For a prospective hire, a company’s culture, reputation, profitability, product innovation, and benefits are among the many factors to consider when it comes to choosing the right company to work for. And, if helping people protect their families' financial futures, then there’s no better place to work than the Iowa General Office. When you become one of our Financial Professionals, they're part of an extensive career agency system. That means we provide agents with the guidance, support, and resources they'll need to do what they do best: serving their clients’ needs. From our outstanding training program to our robust compensation package, there are so many reasons to join New York Life’s team of Financial Professionals at the Iowa General Office.
You’re in control of your career journey.
At New York Life, you have the opportunity to pursue your dream job.
1 Financial Advisors offer investment advisory services through Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser. Eagle Strategies is a New York Life company.
Listed below are career opportunities available at our office.
College Agent Internship
We are seeking full-time, U.S. based students who are / have
Juniors (second semester), Seniors and Graduate Students with no break in study with at least 12 credits remaining
A GPA of 2.5 or higher
Interested in being an entrepreneur
Involved on campus in student organizations, athletics or involved in their communities
Here's what we ask of you:
Time: 10 to 20 hours per week, schedule permitting
Positive Attitude: A willingness to learn and a desire to excel
Integrity: Respect a tradition that has existed since 1845
Reliability: Attend all scheduled meeting and training sessions
The rewards are more fulfilling than you could imagine – it's more than an experience and earning commissions.
As a licensed College Agent, you will have the ability to make a lasting impact on your client's lives by helping them set and reach their important financial goals.
You may help...
…young parents provide financial security for their children should something happen to them unexpectedly.
…business owners save for retirement and protect the business they have spent a lifetime building.
…people like your parents plan for the likelihood of extended care for an illness, while protecting the assets they have worked so hard to accumulate.
You will make this impact by:
Scheduling appointments and meeting with potential clients
Analyzing the information you gather
Making product recommendations/sales to help them meet their insurance and financial goals
Most important, you will provide ongoing service and support to these policyholders. As your client's needs and goals change, you'll help them adjust their financial goals to meet these changing needs.
Financial Professional
Are you a leader who has the following traits?
Competitive
Entrepreneurial
Coachable
Communicative
Self-disciplined
Authentic
If yes, consider becoming an insurance agent to drive positive impact in the lives of families every day. At New York Life, you’re in control of your career journey. Backed by a Fortune 100 company that is a leader in the financial services industry, New York Life will invest in you from the start, training you in valuable skills such as marketing, customer relationship management (CRM) and communication, and providing you with a development team and sales support to guide your success.
What we’re looking for...
We’re looking for people who want to make a lasting impact on the financial well-being of individuals, families and small businesses. This is not just a sales job—it’s a career with purpose and opportunity. You’ll provide peace of mind to your clients while helping them navigate challenges that many of them find complex and confusing, such as preparing for retirement and saving for college. As an insurance agent, you will have the opportunity to see the positive impact of your work for years to come. You will grow personally and professionally along with your clients.
What we offer...
Training and development
We’ll equip and train you with a multi-faceted approach that includes an industry-leading learning platform, personalized coaching from dedicated training professionals and the ability to obtain industry professional designations. We are so committed to training that we’ll subsidize it in your first two years, providing you with additional funds to help keep you on your feet while you complete our training program and grow your business. You’ll also get rewarded and acknowledged with sales incentives and professional development trips for our top performing insurance agents.
Digital tools
Beyond this training and support, New York Life will equip you with the tools you need to succeed day-to-day, including experts on hand to answer your questions and a suite of digital sales, prospecting and marketing tools that will help you attract and retain your clients with web, social and email content.
Products and solutions
Together with its subsidiaries, New York Life provides a range of products, including life insurance, annuities, long term care insurance, disability income insurance and investment products such as mutual funds1 through our broker-dealer arm NYLIFE Securities LLC (member of FINRA and SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency, ensuring that the solutions you develop with your clients can help them and their families achieve their financial goals. You’ll also be able to specialize and gain expertise in different areas, such as by becoming a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies LLC, our investment advisory division to offer wealth management and advisory services2, estate planning strategies and business solutions.
