New York Life Insurance Company is a mutual insurance company. This makes it a private company with no shares traded publicly on any exchange. Therefore it does not have a ticker symbol. There is no stock symbol for New York Life Insurance Company as they are a mutual insurance company. Here is a quote from their web site explaining the difference: Unlike a stock company, a mutual insurance company, such as New York Life, does not offer shares of stock on public exchanges. Rather, it is operated and maintained for the benefit of its members, or policyowners. All policyowners have the right to vote for the Company's Board of Directors and to receive a fair share of the dividends may be declared by the Board each year.