Life & Annuity Specialist Expert

About the role

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. This remote Life & Annuity Specialist contract role requires 20+ hours per week.

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.

Pay

$80 per hour, paid weekly via Stripe Connect.

Schedule

Remote contract position with a commitment of 20+ hours per week.

Start Date

Immediate start; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.