OICL AO 2020

Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OICL) is one of the oldest insurance companies in India. Incorporated in 1947, this company was working as a subsidiary of LIC of India from 1956 to 1973. In 2003, its ownership was transferred from General Insurance to Central Government. The OICL assistant and the OICL Assistant Administrative Officers are the two positions pivotal in expanding the business to its current extent.

OICL conducts the following exams every year to recruit the candidates:

  • Agent
  • Assistant
  • Administrative officer

OICL Exam Highlights

Exam Name

OICL Exam 2020

Conducting Body

Oriental Insurance Company Limited

Exam Level

National

Exam Frequency

Once a year

Exam Mode

Online – Computer Based Test(CBT)

Exam Stages

Prelims - Main -  Interview

Application Fee

Rs 600

Language

English And Hindi

No. of Test Cities

Test centres across the nation

Exam Helpdesk No.

1800118485 / 011-33208485

Official Website

https://orientalinsurance.org.in

OICL AO 2020 Important Dates

OICL Event

Important Dates

Notification

July 2020

Last date for application

August 2020

admit card for prelims exam

September 2020

prelims exam

October 2020

Result for prelims

November 2020

admit card for main exam

December 2020

main exam

December 2020

main result

January 2021

OICL Interview call letter

January 2021

OCIL result

March 2021

OICL AO 2020 Important Dates

OICL Event

Important Dates

Salient Features

Notification

July 2020

The OICL notification will be issued online

Last date for application

August 2020

The OICL application will end

admit card for prelims exam

September 2020

The OICL admit card for prelims exam will be issued

prelims exam

October 2020

The OICL prelims exam will be conducted online

Result for prelims

November 2020

The OICL result will be declared

admit card for main exam

December 2020

The OICL admit card will be issued to the candidates

main exam

December 2020

The OICL main exam will be conducted online

main result

January 2021

The OICL result will be declared online

OICL Interview call letter

January 2021

The OICL interview will be conducted at various exam centres

OCIL result

March 2021

The OICL result will be declared online

 The OICL exam is a three-stage exam and the prelims and main exam is conducted online. The candidates should see the OICL exam pattern to prepare the exam in a more effective manner.

OICL AO 2020 Vacancies

The OICL vacancies will be mentioned in the official notification when the notification will be released. There are a good number of vacancies in the OICL recruitment each year and the candidates should hope for the maximum number of vacancies. The OICL vacancies as notified in the last notification is given below

OICL AO 2020 Eligibility Criteria

OICL exam is one of the most popular exams in the insurance sector. Being one of the government company, competition in the OICL exam is fierce. All the candidates try to get selected in the OICL exam and hence increase the competition in the exam.

Educational Qualification

For the OICL Administrative officer exam, the minimum educational qualification required is different for different positions and the detail educational requirement for each post is given below.

Post

Education Qualification required

Generalist 

Graduation Degree with 60% (55% for SC/ST) from a recognised university

Engineers (Automobile) 

Graduation/Post Graduation degree in Automobile Engineering with 60% marks(55% for SC/ST)

Accounts

Master’s Degree in Commerce / MBA degree in Finance with 60% marks (55% for SC/ST)
Or
ICWAI
Or
Cost and Management Accountant(ICWAI) earlier known as Cost and Wok Accountants (ICWAI)

Legal

Law Degree with 60% marks(55% for SC/ST)

Actuaries 

Graduation Degree with 60% marks and must have passed 4 Actuarial papers from IAI/IFOA

Medical Officer

M.B.B.S Degree

OICL AO Age limit

The date of the candidates will be counted from July 31st of the exam year. The prescribed age limit for the OICL AO exam is as follows.

Minimum Age: 21 years   

Maximum Age: 30 years

The candidate must have been born not earlier than 1st August 1990 and not later than 31st July 1999(both dates inclusive).

Exam Pattern

After the application process came to an end, the candidates wait for the OICL prelims exam. This is the first stage exam and serves as the filter for the other stages. The prelims exam has the highest competition among all the stages of the exam.

Exam Duration One Hour
Paper Type Objective
Paper Mode Online CBT
Maximum Marks 100
No. of Sections 3 - English language, Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude
Sectional Cut off Yes

Approximately 20 times, the number of vacancies, candidates will be shortlisted for the main exam. The marks of OICL will not be counted for the final selection. It serves only as a filter for the main exam.

OICL AO 2020 Notification

The OICL notification will be issued in July 2020. The OICL notification will officially declare the number of vacancies in the OICL AO exam. It will also underline the OICL important dates for the candidates to plan their preparation.

This is the appropriate time to start the preparation of the OICL AO preparation because the exam will be conducted within two months from the date of notification and the candidates need to compete at all India level in the prelims exam. This will be a tough task to compete for a paper of one hour only.

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