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Insurance Underwriter - Fully Remote | Up to $80/hr

$80 per hour

Mercor

Job Description

Job Description

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 D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Multiline P&C Underwriter
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20–40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Design realistic underwriting scenarios involving new business, renewals, exposure analysis, loss history, inspections, classification, pricing, limits, deductibles, exclusions, and referral decisions.
  • Create work products such as underwriting assessments, quote rationales, information requests, declination explanations, renewal strategies, and risk-improvement requirements.
  • Write "golden" reference responses at experienced underwriter quality.
  • Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for technical accuracy, consistency, risk judgment, and adherence to underwriting guidelines.
  • Identify unsupported assumptions, inadequate risk differentiation, incorrect use of policy terms, and inappropriate acceptance or declination decisions.
  • Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 2+ years of professional P&C underwriting experience.
  • Underwritten at least one major segment, such as personal lines, commercial property, general liability, commercial auto, package, umbrella/excess, professional liability, cyber, or another specialty line.
  • Understand the underwriting lifecycle from submission and assessment through quotation, binding, renewal, and nonrenewal.
  • Explain how account characteristics, jurisdiction, peril, loss experience, and market conditions affect underwriting decisions.
  • Demonstrate strong written reasoning, sound risk judgment, and high attention to detail.
  • Separate underwriting decisions from claims handling, brokerage advice, and actuarial portfolio analysis.

Preferred

  • CPCU , AU , ARM , or comparable insurance designation.
  • Multiline underwriting authority.
  • E&S, MGA/MGU, Lloyd's, or program-business experience.
  • Catastrophe-exposed property or high-severity casualty experience.
  • Experience with small commercial, middle-market, national-account, or high-net-worth segments.

Start Date

  • Immediately ; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Compensation & Legal

  • Hourly contractor , Paid weekly via Stripe Connect .

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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

Resources & Support

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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