Experienced Financial Professional

Job Description

Job Description

At New York Life, you’re in control of your career journey. You can grow your practice with the backing of a Fortune 100 company that is a leader in the financial services industry. New York Life is the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States¹ and holds the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any life insurer in the United States.² We proudly have more MDRT members than any other company and know what it takes to help you be successful.³ What we offer... Wide ranges of products to address clients’ needs. With New York Life, you can offer diverse products and services to help meet your clients’ protection and financial needs. These products include: life insurance, annuities, long term care insurance, disability insurance and investment products offered through our broker-dealer arm NYLIFE Securities LLC (member FINRA and SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency, and workplace solutions offered by our Business Solutions division. You can also use our sponsored marketing agreements to offer non-proprietary products to your clients, such as group health insurance. Enhance your wealth planning practice by becoming a Financial Advisor with our investment advisory affiliate Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser. As a New York Life Agent, you will also have access to the company’s Advanced Planning Group for large and complex case design and support for your clients. Flexibility to operate your practice. With the flexibility to work in one of our over 100 offices nationally or work in a detached location, New York Life provides a strong foundation for your success. Additionally, you can choose whether to market under the New York Life brand or your own business name with a DBA. You have the flexibility at New York Life to do what’s right for your practice. Support and development opportunities to grow your practice. New York Life will invest in you and your business from the start, with a product and developmental support team dedicated to your success that will never compete with you for sales. Leverage New York Life’s industry-leading learning platform for continuing education and specialization. Through our Practice Models learning paths, we provide the opportunity to specialize and hone market expertise in areas such as Financial Guidance, Retirement Planning,⁴ Wealth Advisory,⁵ and Estate Planning. Beyond formal continuing education opportunities and reimbursement for obtaining certain industry professional designations, New York Life offers strong peer-to-peer support options, including study groups and mentorship opportunities. You’ll also get rewarded and acknowledged with our sales incentives and professional development trips for top performing agents. How we will compensate you. You have the power to drive your own income with our commission-based compensation. The average income of our agents under the N8 and N9 Agent’s Contract who met annual minimum sales production requirements in 2022 was $115,917.⁶ In that same year, the average income of the top 50 of those agents was $1.59M.6 Benefits include medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) and pension.⁷ About New York Life... As a mutual company, New York is accountable only to our policyholders. That means we are fully aligned with the interest of our clients, not with outside investors or Wall Street. Our focus is on delivering value to our clients. We have been in business for over 175 years, helping generations of Americans protect their families and attain their financial goals. Every year since 1854, we’ve paid dividends to eligible policyholders.⁸ To prepare for the future, we are constantly innovating and looking ahead to find more ways to increase value for our clients. Awards & Accolades... We’re proud of our financial strength ²

• A++ Superior (A.M. Best)
• AAA Exceptionally Strong (Fitch)
• Aaa Exceptional (Moody’s)
• AA+ Very Strong (Standard & Poor’s)

We’re proud of the training we offer ⁹

• Training Magazine’s APEX Award for 2022

We’re proud the be recognized by organizations that also value diversity

• Latino Leaders: 2022 Best Companies for Latinos to Work For
• Human Rights Campaign: 2022 Corporate Equality Index
• Forbes 2022: America’s Best Employers for Diversity

We’re proud of the help we’ve provided and continue to provide our clients¹⁰

• 5.3 million lives protected (includes all owners of individual life insurance and annuity policies)
• $4.5 billion in living benefits awarded (includes life and annuity cash value accumulation and qualifying policy dividends paid. Dividends are not guaranteed.)
• $579 million lifetime annuity income paid (includes all payouts on individual income annuity products)
• Nearly $1.2 trillion life insurance protection in force (includes term, whole, and universal life)¹¹

1. Based on revenue as reported by “Fortune 500 ranked within Industries, Insurance: Life, Health (Mutual),” Fortune magazine, 6/5/2023. For methodology, please see -list-page/fortune-500-methodology-2023/.
2. Individual Third-Party Rating Reports for financial strength: A.M. Best A++, Fitch Ratings AAA, Moody’s Aaa, and Standard & Poor’s AA+ (as of 10/18/2022).
3. New York Life agents have led the Million Dollar Round Table for 69 consecutive years. 1,305 of MDRT members are New York Life professionals. Source: MDRT, July 2023.
4. Retirement Planning specialization: Must be a Registered Representative with NYLIFE Securities LLC, member FINRA/SIPC, a Licensed Insurance Agency and a New York Life Company.
5. Wealth Advisory specialization: Must be a Financial Advisor affiliated with Eagle Strategies LLC, A Registered Investment Adviser and a New York Life company. Qualification requirements include but are not limited to applicable FINRA general securities, agent state law, investment advisory licenses, compliance history, production standards, and required training. Requirements are subject to change.
6. Based on 2022 company data for 7,603 agents operating under our N9 and N8 Agent’s Contracts in all states, without persistency bonus, who were active as of December 31, 2022. N9 is the current contract for new financial professionals. N8 contracts were issued to new financial professionals prior to April 2004. Contracts determine your compensation and benefits. Sales production requirements are determined annually by the company. Historical agent incomes are provided for informational purposes only. Agent income is not guaranteed. Income is dependent upon the sales of each agent. Agent compensation is commission-based and determined through the ledger process. Overall compensation includes positive income credits for commissions based on actual sales and certain allowances or incentives, if eligible, based upon persistency and production, as well as debits associated with commission reversals, authorized expenses, and other items. Each credit and debit posted to the Agent’s Ledger is part of determining the agent’s compensation and no individual credit posted to the ledger is earned until the ledger reconciliation process is complete. Agents receive payments equal to the positive balance on the Agent’s Ledger after the credits and debits are applied.
7. This is necessarily brief and provides only general descriptions of the benefits available to eligible agents under the applicable plans. Specific terms, such as eligibility and benefits, are determined only by the terms and conditions contained in the relevant plan documents. In the event of any conflict between the information herein and the provisions of the plan documents, the plan documents will govern. The company reserves the right to amend or terminate the benefit plans described herein at any time for any reason.
8. Dividends are not guaranteed.
9. A full list of our awards is available here: -awards-and-recognition
10. All figures reflect the consolidated results of New York Life Insurance Company and its domestic insurance subsidiaries, including New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation, for the 12 months ending December 31, 2022.
11. This reflects the consolidated results of New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) and its domestic insurance subsidiaries, including New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation (NYLIAC), for the 12months ending December 31, 2022. Individual life insurance in force is the total face amount of individual life insurance contracts (term, whole, and universal life) outstanding for NYLIC and its domestic insurance subsidiaries at a given time. The company’s individual life insurance in force totaled $1,166.01 billion at December 31, 2022 (including $180.61 billion for NYLIAC). Intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

New York Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity AR10511_082023 SMRU5029909 (Exp.04.30.2024)