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1. Exam Overview
LIC AAO 2025 recruitment concluded with 841 vacancies filled. Cycle included Prelims, Mains, and Interview. Final result declared in April 2026. The LIC AAO page has scribe declaration forms, disability certificate formats (including for candidates with less than 40% disability and difficulty in writing) — useful reference for future cycles. Next LIC AAO cycle is expected in 2026–27.
2. Posts and What They Involve
Assistant Administrative Officer (Generalist)
VI: Suitable
Life Insurance Corporation of India · AAO — basic ~₹53,600; CTC ~₹13–15 lakh per year
A managerial officer role in the country’s largest insurer — underwriting, claims, administration and customer service. Office-based and accessible.
VI note: Office administrative work; candidate-arranged scribe and 20-minutes-per-hour compensatory time. LIC also allows a scribe for candidates with less than 40% disability who have genuine difficulty writing.
AAO (Specialist) and Assistant Engineer
VI: Suitable
Life Insurance Corporation of India · AAO grade
Specialist streams — IT, Chartered Accountant, Actuarial, Legal, Rajbhasha — and Assistant Engineer. Require the relevant qualification.
3. Vacancies — General, PwBD and VI
Total: 841 posts in LIC AAO 2025 (Generalist + Specialist + Assistant Engineer combined). Exact split between Generalist and Specialist to be verified from LIC's individual notification PDFs.
VI / PwBD: VI/LV vacancies are in the official LIC AAO Generalist and Specialist PDFs. LIC AAO 2025 includes PwBD reservation with separate PwBD category row in the vacancy table. Check the official LIC notification PDF for category-wise count.
4. Exam Structure and Pattern
Prelims
Online objective CBT (qualifying)
Duration: 60 minutes; 80 with compensatory time
Reasoning Ability35 Q · 35 marks
Quantitative Aptitude35 Q · 35 marks
English Language (qualifying)30 Q · 30 marks
Total: 100 marks · Minus 0.25 per wrong answer
English is qualifying; Reasoning and Quant decide the Prelims shortlist.
Mains
Online objective plus a descriptive English paper
Duration: 2 hours objective plus 30 minutes descriptive
Reasoning Ability30 Q · 90 marks
General Knowledge and Current Affairs30 Q · 60 marks
Professional Knowledge / Insurance and Financial Market Awareness30 Q · 60 marks
Descriptive English (letter and essay)2 Q · 25 marks
Total: 235 marks · Minus 0.25 per wrong objective answer