NIACL Administrative Officer

The New India Assurance Company Ltd. or NIACL is one among the leading insurance companies in India. Every year lakhs of students write the exam of NIACL AO to enter in this organization but very few get the chance to fulfil their dreams of becoming an Administrative Officer in NIACL. NIACL every year gives the opportunity to candidates by releasing the vacancies for Administrative Officer for the post of Generalists, Specialists along with several other posts. The post is on all-India basis which means a candidate can be posted anywhere in India after the selection.

NIACL AO notification is expected to be released soon in the coming months. The examination date will be released once the official notification will come, further it is advised not to not wait for the NIACL AO 2020 official notification to release and start preparing for the exam. The NIACL AO official notification contains all the relevant information related to the exam like Eligibility Criteria, Educational qualification, exam dates, Exam Syllabus etc.

Before starting preparation for NIACL AO examination, it is advisable for a candidate to look at the NIACL AO exam syllabus. Syllabus makes a candidate aware about the sections involved in the exam. There are two phases in NIACL AO Exam.The first phase contains only three subjects whereas Second Phase involves four subjects for Generalist posts and for specialist posts an extra technical subject is also included.

NIACL AO Prelims Syllabus

The sections that are involved in an NIACL AO prelims exam are as follows (a) Logical Reasoning (b) General English (c) Quantitative Aptitude. This exam is qualifying in nature which means this test marks will not be added in the final merit list of NIACL AO Exam. The syllabus of these three subjects is same for prelims as well as mains, the only difference lies in the difficulty level of the exam. Candidates should start preparing for NIACL AO exam as soon as possible because it’s a golden opportunity that should not be missed.

NIACL AO Mains Syllabus

There are two types of posts in NIACL AO exam, first is Generalist and second is Specialist for which mains examination will be held separately. Three sections are same in this but an additional technical section is involved for a specialist post.

• For Generalist: In generalist post there are mainly four sections involved in the mains examination that are: General Awareness, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and General English. All of them contain equal weightage in the exam so it is advised to the candidates to give equal preparation time to all sections and do not take any section lightly.
• For Specialist: In specialist post, other than subjects that are mentioned above, an additional technical subject is involved in which a candidate knowledge for that technical subject is tested. The subjects will depend on what post are you opting for.

NIACL AO 2020 exam tests your knowledge of basic aptitude along with a sound knowledge of english language. NIACL AO examination pattern of prelims is same for both Generalists and Specialist posts whereas there is a separate exam for Mains in NIACL AO. In addition to the general aptitude, some technical knowledge is also evaluated for the Specialist post. A descriptive test is also there for testing the knowledge of English Language along with the General Knowledge. All the tests are computer-based  including the descriptive test.

NIACL AO Prelim Exam Pattern

The examination pattern for NIACL AO Prelims consists of three sections namely English Language, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative aptitude. A composite time of one hour will be allotted for the exam which further has separate timing for each section. This test is qualifying in nature hence the marks obtained in this exam will not be added in final merit list. The NIACL AO examination pattern for Prelims in tabular form is shown below:

NIACL AO 2020 Mains Exam Pattern

Candidates who qualify the Preliminary examination will be called out for NIACL AO Mains Examination. As mentioned above the examination pattern for NIACL AO mains is different for both Generalists and Specialists. The NIACL AO examination pattern for both the posts is explained below:

Examination pattern for Generalists: For the post of Generalist, the NIACL AO Mains examination pattern consists of four sections namely English Language, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, and General Awareness. A composite time of 120 min or two hours will be given. Please note that there is no sectional timing in this, unlike the prelims exam. The exam will consist of a maximum 200 marks which mean there are total 200 questions with individual section having 50 questions. For clear understanding of the pattern please refer below:

Examination pattern for Specialists: For the specialist post, along with the above four sections an additional test of technical knowledge is added in the Main examination. Here also a composite time of 120 minutes is given. A total of 40 questions will be asked per section and weightage of each question will be one mark. A total of 200 marks will be allotted for the NIACL AO examination. For complete details about the examination pattern of NIACL AO exam for specialist post please refer below:

The NIACL AO main examination is followed by the descriptive test. Candidates who will qualify the NIACL AO mains examination will be called for the Interview round.

