New India Assurance Company Limited (NIACL) is a Mumbai-based Public Sector General Insurance Company established in 1919 and nationalised in 1973. Being one of the five completely owned insurance companies by the Government of India, it is a leading global insurance group with offices and branches spread nationwide. New India Assurance Company Limited has announced 550 Generalists and Specialist vacancies for Administrative Officer Scale-I posts on its official website. Candidates can read out the complete article to know other exam-related details. 

NIACL AO Notification 2025

The official NIACL AO Notification 2025 PDF and application forms for 550 vacancies of Administrative Officers in Generalist and Specialist disciplines have been released on 7th August 2025. The detailed notification has been released on the official website of New India Assurance @newindia.co.in, and the same can be directly downloaded from the link below.

NIACL AO Notification

Download NIACL AO Notification 2025 Official PDF

NIACL AO Recruitment 2025- Overview 

NIACL has announced 550 vacancies of Administrative Officers (Scale-I) for Generalists and Specialist disciplines. Look at the glimpse about NIACL Administrative Officer Recruitment 2025 from the table below before beginning with the online application and exam preparation. 

NIACL AO Recruitment 2025- Overview
OrganizationNew India Assurance Company Limited (NIACL)
PostsAdministrative Officer (Scale-I)
DisciplinesGeneralists and Specialist
Advt No.CORP.HRM/AO/2025
Vacancies550
Application ModeOnline
Registration Dates7th August to 30th August 2025
Selection ProcessPrelims-Mains-Interview
SalaryRs. 90,000/- per month
Official Websitewww.newindia.co.in

NIACL AO 2025- Important Dates

NIACL has released the complete schedule regarding the recruitment process. The candidates who are waiting for NIACL AO 2025 Exam must submit their application forms online as the link has been activated on 7th August 2025. 

NICAL AO Recruitment 2025 Important Dates
EventsDates
Official Notification Release Date7th August 2025
NIACL AO Apply Online Begins7th August 2025
Last date to submit the application form30th August 2025
Last date to pay application fee30th August 2025
Phase-I Online Examination14th September 2025
Phase-II Online Examination29th October 2025

NIACL AO Vacancy 2025

The fresh NIACL AO Vacancy 2025 has been announced with the release of NIACL AO Notification 2025 PDF. This year, New India Assurance has announced 550 vacancies for the post of Administrative Officer in various disciplines of Generalists and Specialists

NIACL AO 2025 Vacancies
DisciplinesVacancies
Generalists193
Specialists357
Total550

Category-wise and post-wise vacancy breakdown is as below:

PostsTotalURSCSTOBCEWS
Risk Engineers501908041405
Automobile Engineers753111052008
Legal Specialists502008041305
Account Specialists251004020702
AO (Health)501908041405
IT Specialists250904020703
Business Analytsts753011062008
Company Secretary202--------
Actuarial Specialist304----01--
Generalists1937829155219
Total550222834214855

NIACL AO Recruitment 2025

Every year, thousands of candidates appear for the NIACL AO Exam to get hired for the post of Administrative Officer (AO) posts in a prestigious organisation. The eligible candidates will be selected through a three-stage selection process- Preliminary Exam, Mains Exam  & Personal Interview. The selected candidates have to serve for a minimum of 4 years (including 1 year of probation) for which an undertaking is signed at the time of joining. 

NIACL AO 2025 Eligibility

The candidate must hold the required educational qualification, age limit to be eligible for applying for Generalist Administrative Officer in New India Assurance. Below we have discussed the detailed eligibility criteria for NIACL AO 2025.

Nationality 

A candidate must be: 

(a) a citizen of India, or 

(b) a subject of Nepal, or 

(c) a subject of Bhutan, or 

(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 01st January 1962 to permanently settle in India, or 

(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam to permanently settle in India Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Govt. of India 

NIACL AO Education Qualification (as on 01/08/2025)

DisciplinesAcademic Qualification
GeneralistsGraduate/Post-graduate in any discipline from a recognised University at least 60% marks in either of the degree exams for General candidates and at least 55% marks for SC/ST/PWD candidates
AccountsChartered Accountant (ICAI)/ Cost and Management Accountant (The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, earlier known as ICWAI) and Graduation/Postgraduation in any discipline with min 60% (55% for SC/ST/PwBD) Or MBA Finance/PGDM Finance/ M.Com with min 60% (55% for SC/ST/PwBD)

NIACL AO Age Limit (as on 01/08/2025)

The candidate should be of age group 21 to 30 years (for the general candidate) to apply for NIACL AO 2025. The candidates must have been born not earlier than 2nd August 1995 and not later than 1st August 2004 (both dates inclusive). The upper age relaxation for other categories is tabulated below.

