OICL AO Prelims

The Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OICL) will release the OICL Administrative Officers (AO) Notification 2023 soon. Candidates planning to get a job in the insurance sector must register for the OICL AO Exam 2023 from the official website – orientalinsurance.org.in. 

However, the exam date for the OICL AO Prelims 2023 will be announced along with this official notification. Candidates for the post of OICL AO will be chosen through a three-stage process that includes Prelims, Mains, and Interviews. Read this article to get complete details on the OICL AO Prelims Exam 2023.

OICL AO Prelims 2023: Exam Summary

Interested candidates can check the overview of the OICL Administrative Officers 2023 recruitment from the below table:

Exam Particulars	Exam Details
Name of Organization	The Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OICLl)
Type of the Company	Public Sector General Insurance Company
Owned By	The Government of India (GOI)
Exam Name	Oriental Insurance AO
Post Name	Administrative Officer (AO)
Total Vacancy	To Be Announced
Location Of The Posting	India
Selection Process	Written Tests (Prelims and Mains), Personal Interview (Pi)
Official Website	https://orientalinsurance.org.in

OICL AO 2023 exam date and notification are yet to be announced. Once it is released, we will mention all the updates on the Oriental Insurance AO exam 2023 here.

The OICL AO Recruitment 2023 Notification is expected to be published soon on its official website, www.orientalinsurance.org.in. We will update the link below once the OICL AO Recruitment Notification 2023 gets officially released. Till then, candidates can refer to the last recruitment notification (2017) by clicking on the link mentioned below:

Check Oriental Insurance AO 2017 Notification PDF here.

Along with the OICL AO Notification 2023, a detailed exam schedule will be released. The complete schedule, according to OICL officials, will be updated below once it is available:

Events	OICL Important Dates
OICL AO Notification Release Date	To Be Notified
Online Registration Starts	To Be Notified
Last Date to Fill OICL AO Application Form	To Be Notified
Last Date to Pay Application Fee	To Be Notified
OICL AO Prelims Admit Card	To Be Notified
OICL AO Prelims Exam Date	To Be Notified
OICL AO Prelims Result	To Be Notified

Along with the official notification, Oriental Insurance AO Vacancies 2023 will be announced. However, applicants can refer to the OICL Administrative Officer 2017 vacancy list as provided below and prepare accordingly:

Post	Vacancies
Accounting	20
Medical Officer	10
Actuary Professionals	02
Generalist	223
Legal Officer	30
Automobile Engineer	15
Total	300

Before taking the OICL AO Prelims 2023 exam, aspirants should be familiar with the job role and salary. Take a look at the section below:

OICL AO Salary 

After being hired, the candidates will be compensated in accordance with the company’s policies. The starting pay scale will be Rs.32,795, along with various allowances. Selected candidates will receive increments for 14 years till their base pay becomes Rs.55,335. They would be entitled to another Rs.1745 increment for four years till their income reaches Rs.62,315.

Salary	Amount
Basic Pay	Rs.32795-1610(14)-55335-1745(4)-62315
Total Emolument	Rs.51,000
A Newly Selected AO’s Basic Pay	Rs.32,795
Annual Increment	Rs.1,610

OICL AO Job Profile

Candidates will be required to accept several work duties and responsibilities, which are listed below. Along with their respective tasks, they must accept whatever job is allocated to them by their superiors. Read on to learn more about these obligations.

• Selected candidates will handle insurance claims.
• They have to verify risk management plans and approve statements.
• As AO’s candidates must file the returns and statements with higher-level regional officers.
• They will be managing other employees’ assistance at work.
• They must put the strategies into action and gather formal feedback for the company.
• Candidates need to do purchasing of various enterprises.
• They have to settle the insurance claims.
• They will be in charge of the insurance policy issuance.
• AOs will be in charge of ensuring that the organisation’s departments work smoothly.
• They have to do policy promotion and customer acquisition.
• As an Oriental Insurance agent, they must meet with potential consumers.

