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Insurance Underwriter - Fully Remote | Upto $800/task Task based

@ Mercor

Toronto, Ontario

2+ years experience
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Overview

Mercor is hiring a remote contract Life & Annuity Specialist at $800/hour for 20 to 40+ hours per week. The role designs and grades life and annuity scenarios, writes reference responses, and reviews AI outputs for product accuracy and suitability.

Responsibilities:

  • Design insurance scenarios on needs analysis and product selection
  • Write coverage recommendations and illustration comparisons
  • Grade AI responses against structured rubrics
  • Give written feedback to the research team

Requirements summary:

  • 2+ years in life insurance or annuity advisory or underwriting
  • Experience with term, whole life or universal life
  • Understanding of cost of insurance and surrender charges
  • Ability to explain tax treatment and suitability
  • Excellent written communication

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Life insurance
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Job details

SeniorityMid level
DepartmentFinance & accounting
Experience2+ years
Hours per week20
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingHome
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish

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Mercor

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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

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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

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Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

FieldValue
IndustrySoftware Development
Company size51-200 employees
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded2023
Open jobs on Jobsy1,626
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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: Life & Annuity Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $800/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20–40+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Design realistic scenarios involving needs analysis, product selection, and underwriting. Develop illustrations, table ratings, replacements, and policy-service determinations.
  • Create work products such as coverage recommendations, illustration comparisons, and underwriting assessments. Provide suitability rationales and replacement analyses.
  • Write "golden" reference responses at experienced life and annuity practitioner quality. Ensure high standards in all outputs.
  • Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for product accuracy and suitability. Evaluate mathematical correctness and disclosure adequacy.
  • Identify unsupported illustration assumptions and unsuitable recommendations. Detect confusion between product types or tax treatments.
  • Provide written feedback to the research team to improve model behavior. Participate in onboarding office hours and calibration sessions.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 2+ years of professional experience in life insurance or annuity advisory, underwriting, or policy administration.
  • Experience with at least one product family such as term, whole life, or universal life.
  • Understanding of policy mechanics like cost of insurance and surrender charges.
  • Ability to explain tax treatment and suitability considerations clearly.
  • Excellent written communication and high attention to detail.
  • Ability to distinguish product and suitability judgment from investment advice.

Preferred

  • CLU, ChFC, FLMI, CFP, or comparable designation.
  • Active or previously held life and health producer license, or securities registration.
  • Medical or financial life underwriting experience, including APS review.
  • Experience with buy-sell, key-person, or estate-planning cases.
  • Experience with suitability, Reg BI, or state replacement and disclosure review.

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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