Senior Insurance Underwriting Specialist

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an Insurance Expert to join a remote contract. You will develop enterprise insurance scenarios for complex underwriting, claims adjudication, and regulatory review for Fortune 500 clients.

You will work with tools such as Guidewire and Duck Creek, applying actuarial pricing concepts, ERM frameworks, and risk narratives to produce reference guidelines and robust rubrics. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in underwriting, claims, actuarial, or risk management at a Fortune 500

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in underwriting, claims, actuarial, or risk management at a Fortune 500 insurer.
• Direct ownership of Fortune 500-scale underwriting portfolios or pricing models.
• Fluency with enterprise insurance tooling and regulatory concepts.
• Experience with reinsurance practices.

Responsibilities

• Construct enterprise insurance scenarios for underwriting, claims adjudication, and regulatory review for Fortune 500 carriers.
• Build insurance tasks across underwriting, risk assessment, pricing, and reinsurance strategy.
• Develop scenarios using tools like Guidewire, Duck Creek, and actuarial platforms (SAS, R) in F500 stacks.
• Apply actuarial risk modeling, loss reserving, and ERM frameworks to produce reference guidelines and risk narratives.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic enterprise insurance judgment from textbook recall.

Skills

5+ years experience in underwriting,

Fortune 500 portfolio ownership

Enterprise insurance tooling

Regulatory & reinsurance knowledge

Tools

Guidewire

Duck Creek

SAS

R

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.

Position: Insurance Experts
Type: Contract
Compensation: $50–$60/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Construct enterprise insurance scenarios for complex commercial underwriting, multi-stakeholder claims adjudication, and regulatory compliance review cycles at Fortune 500 carriers.
• Build insurance tasks across F500 underwriting, risk assessment, claims management, actuarial pricing, reinsurance strategy, and regulatory affairs.
• Develop scenarios using tools like Guidewire, Duck Creek, and actuarial modeling platforms (SAS, R) in F500 stacks.
• Apply enterprise insurance methodologies such as actuarial risk modeling, loss reserving, and ERM frameworks to produce reference guidelines and risk narratives.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic enterprise insurance judgment from generic textbook recall.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 5+ years in underwriting, claims, actuarial, or risk management at a Fortune 500 insurance carrier or reinsurer.
• Direct ownership of F500-scale underwriting portfolios, claims operations, or actuarial pricing models.
• Fluency in enterprise insurance tooling and methodologies, plus understanding of F500 regulatory compliance and reinsurance practices.

Preferred

• Prior authorship of rubrics, actuarial/underwriting training curriculum, or claims documentation.