Human guidance
When you join New York Life, you’re joining a strong team with peer-to-peer support options like study groups, mentorship and other opportunities to engage with your fellow insurance agents.
How we will compensate you.
You have the power to determine your own income with our commission-based compensation. Across our diverse agent population of nearly 12,000 agents, the average income in 2020 was $91,351.3 Individual agent performance will determine their income. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) and pension.4
About New York Life...
New York Life is a Fortune 100 company with a long history of doing good. We have been in business for over 175 years, helping generations of Americans protect their families and attain their financial goals. As a mutual company, we are accountable only to our policyholders, not to Wall Street or outside investors. We are focused on the long-term success for our clients.
Awards & Accolades
We’re proud of our financial strength5
A++ Superior (A.M. Best)
AAA Exceptionally Strong (Fitch)
Aaa Exceptional (Moody’s)
AA+ Very Strong (Standard & Poor’s)
We’re proud of our positions in the industry6
New York Life named a 2021 “Elite Gold Organization” by Chief Learning Officer magazine7
Training Magazine’s Training Top 100 for 20218
We’re proud to be recognized by organizations that also value diversity
Latino Leaders: 2022 Best Companies for Latinos to Work
Human Rights Campaign: 2022 Corporate Equality Index
Forbes 2022: America’s Best Employers for Diversity
We’re proud of the help we’ve provided and continue to provide our clients9
5.5 million lives Protected (includes all owners of individual life insurance and annuity policies)
$4.9 Billion in living benefits awarded (includes life and annuity cash value accumulation and qualifying policy dividends paid. Dividends are not guaranteed)
$938 million lifetime annuity paid (includes all payouts on individual income annuity products)
Over $1.1 trillion life insurance protection in force (includes term, whole and universal life)8
New York Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
1 Offered by properly licensed Registered Representatives through NYLIFE Securities (member FINRA/SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency and a New York Life Company.
2 Wealth Management and advisory services offered by Financial Advisors of Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser and a New York Life company. 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.
3 Based on 2020 Company data. Actual income and compensation are not guaranteed and depend on a number of factors, including the individual sales results and contract type of each agent. The historical income figures shown above do not take into account agent authorized expenses that can reduce the compensation payments an agent receives.
4 New York Life reserves the right to amend or terminate any benefit plans, in whole or in part, at any time.
5 New York Life Insurance Company continues to receive the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any life insurer in the U.S. from all four major rating agencies. Source: Individual Third-Party Rating Reports: A.M. Best A++, Fitch Ratings AAA, Moody’s Aaa, and Standard & Poor’s AA+ (as of 6/22/2022).
6 Full list of our awards is available here: https://www.newyorklife.com/newsroom/our-awards-and-recognition
7Source: https://www.chieflearningofficer.com/2021/04/27/chief-learning-officer-reveals-2021-learningelite-award-recipients/ In order to qualify for LearningElite status, organizations that choose to apply must succeed in scoring above the qualifying benchmark in five key performance areas that are core to L&D: learning strategy, leadership commitment, learning execution, learning impact and business performance results.
8 Source: Training Magazine https://trainingmag.com/training-magazine-announces-2021-training-top-100-winners/
9 All figures reflect the consolidated results of New York Life Insurance Company and its domestic insurance subsidiaries including New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation for the 12 months ending December 31, 2021.
10 This reflects the consolidated results of New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) and its domestic insurance subsidiaries including New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation (NYLIAC) for the 12months ending December 31, 2021. Individual life insurance in force is the total face amount of individual life insurance contracts (term, whole, and universal life) outstanding for NYLIC and its domestic insurance subsidiaries at a given time. The company’s individual life insurance in force totaled $1,139.45 billion at December 31, 2021 (including $182.30 billion for NYLIAC). Intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Experienced Financial Professional
Are you an experienced professional in the financial services field? Do you consider yourself to have excellent sales experience, an entrepreneurial mindset and be a great “people person?” If so, you’ve landed on the perfect career opportunity for you at New York Life.
