Entry-Level Insurance Sales Agent

NYL Nassau‑Suffolk Region
• Medford , NY , US

Our mission is to provide financial security and peace of mind through our insurance, annuity, and investment solutions. We act with integrity and humanity in all our interactions with our policy owners, business partners, and one another. Grounded in both confidence and humility, we serve as stewards for the long term. We are here for good, reflecting both the permanence of New York Life and our commitment to do the right thing in business and society.

Everything we do has one overriding purpose: to be there when our policy owners need us.

We are looking for a highly self‑motivated, self‑disciplined job seeker looking for an opportunity to build a great career as a life insurance agent while helping clients achieve their financial goals. Utilizing our expansive product lines, our agents work to guide individuals, families, and businesses toward the financial strategy that is right for them. When you join our team, you will enjoy a rewarding career with a stable, industry‑leading company that makes doing right by their customers its first priority.

Our training program extends beyond the virtual and physical classroom, as our agents learn best by doing. Every office has a dedicated sales‑support team, consisting of our management team and in‑office sales management trainers, who work with agents step‑by‑step to ensure they’ve honed the necessary skills to meet their goals and effectively service their clients. We carry those values throughout all efforts across the company.

• In conjunction with in‑office trainings, a comprehensive and user‑friendly learning experience within New York Life’s online portal system that is accessible anytime, anywhere, and from any device. Learn when and how you want!
• Once established in the career, Fast Track to Management opportunities for qualified professionals

• Offer high quality life insurance, fixed annuities, long‑term care insurance, securities, investments, and other products for insurance and retirement, education, and business planning needs
• Present an array of potential solutions using our competitive suite of products and services to help clients identify and achieve their financial goals
• Obtain optional licenses to sell investments and other securities products concerning wealth management and advanced planning
• Discuss financial concerns and needs with potential clients identified during the prospecting process
• Create and implement business and marketing plans that will expand your client base

• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to effectively share complex ideas
• Must possess uncompromising integrity
• Ability to engage your community and leverage personal networks and contacts
• Strong business acumen
• Growth mindset and sales experience strongly preferred

• Full‑time agents and their dependents are immediately eligible for medical, dental, vision, long‑term disability, and group term life insurance. New York Life reserves the right to amend or terminate any benefit plans, in whole or in part, at any time.
• Source:
  Individual Third Party Ratings Reports as of 7/30/18.
• MDRT (Million Dollar Round Table) is recognized throughout the industry as the standard of excellence in life insurance sales performance. SOURCE: MDRT as of 7/1/2019
• Based on revenue as reported by “Fortune 500 ranked within Industries, Insurance:
  Life, Health (Mutual),” Fortune magazine, 6/1/19. For methodology, please see

$60,000 - $100,000 yearly

As a mutual company, New York is accountable only to our policyholders. That means we are fully aligned with the interests of clients, not with outside investors or Wall Street. Our focus is on delivering value to clients. We have been in business for over 175 years, helping generations of Americans protect their families and attain their financial goals. To prepare for the future, we are constantly innovating and looking ahead to find more ways to increase value for clients.

Employment and benefits are provided through Next Source, an approved New York Life vendor. New York Life Insurance Company is not the hiring entity.

New York Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender