AI-Driven Insurance Underwriting Specialist (Part-Time)

Mercor; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on insurance reasoning data. We're hiring Insurance Underwriting Specialists to design realistic underwriting and risk-selection scenarios, evaluate model outputs against established industry standards, and help shape how the next generation of AI reasons about risk assessment, policy provisions, pricing, and coverage decisions.

We welcome underwriters across all lines, including life, health, property, casualty, commercial,

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience in insurance underwriting across lines.
• Understanding of policy provisions, exclusions, endorsements, and rating factors.
• Ability to weigh risk and financial evidence and articulate a defensible decision.
• Excellent written analysis, balanced judgment, and meticulous attention to detail.
• Able to distinguish underwriting decisions from sales guidance and legal advice.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic scenarios involving risk selection, exposure, terms, pricing, and coverage determinations.
• Create underwriting decisions, risk assessments, pricing rationales, coverage analyses, and referral write-ups.
• Write gold-standard reference responses at experienced underwriting level.
• Grade AI-generated responses against rubrics for risk-selection accuracy and pricing correctness.
• Identify misread policy language, flawed risk classifications, and gaps in rationale.
• Provide written feedback to improve model behavior and participate in onboarding sessions.

Skills

Underwriting

Risk analysis

Pricing & rating

Policy provisions understanding

Education

CPCU / CLU / AINS or similar credential

Job description

Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on insurance reasoning data. We're hiring Insurance Underwriting Specialists to design realistic underwriting and risk-selection scenarios, evaluate model outputs against established industry standards, and help shape how the next generation of AI reasons about risk assessment, policy provisions, pricing, and coverage decisions.

We welcome underwriters across all lines, including life, health, property, casualty, commercial,