Aspirants must meet the age, educational, and nationality criteria to be eligible to attempt the exam. They can check the OICL AO eligibility requirements below:

Nationality

Candidates must be citizens of India in order to be eligible to attempt the OICL AO 2023 Prelims Exam.

Age Limit

Candidates appearing for the OICL AO Exam 2023 must fulfil the following age criteria:

• Minimum Age Limit: 21 years
• Maximum Age Limit: 30 years

Age Relaxation

Candidates in the reserved category are given exemptions in the upper age limit. The age relaxations for each category are listed in the table below.

Category	Age Relaxation
SC/ST	5 years
OBC NCL	3 years
PWD	10 years
Ex-Servicemen, CO, ECOs, and SSCOs who have served for 5 years in the Military	5 years
Defense service personnel disabled during hostilities with any foreign country	3 years
J&K domiciled candidates from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1989	Gen: 5 years OBC: 8 years Sc/ST: 10 years
Existing employee of Public Sector Insurance Company	8 years

Educational Qualification

It is critical to follow the exam conducting body’s recommended guidelines to be considered for recruitment. The educational requirements vary based on the position, with a bachelor’s degree being the minimum need. The complete details can be found below. Candidates who do not meet the standards mentioned below will not be able to submit their applications.

Discipline	Minimum Qualification Required
Accounts	Candidates must bear M.Com. degree with at least a 60% aggregate (55% for SC/ ST) from a well-known University Or an MBA in Finance with a 60 % aggregate (55% for SC/ ST) from a well-known University Or Cost and Management Accountant, from A Institute of Cost Accountants of India) Or Chartered Accountants from ICAI
Actuaries	Candidates must possess 60% in aggregate (55% for SC/ ST) in any affair from a well-known University. Or The candidates must have passed 4 Actuarial Papers from IAI (Institute Actuaries of India) or IFoA (Institute and Faculty of Actuary, UK
Engineers (Automobile)	The candidates must have a postgraduate or graduate degree in Engineering (4 or 5 years) with automobile engineering as an affair with at least 60% aggregate (55% for SC/ ST) from a well-known University
Legal	Candidates should necessarily bear a graduate degree in Law with 60% aggregate (55% for SC/ ST) from a well-known University
Medical Officer	Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree
Generalist	Candidates should necessarily possess a graduate degree in any affair with 60% aggregate (66% for SC/ ST)

Note: Candidates with post-qualification experience in the relevant sector are given preference. In this case, the firm is the sole decision-maker.

Number of Attempts

The OICL AO selection process has no fixed attempts. Candidates can attempt the exam as long as they fulfil the required eligibility rules and age criteria.

Language Proficiency

The OICL AO Prelims 2023 exam will be conducted in English and Hindi language except for the English subject.

Through OICL Recruitment 2023, the exam conducting body will invite eligible candidates for the position of Administrative Officer (AO). After the notification gets released, the online registration process will begin. Interested candidates can apply from the official website before the specified deadline.

How to Apply Online for Oriental Insurance AO Prelims 2023?

Applicants are advised to follow the steps outlined below to apply online for OICL AO 2023 Recruitment easily:

• Go to the official website of Oriental Insurance Company Limited – orientalinsurance.org.in.
• To begin the application process, candidates must first register. Click on the career option, followed by Apply Online.
• Select “Click Here for New Registration” and provide your name and contact information.
• On the screen, a registration ID and password will be generated. An email and SMS will be sent to their registered email address and mobile number, respectively.
• Candidates can now begin filling out the application form by entering all of the required information. They will also have the option to “Save” the application if they are unable to complete it all at once.
• Check the information to see if it is correct, and then click the “Submit” button.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to upload the photos and signature. Use the editing Tool to resize the images if necessary.
• Review all the filled details and then press the Final Submit button.
• Continue by paying the application fees and clicking the submit button.
• Save the e-receipt and the application form for future use.

