NICL  2025 – The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) will release the notification and application form for various posts in online mode.  The NICL application form will be available on the official website for all the posts. The eligibility requirements are based on age and educational qualification. Candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria as per the prescribed posts will be eligible to register for the NICL 2025. For some posts, the authorities will conduct the selection procedure in three stages – Prelims, Mains, and Personal Interview whereas for some posts, only interviews will be held.
The entrance exam will be held in online mode in various cities of India. Candidates qualifying in all three stages will be recruited to the various posts. To know more about the NICL  2025 registration procedure, eligibility criteria, admit card, exam centres, and paper pattern, go through the article. 

What is National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL)?

The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) exam is held in three stages to shortlist candidates for the various posts. Some of the posts are Administrative Officers (Generalists) Scale I, Actuarial Apprentices, Accounts Apprentices, Agriculture Apprentices, etc. Selected candidates in the entrance test will be posted in the head office of National Insurance Company Ltd.

NICL 2025 Overview 

Overview	Specifications
Name of the exam	The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL)
Exam conducting body	National Insurance Company Ltd.
Level of exam	National Level
Frequency of exam	Once in a year
Language of exam	English
Mode of application	Online and Offline
Mode of exam	Online
Stages of selection	For some posts – Prelims, Mains and Interview For some posts – Personal Interview

NICL 2025 Important Dates 

Interested candidates can check below the tentative exam as well as other important dates of National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) from the table – 

Dates of NICL – Administrative Officers (Generalists) Scale I

Events	Important Dates
Availability of notification of NICL	To be notified
Application form of NICL	To be notified
Last date to fill the form of NICL AO	To be notified
NICL AO Prelims admit card	To be notified
NICL Prelims exam	To be notified
Answer key of NICL AO	To be notified
NICL AO prelims result	To be notified
Mains admit card	To be notified
Mains exam of NICL AO	To be notified
Result of mains exam	To be notified
Call letter for interview	To be notified
NICL AO interview	To be notified
Final result of NICL AO	To be notified

NICL 2025 Eligibility Criteria 

The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) prescribes the eligibility requirements along with the notification. Candidates who wish to apply and appear for the entrance test must fulfil the below-mentioned post-wise The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) eligibility criteria. The authorities prescribe the eligibility criteria of NICL based on the following requirements – nationality, age and educational qualification.

NICL Eligibility Criteria – Nationality 

Candidates must be a citizen of India, or Nepal, or Bhutan, or Tibetan refugee who came to India before January 1, 1962, to settle permanently in India, or a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Uganda, Kenya, the United Republic of

Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided the candidate must have a certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India.

NICL Eligibility Criteria – Administrative Officers (Generalists) Scale I

Age Limit – Candidates applying for NICL Administrative Officers (Generalists) Scale I must be between 21 to 30 years of age. Also, candidates belonging to the reserved category will be given upper age relaxation. Check below the table – 

Category	Age Limit
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	3 years
SC/ST	5 years
PWD	10 years
Persons domiciled in Kashmir Division of Jammu & Kashmir State	5 years
Ex-Serviceman, Commissioned Officers includingEmergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least five years of Military Service	5 years
Defence service personnel disabled in operation during the hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as consequence thereof	3 years
Existing confirmed employees of Public Sector General Insurance Companies (including GIC & Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd.)	8 years

Educational Qualification – 

1. Only those candidates who have completed and qualified in their graduation or post-graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government will be eligible. 
2. Also, they must obtain a minimum of 60% marks whereas those belonging to SC/ST category will have to secure at least 55% marks. 

NICL Eligibility Criteria – Actuarial Apprentices

Age – Candidates must not be more than 30 years of age. Also, candidates belonging to the reserved category will be given upper age relaxation. 

Educational Qualification – 

1. Candidates who have completed and qualified in their graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government will be eligible. 
2. And they should have passed or have been exempted from at least 5 actuarial exams conducted by the Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) or the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
3. Also, they must obtain a minimum of 60% marks whereas those belonging to SC/ST category will have to secure at least 55% marks. 