Age Relaxation

CategoryAge Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe5 years
Other Backward Classes (Non creamy layer)3 years
Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)10 years
Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service5 years
Defence service personnel disabled in operation during the hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as consequence thereof3 years
Existing Confirmed Employees of Public Sector General Insurance Companies (including GIC & Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd.)8 years

NIACL AO Apply Online 2025

NIACL AO Apply Online link has been made available on the official website www.newindia.co.in on 7th August 2025 NIACL AO Application Form 2025 will remain active till 30th August 2025. To check complete details for applying online for Administrative Officer (Generalist & Specialist) posts, click on the link. The applicants are advised to apply much before the last date to avoid any technical glitches/server issues.

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NIACL AO Online Coaching 2025

NIACL AO 2025 Application Fee

An Application Fee has to be submitted during the online application process for NIACL AO 2025 Exam. All Payments are needed to be done online either through Debit Cards (RuPay/Visa/MasterCard/Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets.

CategoryApplication Fee
Candidates other than SC/ST/PwD CategoryRs. 850/- 
SC/ST/PwD CategoryRs. 100/- 

Steps to Apply Online for NIACL AO Recruitment 2025

Once the online application process is active, the interested and eligible candidates can submit their applications by following the below steps:

Step-1: Visit the official website of New India Assurance Co. Ltd. @newindia.co.in

Step-2: On the homepage, click on the “Recruitment” section appearing at the top of the page. 

Step-3: A new page appears on your screen with all the recruitments for NIACL.

Step-4: Click on “Recruitment of Administrative Officer (Scale I) 2025-26”.

Step-5: Click on the “New Sign-Up” button and generate a new registration number & password. 

Step-6: Now, click on the “Apply Online” link with the generated registration number. 

Step-7: Fill in all the details, pay the application fee, and upload documents as required.  

Step-8: Click on “Submit” and download the application form for future use.

NIACL AO Exam Centre List 2025- Click to Check

NIACL AO 2025 Selection Process

The eligible graduates/postgraduates is selected for NIACL AO 2025 through their performances in three different stages. The candidate has to qualify in each stage to get selected for the post of Administrative Officer Generalist posts. 

NIACL AO 2025 Selection Process
StagesTypeDetails
Phase 1- NIACL AO Prelims Exam Online ExaminationObjective
Phase 2- NIACL AO Mains Exam Online ExaminationObjective + Descriptive
Phase 3- InterviewOfflineGroup Discussion

NIACL AO 2025 Exam Pattern

There would be 2 Online Examinations in NIACL AO 2025 wherein Phase- 1 is objective only and Phase 2 will be objective and descriptive both. 

NIACL AO 2025 Exam Pattern- Phase 1

1. The questions are from three sections in NIACL Phase 1 Exam: English, Reasoning, and Numerical/Quantitative Aptitude. 

2. There are sectional time of 20 minutes for each section. 

3. There are 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) for 1 mark each. 

4. There is negative marking of ¼th mark for each incorrect answer.

NIACL AO 2025 Exam Pattern- Phase 1
Name of Test/SectionNo of Questions/Maximum MarksTime
English Language30/3020 minutes
Reasoning Ability35/3520 minutes
Numerical Ability35/3520 minutes
Total100/10060 minutes

NIACL AO 2025 Exam Pattern- Phase 2

1. The NIACL AO Mains Exam is divided into 2 sections: Objective & Descriptive type and the candidate have to pass each section separately. 

