NIACL AO Prelims

The New India Assurance Company Limited Administrative Officer (NIACL AO) is a recruitment drive conducted by the NIACL General Insurance Company. The official notification for the NIACL AO examination 2024 was released on December 29, 2023. This article details the registration process, exam dates, vacancy details and other relevant details.

NIACL conducts the AO exam to recruit eligible candidates for the Administrative Officer posts in various cadres. The selection process comprises three stages: Preliminary, Main, and Interview.

Let us have an overview of the NIACL AO 2024 before getting into other details:

Particulars	Details
Name of the Exam	NIACL AO
Exam Conducting Body	New India Assurance Co. Ltd. (NIACL)
Post	Administrative Officer
Vacancy	274
Exam Level	National
Exam Mode	Online
Selection Procedure	Prelims Mains Interview
Frequency of Exam	Not Consistent
Age Limit (General)	21 to 30 years
Qualification	Graduate With 60% Marks
Official Website	www.newindia.co.in/portal/

 

• NIACL issued the NIACL AO admit card 2024 on February 26, 2024.
• NIACL will conduct the NIACL AO preliminary exam on March 4, 2024.

The NIACL AO notification was released on December 29, 2023. It includes the NIACL AO registration process, exam dates, vacancy details and other relevant details. The exam conducting body published the recruitment notification for a total of 274 Administrative Officer positions. We have provided the direct link to download the NIACL AO notification below.

• Download AO Notification for 274 Posts [PDF]

Check out the important dates related to NIACL AO 2024 from the table below:

Events	Dates
Release of Official Notification	December 29, 2023
Start of Online Application Process	January 2, 2024
Last Date to Apply Online	January 22, 2024
Last Date to Pay Application Fee	January 22, 2024
Release of Admit Card	February 26, 2024
NIACL AO Prelims Exam Date	March 4, 2024

There are vacancies for NIACL AO posts in a variety of categories. These positions are open to candidates from all around the country. A total of 274 vacancies have been released by NIACL this year.

NIACL AO position is one of the great opportunities for graduates. Check the breakdown of NIACL AO category-wise vacancies below:

NICL AO 2024 Vacancy
Disciplines		UR	OBC	SC	ST	EWS	Total Vacancies
Generalist		68	24	18	07	13	130
Specialist	Doctors (MBBS)	57	33	26	12	14	28
	Legal						20
	Finance						30
	Actuarial						02
	Information Technology						20
	Automobile Engineers						20
	Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers						22
Backlog		—	—	—	02	—	02
Total Vacancies		125	57	44	21	27	274

The NIACL AO post is divided into two categories: Generalist and Specialist Administrative Officer. The salary for both the positions of AO is the same, and the job profiles vary.

The Specialist Officers include;

• Company Secretary: The company secretary position is an important part of the management and administration of the Company. The role of the Company Secretary is to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Legal Officers: He/she deals with legal affairs such as agreements and contracts in favour of the company.
• Finance and Accounts Officer: His/ Her responsibility is to prepare the budget (income and expenditure) for the records and manage the receipts along with transactions and balance sheets.

The generalists’ job profile includes supervising NIACL assistants, handling risk assessments and verifying risk proposals.

NIACL AO Salary Structure

The salary structure and pay scale details for the NIACL AO post are given below:

NICL AO Salary Structure 2024
Parameters	Details
Basic Pay	Rs. 50,925 /-
Pay Scale	Rs.50925-2500(14)-85925-2710(4)-96765
In-hand Salary	Rs. 85,000/- per month

Allowances and Reimbursements

The NIACL AO position provides many attractive and useful benefits, also allowances which is a great feature of this job. Some of the allowances given by the company are

• Dearness allowance
• House rent allowance
• Transport allowance
• City compensatory allowance
• Newspaper allowance
• Briefcase
• Book grant
• Allowance for the furnishing of residence
• Medical reimbursement along with hospitalisation facility
• Provision of loans at concessional rate of interest for housing, vehicle, education, digital accessories, etc.
• Provision of extra reimbursements to compensate the expenses of maintenance of vehicles and mobile phones.

Candidates who wish to apply for this exam need to fulfil the eligibility prescribed by the conducting body. Those failing to fulfil the NIACL AO eligibility criteria at any stage will be rejected. 

Age Criteria for NIACL AO

To attend NIACL AO exams, candidates must meet all the eligibility criteria. The eligibility criteria of NIACL AO fixed the age limit between 21 years and 30 years for all candidates.

There will be age relaxation for the aspirants belonging to the SC, ST, OBC, and persons with Benchmark Disability, Defense, Ex-Servicemen, etc.

