NICL AO Exam Official Notification 2025 was announced officially on the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) website for the recruitment of 266 Administrative Officers (AO – Generalists & Specialists) in Scale I cadre in NICL on 10 June 2025. Interested candidates can find about the NICL AO Official Notification 2025, NICL AO Exam Date 2025, NICL AO Vacancies 2025, NICL AO Eligibility 2025, NICL AO Salary and NICL AO Exam Pattern 2025 here in this blog article from Veranda RACE. Candidates can apply for this NICL AO Exam 2025 from 12 June 2025 until 3 July 2025 on the NICL Official Website (https://nationalinsurance.nic.co.in/). The NICL AO Phase I Exam 2025 is scheduled to be tentatively held on 20 July 2025.
The National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) conducts the NICL AO Exam regularly for the direct recruitment to the post of Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialists) in Scale I Cadre from open market in offices and headquarters of the NICL in various states and union territories.
The NICL AO Exam remains the entryway into a career with the Indian General Insurance sector. Bank exam and Insurance exam aspirants prepare for the NICL AO Exam to kickstart their career as Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) in Scale I cadre in various offices of the NICL across India. Since, NICL AO Exam selects candidates for Scale I cadre job from the open market of the NICL, this exam holds a very promising hope for the Bank and Insurance exam aspirants to obtain a Insurance sector job with India’s oldest public sector general company.
In the newly released NICL AO Recruitment Official Notification PDF 2025 announced by the National Insurance Company Limited on 10 June 2025, the detailed NICL AO Vacancies 2025, NICL AO Age Limit 2025, NICL AO Exam Eligibility 2025, NICL AO Important Dates 2025, NICL AO Exam Pattern 2025, NICL AO Syllabus 2025, NICL AO Selection Process and NICL AO Salary 2025 are provided in detail. Interested Bank and Insurance exam candidates can find further detailed information on the NICL AO Exam 2025 here in this Veranda RACE Bank & Insurance blog/website.
The NICL AO Exam 2025 is a national-level Insurance exam conducted regularly by the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) to directly recruit eligible candidates for the post of Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) in Scale I cadre in NICL offices in various states and union territories.
The NICL AO Exam Official Notification PDF 2025 for the recruitment of Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) posts in Scale I cadre was officially released by the National Insurance Company Limited on 10 June 2025 on the official NICL website (https://nationalinsurance.nic.co.in/).
A total of 266 Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) vacancies has been announced through this NICL AO Exam Official Notification PDF 2025.
Candidates can start applying for the NICL AO Exam 2025 from 12 June 2025. The last date to apply or submit the online application for the NICL AO Exam 2025 for the direct recruitment of 266 Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) Vacancies 2025 in the National Insurance Company Limited is 3 July 2025.
NICL AO Exam remains as the most sought after Insurance exam in India. Candidates aspiring to crack Bank and Insurance exams in India eagerly wait for this NICL AO Exam 2025. Also, since this job offers ₹90,000 per month as salary in metropolitan centres and a permanent government insurance, this exam holds greater importance and significance among the Bank exam aspirants.
Candidates who are interested and eligible to apply for the NICL AO Exam 2025 and for the direct recruitment to Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) posts in Scale I cadre in the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) can find the complete overview of the NICL AO Exam 2025 Official Notification below in this Veranda RACE Bank & Insurance blog post:
NICL AO Exam 2025: Overview | |
Recruitment Commission | National Insurance Company Limited |
Exam Name | NICL AO Exam 2025 |
Posts | Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) in Scale I cadre |
NICL AO Exam 2025 Notification Release Date | 10 June 2025 |
NICL AO Exam 2025 Online Application Start Date | 12 June 2025 |
Last Date to Apply for the NICL AO Exam 2025 | 3 July 2025 |
Last Date for Online Fee Payment for the NICL AO Exam 2025 | 3 July 2025 |
NICL AO Phase I Online Exam 2025 | 20 July 2025 (*Tentative) |
Declaration of NICL AO Phase I Online Exam 2025 Results | To be notified later |
NICL AO Phase II Online Exam 2025 | 31 August 2025 (*Tentative) |
Total NICL AO Exam 2025 Vacancies | 266 Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist)vacancies |
Exam Application Mode | Online |
Official Website |
The NICL AO Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF was officially released by the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) on its official website on 10 June 2025. Interested and eligible NICL AO candidates can find the NICL AO Exam Important Dates 2025 related to NICL AO Exam 2025 here in this Veranda RACE Bank & Insurance blog post:
NICL AO Exam 2025: Important Dates | |
NICL AO Exam 2025 Official Notification Release Date | 10 June 2025 |
NICL AO Exam 2025 Online Application Start Date | 12 June 2025 |
Last Date to Apply for the NICL AO Exam 2025 | 3 July 2025 |
Last Date for Online Fee Payment for the NICL AO Exam 2025 | 3 July 2025 |
Date of NICL AO Phase I Online Exam 2025 | 20 July 2025 (*Tentative) |
Date of NICL AO Phase II Online Exam 2025 | 31 August 2025 (*Tentative) |
The NICL AO Phase I Online Exam 2025 is scheduled to be tentatively conducted on 20 July 2025 as per the NICL AO Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF. Candidates can check the Veranda RACE website or blog to know further updates about the NICL AO 2025 Phase I Online Exam Updates when they are announced officially by the National Insurance Company Limited.
