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Discover how you can take you career further with New York Life.
As someone with industry experience and years under your belt, you may be looking to make your next big move.
At New York Life, we offer opportunities for financial professionals, just like you, to develop a practice specialization, become a financial advisor1, or pursue leadership roles. With a company built on more than 180 years of dedication to its customers and agents by your side, you can expect to have all the resources and support you need to succeed.
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Go further, faster with New York Life.
Built on a legacy of stability
Being in the business for over 180 years means we’ve weathered times of crisis and come out strong, honoring our commitments without hesitation or disruption.
Recognized for our financial strength
New York Life is one of only two life insurers currently awarded the highest ratings for financial strength from all four major credit ratings agencies.2
Offering a range of solutions and services
New York Life and our subsidiaries offer a wide array of products and services—like insurance, investments, retirement, and business solutions—to help our financial professionals meet client needs.
Choose the path that best suits you
With our training and support, you’ll have a range of opportunities to choose from. Enhance your skills and expertise by developing a specialization, work toward the credentials that will qualify you as a licensed financial advisor, or grow into a leadership role as part of the management team.
Develop a specialization
As a New York Life financial professional, you will have the opportunity to gain expertise in a particular market area. We’ll provide you the training, resources, and tools you need to build and grow your practice in that market. Better yet, through our exclusive partnership with the American College of Financial Services, we’ll cover 100% of your tuition towards obtaining your industry designations through the American College, helping you become a trusted specialist in your field.
Areas of practice specialties include:
- Financial Guidance
- Retirement Planning
- Wealth Advisory3
- Business Solutions
- Estate Planning
Expand your practice
Build the practice you envision and go even farther with the solutions and capabilities only available to you as financial advisor with Eagle Strategies—New York Life's Wealth Management arm1. From investment advisory to holistic planning, as a financial advisor you will be best positioned to offer your affluent clients the level of financial advice and support they rely on.
Become a leader
Pursue a career as field manager at New York Life. Our field managers are empowered to lead their teams to success by focusing on recruiting and development, rather than sales. Plus, if you have completed your MBA or a similar advanced degree or have previous management, direct sales, or business-owner experience, you may qualify for our Accelerated Path to Management program, in which you can start as a financial professional and work toward becoming a managing partner to oversee a general office.
The resources you need to succeed
Expert field consultants
We’re committed to our field force. That means you’ll have access to a network of product, sales, service, and marketing experts, helping you do what you do best—serve your clients.
Cutting-edge sales and marketing tools
Building a business in the modern era requires extensive online marketing and a compelling social media presence. We have all the digital sales and marketing resources you need to meet this moment.
A network of industry leaders
When you join our team, you’ll work among peers with industry-recognized expertise. New York Life leads the Million Dollar Round Table with the highest number of members for 67 years in a row.4
Why New York Life?
Join a Fortune 100 company with a long history of doing good
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We have been protecting families and communities for over 180 years.
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As a mutual company, with no investors or outside owners, New York Life is aligned with our client interests and priorities.⁵
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We’re proud to be recognized as one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity in 2022.⁶
Don’t just take it from us
We’re proud of our company and its standing in the industry
By Fortune7
By Insure8
By Human Rights Campaign Foundation9
Ready to make a change in your career?
New York Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.
1Financial Advisors of Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser and a subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company, can offer clients advisory services. 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.
2The “highest ratings currently awarded” refers to the highest ratings currently awarded to any U.S. life insurer, specifically: AM Best A++ (as of 2/9/2024), Fitch Ratings AAA (as of 10/6/2023), Moody’s Aaa (as of 11/17/2023), and Standard & Poor’s AA+ (as of 10/10/2023). Source: third-party reports. Learn more: https://www.newyorklife.com/about/our-strength/what-rating-agencies-say.
3Wealth Advisory requires affiliation as a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser, and a New York Life company.
4New York Life has led U.S. membership in the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), the Premier Association of Financial Professionals®, for 69 consecutive years. The 2024 MDRT membership list is as of 7/31/24.
5New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) is a mutual insurance company, which means it is not publicly traded and has no shareholders. References to ownership refer to NYLIC’s policyowners who purchase its participating products. These policyowners share certain membership right, such as voting in board of directors’ elections and being eligible to share in annual dividends that are declared by the board. NYLIC is also the parent company of two other wholly life insurance subsidiaries. Policies issued by these subsidiaries are not participating and do not share in these rights.
6America’s Best Employers for Diversity rankings complied by Forbes and Statista. https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-employers-diversity/
72022 World’s Most Admired Company in Life Insurance: Life and Health category. https://fortune.com/worlds-most-admired-companies/2022/ Rankings are determined by a proprietary formula that weights nine criteria to create an overall score.
8Top 10 Life Insurance Companies for 2022. https://www.insure.com/best-life-insurance-companies/
9We received a perfect score of 100% on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality. Source: https://www.hrc.org/resources/corporate-equality-index