Whether you are looking for a change or seeking to align with a company that offers superb resources, training, benefits and room for growth, you can take your career to the next level in this position with us at the New York Life Des Moines general office.
This career position includes:
Running a client-based practice of your own with the backing and support of a Fortune 100 company.
Providing clients with long-term financial strategies to help achieve their financial goals through products in life insurance, investments+, annuities and mutual funds+.
Understanding the needs and financial concerns of clients as well as educating clients on how to prepare for their future financially if an unfortunate life circumstance occurs.
Promoting customized ways for clients to achieve their long-term financial goals.
Cultivating quality relationships with clients to establish opportunities to help their family members pursue financial security.
Networking and prospecting new clients to maximize your client-based practice.
Qualities New York Life looks for include:
Direct experience in the financial services business (securities licenses required).
Sales experience.
Entrepreneurial mindset with desire for continuous learning.
Strong communication skills – excellent listening skills and ability to explain complex information in a simple and concise manner both verbally and on paper.
Strong business acumen and professional business demeanor.
Eagerness to network, ability to develop relationships and sincere desire to help others.
Desire to engage your community and leverage personal networks/contacts.
It’s your career and you deserve control of your growth.
New York Life helps set you up in every way to have a successful career but you’re in control. As a financial professional, your ambition, your sales, and your attitude determine your income. As well as the opportunity for growth within the company’s career paths. At New York Life, you receive the benefits of:
Ongoing access to local managers, team member collaboration and being paired with a seasoned agent for mentorship.
Full-time trainers who are extremely proficient in teaching the information and skills needed to lead you to career success both financially and in growth within the company.
Support from corporate development managers and product consultants to assist you.
Access to state-of-the-art marketing support.
Compensation:
Commission-based compensation dependent on agent sales performance. The more you sell, the more you get. Agent compensation is not guaranteed.
Please note: We, unfortunately, can only accept applicants who are either a U.S. Citizens or reside within the United States. We currently do not support US H-1B visas.
About New York Life...
New York Life is a Fortune 100 company with a long history of doing good. We have been in business for over 175 years, helping generations of Americans protect their families and attain their financial goals. As a mutual company, we are accountable only to our policyholders, not to Wall Street or outside investors. We are focused on the long-term success for our clients.
Awards & Accolades
We’re proud of our financial strength1
A++ Superior (A.M. Best)
AAA Exceptionally Strong (Fitch)
Aaa Exceptional (Moody’s)
AA+ Very Strong (Standard & Poor’s)
We’re proud of our positions in the industry2
New York Life named a 2021 “Elite Gold Organization” by Chief Learning Officer magazine3
Training Magazine’s Training Top 100 for 20214
We’re proud to be recognized by organizations that also value diversity
Latino Leaders: 2022 Best Companies for Latinos to Work
Human Rights Campaign: 2022 Corporate Equality Index
Forbes 2022: America’s Best Employers for Diversity
We’re proud of the help we’ve provided and continue to provide our clients5
5.5 million lives Protected (includes all owners of individual life insurance and annuity policies)
$4.9 Billion in living benefits awarded (includes life and annuity cash value accumulation and qualifying policy dividends paid. Dividends are not guaranteed)
$938 million lifetime annuity paid (includes all payouts on individual income annuity products)
Over $1.1 trillion life insurance protection in force (includes term, whole and universal life)6
New York Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
1 New York Life Insurance Company continues to receive the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any life insurer in the U.S. from all four major rating agencies. Source: Individual Third-Party Rating Reports: A.M. Best A++, Fitch Ratings AAA, Moody’s Aaa, and Standard & Poor’s AA+ (as of 6/22/2022).
