Job Details

Insurance Specialist

$60-$80 per hour

Part-time position United States

New opportunity

Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced Large Language Models.

Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team and help build foundational AI models from the ground up. We're seeking talented Insurance subject-matter experts (SMEs) with deep domain expertise and hands-on experience evaluating AI model outputs against rubrics to bring rigor and real-world underwriting judgment to our AI training data.

This is a W-2 employment position with Cincinnatus LLC, with the opportunity to be placed at a leading AI Lab as part of their extended workforce.

Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps in underwriting, claims, and risk-assessment reasoning.

Design challenging, domain-relevant insurance tasks and write accurate, well-reasoned solutions grounded in real underwriting/claims practice.

Evaluate AI model outputs against structured rubrics and provide clear, written feedback on correctness, judgment, and reasoning quality.

Develop and refine evaluation guidelines and scoring rubrics specific to insurance tasks.

Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

8+ years of dedicated professional experience in insurance (e.g., underwriting, claims, actuarial, risk management) at a recognized, top-tier organization (e.g., AIG, Chubb, Allstate, Progressive, MetLife, Marsh McLennan, or equivalent).

Prior hands-on experience evaluating LLM/AI model outputs against rubrics or structured scoring criteria — mandatory; please describe this experience in your application.

Demonstrable career progression (e.g., Underwriter → Senior Underwriter → VP of Underwriting).

Ability to engage reliably for at least 35 hours/week during weekdays.

Verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, and interpersonal skills.

Cincinnatus LLC is an enterprise staffing company that partners with leading technology companies to source and employ highly skilled professionals for contingent and contract-based opportunities. Cincinnatus serves as the employer of record for these engagements, providing W-2 employment, payroll, benefits, and compliance, while placing employees directly within client teams to work on high-impact initiatives.

Cincinnatus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

You will be engaged as an independent contractor.

This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.

Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.

Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.

Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.

We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.