About the job
About Us Mentis AI operates at the dynamic intersection of institutional investment expertise and cutting-edge AI technologies. Our dedicated team merges extensive asset management experience from industry leaders, including Lazard and Partners Group, with innovative machine learning and applied AI research. With locations in London and San Francisco, we partner with top AI laboratories to enhance model reasoning, generalization, and decision-making in critical financial scenarios.
The Opportunity This part-time residency is tailored for senior research analysts and portfolio managers eager to gain valuable insights into the application of AI within the insurance domain. Here, you will experience firsthand the practical use of advanced AI systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Prompt Development: Create and refine realistic prompts intended for junior roles to assess the relevance and quality of AI-generated insights.
Human vs. Machine Evaluation: Systematically analyze discrepancies between professional insurance judgments and AI outputs across investments, underwriting, and actuarial scenarios.
Framework Design: Transform the methods used by insurance professionals to assess risk, price policies, manage general account portfolios, and model liabilities into challenges that push the boundaries of AI reasoning.
Expert Benchmark Construction: Develop and validate practical underwriting cases, actuarial analyses, and investment frameworks utilized to evaluate leading-edge AI systems.
Why This Experience Is Valuable
Gain hands-on exposure to how AI is revolutionizing insurance operations, from underwriting and pricing to portfolio management and capital modeling.
Be at the forefront as one of the first insurance professionals engaged in exploring how frontier AI models analyze carrier operations, risk assessment, and insurance finance.
Who You Are
A professional with 4+ years of experience at a prominent Property & Casualty or Life insurance carrier.
Holding an Associate or VP level position in one of the following functions:
Investments: Managing fixed income or multi-asset portfolios within an insurance general account, with knowledge of ALM, duration matching, and regulatory capital constraints (RBC/Solvency II).
Underwriting: Engaging in the underwriting process with a strong analytical approach.