2 Full list of our awards is available here: https://www.newyorklife.com/newsroom/our-awards-and-recognition
3 Source: https://www.chieflearningofficer.com/2021/04/27/chief-learning-officer-reveals-2021-learningelite-award-recipients/ In order to qualify for LearningElite status, organizations that choose to apply must succeed in scoring above the qualifying benchmark in five key performance areas that are core to L&D: learning strategy, leadership commitment, learning execution, learning impact and business performance results.
4 Source: Training Magazine https://trainingmag.com/training-magazine-announces-2021-training-top-100-winners/
5 All figures reflect the consolidated results of New York Life Insurance Company and its domestic insurance subsidiaries including New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation for the 12 months ending December 31, 2021.
6 This reflects the consolidated results of New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) and its domestic insurance subsidiaries including New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation (NYLIAC) for the 12months ending December 31, 2021. Individual life insurance in force is the total face amount of individual life insurance contracts (term, whole, and universal life) outstanding for NYLIC and its domestic insurance subsidiaries at a given time. The company’s individual life insurance in force totaled $1,139.45 billion at December 31, 2021 (including $182.30 billion for NYLIAC). Intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
+: Securities are offered through properly licensed Registered Representatives, NYLIFE Securities LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC, A Licensed Insurance Agency & New York Life Company.
Accelerated Path to Management
Are you looking for a job where you can use your experience to propel your career into management? At New York Life, we will invest in you from the start to help you learn and grow in a financial professional career. We’ll train you in valuable skills, such as marketing, business development, recruiting and customer relationship management, and provide you with the tools you need to further your career.
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for people who want to make a lasting impact on the financial well-being of individuals, families and small businesses – motivated people who can answer yes to one of the following questions:
Do you have sales or managerial experience in another industry?
Have you previously run your own business?
Do you have an MBA or other advanced degree?
In the Accelerated Path to Management Program, you’ll start off as a financial professional, learning how to sell our products, build client relationship, and meeting specific requirements* before transitioning into a management role. You’ll then undergo a six-month intensive training program designed to prime you for success as a manager. You will use that experience to understand how to coach others to success.
What we offer
Your First Year
You’ll learn firsthand about a financial professional’s role and day-to-day work by working as a financial professional for the first year of your career journey with New York Life. We will provide you with award-winning training, access to digital tools and a comprehensive product suite.
Training and Resources
You will gain an appreciation of the rich training we provide our financial professionals to help you understand the strength & value of New York Life firsthand. Beyond this training and support, New York Life will equip you with the resources you need to succeed day-to-day, including experts on hand to answer your questions and a suite of digital sales, prospecting and marketing tools that will help you attract and retain your clients with web, social and email content.
Product Solutions
You will learn about our robust products and services that can help clients and their families achieve their financial goals. Together with its subsidiaries, New York Life provides a range of competitive insurance and financial products, including life insurance, annuities, long term care insurance, disability income insurance and investment products such as mutual funds through our broker-dealer arm NYLIFE Securities LLC (member of FINRA and SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency. You will be required to hold securities licenses and FINRA registrations and affiliate with NYLIFE Securities as a Registered Representative before you can offer investment products.
Your Transition to a Field Manager Role
After meeting specific requirements for the first 12 months as a financial professional*, you’ll be equipped and empowered with a specialized six-month Associate Partner training program. We’ll help you to lead and build your team of financial professionals. Throughout your career journey with New York Life, you’ll continue to have opportunities to grow and be promoted to increasingly senior levels of management.
How we will compensate you
New York Life will value and reward your hard work and success. You’ll have significant income potential, because our field managers’ compensation is directly aligned with their recruiting performance and the production level of their team of financial professionals. The average income among our 586 recruiters in 2021 was $270,890.1 Additional benefits include medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) and pension.2
About New York Life
New York Life is a Fortune 100 company with a long history of doing good. We have been in business for over 175 years, helping generations of Americans protect their families and attain their financial goals. As a mutual company, we are accountable only to our policyholders, not to Wall Street or outside investors. We are focused on long-term success for our clients. To prepare for the future, we are constantly innovating and looking ahead to find more ways to increase value for our clients.
