Financial Planner

Company: New York Life Cedar Rapids General Office
Location: Cedar Rapids
Posted on: November 24, 2022

Job Description:

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. -

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 strength.



--- A++ Superior (A.M. Best)
--- AAA Exceptionally Strong (Fitch)
--- Aaa Exceptional (Moody's)
--- AA+ Very Strong (Standard & Poor's)

We're proud of our position in the industry.

--- New York Life named a 2021 "Elite Gold Organization" by Chief Learning Officer magazine
--- Training Magazine's Training Top 100 for 20218 We're proud to be recognized by organizations that also value diversity.
--- Human Rights Campaign: 2022 Corporate Equality Index
--- Forbes 2022: America's Best Employers for Diversity
--- Latino Leaders 2022 Best Companies for Latinos to Work We're proud of the help we've provided and continue to provide our clients.
--- 5.5 million LIVES PROTECTED. Includes all owners of individual life insurance and annuity policies
--- $938 million LIFETIME ANNUITY INCOME PAID. Includes all payouts on individual income annuity products.
--- $4.9 billion IN LIVING BENEFITS AWARDED. Includes life and annuity cash value accumulation and qualifying policy -dividends paid. Dividends are not guaranteed.
--- Over $1.1 trillion LIFE INSURANCE PROTECTION IN FORCE. Includes term, whole, and universal life.

New York Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Responsibilities:
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. -

Qualifications:
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 developmentWe'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 toolsBeyond 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 solutionsTogether 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 guidanceWhen 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 Company:
The Cedar Rapids General Office of New York Life serves all of Eastern Iowa and beyond. We represent the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States -- one that will pay $1.9 billion in dividends to our policyholders in 2022. We are 67th on the Fortune 500 list and among the world's most admired companies. And, even during the economic rollercoaster of the last decade, New York Life has maintained the industry's highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any life insurer, as measured by the leading credit rating agencies. We've even expanded our sales force, so that we can more effectively offer over 175 years of industry-leading experience to our neighbors in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Davenport, Dubuque, Iowa City, and dozens of communities in between. So whether you are looking for a second set of eyes to help you evaluate your most important financial goals, or want to begin a career focused on helping others, we're here to answer your questions.

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