Actuarial Analyst - Fully Remote | Upto $80/hr

mercor; India; Remote; INR 9,999,999,999; Part time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. This remote Insurance Actuarial Specialist contract role supports ratemaking, reserving, and valuation tasks, producing actuarial memoranda and technical assumptions with clear justification.

You will grade AI-generated responses, identify flawed methods, and provide feedback to improve model behavior, collaborating with the research team on rigorous analyses and documentation of conclusions.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional actuarial experience in any practice area.
• Understanding of how methods, assumptions, and data drive pricing, reserves, and valuation.
• Ability to select a method, run analysis, and articulate a defensible conclusion with documented rationale.
• Excellent quantitative analysis, balanced judgment and high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic scenarios involving ratemaking, loss reserving, valuation, experience studies, assumption-setting, and profitability analysis.
• Create work products such as pricing models, reserve reviews, actuarial memoranda, technical assumptions, and results summaries.
• Write 'golden' reference responses at experienced actuarial-professional quality.
• Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for methodological soundness, calculation accuracy, assumption justification, and clear communication.
• Identify flawed methods, calculation errors, unsupported assumptions, and gaps in documented rationale.
• Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior.

Skills

Actuarial experience

Pricing & reserving

Documentation & rationale

Attention to detail

Tools

R

Python

SQL

SAS

Prophecy

Emblem

Radar

ResQ

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 .

Job Details

Position: Insurance Actuarial Specialists

Type: Contract

Compensation: $80/hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 20-40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Design realistic scenarios involving ratemaking, loss reserving, valuation, experience studies, assumption-setting, and profitability analysis.
• Create work products such as pricing models, reserve reviews, actuarial memoranda, technical assumptions, and results summaries.
• Write "golden" reference responses at experienced actuarial-professional quality.
• Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for methodological soundness, calculation accuracy, assumption justification, and clear communication.
• Identify flawed methods, calculation errors, unsupported assumptions, and gaps in documented rationale.
• Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 2+ years of professional actuarial experience (any practice area).
• Understand how methods, assumptions, and data drive pricing, reserves, and valuation.
• Ability to select an appropriate method, run the analysis, and articulate a defensible conclusion with a documented rationale.
• Excellent quantitative analysis, balanced judgment, and high attention to detail.
• Ability to distinguish actuarial analysis from underwriting decisions and from formal financial or legal advice.

Preferred

• ASA , FSA , ACAS , FCAS , CERA , MAAA , or comparable credential (or actively passing exams).
• Experience across multiple practice areas or specialty lines.
• Reinsurance, capital modeling, or enterprise risk experience.
• Proficiency with R , Python , SAS , SQL , or actuarial software ( Prophecy , Emblem , Radar , ResQ ).
• Experience with regulatory filings, rate filings, or statements of actuarial opinion.

Start Date

• Immediately ; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.