NICL 2025 Registration Form 

The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) will release the application form NICL 2025 in online and offline mode. Candidates will have to visit the official website of NICL. Before filling up the online form of National Insurance Company Ltd., they are advised to check the eligibility criteria in order to avoid rejections at a later stage.  

Also, candidates must keep the following documents ready with themselves before filling up the NICL offline and online form – 

1. Scanned images of photograph and signature
2. Class 10th, 12th, graduation, and post-graduation mark sheet
3. Bank account details to pay online application fees

NICL Online Form – 

In order to fill-up the online registration form of National Insurance Company Ltd., candidates will have to follow these steps – 

1st Step – They will have to visit the official website of National Insurance Company Ltd.(NICL).
2nd Step – The new page will appear on the screen.
3rd Step – Now click on apply online.
4th Step – Enter the personal information – name, date of birth, mobile number, father’s name, mother’s name, gender, category, address, permanent address, and educational qualification including class  10th, 12th and graduation, and other courses, if any.
5th Step – After filling in the online form, candidates have to upload their scanned photograph and signature as per the prescribed specifications by the commission.
6th Step – After uploading the photograph and signature, they will have to pay the examination fees.
7th Step – After payment of fees, candidates must submit their form. 

NICL Application Fees – 

Categories	Application Fee
General and OBC	Rs. 600
SC/ST/PWD	Rs. 100

The application fees of NICL can be paid through Net Banking/Credit card/Debit card. After completing all the above-mentioned steps, candidates are advised to take a printout of the National Insurance Company Ltd.

NICL Offline Form – 

In order to apply offline for some of the posts, candidates must visit the recruitment section of the website of National Insurance Co. Ltd. They must go through the advertisement and ensure that they fulfil the eligibility criteria.
After that, they must download the NICL application form, fill all the details in the file, paste the photograph and sign it as per the specification and send the application to the following address – 

The Chief Manager
Personnel Department
National Insurance Co Ltd
Head Office, 3 Middleton Street,
Kolkata 700071. 

Also, candidates must send the scanned copy to the prescribed email ID. 

NICL 2025 Hall Ticket 

The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) will issue the admit card of the National Insurance Company Ltd.(NICL) prelims exam in online mode.  Only those candidates who have successfully submitted the application forms will be able to download the National Insurance Company Ltd.(NICL) hall ticket. The authorities will release the admit card separately for all three stages – prelims, mains, and interview. 

The NICL hall ticket will be available only on the official website. Candidates can download the hall ticket of National Insurance Company Ltd.(NICL) 2025 by using the required credentials – registration ID and password in the login window till the date of the exam. The hall ticket for the exam will have information about the exam venue, date and time of the exam, address of the exam centre along with other information like the name of the candidate, application number and photograph and signature, and exam day instructions.  

While going to the exam centres, candidates will also have to carry any one of the following photo identity cards – PAN Card,  Driving License, Aadhaar Card or Passport along with the National Insurance Company Ltd.(NICL) admit card. Without carrying the above-mentioned documents, they will not be allowed to enter the exam centre. 

NICL 2025 Exam Centres

The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) releases a list of the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) exam centres along with the notification for all the candidates. They will have to select any two or three exam centres as per their preference (where they want to take the exam) while filling out the National Insurance Company Ltd.(NICL) exam application form. The exam will be held in various cities of India. Candidates can check below some of the National Insurance Company Ltd.(NICL) exam centre – 

Exam Cities of NICL

State	Exam Cities
Maharashtra	Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nasik
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior
Haryana	Hissar, Faridabad, Gurgaon
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla, Dharamsala, Palampur, Mandi
West Bengal	Bankura, Durgapur, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Siliguri
Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam
Assam	Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Silchar, Jorhat
Bihar	Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Katihar, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Samastipur
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
Chandigarh	Chandigarh/Mohali
Chattisgarh	Bilaspur, Raipur
Karnataka	Bangalore, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Gulbarga
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Srinagar, Leh,
Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Noida, Prayagraj, Varanasi
Odisha	Angul, Balasore, Berhampur, Bhadrak, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Puri, Rourkela
Gujarat	Ahmedabad/Gandhi Nagar, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara

NICL 2025 Exam Pattern 

The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) determines the exam pattern for the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) all the candidates. The NICL exam pattern will have all the important information about the nature of questions, number of questions, marking scheme, mode of exam, time duration, number of sections, etc. The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) for different posts is different. Candidates can check below the paper pattern of the National Insurance Company Ltd.(NICL) 2025 for  Administrative Officers (Generalists) Scale I – 

NICL Administrative Officers – Preliminary Exam 

The prelims exam will be held in online mode and will have objective-type of questions. 

Name of Test/Section	Marks	Time Allotted
English Language	30	20 min
Reasoning Ability	35	20 min
Quantitative Aptitude	35	20 min
Total	100	60 minutes

Candidates will have to qualify in each test by securing passing marks as decided by the authorities. 

NICL Administrative Officers – Main Exam

The main examination will consist of objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test held for 30 marks. The mains objective as well as descriptive test will be conducted online mode. 

Name of sections	Number of questions	Marks	Medium of paper
Reasoning	40	40	English and Hindi
English Language	40	40	English
General Awareness	40	40	English and Hindi
Computer Knowledge	40	40	English and Hindi
Quantitative aptitude	40	40	English and Hindi

Candidates will have to complete the paper within 120 minutes. 

NICL Administrative Officers – Descriptive 

Name of sections	Type of test	Questions	Marks
English Language (Essay, Precis, and Comprehension)	Descriptive	Three	30

The Descriptive Test will be held for 30 minutes in online mode. 

NICL 2025 Marking Scheme 

As per the exam pattern of the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL), there will be a penalty for wrong answers. For each wrong answer, one-fourth of the marks will be deducted. In case any question is left blank, there will be no penalty for that question. 

NICL 2025 Syllabus 

The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) decides the syllabus of National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL). The syllabus for different posts will contain the topics from where the questions will be asked in the online entrance test. By following the syllabus of the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) exam candidates can prepare well for the exam. The NICL syllabus will help the candidates to plan their preparation. Also, they will be able to know which topics will take more time and which ones less while preparation. Check below the syllabus of the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) exam – 

NICL Administrative Officers – English 

1. Para Jumbles
2. Fill in the blanks
3. Spotting errors
4. Reading Comprehension
5. Cloze test
6. Sentence Improvements

NICL Administrative Officers – Reasoning

1. Syllogism
2. Blood Relations
3. Coding-Decoding
4. Seating Arrangement
5. Puzzles
6. Inequality

NICL Administrative Officers – General Awareness

1. Banking/Financial Awareness
2. Static General Awareness
3. Current Affairs

NICL Administrative Officers – Quantitative Aptitude 

1. Simplification
2. Simple Interest, Compound Interest & Indices
3. Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
4. Mixture & Allegation
5. Percentage
6. Permutation, Combination & Probability
7. Sequence & Series
8. Profit & Loss
9. Number System

NICL Administrative Officers – Computer 

1. The Internet
2. Microsoft Office
3. Computer Hardware
4. Computer Software
5. Keyboard Shortcuts
6. Operating System
7. Computer Fundamentals /Terminologies
8. Computer Abbreviation

NICL 2025 Selection Procedure 

Candidates can check below the post-wise selection procedure of the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) – 

Administrative Officers (Generalists) Scale I – The authorities will conduct the following stages – Preliminary, Mains and Interview. Candidates shortlisted in the prelims exam will be eligible to appear for the mains exams. However, the marks secured in the prelims exam will not be added in the final merit list. The number of candidates to be shortlisted for the mains examination will be 15 t times the number of candidates to be recruited for the post of Administrative Officers. Candidates qualifying in the mains exam will have to appear for an interview.  The final selection will be based on the marks secured in the mains and interview stages. 

Actuarial Apprentices –  All eligible candidates will have to appear for the Personal Interview. Their selection will be based on their performance in the same. The qualifying marks in the Personal Interview will be decided by the authorities. The information regarding NICL Personal Interview will be informed to the candidates through the official website or the registered email ID in due course.
The final selection of candidates will be subject to the medical examination. Postings of selected candidates will be at Head Office, Kolkata. 

