“I was referred into the business by my own New York Life Agent,” says Barone. “I really wanted to be my own boss. I was ready for a career change, but wanted to be sure I worked for a Company that offered great training and had a great history of strength. New York Life was the answer.”
Although she grew up in Columbia, South Carolina — a city rich in culture, educational opportunities and diversity - New York Life Insurance Company Agent Delma Bolden wanted more. "I joined the Navy in 1964 - Vietnam-era - straight out of high school," she explains. "I decided that was a good place for me to grow, learn about life and decide what I wanted to do next."
Retired New York Life Insurance Company Agent Reed Brinton, who received his 70-year plaque at the Company’s Chairman’s Council meeting last October, has inspired many Agents with his success. Two of them especially: his son, Steve Brinton, of the Utah General Office (GO), and his grandson, Taylor Brinton, who recently joined the Company in the same GO.
Joining New York Life Insurance Company in 1981, New York Life Insurance agent Lorraine Buck, from St. Louis, Missouri, General Office, celebrated her 25th anniversary a few years ago. As one of the first female, African American agents in this particular office, establishing herself in the field has been an uphill battle at times.
Growing up in Jamaica, Wendy Edwards learned the value of education and independence at an early age. “I studied at a private school for girls that stressed the importance of discipline and self-reliance, later moving to New York with my brother to attend Queens College. My parents encouraged my brothers, my sister, and myself to come to the U.S. to pursue the American dream,” explains Ms. Edwards. “They believe that with hard work and determination, the United States can offer tremendous opportunity for anyone."
Thirty-five-year-veteran agent of New York Life Insurance Company, and member of its’ prestigious Chairman's Council. Singer and dancer. Husband, father, friend. With a myriad of interests, Irv Flamer, Long Island General Office, can certainly not be described in just one word. And despite his diverse activity list, he's found a balance that's reaped success.
Flashback to 1991: With a degree in accounting and a career spent working first as General Manager of a new car and truck dealership and then as Vice President and General Manager of the Car Sales Division of Budget Rent-A-Car, New York Life Insurance Agent Mary Lou Hamill, Greater Chicago General Office, was ready for a change.
Georgia Life Insurance agent Veronica Hamilton has worked at New York Life for nearly 12 years. While attending Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, she was a track and field star, where she held her school’s record-breaking time in the 100- yard dash — 11 seconds flat — for 15 years.
Frank Jordan, of the Greater San Francisco General Office, cares about the big stuff: like war, peace, life, and death. So, when he’s not financially guiding his customers from the Bay Area, he is leading trips to world war battlefields across Europe.
Move to New York. Get a job within two months. Become a success within a year, a top achiever in two years. For most people, the odds of such good fortune are small. But New York Life Insurance Company Agent Jenny Kho, Greater New York Office, never wasted much time thinking about odds. She just did it.
When New York Life Insurance Company Agent Bill Kimbrough talks to prospects about buying life insurance, he isn’t shy about revealing the details of his own life. Kimbrough, now 64, was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease right after he started as a New York Life agent in 1987.
Agent Bill Louie has been with New York Life for nearly 20 years and a martial arts champion since he was nine. Louie has won 575 national and international Karate tournaments, been the New York State Karate Champion for the last four years, starred in six Kung Fu movies, and been featured in numerous martial arts magazines. He’s also a Grandmaster and founder of Chinese American Goju Karate.
Agent Sonia Montana, South Florida Office, is no stranger to change, in fact, she embraces it. When a climate of terror forced her, along with her husband, Mauricio Mutis, and three children, to flee her native Colombia back in 1999, she had to adjust to a new culture and career. “At that time, in my country, it was very dangerous. There were kidnappings…murders, it was very scary,” says Montana.
Back in 1989, when agent Jose Narvaez finished his Bachelor of Science in finance at Long Island University, he expected to go straight to Wall Street. But an interview with New York Life Insurance Company set him on a different path, and he has never looked back. “As an Agent with New York Life and a registered representative with NYLIFE Securities LLC (member FINRA SIPC), I offer business and estate strategies to help meet my clients objectives. I also make my own hours and run my own business. Why would I have needed to go to Wall Street?”
Earlene Neidert recently celebrated her 41st anniversary with New York Life. Driven to play hard, she played field hockey at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa. Undefeated, her team was ultimately inducted into the college’s Hall of Fame. When she joined New York Life in 1967, Neidert was one of only two women in eastern Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley employed in the insurance business. “I couldn’t believe there weren’t more female agents at that time,” says Neidert. “It seemed to me to be the perfect career — allowing flexibility, and time to spend with my children.”
For Jayshree Patel, a career as an agent at New York Life Insurance Company is about helping ensure her clients’ futures are secure and certain. Growing up in a small town in India with her widowed mother and four sisters, security and certainty were scarce. “I lost my dad when I was just 3 years old.
Opportunity is something in which Quan is well versed, having emigrated from his native Hong Kong alone at just 14 years old. “I came to San Francisco, joining my father and sister, to seek better opportunities. It was pretty challenging for me. I spoke very little English at the time,” recalls Quan.
New York Life agent Don Robinson exudes elegance in his appearance and the décor of his Livingston, N.J., office. Sandwiched in between art collected on his worldwide travels hangs a picture of himself with a long-standing client, one of the best-known singer-song writers.
When Glen True, retired New York Life Agent, Greater Chicago GO, joined New York Life Insurance Company back in 1956, little did he know that he would be starting a legacy of service that would span three generations — and counting.
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