Job Description

About the Role n

Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on high-quality 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.

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We welcome underwriters across all lines, including life, health, property, casualty, commercial, personal, specialty, marine, surety, and reinsurance — from carriers, MGAs, and reinsurers.

What You'll Do n

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Design realistic scenarios involving risk selection, exposure analysis, policy terms and conditions, exclusions, endorsements, pricing, and coverage determinations

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Create work products such as underwriting decisions, risk assessments, rating and pricing rationales, coverage analyses, and referral write-ups

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Write "golden" reference responses at experienced underwriting-skilled quality

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Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for risk-selection accuracy, provision interpretation, pricing correctness, and sound judgment

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Identify misread policy language, flawed risk classifications, incorrect pricing math, and gaps in documented rationale

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Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior

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Participate in onboarding office hours and calibration sessions

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You're a Good Fit If You nn
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Have 2+ years of professional experience in insurance underwriting (any line)

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Understand how policy provisions, exclusions, endorsements, and rating factors determine coverage and price

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Can weigh risk, exposure, and financial evidence and articulate a defensible decision with a documented rationale

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Demonstrate excellent written analysis, balanced judgment, and high attention to detail

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Can distinguish underwriting decisions from sales/agent recommendations and from formal legal advice

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Bonus Qualifications nn
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CPCU, CLU, AINS, ARM, AU, FALU, or comparable industry credential

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Experience across multiple lines of business or specialty risks

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Reinsurance, treaty, or facultative underwriting experience

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Actuarial, pricing, or catastrophe-modeling exposure

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Experience with regulatory filings, compliance, or audit review

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Role Highlights nn
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Minimum 20 hours per week (ideally 40+)

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Role starts immediately, applications reviewed on a rolling basis

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📌 Insurance Underwriter - Risk Specialist (New South Wales)
🏢 Mercor
📍 New South Wales