Oriental Insurance AO Application Fee

Check the application fee for Oriental Insurance AO from the table below:

Category	Application Fee
SC/ ST / PWD/EXS Candidates	Rs. 100/- (Intimation Charges Only)
OBC/ General Candidates	Rs. 600/- (Application fee including intimation charges)

The table below shows the list of the exam centres of OICL AO Prelims:

State	City
Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada
	Visakhapatnam
	Ongole
Assam	Guwahati
	Dibrugarh
	Silchar
	Jorhat
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
Bihar	Patna
	Gaya
	Bhagalpur
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh	Raipur
	Bilaspur
Delhi	New Delhi
Goa	Panaji
	Mapusa
Gujarat	Ahmedabad
	Gandhinagar
	Vadodara
	Surat
	Rajkot
Haryana	Hisar
	Faridabad
	Gurgaon
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
	Dharamshala
	Mandi
	Palampur
Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu
Jharkhand	Ranchi
	Jamshedpur
Karnataka	Bengaluru
	Hubli
	Mangalore
	Mysore
	Gulbarga
Kerala	Ernakulam
	Kochi
	Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
	Indore
	Gwalior
	Jabalpur
Maharashtra	Mumbai
	Navi Mumbai
	Thane
	Nagpur
	Pune
	Aurangabad
	Nashik
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Bhubaneshwar
	Cuttack
	Rourkela
	Berhampur
Tamil Nadu	Puducherry
	Chennai
	Coimbatore
	Madurai
Punjab	Amritsar
	Ludhiana
	Bathinda
Rajasthan	Jaipur
	Jodhpur
	Bikaner
Sikkim	Gangtok
	Bardang
Telangana	Hyderabad
	Rangareddy
	Warangal
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
	Allahabad
	Kanpur
	Greater Noida
	Noida
Uttarakhand	Dehradun
	Haridwar
	Roorkee
	Haldwani
	Nainital
West Bengal	Kolkata
	Siliguri
	Asansol

The Preliminary exam will be a Computer-based Exam. The total number of questions will be 100, and each correct answer is worth one mark. There will be a negative marking of 1/4th of the assigned marks for each incorrect answer. 

However, the total duration of the Prelims 2023 exam will be 1 hour or 60 minutes. Check out the detailed Oriental Insurance AO Prelims exam pattern below:

Subjects	Type of Test	No. of Questions	Marks	Question Paper Mode
English Language	Objective	30	30	English
Numerical Ability	Objective	35	35	English/Hindi
Reasoning	Objective	35	35	English/Hindi
Total	–	100	100	–

The Oriental Insurance AO Syllabus highlights the topics that applicants should study for the exam. The following are the subject-wise important topics for the Oriental Insurance AO Prelims:

English Language	Numerical Ability	Reasoning
Sentence Improvement Antonyms, Synonyms Word Substitution Fill in the blanks Reading Comprehension Cloze Test Single/Double Fillers Error Detection Vocabulary Para Jumbles	Partnership Probability Permutation & Combination Simplification Approximation Quadratic Equation Number Series HCF and LCM Percentage Average Pipes & Cistern Time & Work Speed, Time & Distance Profit & Loss Simple Interest & Compound Interest	Machine Input-Output Data Sufficiency Logical Reasoning, Statement, and Assumption Passage Inference Conclusion and Argument Data Sufficiency Puzzles Seating Arrangements Syllogism Inequality Blood Relation Order and Ranking Coding-Decoding Alphanumeric Series

Get detailed Oriental Insurance AO Syllabus 2023 here.

The right Oriental Insurance Preparation strategies will allow job seekers to achieve their desired positions. Check out the following expert-recommended exam preparation tips to excel in the upcoming exam:

1. Read and understand the complete syllabus and exam pattern

Before starting the preparation, have a strong understanding of the entire syllabus for the Oriental Insurance AO Prelims examination. Understand all the chapters and topics that are included in each subject. 

