OICL AO Recruitment 2021 – Apply Online, Exam Date : The Oriental Insurance Company Limited will recruit nearly 300 Administrative Officers in the Scale I cadre. It is expected that OICL Administrative Officers (Scale-I) 2021 official notification will be released in the upcoming months.
On the basis of available information, here we are going to explain few important things about this examination such as important dates, eligibility criteria, application fee & process, admit card, result, cut-off, etc.
The Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OICL) is a leading general insurance company in India with head office at the heart of the nation i.e., New Delhi. The company has more than 1800 branches spread across the country. The company also has its wings in Dubai, Kuwait, and Nepal as well.
OICL AO 2021 (Scale-I) Important Dates
| Examination Name | OICL Administrative Officers (scale-I) 2021 |
|---|---|
| Examination conducted by | Oriental Insurance Company Limited |
| Essential Qualification | Different for each post |
| Examination type | Recruitment examination for the post of Administrative Officers (scale-I) in OICL |
| Starting date to fill the form online | Will be notified soon |
| Last date to fill the form online | Will be notified soon |
| Admit card download | Will be notified soon |
| Preliminary examination | Will be notified soon |
| Downloading of call letters for preliminary examination | Will be notified soon |
| Main examination | Will be notified soon |
| Downloading of call letters for main exam | Will be notified soon |
| Interview | Will be notified soon |
| Final result declaration | Will be notified soon |
| Examination centers | all over India (major towns or cities) |
| Apply online on | OICL’s website (https://orientalinsurance.org.in/) |
OICL AO 2021 Eligibility Criteria
Age Limit and Relaxation
On 31st Aug 2021, a candidate should be at least 21 years old but not more than 30 years. Relaxation in the maximum age limit is applicable and shall be provided to candidates of special categories. To know more, please have a look at the below-given table.
| S.No. | Category name | Age relaxation (in years) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC/ST | 5 |
| 2 | OBC | 3 |
| 3 | PwD | 10 |
| 4 | Existing employees of public sector general insurance companies | 8 |
Minimum Educational Qualifications
For the posts of OICL Administrative Officer, minimum educational qualification is given in below table
| Post name | Minimum qualification | Number of Posts |
|---|---|---|
| Generalist | Graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized college/University with at least 60% marks (55% for SC/ST) | 223 |
| Medical Officer | M.B.B.S. | 10 |
| Legal | Law degree from a recognized University with 60% marks (55% for SC/ST) | 30 |
| Engineers (Automobile) | PG/graduation in engineering with automobile engineering as a subject from a recognized University with 60% marks (55% for SC/ST) | 15 |
| Actuaries | Graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized college/University with at least 60% marks (55% for SC/ST) & Passed in 4 actuarial Papers from Institute and Faculty of Actuary, UK (IFoA) or Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) | 02 |
| Accounts | MBA (Finance) with 55% from a recognized University with 60% marks (55% for SC/ST) OR Cost and Management Accountant (The Institute of Cost Accountants of India) OR Chartered Accountants (ICAI) OR M.Com. from a recognized University with 60% marks (55% for SC/ST) | 20 |
Note – Above mentioned number of vacancies is tentative.
OICL AO 2021 Application Fee and Mode Of Payment
Candidates of SC/ST/PwD categories have to pay only intimation charges. There is no application fee for SC/ST/PwD candidates. However, other candidates have to pay a fee of Rs 600/- as their application fee including intimation charges.
All the candidates have to pay their fees online through a debit/credit card, internet banking, IMPS, and cash cards/mobile wallets. On successful completion of the online fee payment, candidates will get an auto-generated e-Receipt. Also, candidates have to pay bank transaction charges (if applicable).
Note – Payment will not be refunded under any circumstances
OICL AO 2021 Application Form and Process
All the candidates are informed that only online applications will be accepted by the examination conducting authority. Therefore, each candidate has to fill and submit the online application available on OICL’s website. To submit an online application successfully, candidates have to complete their application in three steps
- Step 1- Application Registration
- Step 2- Fees submission/payment
- Step 3- Uploading of documents (image & signature)
How To Apply For OICL AO 2021?
