undersigned as a member of said Board of Directors, the
Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, each amendment to the Registration Statements, and filings
required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, John
Hancock Variable Life Account S, John Hancock Variable Life Account U, John
Hancock Variable Life Account V, John Hancock Variable Annuity Account I, John
Hancock Variable Annuity Account JF, and any other variable annuity or variable
life insurance separate account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company
in existence on the date hereof or hereafter lawfully created and to take any
and all action and to execute in the name of, and on behalf of, the undersigned
as a member of said Board of Directors or otherwise any and all instruments,
including applications for exemptions from such Acts, which said attorneys and
agents deem necessary or advisable to enable John Hancock Variable Life
Insurance Company or any variable annuity or variable life insurance separate
account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms as his or her
own act and deed all that each of said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to
have done by virtue hereof. Each of said attorneys and agents shall have, and
may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
the date shown.
June 4, 2001 /s/ ROBERT R. REITANO
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Date Robert R. Reitano
Director
JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned member of the Board of Directors of John Hancock
Variable Life Insurance Company does hereby constitute and appoint Michele G.
Van Leer, Ronald J. Bocage, Earl W. Baucom, Julie H. Indge, and Peter
Scavongelli, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution, his
or her true and lawful attorneys and agents to execute, in the name of, and on
behalf of, the undersigned as a member of said Board of Directors, the
Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, each amendment to the Registration Statements, and filings
required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, John
Hancock Variable Life Account S, John Hancock Variable Life Account U, John
Hancock Variable Life Account V, John Hancock Variable Annuity Account I, John
Hancock Variable Annuity Account JF, and any other variable annuity or variable
life insurance separate account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company
in existence on the date hereof or hereafter lawfully created and to take any
and all action and to execute in the name of, and on behalf of, the undersigned
as a member of said Board of Directors or otherwise any and all instruments,
including applications for exemptions from such Acts, which said attorneys and
agents deem necessary or advisable to enable John Hancock Variable Life
Insurance Company or any variable annuity or variable life insurance separate
account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms as his or her
own act and deed all that each of said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to
have done by virtue hereof. Each of said attorneys and agents shall have, and
may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
the date shown.
June 4, 2001 /s/ PAUL STRONG
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Date Paul Strong
Director
JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned member of the Board of Directors of John Hancock
Variable Life Insurance Company does hereby constitute and appoint Michele G.
Van Leer, Ronald J. Bocage, Earl W. Baucom, Julie H. Indge, and Peter
Scavongelli, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution, his
or her true and lawful attorneys and agents to execute, in the name of, and on
behalf of, the undersigned as a member of said Board of Directors, the
Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, each amendment to the Registration Statements, and filings
required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, John
Hancock Variable Life Account S, John Hancock Variable Life Account U, John
Hancock Variable Life Account V, John Hancock Variable Annuity Account I, John
Hancock Variable Annuity Account JF, and any other variable annuity or variable
life insurance separate account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company
in existence on the date hereof or hereafter lawfully created and to take any
and all action and to execute in the name of, and on behalf of, the undersigned
as a member of said Board of Directors or otherwise any and all instruments,
including applications for exemptions from such Acts, which said attorneys and
agents deem necessary or advisable to enable John Hancock Variable Life
Insurance Company or any variable annuity or variable life insurance separate
account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms as his or her
own act and deed all that each of said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to
have done by virtue hereof. Each of said attorneys and agents shall have, and
may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
the date shown.
March 26, 2002 /s/ DANIEL L. OUELLETTE
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Date Daniel L. Ouellette
Director
JOHN HANCOCK VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned member of the Board of Directors of John Hancock
Variable Life Insurance Company does hereby constitute and appoint Michele G.
Van Leer, Ronald J. Bocage, Earl W. Baucom, Julie H. Indge, and Peter
Scavongelli, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution, his
or her true and lawful attorneys and agents to execute, in the name of, and on
behalf of, the undersigned as a member of said Board of Directors, the
Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, each amendment to the Registration Statements, and filings
required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, John
Hancock Variable Life Account S, John Hancock Variable Life Account U, John
Hancock Variable Life Account V, John Hancock Variable Annuity Account I, John
Hancock Variable Annuity Account JF, and any other variable annuity or variable
life insurance separate account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company
in existence on the date hereof or hereafter lawfully created and to take any
and all action and to execute in the name of, and on behalf of, the undersigned
as a member of said Board of Directors or otherwise any and all instruments,
including applications for exemptions from such Acts, which said attorneys and
agents deem necessary or advisable to enable John Hancock Variable Life
Insurance Company or any variable annuity or variable life insurance separate
account of John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms as his or her
own act and deed all that each of said attorneys and agents shall do or cause to
have done by virtue hereof. Each of said attorneys and agents shall have, and
may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on
the date shown.
April 10, 2002 /s/ TODD G. ENGELSEN
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Date Todd G. Engelsen
Director