Senior Associate, Life Product Competition Analyst

Company: New York Life Insurance Co
Location: White Plains
Posted on: June 5, 2021

Job Description:

When you join New York Life, youre joining a company that values development, career growth, collaboration, innovation, and diversity & inclusion. We want employees to feel proud about being part of a company that is committed to doing the right thing. Through various resources and programs, you can grow your career while developing personally and professionally.

New York Lifes primary distribution channel is the career Agency sales force of more than 12,000 agents, operating in virtually every major city in the United States. Every agent is affiliated with one of our 117 General Offices. These offices are operated by Agency management teams responsible for agent and management recruiting, development, and sales. Approximately half our agents operate their businesses out of our General Offices, while the other half maintains independent office locations.

Our General Offices are divided up among four Zones. In addition to our Zone offices, an Agency Home Office team responsible for strategy, finance, administration, standards, training, marketing and communications supports our agents and field managers. The Agency operation also comprises teams charged with growing our business in key market segments, including the middle-income market, the advanced (high-net-worth) market, select cultural markets, and the womens markets. Agents sell individuallife insurance, individual annuities, and long-term care insurance products, as well as mutual funds.

Role Overview

Serve as a life insurance competitive product expert, possessing a strong understanding of all aspects of life insurance products and the industry landscape.

Provide assistance to our career agency field force via a toll-free phone line. Support New York Lifes career Agency field force by assessing competitive cases.

Interact with New York Life Insurance Agents and Field Managers, as well as wholesalers to provide competitivecase and industry analysis and make recommendations to obtaincases.

Research and produce a variety of documentation to assist agents in competitive sales situations. Stay abreast of industry news and regulation affecting the life insurance industry and monitor marketplace trends.

Track and provide weekly and monthly reports on case work.

Develop materials to relay issues and case studies.

Disseminate appropriate information to Field and sales personnel.

Liaise with New York Lifes internal departments to gain updated industry and competitor information.

Qualifications

Bachelors degree preferred

Series 6 Preferred

5+ years in a competitiveintelligence capacity or comparable Financial Services setting.

Strong written and verbal communication skills. Strong presentation skills.

Must be analytical with high degree of accuracy and attention to detail

Comfortable working under pressure, often dealing with short turn-around time

Strong knowledge of individuallife insurance products.

Knowledge of career agency field operations and the life insurance sales process

Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously

Strong PC skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access

Recognized as one of Fortunes Worlds Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by our Foundation. We invite you to bring your talents to New York Life, so we can continue to help families and businesses Be Good At Life. To learn more, please visit LinkedIn, our Newsroom and the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.

Job Requisition ID:83591

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