First seen by our source: 20 days ago
P&C Underwriter - Risk Specialist
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a remote contract Multiline P&C Underwriter at $800/hour for 20 to 40+ hours per week, to design underwriting scenarios and grade AI-generated responses against underwriting guidelines. The work covers new business, renewals, exposure analysis, pricing, limits, exclusions and referral decisions, and feedback to the research team. The posting states an immediate start, reviewed on a rolling basis.
Responsibilities:
- Design underwriting scenarios covering new business, renewals and pricing
- Write reference underwriting responses and quote rationales
- Grade AI-generated responses against underwriting rubrics
- Identify unsupported assumptions and inappropriate acceptance or declination decisions
- Provide written feedback to the research team
Requirements summary:
- 2+ years of professional P&C underwriting experience
- Underwritten at least one major segment
- Understanding of the full underwriting lifecycle
- Strong written reasoning and risk judgment
- CPCU, AU, ARM or comparable designation (preferred)
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- 2026-10-17
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- 2026-10-17
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Quality assurance |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Hours per week | 20 |
| 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 |
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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: Multiline P&C Underwriter
Type: Contract
Compensation: $800/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20–40+ hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Design realistic underwriting scenarios involving new business, renewals, exposure analysis, loss history, inspections, classification, pricing, limits, deductibles, exclusions, and referral decisions.
- Create work products such as underwriting assessments, quote rationales, information requests, declination explanations, renewal strategies, and risk-improvement requirements.
- Write "golden" reference responses at experienced underwriter quality.
- Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for technical accuracy, consistency, risk judgment, and adherence to underwriting guidelines.
- Identify unsupported assumptions, inadequate risk differentiation, incorrect use of policy terms, and inappropriate acceptance or declination decisions.
- Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 2+ years of professional P&C underwriting experience.
- Underwritten at least one major segment, such as personal lines, commercial property, general liability, commercial auto, package, umbrella/excess, professional liability, cyber, or another specialty line.
- Understand the underwriting lifecycle from submission and assessment through quotation, binding, renewal, and nonrenewal.
- Explain how account characteristics, jurisdiction, peril, loss experience, and market conditions affect underwriting decisions.
- Demonstrate strong written reasoning, sound risk judgment, and high attention to detail.
- Separate underwriting decisions from claims handling, brokerage advice, and actuarial portfolio analysis.
Preferred
- CPCU, AU, ARM, or comparable insurance designation.
- Multiline underwriting authority.
- E&S, MGA/MGU, Lloyd's, or program-business experience.
- Catastrophe-exposed property or high-severity casualty experience.
- Experience with small commercial, middle-market, national-account, or high-net-worth segments.
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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