Insurance Sales Agent

Build a career that’s designed to last.

For over 180 years, New York Life has helped individuals, families, and businesses navigate life’s financial decisions through changing markets and generations.

As a Financial Professional, you’ll play a direct role in helping people protect what matters and plan for their future, while building a practice of your own with the backing of a Fortune 100 company.

• Develop your own client base through networking, referrals, and community involvement

• Build relationships and guide clients through key financial decisions (retirement, protection, education planning)

• Offer tailored solutions across insurance and financial products

• Grow your knowledge and skills through ongoing training and real-world experience

• Be Your Own Boss:
  After two years of training, our agents become independent career agents and run their own businesses.

• Training & Support:
  Structured onboarding, licensing support, ongoing coaching and opportunities to obtain professional credentials, with prepaid tuition for eligible, participating agents pursuing approved credentials.

• Financial Support:
  Training subsidy available for eligible candidates during early stages

• Resources & Tools:
  Access to experienced professionals and institutional knowledge, proven best practices, along with sales, prospecting, and marketing tools to help you attract and retain clients through web, social, and email content.

• Products & Solutions:
  New York Life and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of solutions, including life insurance, annuities, long-term care insurance, disability income insurance, and investment products such as mutual funds through NYLIFE Securities LLC (member FINRA and SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency. This range allows you to develop tailored strategies to help clients and their families achieve their financial goals.

• Career Path Flexibility:
  As you grow, you can specialize in areas such as wealth management, estate planning, and business solutions—or pursue leadership opportunities. You may also choose to become a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies LLC, our registered investment advisor, and offer advisory services.

• Self-motivated individuals who take initiative

• Strong communicators who enjoy building relationships

• Coachable and open to feedback

• Interested in long-term learning and growth, not just a short-term role

• You have the power to determine your own income with our commission-based compensation

• In 2024, the average income of our financial professionals under the N8 and N9 Agent’s Contract who met annual minimum sales production requirements was $120,555. Individual agent performance will determine your income.

• Benefits for eligible full-time agents include medical, dental, life and long-term disability coverages, 401(k), and pension

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If you’re looking for a career where your work has real impact—and your growth is in your hands—supported by a company with a long history and a strong future, let’s start a conversation.