The candidates who belong to the reserved category will get the age relaxation on the upper age limit as per the rules set by the higher authorities

Educational Qualification for NIACL AO

To appear for the NIACL AO exam, candidates should have a graduate/post-graduate degree in any discipline from a recognized university or equivalent as per NIACL AO Qualification. For more, check out the table below:

NIAL AO Education Qualification
Discipline	Academic Qualification
Doctors (MBBS)	M.B.B.S / M.D. / M.S. or PG – Medical Degree from a recognized University OR Equivalent foreign degrees are recognized as such by the National Medical Commission (Formerly Medical Council of India) with the prescribed benchmark. Furthermore, the candidate must hold a valid registration from the National Medical Commission (Formerly Medical Council of India) or any State Medical Council (as applicable for Allopathy) as on the date of the scheduled interview.
Finance	Chartered Accountant (ICAI) / Cost Accountant (ICWA) OR B.COM / M.COM from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examinations (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates.
Legal	Graduate/Post-graduate in Law with min 60% (55% for SC/ST/PwBD)
Automobile Engineering	B.E. / B.Tech. / M.E. / M.Tech in Automobile Engineering from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examinations (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates.
Information Technology	B.E / B.Tech / M.E. / M.Tech in Computer Science/Information Technology/ MCA from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examinations (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates.
Actuarial	Bachelor / Master’s degree in Statistics / Mathematics / Actuarial Science or any other quantitative discipline from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examinations (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates
Generalists	Graduate / Post Graduate in any stream from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in either of the degree examinations (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates.

For qualification details regarding Hindi (Rajbhasha) Officers and other eligibility criteria, please check out the official notification.

Number of Attempts for NIACL AO

Candidates can take the attempts until they have crossed their maximum eligible age limit. 

Language Proficiency for NIACL AO

Candidates are expected to be proficient in the English language.

Candidates who wish to appear for the NIACL AO exam have to enrol themselves through the step-by-step procedure below:

Steps To Apply Online for NIACL AO Exam

Eligible candidates can submit their applications once the online application process is active. To apply for the exam, the following steps must be followed:

• 1st Step: Visit the official website of NIACL newindia.co.in.
• 2nd Step: Click on the “Recruitment” option appearing at the top of the homepage. 
• 3rd Step: Then, the new page will appear on the screen with all the recruitments for NIACL.
• 4th Step: Now click “Recruitment of 274- Administrative Officer 2024”.
• 5th Step: After that, click the “New Sign-Up” button and generate a new registration number and password.
• 6th Step: Next, click the “Apply Online” link with the generated registration number. 7th Step: Pay the application fee mentioned after filling in all the required details and uploading documents as required.
• 8th Step: Finally, click the “Submit” button and download the application form for future use.

NIACL AO Prelims 2024 Application Fee

For the NIACL AO exam, the application fee has to be paid during the online application process. All Payments need to be done online either through Credit or Debit Cards (RuPay/ Visa/ MasterCard/ Maestro), Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards or Mobile Wallets.

Category	Application Fee
Candidates other than SC/ST/ PwD	Rs. 1000/-
SC/ST/ PwD Category	Rs. 250/-

The list of NIACL AO Prelims is notified online. Any changes to the exam centre, location, date, or session are not permitted. Check out the exam centres for NIACL AO Prelims from the table below:

State /UT / NCR	Exam Centre
Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh	Chirala, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar/ Naharlagun
Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea
Chandigarh	Chandigarh/ Mohali
Chhattisgarh	Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Surat
Daman & Diu	Surat
Delhi	Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon
Goa	Panaji
Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
Haryana	Ambala, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Yamuna- Nagar
Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Srinagar, Samba
Jharkhand	Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Karnataka	Belgaum, Bengaluru, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi
Kerala	Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
Maharashtra	Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur,Mumbai/Thane/ Navi- Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala
Rajasthan	Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
Sikkim	Gangtok-Bardang
Tamilnadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore
Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
West Bengal	Asansol, GreaterKolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri

Check out the official notification to get the complete list of the exam centres.

The exam will be conducted online and contains objective-type questions for 100 marks. There will be a negative marking of one-fourth of the mark assigned to the question will be deducted for every wrong answer.