NICL 2025 Answer Key 

The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) might release the answer key of the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) after the conduction of the exam on the official website. NICL 2025 answer key will have all the correct answers to the questions asked in the exam. Also, in case of any mistakes, candidates can raise objections by submitting an application along with an explanation of the correct answer. The candidates will also have to pay the prescribed fees per question.
The exam conducting will evaluate the objections raised by the candidates. After that, they will release the final NICL answer key.  On the basis of the final answer key, the result for the exam will be declared. 

NICL 2025 Documents Required for Interview 

1. Printout of the Interview Call Letter
2. Printout of the NICL Application Form
3. Mark-sheets & certificates for Std X, XII and Graduation or equivalent qualification, etc. 
4. Proof of Date of Birth (Birth Certificate issued by the Competent Municipal Authorities or SSLC/ Std.X Certificate with DOB)
5. Photo Identity Proof
6. Caste Certificate, along with caste validity certificate, issued by the competent authority in the prescribed format as stipulated by Government of India in the case of SC/ST/OBC category candidates
7. Disability certificate in the prescribed format
8. Experience certificates, if any
9. Any other relevant documents in support of eligibility

NICL 2025 Result 

The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) will announce the result of the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) for different posts in online mode separately for all the stages. The result will be available on the official website. Candidates will be able to check their National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) result by using the required credentials – registration number in the provided login window. Also, the result of TNPSC Group 2 will not be sent via post or any other medium. The NICL result will be available in the form of pdf. 

The authorities will declare the final National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) AO result based on the marks obtained in the mains exam and interview. The result pdf will contain the name, category, gender, and rank of the candidates.

After the declaration of the NICL result, the exam conducting body will also release the scorecard of the exam. Candidates will be able to download the  National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) scorecard by using their form number and date of birth. 

NICL 2025 Cutoff 

The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) will release the cut off for the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) for different posts for the candidates who appeared in the exam. NICL cut off is the minimum mark that is required to be secured by the candidates in order to get shortlisted. The exam conducting body also releases the minimum the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) for different posts cut off percentile along with the notification. 

NICL 2025 PayScale 

Post	Salary
Administrative Officers (Generalists) Scale I	Rs. 32,795
Actuarial Apprentice	First Year – Rs. Rs. 30,000Second Year – Rs. 32,500

Also, Administrative Officers (Generalists) Scale I in the metropolitan cities will get total emoluments of Rs. 51,000. 

Also Check,

NIACL Assistant Prelims

NICL AO Prelims

NICL 2025 FAQs (Frequently Asked Question)

Question 1 – In what mode the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) 2025 will be conducted?
Answer –  The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) will be conducted in online mode only at various centres. 

Question 2 – When will the NICL exam be held?
Answer – The authorities have not yet released the official exam dates of National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL). 

Question 3 – I am not able to upload the photograph in the NICL online application form? What should I do?
Answer – In such a case you must check the specifications prescribed in the notification of the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL). Follow all the instructions and upload the photograph accordingly. 

Question  4 – What is the maximum age limit to apply for the post of Administrative Officers (Generalists) Scale I in National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL)?
Answer – The maximum age limit to apply for the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) Administrative Officers (Generalists) is 30 years of age. 

Question 5 – How many times the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) is conducted in a year?
Answer – The National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) is held once in a year for different posts. 

Question 6 –  Will there be a probation period as well in the  National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) ?
Answer – Yes. There will be a probation period of one year from the date of appointment in the  National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL). 

Question 7 – Will there be any negative marking in the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL) for the post of Administrative Officers (Generalists) Scale I?
Answer – Yes. One-fourth of the marks will be deducted in case of wrong answers in the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL). 

Question 8 – What must be the format of the photograph that has to be uploaded in the online NICL registration form?
Answer – The photograph must be uploaded in the png/ jpg/ jpeg format in the National Insurance Company Ltd. (NICL)  online form. 

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