Entry-Level Insurance Sales Agent
5 Days Old
Job Description
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.
Are you a driven self-starter with strong principles who is interested in making a positive difference in the lives of others? We are looking for you! New York Life is growing its team by hiring a financial service professional who can offer our wealth of financial products and services to clients who are striving to establish strong financial foundations and achieve their monetary goals for a bright future.
Training, Support, and Professional Development: New York Life offers a comprehensive three-year training program, marketing support, as well as prospecting and technical assistance. Our programs give you the ability to work with highly successful, established agents and managers who assist you in developing a clientele. New York Life provides the resources and ongoing support you would expect from a Fortune 100 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 Service Professionals 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
1-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.
2- Source: Individual Third Party Ratings Reports as of 7/30/18.
3- 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
4- 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/
Compensation:$60,000 - $70,000 yearly
Responsibilities:- Assist clients with decisions related to life insurance, mutual funds, savings plans, and other financial products and services
- Leverage marketing and social media tools to identify, pursue, and secure new clients who can benefit from having a trusted financial service professional
- Research and provide financial advice and strategies through educational meetings or seminars that are suitable based on client risk tolerance and financial objectives
- Assess each client’s potential life and financial needs to create an individualized financial plan that leverages the products and serves we offer
- Collect and organize each client’s financial information using a CRM to determine financial status, financial goals, cash flow, and financial expectations
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with clients.
- Understand clients’ needs and recommend tailored insurance and financial solutions.
- Educate clients about life insurance options, retirement planning, and wealth management strategies.
- Develop and execute a personal marketing plan to attract and retain clients.
- Participate in ongoing professional development and New York Life training programs.
- Achieve or exceed sales goals set by the company.
- Uncompromising integrity and the ability to effectively communicate complex programs and ideas is required
- Must have the ability to successfully network and prospect for new clients
- Strong relationship management skills and/or experience required
- Bachelor's degree preferred; high school diploma or equivalent required.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Self-motivated, goal-oriented, and disciplined.
- Prior experience in sales, finance, or insurance is a plus, but not required.
- Ability to obtain a life and health insurance license (sponsorship and training provided).
- Commitment to ethics, professionalism, and excellence.
Keeping a promise to help you protect and prosper for over 175 years
At the heart of New York Life is a commitment to be there for our customers when they need us—whether today or decades into the future. Since 1845, we have delivered on that promise by investing wisely, managing finances strategically, and remaining true to our mission as a mutual company.
We are the largest mutual insurer in the U.S.
New York Life is the nation’s largest mutual life insurance company, and our policy owners are at the center of everything we do. We answer to our policy owners, not to Wall Street.
We answer to our policy owners, not to Wall Street
New York Life is a mutual company, meaning we are not traded on the stock exchange, we don't have shareholders, and we don't answer to Wall Street. We answer to and operate for the benefit of current and future policy owners.
- Location:
- Tucson
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Finance And Insurance