Pluspunten
Brand recognition, financial strength, training, flexible hours, noble vocation, experience with NYL is attractive to other employers
Minpunten
-Compensation: being a "captive agent," you take a haircut on almost everything you sell so your partner (sales manager) can get their cut for hiring you. Selling the same product on the outside broker/dealer channel is much more lucrative. Your whole comp plan is based on traditional life sales, so if you are wanting to make any money on investment products, you better have some good life insurance production. That sweetheart deal of a "training allowance" scales down over three years so if you don't have the life insurance residuals built up at the end, you're back to square one. -Lack of Support: Don't by the spiel in the interviews that you are basically signing up to be a low-cost franchisee. Besides the commission haircut, you have to pay for everything yourself... Office (cubicle), copies, health insurance, marketing materials, some additional training, even your E&O insurance. Besides core training and licensing costs, you're on your own. Don't be fooled! They really don't have as much skin in the game as they claim. If you leave, they retain your book and your residual income. -Management: The "Partners" at this company are basically just sales managers that went the management route because they were successful as agents, not because they know how to manage people. Ultimately, they want to see you do well because they make more money that way. Unfortunately, as a result of their comp structure, they will do things more to their benefit ahead of yours. If you leave it hurts their retention, but they still get paid on the old policies you wrote. If you're looking for someone to mentor you, look elsewhere. The reason someone makes a good manager at NYL is because they know how to sell people. Not all of them are bad, but proceed with caution.
