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Life & Annuity Specialist Expert

Mercor

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of professional experience in life insurance or annuity advisory, underwriting, new business, policy administration, product, or suitability review
  • Experience with at least one product family, such as term, whole life, universal or indexed universal life, variable life, or fixed, indexed, and variable annuities
  • Understanding of policy mechanics (cost of insurance, crediting, caps and participation rates, surrender charges, riders, and guarantees) and their impact on long-term outcomes
  • Excellent written communication, quantitative care, and high attention to detail

Responsibilities

  • Design realistic scenarios involving needs analysis, product selection, illustrations, medical and financial underwriting, table ratings, replacements, and 1035 exchanges
  • Create work products such as coverage recommendations, illustration comparisons, underwriting assessments, suitability rationales, replacement analyses, and policy-service determinations
  • Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for product accuracy, suitability, mathematical correctness, and disclosure adequacy
  • Provide written feedback to the research team to improve model behavior

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Detail Oriented
  • Communication

About the company

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Mercor

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Company details

IndustryJob Boards & Talent Marketplaces
Company size51 - 200

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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: $80/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Design realistic scenarios involving needs analysis, product selection, illustrations, medical and financial underwriting, table ratings, replacements, and 1035 exchanges.
  • Create work products such as coverage recommendations, illustration comparisons, underwriting assessments, suitability rationales, replacement analyses, and policy-service determinations.
  • Write "golden" reference responses at experienced life and annuity practitioner quality.
  • Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for product accuracy, suitability, mathematical correctness, and disclosure adequacy.
  • Identify unsupported illustration assumptions, unsuitable recommendations, confusion between product types or tax treatments, and failures to apply replacement or disclosure requirements.
  • Provide written feedback to the research team to improve model behavior.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 2+ years of professional experience in life insurance or annuity advisory, underwriting, new business, policy administration, product, or suitability review.
  • Experience with at least one product family, such as term, whole life, universal or indexed universal life, variable life, or fixed, indexed, and variable annuities.
  • Understanding of policy mechanics (cost of insurance, crediting, caps and participation rates, surrender charges, riders, and guarantees) and their impact on long-term outcomes.
  • Ability to explain tax treatment and suitability considerations clearly and recognize when licensed or legal review is required.
  • Excellent written communication, quantitative care, and high attention to detail.
  • Ability to distinguish product and suitability judgment from investment advice and formal tax or legal 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, lab interpretation, or reinsurance referral.
  • Experience with buy-sell, key-person, estate-planning, premium-finance, or executive-benefit cases.
  • Experience with suitability, Reg BI, or state replacement and disclosure review.

Start Date

  • Immediate start; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Compensation & Legal

  • Hourly contractor, Paid weekly via Stripe Connect.

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: support@mercor.com

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