Insurance Actuarial Specialist - Expert

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on insurance reasoning data. We seek Insurance Actuarial Specialists to design pricing, reserving, and risk-modeling scenarios and to evaluate model outputs against actuarial standards.

Open to actuaries across life, health, P&C, pensions, and enterprise risk. Ideal for candidates who can justify assumptions and communicate results clearly.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional actuarial experience in any practice area.
• Experience with pricing, reserves, or valuation methods.
• Ability to justify assumptions with documented rationale.

Responsibilities

• Design pricing, reserving, and risk-modeling scenarios.
• Create pricing models, reserve reviews, and memoranda.
• Write actuarial memoranda and results summaries.
• Grade AI-generated responses against rubrics for accuracy.
• Identify flawed methods and gaps in documented rationale.
• Provide written feedback to improve model behavior.

Skills

Actuarial analysis

Pricing models

Reserving

Risk modelling

Data analysis

Education

Actuarial credentials (ASA/FSA/ACAS/FCAS/CERA)

Tools

R

Python

SAS

SQL

Prophet

Emblem

Radar

ResQ

Job description

About the Role

Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on high-quality insurance reasoning data. We're hiring Insurance Actuarial Specialists to design realistic pricing, reserving, and risk-modeling scenarios, evaluate model outputs against established actuarial standards, and help shape how the next generation of AI reasons about probability, loss estimation, and financial risk.

We welcome actuaries across all practice areas, including life, health, property & casualty, pensions/retirement, and enterprise risk — from insurers, reinsurers, consultancies, and corporate actuarial teams.

What You’ll Do

• 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

  You're a Good Fit If You

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

  Bonus Qualifications

  • 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 (Prophet, Emblem, Radar, ResQ)
  • Experience with regulatory filings, rate filings, or statements of actuarial opinion

  Role Highlights

  • Minimum 20 hours per week (ideally 40+)
  • Role starts immediately, applications reviewed on a rolling basis