The NICL AO Phase II Online Exam 2025 will be tentatively held on 31 August 2025.
The National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) has officially started the NICL Administrative Officer (AO) Exam Online Application process for the NICL AO Exam 2025 with the release of the NICL AO Exam Official Notification 2025 PDF. Eligible candidates who wish to apply for the post of Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) in Scale I Cadre in the NICL offices across India can submit their NICL AO Exam Online Application 2025 from 12 June 2025 to 3 July 2025 on the NICL official website.
To complete the NICL AO Exam 2025 Apply Online process, eligible candidates must visit the official NICL website and navigate to the Recruitment section.
Candidates can start applying for the NICL AO Exam 2025 from 12 June 2025. They can also find the direct link to apply for the NICL AO Exam 2025 here in Veranda RACE website.
The NICL AO Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF released by the National Insurance Company Limited is mainly for the direct recruitment to the post of Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) in Scale I cadre for 266 vacancies in NICL offices and headquarters located in various states and union territories.
The number of NICL AO Exam Vacancies 2025 was officially announced in the NICL AO Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF. A total of 266 NICL AO Vacancies in 2025 was announced by the NICL in the NICL AO Exam Official Notification 2025 PDF.
NICL AO Exam 2025: Vacancies | |
Name of the Post | Vacancies |
NICL Administrative Officer (Generalist) in Scale I cadre | 170 |
NICL Administrative Officer (Specialist) in Scale I cadre | 96 |
A total of 96 Administrative Officer (Specialist) and 170 AO (Generalist) vacancies were released through the NICL AO (Generalist & Specialist) Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF.
In the specialist category, the following disciplines have vacancies list in the NICL AO Exam Official Notification 2025:
Doctor (MBBS) – 10 vacancies
Legal – 20 vacancies
Finance – 20 vacancies
Information Technology – 20 vacancies
Automobile Engineers – 20 vacancies
Candidates are advised to keep an eye to check out the detailed NICL AO Exam 2025 Vacancies List for 266 Administrative Officer Vacancies in the National Insurance Company Limited from the Veranda RACE website.
Interested and eligible applicants for the NICL AO Exam 2025 for the recruitment to 266 vacancies of Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) in Scale I cadre should fulfill the following eligibility criteria to apply online.
The eligibility criteria for the NICL AO Exam 2025 include NICL AO Educational Qualification 2025, NICL AO Age Limit 2025, etc., which are discussed below in depth in this NICL AO Exam 2025 Official Notification blog post of Veranda RACE:
Candidates applying for the NICL AO Exam 2025 must be either a citizen of India or a subject of Nepal or a subject of Bhutan or a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1 Jan1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Candidates interested to apply for the NICL AO Exam 2025 must possess minimum educational qualification as mentioned in the NICL AO Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF for the direct recruitment of 266 Administrative Officers in the Generalist & Specialist sections in the Scale I cadre in the National Insurance Company Limited.
NICL AO Exam 2025: Educational Qualification | |
Post Name | Educational Qualification |
Doctor (MBBS) | MBBS / MD / MS or PG – Medical Degree from a recognised university (or) Equivalent foreign degrees which are recognised as such by the National Medical Commission (formerly Medical Council of India) with the prescribed benchmark |
Legal | Graduate / Post Graduate in Law |
Finance | Chartered Accountant (ICAI) / Cost Accountant (ICWA) (or) B.Com / M.Com |
Information Technology | B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech in Computer Science / Information Technology / MCA |
Automobile Engineering | B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech in Automobile Engineering (or) B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech in any branch of Engineering together with Diploma in Automobile Engineering |
Generalist Officers | Graduate / Post Graduate in any stream |
As per the official NICL AO Exam Notification PDF, the cut-off date for determining a candidate's educational qualification is 1st May 2025.