The exam notification for NIACL AO is expected to be released soon in the coming months. NIACL AO Exam notification also includes exam calendar in which all the information related to exam dates, application process date, closure of application process will be given. The exam calendar for NIACL AO will be updated here once the official notification for the same will release.

The reason why NIACL AO is preferred by a lot of young individuals who all are looking to make their career in the insurance sector is that along with the job security NIACL AO provides a handsome salary to its employees. A total salary of 51,000 is given to a candidate in a metropolitan city. NIACL also facilitates its Administrative Officers with various allowances. To know about the salary structure in detail please refer to the table below:

NIACL AO is one of the largest general insurance companies in India. To become an NIACL AO is a dream of many as it not only provides job security and a handsome salary but also provides a name that people can rely on. There is various work profile of a NIACL AO depending on the post i.e. Generalist or a specialist.

• The work profile of a Generalist includes Risk assessment, claims settlement, underwriting and supervision of Assistant work. An NIACL AO can be posted anywhere in India also the probation period of a NIACL AO is one year. A candidate has to sign a guarantee bond of a minimum of 4 year which includes the probation period.
• The work profile of a specialist as a CS involves an efficient administration of the company whereas a NIACL AO as a legal officer is required to handle all the legal affairs of the company. A finance officer does all the financial bookkeeping of the company.

Vacancies of NIACL AO for the year 2020 are yet to be released. NIACL AO generally releases vacancies for the post of Generalist and specialist. For a Generalist post any graduate/ post-graduate having a minimum of 60% in graduation or post-graduation can apply but for a specialist post, some special skills are required. You can know about it in detail under the educational qualification section. If we go by last year vacancy list. A total of 312 administrative officers post were released during last year. This year too, candidates can expect a similar number of vacancies whereas it is better to wait for the official notification to release. Till then the previous year vacancies are as follows-

The marking scheme in NIACL AO exam is same for Prelims and Mains. There is a negative marking for incorrect question. One mark will be allotted for every correct answer marked whereas 1/4th or 0.25 marks will be deducted for every incorrect answer. There is no deduction for any unattended question.

NIACL AO exam is bilingual in nature which means a candidate can attempt the exam in either of the language i.e. English or Hindi except the test of English Language which is to be attempted in English only. It should also be noted that the descriptive examination in which a candidate has to write essays and letters will be conducted in English only.

A candidate needs to fulfill certain eligibility criteria prescribed by NIACL in order to get eligible for the NIACL Administrative Officer post. If a candidate fails to follow the required eligibility criteria, his/her application will be cancelled. So, it is advised to go through the eligibility criteria first and only then proceed to apply for the exam. There are various eligibility criteria including Nationality, educational qualification, age limit etc that needs to be taken care of while filling out the application form.

Educational Qualification

It is extremely important for a candidate to look at the educational qualification for desired post as NIACL has prescribed different educational qualifications for different posts. We have explained educational qualification for each post.

• For Generalists: To apply for the post of generalist a candidate is required to have a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university with at least 60% marks in either graduation/ post-graduation.
• For Specialists: There are different posts that come under specialists post so it needs to have a different educational qualification. Whatever degree is required a candidate has to make sure that it is from a recognized university. There is a certain percentage criteria as well to apply for the post, further details are shown in the table below:

Age Criteria

There are various eligibility criteria that need to be fulfilled by the candidate who desired to be part of NIACL as an Administrative officer failing in which leads to cancellation of the applicant’s candidature. Age criteria is also one of them. A minimum of 20 years of age and a maximum of 30 years of age is required to apply for any post in NIACL AO.