Awards & Accolades
We’re proud of our financial strength1
A++ Superior (A.M. Best)
AAA Exceptionally Strong (Fitch)
Aaa Exceptional (Moody’s)
AA+ Very Strong (Standard & Poor’s)
We’re proud of our positions in the industry2
New York Life named a 2021 “Elite Gold Organization” by Chief Learning Officer magazine3
Training Magazine’s Training Top 100 for 20214
We’re proud to be recognized by organizations that also value diversity
Latino Leaders: 2022 Best Companies for Latinos to Work
Human Rights Campaign: 2022 Corporate Equality Index
Forbes 2022: America’s Best Employers for Diversity
We’re proud of the help we’ve provided and continue to provide our clients5
5.5 million lives Protected (includes all owners of individual life insurance and annuity policies)
$4.9 Billion in living benefits awarded (includes life and annuity cash value accumulation and qualifying policy dividends paid. Dividends are not guaranteed)
$938 million lifetime annuity paid (includes all payouts on individual income annuity products)
Over $1.1 trillion life insurance protection in force (includes term, whole and universal life)6
New York Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
1 New York Life Insurance Company continues to receive the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any life insurer in the U.S. from all four major rating agencies. Source: Individual Third-Party Rating Reports: A.M. Best A++, Fitch Ratings AAA, Moody’s Aaa, and Standard & Poor’s AA+ (as of 6/22/2022).
2 Full list of our awards is available here: https://www.newyorklife.com/newsroom/our-awards-and-recognition
3 Source: https://www.chieflearningofficer.com/2021/04/27/chief-learning-officer-reveals-2021-learningelite-award-recipients/ In order to qualify for LearningElite status, organizations that choose to apply must succeed in scoring above the qualifying benchmark in five key performance areas that are core to L&D: learning strategy, leadership commitment, learning execution, learning impact and business performance results.
4 Source: Training Magazine https://trainingmag.com/training-magazine-announces-2021-training-top-100-winners/
5 All figures reflect the consolidated results of New York Life Insurance Company and its domestic insurance subsidiaries including New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation for the 12 months ending December 31, 2021.
6 This reflects the consolidated results of New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) and its domestic insurance subsidiaries including New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation (NYLIAC) for the 12months ending December 31, 2021. Individual life insurance in force is the total face amount of individual life insurance contracts (term, whole, and universal life) outstanding for NYLIC and its domestic insurance subsidiaries at a given time. The company’s individual life insurance in force totaled $1,139.45 billion at December 31, 2021 (including $182.30 billion for NYLIAC). Intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
+: Securities are offered through properly licensed Registered Representatives, NYLIFE Securities LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC, A Licensed Insurance Agency & New York Life Company.
Financial Professional Field Manager
Do you thrive on providing leadership value and are seeking a rewarding career? New York Life is seeking a seasoned financial service industry professional to join our management team that:
Embodies leadership and mentor qualities
Has strong desire to help others succeed
Is proficient at recruiting and development of a team of salespeople
Has an entrepreneurial mind-set with a self-starter personality
Thrives on goal-oriented tasks and deadlines
Responsibilities:
The core of this position is to attract, select, develop and retain quality financial professionals. Unlike other firms in the industry, New York Life Field Managers do not have personal product requirements. The primary focus is:
Building systems to generate strong candidate pipelines to support agency growth.
Leading and mentoring your team to have the most success they can in each of their individual businesses.
Conducting joint sales appointments with your agents.
Provide ongoing coaching skills to help agents grow their careers.
Fostering an award-winning environment focused on collegial, flexible and family-like atmosphere within your team.
Position requirements:
Financial industry experience
Management and sales understanding
Successful track record driving premium growth through recruiting and retention
Licenses (Life, health, series 6, 63, or 7 and 65)
Resources/Training at New York Life:
We take your career growth seriously and set you up for success in every way we can. To help you provide support to your team, we provide access to full-time trainers who are extremely proficient in teaching the information and skills needed to lead your team to a successful career. You also have the support from development managers and product consultants to assist you in teaching your financial professionals everything they’ll need to know. And you have access to state-of-the-art marketing support.
