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Entry Level Life Insurance Sales Agent

Wizehire
Medford, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 9/30/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/29/2025
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 towards 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.

Training, Development & Benefits 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.

About New York Life New York Life is among the strongest and most respected financial companies in the world. New York Life has received the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any U.S. life insurer by each of the four major rating companies A.M. Best (A ), Standard & Poor’s (AA ), Moody’s Investors Service (Aaa), and Fitch (AAA)¹. For 65 consecutive years, we have led the Million Dollar Round Table with more members than any other insurance or financial institution in the world². New York Life has been recognized as one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” by Fortune Magazine for 2019.

Financial Advisors offer investment advisory services through Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser. Registered Representatives offer securities through NYLIFE Securities LLC (member FINRA/SIPC), A Licensed Insurance Agency - Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

  • 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 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 http//fortune.com/fortune500/

Role

Our new blended training and development program is designed to work with your schedule and in this type of role that makes all the difference. Our multifaceted system includes

  • 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

Compensation

$60,000 - $100,000 yearly

Responsibilities

  • Ensure effective insurance, retirement, and business planning education through an array of service offerings including high-quality insurance, fixed annuities, long-term care insurance, securities, investments, and more
  • Help clients achieve their financial goals by presenting a breadth of solutions offered by our competitive suite of products and services
  • Participate in and complete the New York Life training curriculum to build your professional skills and knowledge
  • Create and implement business and marketing plans that will expand your client base
  • Seek and reach out to potential clients to learn about their financial circumstances and goals

Qualifications

  • Strong values of integrity are a must
  • Must be able to engage your community and tap personal networks to identify contacts
  • Articulate complicated concepts using superb written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience in sales and implementing growth strategies a plus
  • Solid business expertise and knowledge a must

About Company

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 NextSource, 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

Salary : $60,000 - $100,000

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