Age Relaxation

The government has provided relaxation in the upper age limit to the candidates who belong to reserved category. The reserved category candidates include SC/ST/Ex-serviceman/OBC/PWD along with others. Candidates who seek age relaxation are required to present the original certificate at the time of the NIACL AO exam interview. The detailed information on age relaxation for NIACL AO exam is provided in the table below:

To apply for the post of NIACL AO 2020 , a candidate first needs to ensure whether he/she is eligible for the post. This thing should be taken very seriously by the applicants because any incorrect information will lead to disqualification of the application form. After checking all the requirements for the post, a candidate needs to have all the required documents like 10th certificate, Degree, Identification Card number etc. to fill the application form. Here we have provided step by step process to fill the application form:

• Step 1: Candidates first need to go to the Recruitment Section of NIACL Website i.e. http://newindia.co.in
• Step 2: Click on "APPLY ONLINE" which will take you to a new screen.
• Step 3: Click on the tab "Click here for New Registration" and register yourself with entering your Name, Contact details and Email-id.
• Step 4: A system generated Registration Number and Password will be given to the candidate via an Email and SMS.
• Step 5: Log in with the system generated Registration Number and Password and fill in your application form.
• Step 6: After successfully entered all the details click on SAVE and NEXT option to verify the details you have entered.
• Step 7: Candidates will be asked to upload Photo and Signature. After fully verifying the details click on the FINAL SUBMIT BUTTON to submit your application. Please note that no modification will be done the final submission.
• After verifying all the details, it is now time for the payment. The candidate now needs to process and do the payment. After the payment, click on the submit button.

In the last process of the application form, an application payment option will pop up in which a candidate needs to pay the required amount of fees in order to become an applicant in NIACL AO exam. There are different guidelines for payment for different sections of the category. A general candidate has to pay an amount of 600 rupees whereas the reserved category candidates like SC/ST/PWD are required to pay a total of rupees 100. Complete details on this is provided on the table below.

While filling the application from for NIACL AO 2020 , a candidate will be given the option of opting an examination centre. A candidate has to select a state and then the city where he/she likes to attempt the examination.

Examination centre for prelims

As already mentioned above there are two phases in the examination. So, the examination centre for both phases are also different. The list of examination centre for Prelims is mentioned below:

Examination centre for mains

For Mains very few centres are available, the centres that are available are mainly the capital of the states along with some very important cities. The list for Mains examination centre  of NIACL AO 2020 is given in tabular form below:

Soon after the closure of the application process, NIACL will release the admit card for Phase 1 i.e. Prelims. The candidate is required to take a print out of the admit card along with the photocopy of any valid identity card. Print out of admit card as well as the photocopy along with the original ID card is required at the time of the exam. The NIACL AO admit card will contain the examination centre, examination date and examination time.

It is wise to refer to the previous years’ cut-offs to get an idea about the level of NIACL AO Exam. Previous year cut off not only gives you a true picture of the exam but also shows the need to work to get on to the level of the exam. NIACL AO Exam is held in three phases, therefore it is extremely important to be aware of the cut-offs. There are two types of cut-offs in the NIACL AO Exam, and those are Overall Cut-off and Sectional Cut-off. To ensure his / her selection a candidate needs to secure the minimum required marks in different sections as well as the overall marks. Given below is the previous year cut off.

NIACL AO Cut Off for Mains 2020

Category-wise cut-offs (Out of 200) for NIACL AO Mains who has been short listed for the Interview.

Minimum Qualifying Marks in Descriptive Paper (Out of 30) who has been short-listed for the Interview

NIACL AO Cut Off (Section-wise) for Mains 2020

Section-wise minimum qualifying marks for NIACL AO Generalist Posts to be eligible for descriptive paper assessment and short-listing for Interview

NIACL AO Cut Off for Prelims 2018-19

NIACL AO Prelims Cut off for Generalists 2018-19

NIACL AO Prelims Cut off for Company Secretary 2018-19

NIACL AO Prelims Cut off for Legal 2018-19

NIACL AO Prelims Cut off for Finance & Accounts 2018-19

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