Introduction of OICL AO
The Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OICL) has issued the OICL AO Recruitment 2024 Notification for 100 Administrative Officer (AO) (Scale 1) positions on March 11, 2024. The registration for the OICL AO Recruitment will commence on March 21, 2024, through their official website at www.orientalinsurance.org.in.
Recruitment Schedule of OICL AO 2024
Event | Date |
OICL AO Notification Release Date | 11th March 2024 |
OICL AO Application Starting Date | 21st March 2024 |
OICL AO Last Date To Apply Online | 12th April 2024 |
OICL AO Exam Date | May/ June 2024 |
Number of Vacancies in OICL AO 2024
| Discipline | Vacancy |
| Accounts | 20 |
| Actuarial | 5 |
| Engineering | 15 |
| Engineering (IT) | 20 |
| Medical Officers | 20 |
| Legal | 20 |
| Total | 100 |
Eligibilty Criteria for OICL AO:
Age Limit: As on 30th Dec 2023
Minimum Age: 21 years
Maximum Age: 30 years
Relaxation in upper Age limit shall be as follows:
Category | Age Relaxation |
SC/ST | 5 years |
OBC | 3 years |
Ex-Servicemen | 5 years |
Defense service Personnel Disabled in operation during hostilities with any foreign country or a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof | 3 years |
Widows/Divorced Women and women legally separated from their husbands, who have not remarried | 9 years |
Existing Confirmed Employees of Public Sector General Insurance Companies | 8 years |
PwD | 10 years |
Selection Procedure of OICL AO 2024:
Phase I: Preliminary Examination
| Serial No. | Name of Test | Type of Test | Max. Marks | Duration of each test / Section | Language |
| 1 | English Language | Objective | 30 | 20 min | English |
| 2 | Reasoning Ability | Objective | 35 | 20 min | English / Hindi |
| 3 | Quatitative Aptitude | Objective | 35 | 20 min | English / Hindi |
Phase II: Main Examination
| Serial No. | Name of Test | Type of Test | Max. Marks | Duration of each test / Section | Language |
| 1 | English Language | Objective | 40 | 30 min | English |
| 2 | Reasoning Ability | Objective | 40 | 30 min | English / Hindi |
| 3 | Quatitative Aptitude | Objective | 40 | 30 min | English / Hindi |
| 4 | General Awareness | Objective | 40 | 25 min | English / Hindi |
| 5 | Test of professional knowledge of Stream chosen | Objective | 40 | 35 min | English / Hindi |
| Total | 200 | 2hrs 30 min | |||
Descriptive Test: The 30-minute Descriptive Test, worth 30 marks, will assess English Language skills, including Letter Writing (10 marks) and Essay Writing (20 marks). This test will be conducted online and will be in English.
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score for each section of objective test separately for short listing for the Descriptive test evaluation/Interview. Descriptive answer script would be evaluated only in respect of those candidates who qualify the objective test. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut offs will be decided for Descriptive paper evaluation.
Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum total score (to be decided by the Company according to number of vacancies) in the objective test (main examination) and qualify in the descriptive test for short listing for the Interview. Qualifying marks in the descriptive test shall be as follows: 15/30(13.5/30 for SC, ST and PwBD).
A candidate shall be required to qualify in the descriptive test, but the marks in the descriptive test will not be counted towards short listing for interviews or final selection.
Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Preliminary and Main examination) There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. Each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question. The Company reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its website
Phase III: Interview
Candidates who have been shortlisted at the end of Phase-II will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Company, up to three times the number of vacancies of respective stream/category. Interview will be conducted at select centres. The weightage (ratio) of online Examination and Interview will be 80:20 respectively. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter. Candidates are required to download their interview call letters from company’s website. Please note that any request regarding change in date, centre etc. of interview will not be entertained. However the company reserves the right to change the date/ venue/ time/ centre etc. of interview or hold supplementary process for particular date / session / venue / centre/ set of candidates at its discretion, under unforeseen circumstances, if any.
Final Selection
Final selection would be based on consolidated marks of main examination (objective test) & Interview. The final merit list shall be prepared in descending order of the consolidated marks secured by the candidates. Candidates who fall within the number of vacancies in the merit list shall be considered for appointment. The selected candidates may be appointed in more than one batch as per the discretion of the Company. The seniority of the selected candidates will be as per the merit / select list. A Waiting List of candidates not exceeding 50% of the number of vacancies may also be prepared and may be utilized in the event of non acceptance of employment offer by the candidates selected in the final merit list.
As per prevailing practice, in the event of two or more candidates having obtained the same score, final merit
is decided in the following order: a) Marks secured in interview (candidate securing higher marks in interview shall be placed before/above the candidate securing lesser marks) If interview marks are same, then b) date of birth(candidate senior in age is placed before/above the candidate junior in age)
Appointment of selected candidates is subject to their being found medically fit as per the requirements of the Company. Such appointment will also be subject to the service and conduct rules of the Company.
The candidates are advised to ensure that they fulfill the requirements of age and qualification (final result for the qualification must have been published on or before 31.12.2023 before they apply. If a candidate is found ineligible, his/her candidature will be cancelled at any stage of recruitment. Appearing in the ONLINE EXAMINATION(S) & INTERVIEW will not automatically confer any right of being selected for the said post
Application Fees of OICL AO 2024:
Payable on-line from 21.03.2024 to 12.04.2024 (both dates inclusive) (Non-Refundable)
SC/ST/Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD)/ Confirmed employees of Oriental Insurance Company | Rs.250/-(Intimation charges only) + GST as applicable |
| All candidates other than SC/ST/PwBD/Confirmed employees of Oriental Insurance Company | Rs.1000/-(Application fee including Intimation charges) +GST as applicable. |
Application Link of OICL AO 2024:
To Apply for OICL AO 2024 Click to Apply Online
Notification Link of OICL AO 2024
To Download the OICL AO notification Click Here