Life & Annuity Specialist Expert

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 DAngelo 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 2030 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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