Insurance SME - Underwriting Expert
$60 - $80 per hourMercor
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: Insurance Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60–$80/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps in underwriting, claims, and risk-assessment reasoning.
- Design challenging, domain-relevant insurance tasks and write accurate, well-reasoned solutions grounded in real underwriting/claims practice.
- Evaluate AI model outputs against structured rubrics and provide clear, written feedback on correctness, judgment, and reasoning quality.
- Develop and refine evaluation guidelines and scoring rubrics specific to insurance tasks.
- Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 8+ years of dedicated professional experience in insurance (e.g., underwriting, claims, actuarial, risk management) at a recognized, top-tier organization (e.g., AIG, Chubb, Allstate, Progressive, MetLife, Marsh McLennan, or equivalent).
- Prior hands-on experience evaluating LLM/AI model outputs against rubrics or structured scoring criteria — mandatory; please describe this experience in your application.
- Demonstrable career progression (e.g., Underwriter → Senior Underwriter → VP of Underwriting).
- Ability to engage reliably for at least 35 hours/week during weekdays.
- Verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, and interpersonal skills.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
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- Submit form
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Vacancy posted 12 days ago
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