Also, thoroughly understand the exam pattern, the number of questions from each topic and the time required for each subject. 

2. Learn about OICL AO Prelims Scoring Pattern

In addition to the test structure, candidates should be conversant with the grading method. If they are unfamiliar with the marking scheme, it will be tough to establish a plan. 

3. Make a detailed schedule and stick to it

Adequate preparation is required for success in any exam. Based on the strengths and shortcomings, candidates should plan and create a timetable. Check the subjects and topics and calculate the time required to complete them. Make a schedule to cover all of these topics, and do not forget to provide time for revision.

4. Take the help of the best OICL AO Preparation Books

Aspirants should refer to the best books for the OICL AO Prelims exam preparation. It will help them to understand all the topics easily.

5. Attempt OICL AO Prelims Mock Test and Solve Previous Year Papers

Solving old question papers and attempting mock tests is the most effective way to determine the weaknesses. Candidates can only develop and gain confidence by focusing on their areas of weakness. 

By attempting the online OICL AO Prelims Mock Test on Embibe, candidates can get an idea of the difficulty level of the questions and how to attempt such questions without wasting time. It will give detailed feedback at the end of every test.

6. Make brief notes

Candidates must make short notes as they study each topic for future reference. These brief notes will be useful for last-minute revision before the exam.

The Oriental Insurance AO Admit Card 2023 will be available on the official website shortly. Candidates who complete the application and pay the registration fee within the specified time frame will only receive the OICL Prelims Admit Card 2023. They can download the hall ticket online using their login credentials.

Get complete details on OICL AO Admit Card 2023 here.

The Oriental Insurance AO Prelims Answer Key 2023 will be made available on the official website of OICL. Candidates can check the official key after successfully completing the OICL AO Prelims exam. However, they can download the answer key by following the steps outlined below:

• Go to the official website and select the Career tab.
• Click the “Download the Oriental Insurance AO Answer Key 2023” link.
• Select the answer key for the Set for which candidates appeared and then click the download button.
• Applicants can now check their answers against the answer key.

Candidates can download the Oriental Insurance AO Prelims Result 2023 after successfully completing the exam. The exam conducting authority will declare exam results to shortlist candidates for the next stage, that is, the Mains examination. 

Know the steps to download OICL AO Result 2023 here.

The Oriental Insurance AO Cut-off 2023 will be released along with the result. However, candidates can check the cut-off from the previous year and plan accordingly. The Oriental Insurance AO Cut-off 2023 will vary for various categories. The table below shows the previous year’s cut-off for the Administrative Officers Prelims exam:

Category	Quantitative Aptitude	English Language	Reasoning
Maximum Marks	35	30	35
Cut-off Marks (Gen)	11-12	8-9	13-14
Cut-off Marks (SC/ST/OBC/HI/OC/VI)	6-7	4-5	9-10

Here are some frequently asked questions regarding the OICL AO exam.

Que 1. What is the full form of OICL AO?

Ans: The full form of OICL AO is Oriental Insurance Company Limited Administrative Officer.

Que 2. In the OICL Prelims exam, would there be any negative marking?

Ans: Yes, in the prelims exam, a negative grading of 1/4th of the given marks is applicable for every wrong answer.

Que 3. Will the Oriental Insurance AO 2023 Preliminary Exam be objective?

Ans: The Prelims test for the Oriental Insurance AO Exam 2023 will be an objective type paper.

Que 4. What languages are the OICL AO Prelims exam available in?

Ans: The OICL AO Preliminary Examination is conducted in Hindi and English.

Que 5. What is the age limit of the OICL AO examination?

Ans: Candidates should be above 21 years of age and below 30 years of age.

Que 6. How much will the application fee be for the OICL AO Recruitment 2023?

Ans: The application fee for SC/ST and PWD is Rs. 100/-, while the fee for all other categories is Rs. 600/-.