Remote Insurance Underwriting AI Specialist

Weekday AI; United States; Remote; USD 138,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Weekday AI is seeking an Insurance Underwriting AI Expert to transform underwriting workflows using AI-driven insights. You will design, deploy, and monitor models for risk assessment, pricing, and portfolio decisions while collaborating with underwriting, actuarial, product, and engineering teams.

The role focuses on translating business rules into data models, improving decision quality, and ensuring regulatory compliance in a remote, multinational setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Insurance, Actuarial Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• 2-8 years of experience in insurance underwriting, analytics, or AI/ML applications within the insurance domain.
• Hands-on experience with machine learning techniques such as regression, classification, clustering, and predictive modeling.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI/ML models to support risk assessment and selection, improving accuracy in evaluating applicant profiles, exposures, and potential losses.
• Translate underwriting guidelines and business rules into data models and algorithms that automate and augment decision-making.
• Develop and refine policy pricing and rating models using statistical and machine learning techniques, ensuring alignment with market competitiveness and profitability goals.
• Analyze historical data and external datasets to identify risk patterns, trends, and anomalies that inform underwriting strategies.
• Support appetite evaluation and guideline application by building intelligent systems that dynamically match risks to underwriting appetite and highlight exceptions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to integrate AI models into underwriting platforms and workflows.
• Continuously monitor model performance, validate outputs, and recalibrate algorithms to ensure compliance, fairness, and accuracy.
• Contribute to the development of underwriting dashboards, reporting tools, and decision-support systems.
• Stay updated on regulatory requirements and ensure all AI-driven underwriting practices adhere to compliance standards.

Skills

Underwriting principles

Analytics

AI/ML

Python

R

SQL

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Insurance/Actuarial/Data Science/Statistics

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Data Visualization

Job description

Weekday AI is seeking an Insurance Underwriting AI Expert to transform underwriting workflows using AI-driven insights. You will design, deploy, and monitor models for risk assessment, pricing, and portfolio decisions while collaborating with underwriting, actuarial, product, and engineering teams.

The role focuses on translating business rules into data models, improving decision quality, and ensuring regulatory compliance in a remote, multinational setup.