Senior Actuary
Posted 1 day ago by Mercor
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: Mercor is seeking experienced insurance professionals, particularly actuaries, underwriters, and claims analysts, to engage in high-impact projects with AI labs and research organizations. The role focuses on evaluating and refining AI systems for insurance workflows, including pricing, risk assessment, and claims operations. Candidates will provide feedback on AI outputs and support benchmarking efforts in actuarial science. This position is fully remote and offers flexible working hours.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and validate AI-generated outputs in pricing, reserving, underwriting, and risk modeling
- Evaluate actuarial projections (mortality, morbidity, loss development) for accuracy and regulatory alignment
- Provide structured feedback on assumptions, clarity, and methodology consistency
- Stress-test AI outputs across claims scenarios, reserve adequacy, and solvency models
- Tag and organize content by insurance domain (life, health, property & casualty, reinsurance)
- Support benchmarking to assess AI capabilities in actuarial science and insurance operations
Key Skills:
- 2+ years of experience in actuarial practice, insurance analytics, underwriting, or risk modeling
- Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Risk Management, or related field; ASA, ACAS, or equivalent preferred
- Familiarity with actuarial software/tools (Prophet, AXIS, R, Python) and insurance-specific methodologies
- Strong analytical, communication, and technical writing skills
Salary (Rate): £55.00/hr
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Mercor is hiring experienced Insurance professionals to support high-impact projects with leading AI labs and research organizations. We welcome actuaries, underwriters, claims analysts, risk modelers, and general insurance professionals. This role involves contributing to the evaluation and refinement of advanced AI systems designed to replicate real-world workflows across insurance models, policy pricing, risk assessment, and claims operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and validate AI-generated outputs in pricing, reserving, underwriting, and risk modeling
- Evaluate actuarial projections (mortality, morbidity, loss development) for accuracy and regulatory alignment
- Provide structured feedback on assumptions, clarity, and methodology consistency
- Stress-test AI outputs across claims scenarios, reserve adequacy, and solvency models
- Tag and organize content by insurance domain (life, health, property & casualty, reinsurance)
- Support benchmarking to assess AI capabilities in actuarial science and insurance operations
Ideal Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in actuarial practice, insurance analytics, underwriting, or risk modeling
- Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Risk Management, or related field; ASA, ACAS, or equivalent preferred
- Familiarity with actuarial software/tools (Prophet, AXIS, R, Python) and insurance-specific methodologies
- Strong analytical, communication, and technical writing skills
Location: US, UK, CA, AUS, NZ preferred
Project Timeline
- Start Date: Immediate
- Duration: 1–2 months
- Commitment: Part-time (15–25 hours/week, with flexibility up to 40 hours/week)
- Schedule: Fully remote and asynchronous – flexible working hours
Compensation & Contract
- Competitive hourly rate based on experience ($55–$100 USD/hr)
- Independent contractor
- Daily payment via Stripe Connect
Application & Onboarding Process
- Upload your resume
- AI interview: A short, 15-minute conversational session to understand your background, experience, and interest in the role
- If selected, next steps and onboarding details will follow within a few days
About Mercor
Mercor is a San Francisco-based company specializing in connecting elite professionals with cutting-edge AI initiatives. Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey. Thousands of professionals across finance, insurance, engineering, research, and creative fields have partnered with Mercor on frontier projects shaping the future of AI. Apply today and leverage your insurance and actuarial expertise to help build the future of AI-driven risk and insurance workflows!