Corporate Social Responsibility

New York Life's 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report.

New York Life's 2022 Diversity, Equity,and Inclusion (DE&I) Report explores the company’s approach to DE&I and underscores New York Life’s commitment to employees, agents, policy owners, and communities. According to Kathleen Navarro, Human Resources Head of Business Enablement and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, “DE&I at New York Life is not the work of one area, but a guiding principle that permeates what we do across the company.”

The report highlights the evolution of DE&I at New York Life and the company’s focus on target and cultural markets, impact investing, and community and foundation commitments.

Read a message from our CEO and President, Craig DeSanto and Kathleen Navarro, Senior Vice President, Human Resources Head of Business Enablement and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: 

"We empower each other and believe in our collective ability — and responsibility — to create better tomorrows in the world around us."

—Craig DeSanto, CEO and President; and Kathleen Navarro, Senior Vice President, Human Resources Head of Business Enablement and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at New York Life

42%

of our workforce
are people of color1

87%

of employees agree that people from all backgrounds  can succeed at New York Life

50%

of our Board of Directors
consists of women and people of color1

$33.9B

in generally tax-free transferable wealth created by our Cultural Markets agents2

 

Learn about our Cultural Ambassador program.

Learn about our Building My Career development program.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Our commitment and approach to DE&I at New York Life

Download the entire New York Life DE&I Report.


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Media contact

Kevin Maher
New York Life Insurance Company
(212) 576-7937
Kevin_B_Maher@newyorklife.com

1Representation is as of 12/31/22 and excludes investment boutiques and partners in the field. “Other” refers to employees who self-identify their race as other than Asian, Black, Hispanic and Latino, or White.
2Based on the face amount of life insurance policies sold by agents affiliated with one of New York Life’s Cultural Markets as of November 30, 2022.