To help you thrive as a professional, in this role you will be plugged into high-level trainings. Our NYLIC University program is one of the most comprehensive and well-respected training programs in the industry for agents that you will be apart of. In addition, you will be a part of comprehensive management and leadership development programs for management and partners. New York Life also supports and encourages obtaining professional designations through our partnership with the American College.
New York Life Sales Managers enjoy...
Competitive benefits, 401(K) and pension plan (subject to eligibility requirements)
Comprehensive professional training
Significant income potential.
The opportunity to work for a Fortune 100 company
Be apart of a stable, long-term family-like team and environment
By joining New York Life in a management position, your ability to become promoted to a Senior Partner or Managing Partner is clearly defined and based on performance metrics allowing you to grow from managing a sales team up to an entire office.
Please note: This position is not eligible for H-1 sponsorship. We, unfortunately, can only accept applicants who are either a U.S. Citizens or reside within the United States. We currently do not support US H-1B visas.
About New York Life...
New York Life is a Fortune 100 company with a long history of doing good. We have been in business for over 175 years, helping generations of Americans protect their families and attain their financial goals. As a mutual company, we are accountable only to our policyholders, not to Wall Street or outside investors. We are focused on the long-term success for our clients.
Awards & Accolades
We’re proud of our financial strength1
A++ Superior (A.M. Best)
AAA Exceptionally Strong (Fitch)
Aaa Exceptional (Moody’s)
AA+ Very Strong (Standard & Poor’s)
We’re proud of our positions in the industry2
New York Life named a 2021 “Elite Gold Organization” by Chief Learning Officer magazine3
Training Magazine’s Training Top 100 for 20214
We’re proud to be recognized by organizations that also value diversity
Latino Leaders: 2022 Best Companies for Latinos to Work
Human Rights Campaign: 2022 Corporate Equality Index
Forbes 2022: America’s Best Employers for Diversity
We’re proud of the help we’ve provided and continue to provide our clients5
5.5 million lives Protected (includes all owners of individual life insurance and annuity policies)
$4.9 Billion in living benefits awarded (includes life and annuity cash value accumulation and qualifying policy dividends paid. Dividends are not guaranteed)
$938 million lifetime annuity paid (includes all payouts on individual income annuity products)
Over $1.1 trillion life insurance protection in force (includes term, whole and universal life)6
New York Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
1 New York Life Insurance Company continues to receive the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any life insurer in the U.S. from all four major rating agencies. Source: Individual Third-Party Rating Reports: A.M. Best A++, Fitch Ratings AAA, Moody’s Aaa, and Standard & Poor’s AA+ (as of 6/22/2022).
2 Full list of our awards is available here: https://www.newyorklife.com/newsroom/our-awards-and-recognition
3 Source: https://www.chieflearningofficer.com/2021/04/27/chief-learning-officer-reveals-2021-learningelite-award-recipients/ In order to qualify for LearningElite status, organizations that choose to apply must succeed in scoring above the qualifying benchmark in five key performance areas that are core to L&D: learning strategy, leadership commitment, learning execution, learning impact and business performance results.
4 Source: Training Magazine https://trainingmag.com/training-magazine-announces-2021-training-top-100-winners/
5 All figures reflect the consolidated results of New York Life Insurance Company and its domestic insurance subsidiaries including New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation for the 12 months ending December 31, 2021.
6 This reflects the consolidated results of New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) and its domestic insurance subsidiaries including New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation (NYLIAC) for the 12months ending December 31, 2021. Individual life insurance in force is the total face amount of individual life insurance contracts (term, whole, and universal life) outstanding for NYLIC and its domestic insurance subsidiaries at a given time. The company’s individual life insurance in force totaled $1,139.45 billion at December 31, 2021 (including $182.30 billion for NYLIAC). Intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
New York Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity