Job Description
Overview Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs to advance frontier agent evaluations in insurance underwriting. As an Underwriting Expert, you'll build long-horizon underwriting tasks that mirror the work you already do, each paired with a deterministic rubric that grades agent performance against verifiable ground truth. Tasks need to have checkable answers; no open-ended essays, no subjective judgment calls. This role involves building scenarios across several areas described below. Responsibilities Submission and triage: submission intake against appetite rules, risk classification, referral memos to senior underwriting against defined thresholds Risk assessment and pricing: exposure analysis with ground-truth calculations, quote preparation against rating manuals, surplus lines processing against state rules Issuance and brokerage: bind and issue prep with required documents, broker correspondence against playbook positions These scenarios will be challenging and take long sessions of focus. Qualifications 3+ years in commercial, specialty, or personal lines underwriting at a carrier, MGA, or wholesale broker Expertise in one or more of the following: a specific line of business (property, GL, professional, workers compensation, cyber, specialty), rating and pricing manuals, surplus lines and E&S processing, broker relationship management, an underwriting platform (Duck Creek, Guidewire, or carrier systems) Comfortable reading and producing underwriting artifacts: submission packages, risk reports, quote letters, referral memos, bind documentation Clear written communication; can articulate reasoning step by step and encode it into deterministic rubrics Located in the United States Compensation Compensation: $70–$95 per hour, depending on domain depth and prior experience. Strong contributors are promoted based on task quality and throughput.