AI-Driven Insurance Underwriter & Risk Strategist

Obsidian; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor, partnering with a leading AI lab, is hiring Insurance Underwriting Specialists to design realistic risk-selection scenarios, evaluate model outputs against industry standards, and help shape how AI reasons about coverage decisions.

You will draft underwriting decisions, risk analyses, rating and pricing rationales, and coverage analyses, and write gold-standard reference responses.

Role starts immediately in Sydney, Australia, with minimum 20 hours per week and rolling applications.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience in insurance underwriting.
• Ability to weigh risk, exposure, and financial evidence to justify decisions.
• Strong written analysis and sound judgment.
• Distinguish underwriting from sales or legal advice.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic underwriting scenarios including risk selection and pricing.
• Create underwriting decisions, risk assessments, and pricing rationales.
• Produce gold-standard reference responses at expert underwriting quality.
• Grade AI-generated responses against rubrics for risk and pricing accuracy.
• Identify misread policy language, misclassifications, or pricing errors.
• Provide written feedback to improve model behavior.
• Participate in onboarding and calibration sessions.

Skills

Underwriting

Risk assessment

Analytical writing

Attention to detail

Decision rationale

Job description

Mercor, partnering with a leading AI lab, is hiring Insurance Underwriting Specialists to design realistic risk-selection scenarios, evaluate model outputs against industry standards, and help shape how AI reasons about coverage decisions.

You will draft underwriting decisions, risk analyses, rating and pricing rationales, and coverage analyses, and write gold-standard reference responses.

Role starts immediately in Sydney, Australia, with minimum 20 hours per week and rolling applications.