- Visit the official website; open the ‘Careers’ link available under the ‘Miscellaneous’ heading or click here
- Click the “APPLY ONLINE” link
- Now, you have to register your application, so click the “Click here for New Registration” tab
- Enter your name, email id, and contact details
- Hit the ‘Submit’ button
- Now, you will see a provisional system-generated registration number along with a password; note it down somewhere very carefully as you need it later to login into your account
- You will also receive the same through email and SMS
- Now, login into your account with the same auto-generated registration number and password
- Now, fill in the remaining details
- Cross-check all the details
- You can also verify your details by clicking the ‘Validate your details’ button
- Click the ‘FINAL SUBMIT’ button
- Upload scanned copies of image and signature in the format outlined by OICL
- Click the ‘Payment’ tab
- Pay your fee online and take a printout of e-receipt
- Click on the ‘Submit’ button
- Take a printout of your final submitted application
Documents Needed to Apply Online
- A valid personal mobile number & email address
- Scanned copies of signature & PP size photo in the same format specified by OICL
- Credit/debit card or internet banking details to pay the fee online
OICL AO 2021 Exam Pattern
Stage I- Preliminary Examination
The Preliminary examination will be a computer based test (CBT) and the paper will be divided into 3 sections- English language, Reasoning Ability, and Quantitative Aptitude.
| Section name | Maximum marks | Time duration |
|---|---|---|
| quantitative aptitude | 35 | |
| reasoning ability | 35 | One hour |
| English language | 30 |
Stage II- Main Examination
1. Objective test for generalists
| Section name | Maximum marks | Time duration |
|---|---|---|
| Quantitative aptitude | 50 | |
| Reasoning | 50 | One hour |
| English language | 50 | |
| General awareness | 50 |
2. Objective test for Specialists
| Section name | Maximum marks | Time duration |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning ability | 40 | |
| English language | 40 | |
| General awareness | 40 | 120 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | |
| Professional Knowledge | 40 |
3. Descriptive test for both Specialists and Generalists
It will be a test of English language (Essay writing-20 marks & Letter Writing-10marks). The time duration of this test will be 30 minutes.
Stage III – Interview
Stage II i.e. main examination qualifying candidates will be called for an interview. The interview’s venue and date will be intimate by the company through SMS/email. Intimation letter will be sent only to the Stage II qualified candidates.
Note – Penalty of ¼ marks for wrong answers is applicable to both prelims and mains examination
OICL AO 2021 Section-wise Syllabus
- Quantitative Aptitude – Objective type questions will be asked from the following topics- HCF, LCM, problem on ages, average, profit & loss, pictorial graph, bar graph, data interpretation, percentage, work, area, investment, time & speed, etc.
- Numerical Ability & reasoning – Mathematical inequality, coding & decoding, syllogisms, quadratic equations, number series, puzzle, input-output, verbal reasoning, data interpretation, circular & linear seating arrangement, data sufficiency, inequalities, simplification/approximation, etc.
- English Language – Cloze test, double filters, reading comprehension, error reorganization, sentence correction, idiom-phrase/odd one out, sentence connector, paragraph jumbles/completion, etc.
- General awareness – Static GK, common abbreviations, sports, banking insurance & financial, national & international current affairs, etc.
OICL AO 2021 Call letters
To download call letters, candidates have to visit OICL’s website a few weeks before the date of examination. The company will issue separate admit cards for both online tests- prelim and main examinations. Once call letters are released, the company will intimate candidates through SMS/email.
How To Download Call Letter?
- Open OICL’s website @ https://orientalinsurance.org.in/
- Find and click the “Careers” link available under the ‘Miscellaneous’ heading
- Find and click the “Call Letter For Recruitment Of Administrative Officers (Scale-I) 2021” link
- Fill in the required details such as “Registration Number” & “DOB/ Password”
- Hit the “Submit” tab
- Take a printout of your call letter
OICL AO 2021 Exam Date & Centers
OICL AO exam date will be disclosed soon by OICL. It is expected that OICL will hold Stage I i.e. preliminary examination in several cities across the nation. The names of few cities where the Stage I examination will be held are Chirala, Chittoor, Amritsar, Sangrur, Gangtok, Kurnool, Guntur, Puttur, Kakinada, Aizawl, Imphal, Satara, Agra.
Aligarh, Agartala, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Ujjain, Mangalore, Itanagar, Tezpur, Bareilly, Chennai, Vellore, Samba, Dharamshala, Arrah, Port Blair, Sangli, Ratnagiri, Namakkal, Cuttack, Kohima, Pune, Nasik, Amaravati, Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Trichur, Aurangabad, Hamirpur, Mandi, Kozhikode, Kolhapur, Una, Bihar, etc.
OICL AO 2021 Result
Firstly, the company will declare Stage I (prelim exam) OICL AO result after few days from the date of examination. Stage I exam results will be declared on the company’s official website. So, candidates are requested to check OICL’s website regularly after attempting the Stage I examination. The date of the Stage I result declaration will be notified after the examination.
OICL AO 2021 Cut-off
Final OICL AO cut-off marks will be announced after the result declaration and the same will be updated here.