1. Exam Overview
LIC Assistant Administrative Officers (AAO) manage life insurance policy underwriting, claim settlement, actuarial documentation, branch agency supervision, and policyholder service operations.
Source: LIC AAO Recruitment page — licindia.in. Last verified: 2026-09-09.
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LIC Assistant Administrative Officers (AAO) manage life insurance policy underwriting, claim settlement, actuarial documentation, branch agency supervision, and policyholder service operations.
Assistant Administrative Officer (Generalist)
Accessibility: SuitableLife 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.
Accessibility & Quota 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
Accessibility: SuitableLife Insurance Corporation of India · AAO grade
Specialist streams — IT, Chartered Accountant, Actuarial, Legal, Rajbhasha — and Assistant Engineer. Require the relevant qualification.
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.
Reserved / PwBD: Visually Impaired (VI) vacancies are detailed in the official LIC AAO notification PDF on licindia.in.
Prelims
Online objective CBT (qualifying)
Duration: 60 minutes; 80 with compensatory time
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
Total: 235 marks · Minus 0.25 per wrong objective answer
Mains plus interview decide the merit.
Interview
Personal interview
Duration: As scheduled
Total: 0 marks · Not applicable
Final selection: Mains plus interview.