First seen by our source: 19 days ago
Commercial Insurance Broker - Specialist
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a remote commercial insurance broker and risk advisor on a contract basis at $80 per hour, for 20 to 40 hours per week. The role evaluates AI outputs and writes reference responses on exposure identification, coverage recommendations, submissions, placements and renewals. Applicants need at least two years of commercial brokerage or risk advisory experience and must start immediately.
Pay:
$80 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Design insurance scenarios on exposures, coverage, submissions and renewals
- Write expert reference responses at broker quality
- Grade AI responses against structured rubrics
- Give written feedback to improve model behavior
Requirements summary:
- 2+ years in commercial insurance brokerage or risk advisory
- Experience with small business, middle market or specialty clients
- Knowledge of submissions, quotes, binders and renewals
- Strong written communication and attention to detail
- Insurance designation or producer licence preferred
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- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-18
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-18
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Quality assurance |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Hours per week | 30 |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Mercor
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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
Full company description
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
- LinkedIn followers
- 654,507
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 5,250
- Reported office locations
- San Francisco, California 94105, US
- Business categories
- Employment
- Software
- Recruiting
- Data Collection and Labeling
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning
- Other recorded names
- Mercor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- Yes
- Reported total investment
- 483,600,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2023 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,626 |
| View page |
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: Commercial Insurance Broker & Risk Advisor
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20–40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Design realistic scenarios involving exposure identification, coverage recommendations, submissions, marketing, placement, renewals, and client servicing.
- Create work products such as coverage comparisons, renewal strategies, proposal analyses, exposure summaries, and client recommendations.
- Write "golden" reference responses at experienced broker and risk-advisor quality.
- Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for accuracy, completeness, client suitability, and practical usefulness.
- Identify when model outputs overlook material exposures, recommend unsuitable coverage, confuse carrier and broker responsibilities, or mishandle account-specific constraints.
- Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 2+ years of professional experience in commercial insurance brokerage, risk advisory, placement, production, or account management.
- Experience with commercial clients in small business, middle market, large/national accounts, or specialty risks.
- Understanding of submissions, quotes, binders, policy comparisons, coverage gaps, renewals, and broker-carrier-client communications.
- Ability to distinguish a broker's advisory obligations from a carrier's underwriting and claims responsibilities.
- Excellent written communication skills with high attention to detail.
- Comfort in explaining insurance concepts and recommendations in clear, practical language.
Preferred
- CPCU, CIC, CRM, ARM, or comparable insurance designation.
- Wholesale, E&S, Lloyd's, or specialty-placement experience.
- Experience with captives, large deductibles, loss-sensitive programs, or multinational accounts.
- Experience serving more than one industry or account segment.
- Active or previously held producer license.
Start Date
- Immediately; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
Compensation & Legal
- Hourly contractor
- Paid weekly via Stripe Connect
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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