Candidates interested to apply for the 266 Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) vacancies in Scale I Cadre in the NICL through the NICL AO Exam 2025 should be within 21 years and 30 years. Candidates should have been born not before 2 May 1995 and not later than 1 May 2004 are eligible to apply.
The cut-off date to determine the candidate’s age with respect to maximum age for the NICL AO Exam 2025 will be 1 May 2025.
The detailed requirement of age-limit for Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) posts in the NICL AO Exam 2025 has been given in the below table by Veranda RACE:
NICL AO Exam 2025: Age Limit | ||
Post Name | Minimum Age | Maximum Age |
Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) | 21 years | 30 years |
Age relaxation will be applicable for candidates belonging to reserved categories as per government norms for the NICL AO Exam 2025.
As per the NICL AO Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF, age relaxation for the upper age limit will be applicable for candidates belonging to reserved categories. Age relaxation depends on the category of the candidates and follow government rules. Check the below table to know more about the NICL AO Exam 2025 Age Relaxation:
NICL AO Exam 2025: Age Relaxation | |
Category | Age Relaxation |
Other Backward Castes (Non-Creamy Layer) (OBC-NCL) | 3 years |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 5 years |
Schedules Tribe (ST) | 5 years |
Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) | 10 years |
Ex-serviceman (ESM), Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers / Short Service Commissioned Officers who have rendered at least five years Military Service | 5 years |
Defence Personnel disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed and released as a consequence thereof | 3 years |
Existing confirmed employees of Public Sector General Insurance companies (including GIC & Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd.) | 8 years |
The selection process for the NICL AO Exam 2025 includes three levels: Phase I Online Exam, Phase II Online Exam and Interview.
The NICL AO Phase I Online Exam 2025 is a computer-based exam. It will consist of 100 objective MCQ questions conducted for a total of 100 marks for a duration of 60 minutes. This Computer Based Exam consists of 3 sections namely English Language, Reasoning Ability and Quantitative Aptitude. There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in the Online Exam of the NICL AO Exam 2025. There is sectional timing in the NICL AO Phase I Online Exam 2025.
The NICL AO Phase II Online Exam 2025 will consists of Objective Test for 250 marks and Descriptive Test for 30 marks. The Objective Test will be conducted for a total duration of 3 hours consisting of 5 sections for Generalist posts and 6 sections for Specialist posts for a total of 250 marks. The descriptive test will be conducted for 30 marks will be a Test of English and conducted through on-line mode. As mentioned in the NICL AO Exam Official Notification 2025, there will be sectional timing in the NICL AO Phase II Online Exam 2025.
The NICL AO Phase I Online Exam 2025 will be an online exam. It consists of 3 sections. The three sections are English language, Reasoning Ability and Quantitative Aptitude.
The total duration of the Phase I Online Exam for the NICL AO Phase I Exam 2025 will be 60 minutes. Candidates have to answer 100 questions within a time frame of 60 minutes. The total marks of the NICL AO Phase I Online Exam will be 100 marks. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
NICL AO Exam 2025 candidates can check the exam pattern for the online exam of the NICL AO Phase I Exam 2025 here in the Veranda RACE Bank and Insurance blog post here:
NICL AO Exam 2025: Phase I Online Exam Pattern | |||
Subjects | Questions | Marks | Duration (Sectional Timing) |
English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Total | 100 | 60 minutes |
There will be sectional timing for all the sections in the NICL AO Phase I Online Exam 2025. Candidates approximately 15 times the number of vacancies (subject to availability) will be shortlisted for the NICL AO Phase II Exam 2025 as mentioned in the NICL AO Exam 2025 Official Notification.
The NICL AO Phase II Online Exam 2025 will also be an online exam. It consists of 5 sections for the Generalist posts and 6 sections for the Specialist posts.
The total duration of the objective test for the NICL AO Phase II Exam 2025 will be 180 minutes or 3 hours. Candidates have to answer 250 questions in the objective test within a time frame of 180 minutes. The total marks of the objective test of the NICL AO Phase II Online Exam will be 250 marks. There will be negative marking of one-fourth marks for each wrong answer.
