Underwriting Expert Fully Remote

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Insurance Underwriting Specialists
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 2040 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Design realistic scenarios involving risk selection exposure analysis policy terms exclusions endorsements pricing and coverage determinations.
• Create work products such as underwriting decisions risk assessments rating rationales coverage analyses and referral write-ups.
• Write golden reference responses at experienced underwriting-professional quality.
• Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for risk-selection accuracy provision interpretation pricing correctness and sound judgment.
• Identify misread policy language flawed risk classifications incorrect pricing math and gaps in documented rationale.
• Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 2 years of professional experience in insurance underwriting (any line).
• Understand how policy provisions exclusions endorsements and rating factors determine coverage and price.
• Can weigh risk exposure and financial evidence and articulate a defensible decision with a documented rationale.
• Demonstrate excellent written analysis balanced judgment and high attention to detail.
• Can distinguish underwriting decisions from sales/agent recommendations and from formal legal advice.

Preferred

• CPCU CLU AINS ARM AU FALU or comparable industry credential.
• Experience across multiple lines of business or specialty risks.
• Reinsurance treaty or facultative underwriting experience.
• Actuarial pricing or catastrophe-modeling exposure.
• Experience with regulatory filings compliance or audit review.

Start Date

• Immediately; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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