2. The duration of the Objective type paper is of 2 hours and for descriptive, it is of 30 minutes.

3. There are 200 MCQ-type questions and 2 Essay/Letter Writing questions.

4. The descriptive test is conducted in the English language only.  

5. There is a negative marking of ¼th mark for each incorrect answer.

NIACL AO 2025 Exam Pattern- Phase 2 [Generalist]
Name of the TestNo. of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration 
Reasoning Ability505040 minutes
English Language505040 minutes
General Awareness505030 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude505040 minutes
Total200200150 minutes
NIACL AO 2025 Exam Pattern- Phase 2 [Specialists]
Name of the TestNo. of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration 
Reasoning Ability404030 minutes
English Language404030 minutes
General Awareness404025 minutes
Quantitative Aptitude404030 minutes
In Specialist stream, an additional test to assess technical& professional knowledge in the relevant discipline404035 minutes
Total200200150 minutes

NIACL AO Descriptive Test

The duration of the NIACL AO Descriptive Test will be 30 minutes and it will hold 30 marks. It will be a Test of English Language – Letter & Essay writing. NIACL AO descriptive test will be conducted in English and will take place online.

Name of ExamMarksDuration
Letter Writing10 marks30 minutes
Essay Writing20 marks

NIACL AO Interview Process

An Interview Process is to be conducted for the final selection of candidates for the post of Administrative Officer. The Ratio of the Online Examination and Interview Process will be 75:25.

NIACL AO 2025 Syllabus

The preliminary exam of the NIACL AO 2025 Exam have 3 major sections namely Reasoning, Numerical Ability and English Language. Mains Exam will have 4 sections in total. Apart from Objective Test in Mains Exam, a descriptive test is also be conducted. Let's have a look at the detailed NIACL AO 2025 Syllabus.

NIACL AO Prelims Syllabus

English LanguageQuantitative AptitudeReasoning
Reading Comprehension
Cloze Test
Fill in the blanks
Multiple Meaning / Error Spotting
Paragraph Complete / Sentence Correction
Para jumbles
MiscellaneousQuantitative
Simplification
Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Number Systems
Profit & Loss
Mixtures & Alligations
Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices
Time & Distance
Work & Time added in NIACL AO Syllabus
Sequence & Series
Permutation, Combination & Probability. Data Interpretation
Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
Coded Inequalities
Seating Arrangement
Puzzle Tabulation
Logical Reasoning
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
Data Sufficiency
Syllogism
Blood Relations
Input-Output
Coding-Decoding
Alphanumeric Series 

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NIACL AO 2025 Salary 

The basic pay NIACL AO Salary is Rs. 50,925/- on the scale of Rs. 50925-2500(14)-85925-2710(4)- 96765. The selected candidate will be paid with total emoluments of approximately Rs 90,000/- per month (Metropolitan Centres) with other allowances. Other benefits such as coverage under National Pension System governed by PFRDA, Gratuity, LTS, Medical Benefits, Group Personal Accident Insurance etc. shall be as per rules in force in the Company at the time of appointment.

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NIACL AO 2025 Result

The Result for NIACL AO 2025 Exam will be released separately for all three rounds in which the paper is going to be conducted. NIACL AO Prelims Result will be released first followed by NIACL Mains Result 2025. Candidates can get more details on NIACL AO Result 2025 by clicking on the mentioned link.

NIACL AO 2025 Cut Off

The NIACL AO 2025 Cut-Off will be released after each phase of the examination is completed. The cut-off for the Preliminary exam will be released first followed by the cut-off for Mains Exam. Candidates can evaluate their selection chances by matching their scores with the cut-off list released by NIACL.

NIACL AO 2023 Prelims Cut-Off

In the meantime, have a look at the previous year cut off marks for NIACL AO 2023 Prelims Exam for NIACL AO (Generalist & Specialist) cut off as this would be helpful for preparation strategy.

NIACL AO Cut Off 2023 Post-wise
DisciplinesSCSTOBCEWSUR
Generalists72.7565.7577.2577.2581.75
Risk Engineers53.7546.2556.7553.7565
Automobile Engineers7.5010.256.5015.2524
Legal Officers31.752428.502044.75
Accounts18.2518.2512.50-18.25
Health17.50817.751430.50
IT Specialists55.50445550.7565.25
NIACL AO Prelims Cut Off 2023- Section-wise
DisciplineGeneralists
TestSC/ST/OBC/PwBDUR
English Language24.2517.50
Reasoning Ability5.5010
Quantitative Aptitude5.25 9

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NIACL AO 2025 Exam Centres

As mentioned in the notification, the Prelims Exam will be held at the following centres. 