The descriptive test will be conducted for a duration of 30 minutes for a total of 30 marks. This will be a Test of English Language and consist of the following:
Essay – 10 marks
Precis Writing – 10 marks
Comprehension – 10 marks
NICL AO Exam 2025 candidates can check the exam pattern for both the objective and descriptive tests of the NICL AO Phase II Exam 2025 here in the Veranda RACE Bank and Insurance blog post here:
Objective Exam Pattern for Generalist Posts:
NICL AO Exam 2025: Phase II Generalist Objective Exam Pattern | |||
Subjects | Questions | Marks | Duration (Sectional Timing) |
Test of Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 40 mins |
Test of English Language | 50 | 50 | 40 mins |
Test of General Awareness | 50 | 50 | 30 mins |
Test of Computer Knowledge | 50 | 50 | 30 mins |
Test of Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 40 mins |
Total | 250 | 250 | 180 mins / 3 hours |
Objective Exam Pattern for Specialist Posts:
NICL AO Exam 2025: Phase II Specialist Objective Exam Pattern | |||
Subjects | Questions | Marks | Duration (Sectional Timing) |
Test of Reasoning | 40 | 40 | 35 mins |
Test of English Language | 40 | 40 | 30 mins |
Test of General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 20 mins |
Test of Computer Knowledge | 40 | 40 | 25 mins |
Test of Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 | 35 mins |
In specialist stream, an additional test to assess technical & professional knowledge in the relevant discipline | 50 | 50 | 35 mins |
Total | 250 | 250 | 180 mins / 3 hours |
There will be sectional timing for all the sections in the NICL AO Phase II Online Exam 2025.
The Descriptive Test in the NICL AO Phase II Online Exam 2025 will be qualifying in nature and the marks scored in Descriptive Test will be not counted towards short listing for Interview or final selection.
Candidates joining the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) as an Administrative Officer (Generalist / Specialist) would get a basic pay of ₹ 50,925 in the pay scale of ₹50925-2500(14)-85925-2710(4)-96765. They will also get other benefits such as pension under the New Pension Scheme governed by PFRDA, Gratuity, LTS, Medical Benefits, Group Personal Accident Insurance, etc. The total emoluments will be ₹90,000 per month in Metropolitan Centres.
The NICL AO Exam Dates 2025 for the Phase I and Phase II Online exams was announced tentatively in the NICL AO Exam Official Notification 2025.
The NICL AO Phase I Online Exam 2025 will be tentatively conducted on 20 July 2025. The NICL AO Phase II Online Exam 2025 is scheduled to be tentatively conducted on 31 August 2025.
Candidates can check the detailed information about the NICL AO Exam Updates 2025 here in verandarace.com.
The NICL AO Exam 2025 Application Fee will have to be paid using online mode only. It is mentioned in the NICL AO Exam 2025 Official Notification PDF that candidates belonging to the SC/ST/PwBD categories will have to pay ₹250 for the NICL AO Exam 2025 as online application fee. Candidates are required to pay the NICL AO Exam 2025 Online Application Fee using online mode either by UPI/Internet Banking/Debit Card/Credit Card.
The online application fee can be paid through online mode only till 3 July 2025 for the NICL AO Exam 2025.
NICL AO Exam 2025: Application Fee | |
Category | Fee |
General / OBC / EWS | ₹ 1000 |
SC / ST / PwBD / | ₹250 |
The exam centres for the online exams of the NICL AO Phase I Exam 2025 are given below in this table collated by Veranda RACE:
NICL AO Exam 2025: Online Exam Centres | |
State | Centres |
Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada / Guntur Vishakhapatnam Ongole |
Assam | Guwahati Dibrugarh Silchar Jorhat |
Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun |
Bihar | Patna Gaya Bhagalpur |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh / Mohali |
Chhattissgarh | Raipur Bilaspur |
Delhi NCR | Delhi NCR |
Goa | Panaji |
Gujarat / Dadra & Nagar Haveli / Daman & Diu | Ahmedabad / Gandhi Nagar Vadodara / Anand Surat Rajkot |
Haryana | Hissar Faridabad Gurgaon |
Himachal Pradesh | Shimla Mandi |
Jammu & Kashmir / Ladakh | Srinagar Jammu Leh |
Jharkhand | Ranchi Jamshedpur |
Karnataka | Bengaluru Hubli / Dharwad Mangalore Mysore |
Kerala | Ernakulam / Kochi Thiruvananthapuram Kozhikode |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal Indore Gwalior Jabalpur |
Maharashtra | Mumbai / Navi Mumbai / Thane / MMR Nagpur Pune Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar Nasik |
Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | Shillong |
Mizoram | Aizawl |
Nagaland | Kohima Dimapur |
Odisha | Bhubaneshwar Cuttack Rourkela Berhampur |
Puducherry | Puducherry |
Punjab | Amritsar Ludhiana Bhatinda |
Rajasthan | Jaipur Jodhpur Bikaner |
Sikkim | Gangtok |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai Coimbatore Madurai |
Telangana | Hyderabad / Rangareddy Warangal |
Tripura | Agartala |
Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow Prayagraj Kanpur Noida / Greater Noida |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun Haldwani |
West Bengal | Kolkata / Greater Kolkata Siliguri Asansol |
Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
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