First seen by our source: 26 days ago
Insurance Actuarial Specialist - Expert
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring an Insurance Actuarial Specialist on a remote contract at $80/hour for 20 to 40 hours a week. The role writes and grades actuarial scenarios and reference responses on ratemaking, loss reserving, valuation and profitability to help train AI models.
Pay:
$80 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Design actuarial scenarios on ratemaking, reserving and valuation
- Produce pricing models, reserve reviews and actuarial memoranda
- Write reference responses at experienced actuarial-professional quality
- Grade AI responses against structured rubrics
- Provide written feedback to the research team
Requirements summary:
- 2+ years of professional actuarial experience
- Understanding of how methods, assumptions and data drive results
- Excellent quantitative analysis and attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish actuarial analysis from underwriting and legal advice
- Preferred: ASA, FSA, ACAS, FCAS, CERA, MAAA or equivalent
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- 2026-10-16
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- 2026-10-16
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Finance & accounting |
| 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 |
| Licences & certifications | ASA, FSA, ACAS, FCAS, CERA, MAAA |
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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 |
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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 Actuarial Specialists
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20–40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- 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.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 2+ years of professional actuarial experience (any practice area).
- Understand how methods, assumptions, and data drive pricing, reserves, and valuation.
- Ability to select an appropriate method, run the analysis, and articulate a defensible conclusion with a documented rationale.
- Excellent quantitative analysis, balanced judgment, and high attention to detail.
- Ability to distinguish actuarial analysis from underwriting decisions and from formal financial or legal advice.
Preferred
- 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.
Start Date
- Immediately; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
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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