Sections	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
English Language	30	30	20 minutes
Reasoning Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Numerical Ability	35	35	20 minutes
Total	100	100	1 Hour

The subject-wise and topic-wise detailed syllabus of the NIACL AO Prelims exam is given in the below table:

Quantitative Aptitude	Reasoning Ability	English Language	General Awareness
Data Interpretation Simplification/ Approximation Number Series Quadratic Equations Quantity based problems Ratio & Proportion Percentage & Averages Profit & Loss Mixtures & Allegations Pipes and Cisterns Boats and Streams Simple Interest & Compound Interest Time, Work and Wages Time & Distance Permutation, Combination & Probability	Seating Arrangement (Circular, Linear, Square) Puzzles Syllogism Input-Output Coding-Decoding Blood Relations Alphanumeric Series/Number Series/Alphabet Series Order and Ranking Direction based questions Data sufficiency Inequalities (Direct and Coded) Logical Reasoning	Reading Comprehension Cloze test Fill in the blanks Error Spotting/New Pattern Error Spotting Sentence Correction/Sentence Improvement Para Jumbles Para Summary Odd One Out Para Completion	Banking, Insurance & Financial Awareness Current Affairs of last 5-6 months Static GK (Few questions)

The NIACL AO Prelims preparation tips will assist the applicants to focus on the syllabus with an effective study plan to follow daily. Candidates should attempt the NIACL AO Prelims with complete preparation and knowledge of every topic mentioned in the syllabus. This method will enable the applicants to score good marks in the exam. Here are a few important tips: 

• Before starting preparation for the exam, candidates should ensure that they know the detailed syllabus and exam pattern of the NIACL AO Exam.
• It is essential to follow a proper timetable to obtain better results in the exam. This timetable or study plan can be different for all, depending upon their preparation levels. While making a timetable, candidates should ensure they have covered all the topics.
• Solve previous years’ question papers to get a better idea about the difficulty level and time management.
• Continuous revision must be followed, including practising mock tests regularly.
• Try to practice as many mock tests as possible. It helps the candidates to gain confidence and a better understanding of various topics.
• Making notes helps candidates retain the concepts, formulas, and shortcut techniques.

The NIACL AO prelims admit card was released on February 26, 2024. The admit card can be downloaded from the official website by entering the registration number and password that was generated while applying for the examination.

Steps To Download NIACL AO Prelims Admit Card 2024

• 1st Step: Go to the official website link of NIACL.
• 2nd Step: On the homepage, Click on the link for the recruitment tab.
• 3rd Step: A new page will appear on the screen.
• 4th Step: Now click the link ‘Download call letter for phase I (preliminary) exam’.
• 5th Step: Login with a valid registration number and other required details.
• 6th Step: Download the admit card and take a print for future reference.

The conducting body will publish the NIACL AO answer key when the first stage of the online test has been completed. The answer key will be posted on the official website. Candidates should go through the answer key to calculate their predicted scores for the test. As soon as the answer key is available, a direct link will be provided here.

After the first stage of the exam is completed, the NIACL AO result for prelims is released. Candidates who clear the prelims will appear for the main exam. They can view and download their results only on the official website.

NIACL AO Cut-off has not been announced by the exam conducting authority. The officials will release the cut-off list after the completion of each round. A cut-off will determine if the candidate can go to the next round. To qualify for a particular stage or next level, candidates must secure the cut-off marks.

NIACL AO Expected Cut-Off

NIACL Cut-Off is the minimum mark that a candidate has to score to get shortlisted for the next round. Check out the NIACL AO Prelims Expected Cut-Off from the table below:

Category	Cut-Off (Expected)
UR	72-75
SC	65-68
ST	58-61
OBC	72-75
EWS	72-75
HI	40-43
OC	55-58
VI	56-59
ID/MD	35-38

Following are the frequently asked questions and their answers related to NIACL AO Prelims 2024:

Q.1: What is the full form of NIACL AO?

Ans: The full form for NIACL is New India Assurance Company Limited. This exam is conducted to recruit Administrative Officers in the firm.

Q.2: What is the NIACL AO selection process?

Ans: The NIACL AO selection process comprises three stages: Prelim, Mains, and interview. 

Q.3: Is there any sectional timing in the Pre (Phase I) examination of the NIACL AO Exam and what is the exam pattern?

Ans: There is a sectional timing of 20 minutes for each section in NIACL AO Prelims. It carries 100 marks consisting of 100 Multiple Choice Questions or Objectives.

Q.4: How many sections are there in the Pre (Phase I) and Mains (Phase II) examination of the NIACL AO Exam?

Ans: There are three sections- Quantitative aptitude, Reasoning Ability, and English language in the Phase I examination. NIACL AO Mains or Phase-II Examination will consist of four sections, English language, Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, and General Awareness.

Q.5: Is there any sectional timing in the NIACL AO Mains (Phase II) exam?
Ans: Yes, except for the General Awareness Section (which is for 30 minutes), all other sections have 40 minutes of time duration.

Q.6. What is the educational qualification required for the NIACL AO?
Ans: The educational qualification differs for different disciplines under NIACL AO. The basic requirement is to be a graduate and age of 21-30 years.