Commercial Insurance Broker & Risk Advisor
Compensation: all experts are paid a flat $800 upon successful completion of the onboarding process, which we estimate takes approximately 10 hours. After successfully completing onboarding, you will be converted to $80/hour. — About the Role — Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on high-quality insurance reasoning data. We're hiring Commercial Insurance Brokers and Risk Advisors to design realistic client-advisory and placement scenarios, evaluate model outputs against established industry standards, and help shape how the next generation of AI reasons about commercial insurance purchasing and risk transfer. — We welcome retail and wholesale brokers, commercial producers, account executives, risk advisors, and professionals who have advised small businesses, middle-market organizations, or large national accounts. — What You'll Do • Design realistic scenarios involving exposure identification, coverage recommendations, submissions, marketing, placement, renewals, and client servicing • Create work products such as coverage comparisons, renewal strategies, proposal analyses, exposure summaries, and client recommendations • Write "golden" reference responses at experienced broker and risk-advisor quality • Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for accuracy, completeness, client suitability, and practical usefulness • Identify when model outputs overlook material exposures, recommend unsuitable coverage, confuse carrier and broker responsibilities, or mishandle account-specific constraints • Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior • Participate in onboarding office hours and calibration sessions — You're a Good Fit If You • Have 2+ years of professional experience in commercial insurance brokerage, risk advisory, placement, production, or account management • Have worked directly with commercial clients in at least one segment, such as small business, middle market, large/national accounts, or specialty risks • Understand submissions, quotes, binders, policy comparisons, coverage gaps, renewals, and broker-carrier-client communications • Can distinguish a broker's advisory obligations from a carrier's underwriting and claims responsibilities • Demonstrate excellent written communication skills with high attention to detail • Are comfortable explaining insurance concepts and recommendations in clear, practical language — Bonus Qualifications • CPCU, CIC, CRM, ARM, or comparable insurance designation • Wholesale, E&S, Lloyd's, or specialty-placement experience • Experience with captives, large deductibles, loss-sensitive programs, or multinational accounts • Experience serving more than one industry or account segment • Active or previously held producer license — Role Highlights • Minimum 20 hours per week (ideally 40+) • Role starts immediately, applications reviewed on a rolling basis