
Insurance Sales Agent
NYL - West Houston Office • Houston, TX, US
Posted 3 hours ago
Build a career that’s designed to last.
For over 180 years, New York Life has helped individuals, families, and businesses navigate life’s financial decisions through changing markets and generations.
As a Financial Professional, you’ll play a direct role in helping people protect what matters and plan for their future, while building a practice of your own with the backing of a Fortune 100 company.
What You’ll Do
Develop your own client base through networking, referrals, and community involvement
Build relationships and guide clients through key financial decisions (retirement, protection, education planning)
Offer tailored solutions across insurance and financial products
Grow your knowledge and skills through ongoing training and real-world experience
What Sets This Role Apart
Be Your Own Boss: After two years of training, our agents become independent career agents and run their own businesses.
Training & Support: Structured onboarding, licensing support, ongoing coaching and opportunities to obtain professional credentials, with prepaid tuition for eligible, participating agents pursuing approved credentials.
Financial Support: Training subsidy available for eligible candidates during early stages
Resources & Tools: Access to experienced professionals and institutional knowledge, proven best practices, along with sales, prospecting, and marketing tools to help you attract and retain clients through web, social, and email content.
Products & Solutions: New York Life and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of solutions, including life insurance, annuities, long-term care insurance, disability income insurance, and investment products such as mutual funds through NYLIFE Securities LLC (member FINRA and SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency. This range allows you to develop tailored strategies to help clients and their families achieve their financial goals.
Career Path Flexibility: As you grow, you can specialize in areas such as wealth management, estate planning, and business solutions—or pursue leadership opportunities. You may also choose to become a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies LLC, our registered investment advisor, and offer advisory services.
What We Look For
Self-motivated individuals who take initiative
Strong communicators who enjoy building relationships
Coachable and open to feedback
Interested in long-term learning and growth, not just a short-term role
Compensation & Benefits
You have the power to determine your own income with our commission-based compensation
In 2024, the average income of our financial professionals under the N8 and N9 Agent’s Contract who met annual minimum sales production requirements was $120,555. Individual agent performance will determine your income.
Benefits for eligible full-time agents include medical, dental, life and long-term disability coverages, 401(k), and pension
For more information about commission-based income and benefits for financial professionals, please follow this link:
https://www.newyorklife.com/careers/financial-professionals/income-and-benefits
Take the Next Step
If you’re looking for a career where your work has real impact—and your growth is in your hands—supported by a company with a long history and a strong future, let’s start a conversation.
- Commit to remaining educated about the various types of insurance, insurance-related protocols, and policy changes to ensure fulfillment of program requirements and ensure our customers are satisfied
- Keep an accurate log of sales databases, client reports, bookkeeping records, and more to share progress toward goals with key stakeholders
- Maintain a portfolio of existing customers and pursue insurance sales with new clients by using sales strategies that may include cold calling and networking
- Conduct meetings with new and potential clients and carefully listen to their individual circumstances in order to present the best insurance policies to meet their needs
- Collaborate with policyholders to develop insurance risk management and other profiles that specify the best policies for their evolving insurance needs
- Basic computer skills including proficiency with Microsoft Office suite is required
- Working knowledge of accounting and sales lead software is a plus
- Willingness to learn about the insurance industry, insurance programs, and state and federal regulations that may impact policyholders
- Candidates must have or be willing to get an insurance license
- High school diploma necessary; college degree a bonus
Compensation
$80,000
New York Life is a Fortune 100 company with a long history of doing good. We have been in business for 180+ 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 of our clients.
We’re proud to be recognized by the following organizations:
Fortune (2026): World’s Most Admired Companies
Handshake (2026): Early Talent Award
Seramount (2025): 100 Best Companies for Workplace Programs
The results we’ve delivered for our clients include:
5 million policyowners protected
$1 billion in lifetime annuity income paid
$7.8 billion in living benefits awarded (dividends not guaranteed)
$1.2 trillion in life insurance protection in force
#1 largest mutual insurer in the U.S.
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