NIACL AO 2025 Prelims Exam Centres
State/UTsExam Centres
Andaman & NicobarPort Blair
Andhra Pradesh
  • Chirala
  • Guntur
  • Hyderabad
  • Kakinada
  • Kurnool
  • Rajahmundry
  • Tirupati
  • Vijaywada
  • Vishakhapatnam
  • Vizianagaram
Arunachal PradeshItanagar/Naharlagun
Assam
  • Dibrugarh
  • Guwahati
  • Jorhat
  • Silchar
  • Tezpur
Bihar
  • Arrah
  • Aurangabad
  • Bhagalpur
  • Darbhanga
  • Gaya
  • Muzzafarpur
  • Patna
  • Purnea
ChandigarhChandigarh/Mohali
Chhattisgarh
  • Bhilai
  • Bilaspur
  • Raipur
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
  • Daman & Diu
Delhi
  • Delhi/NCR
Goa
  • Panaji
Gujarat
  • Ahmedabad
  • Anand
  • Gandhinagar
  • Mehsana
  • Rajkot
  • Surat
  • Vadodara
Haryana 
  • Ambala
  • Hissar
Himachal Pradesh
  • Hamirpur
  • Kangra
  • Kullu
  • Mandi
  • Shimla
  • Una
Jammu & KashmirJammu, Srinagar, Samba
Jharkhand
  • Bokaro
  • Dhanbad
  • Hazaribagh
  • Jamshedpur
  • Ranchi
Karnataka
  • Belgaum
  • Bengaluru
  • Gulbarga
  • Hubli
  • Mangalore
  • Mysore
  • Shimoga
  • Udipi
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/MMR-region
  • Nagpur
  • Nanded
  • Nasik
  • Pune
  • Ratnagiri
ManipurImphal
MeghalayaShillong
MizoramAizwal
NagalandKohima
Odisha
  • Balasore
  • Berhampur(Ganjam)
  • Bhubaneshwar
  • Cuttack
  • Dhenkanal
  • Rourkela
  • Sambalpur
PuducherryPuducherry
Punjab
  • Amritsar
  • Bhatinda
  • Jalandhar
  • Ludhiana
  • Mohali
  • Pathankot
  • Patiala
Rajasthan
  • Ajmer
  • Alwar
  • Bikaner
  • Jaipur
  • Jodhpur
  • Kota
  • Sikar
  • Udaipur
SikkimGangtok-Bardang
Tamil Nadu
  • Chennai
  • Coimbatore
  • Madurai
  • Nagercoil
  • Salem
  • Thanjavur
  • Thiruchirapalli
  • Tirunelveli
  • Vellore
Telangana
  • Hyderabad
  • Karimnagar
  • Khammam
  • Warangal
Tripura Agartala
Uttar Pradesh
  • Agra
  • Aligarh
  • Prayagraj (Allahabad)
  • Bareilly
  • Gorakhpur
  • Jhansi
  • Kanpur
  • Lucknow
  • Mathura
  • Meerut
  • Moradabad
  • Muzaffarnagar
  • Varanasi
Uttarakhand
  • Dehradun
  • Haldwani
  • Roorkee
West Bengal
  • Asansol
  • Greater Kolkata
  • Hooghly
  • Kalyani
  • Kolkata
  • Siliguri
FAQ's

Ans. NIACL AO Notification 2025 has been released for Administrative Officer-Scale 1 posts for Generalist and Specialist posts on the official website.

Ans. NIACL AO 2025 Prelims Exam has been scheduled for 14th September 2025.

Ans. 250 to 270 vacancies for Administrative Officer (Generalists) posts in NIACL are to be filled this year.

Ans. Yes, 1/4 marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

Ans. The candidates will be selected for NIACL AO vacancies through Prelims, Mains, & Interview round.

Ans. NIACL read out as New India Assurance Company Limited.