P&C Actuary Risk Specialist

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: P&C Actuary & Portfolio Risk Manager



Type: Contract



Compensation: $80/hour



Location: Remote



Commitment: 2040 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Design realistic scenarios involving loss costs rate indications trend development credibility segmentation reserving profitability capital catastrophe exposure and portfolio concentration.
• Create work products such as pricing analyses reserve reviews portfolio diagnostics assumption critiques sensitivity analyses and management recommendations.
• Write golden reference responses at experienced actuarial and portfolio-risk quality.
• Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for mathematical accuracy assumption quality methodology interpretation and communication.
• Identify calculation errors unsupported assumptions misuse of actuarial methods confusing correlation with causation and recommendations not supported by the data.
• Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 2 years of professional experience in P&C actuarial work insurance pricing reserving catastrophe modeling or portfolio risk management.
• Experience in quantitative analysis using insurance premium exposure claim loss or reserve data.
• Understanding of the difference between account-level underwriting judgment and portfolio-level actuarial analysis.
• Ability to explain methods assumptions limitations and business implications clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Strong quantitative reasoning excellent written communication and high attention to detail.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets and at least one analytical or statistical tool.

Preferred

• ACAS FCAS or active progress toward CAS credentials.
• Experience with personal commercial specialty or reinsurance portfolios.
• Catastrophe modeling capital modeling predictive modeling or rate-filing experience.
• Proficiency with SQL R Python SAS or actuarial modeling platforms.
• Experience presenting results to underwriting finance claims or executive stakeholders.

Start Date

• Immediate start ; 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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