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NICL AO Professional Knowledge / Domain Awareness Syllabus

National Insurance Company Limited Administrative Officer

4
Topics
40
Sub-topics
50
Questions

Professional Knowledge / Domain Awareness is one of 5 sections in the NICL AO syllabus. It has 4 topics and 40 sub-topics, tested in NICL-AO Domain Test, with about 50 questions (50 marks). Insurance-specific, Per NICL-AO Official Notification.

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NICL AO Professional Knowledge / Domain Awareness: topic-wise syllabus

  1. 1

    Insurance Principles, Types, and Documents

    ~3 marks
    • Insurance Principles — Utmost Good Faith, Insurable Interest, Indemnity
    • Insurance Principles — Subrogation, Contribution, Proximate Cause, Mitigation
    • Life Insurance — Term, Whole Life, Endowment, ULIP, Money Back, Pension
    • General Insurance — Fire, Marine, Motor, Health, Personal Accident, Crop
    • Health Insurance — Individual, Family Floater, Critical Illness, Group Health
    • Insurance Documents — Proposal Form, Policy Document, Premium Receipt, Endorsement
    • Insurance Underwriting — Selection of Risk, Premium Calculation, Risk Assessment
    • Insurance Claims — Claim Process, Documents, Settlement, Disputes, Grievance
    • IRDA — Functions, Powers, Regulations, Protection of Policyholders' Interest
    • Insurance Marketing — Distribution Channels, Bancassurance, Brokers, Web Aggregators
  2. 2

    Insurance Companies, Products, LIC, GIC, and IRDA

    ~3 marks
    • LIC — History, Organization, Products (Jeevan Anand, Jeevan Labh, Endowment)
    • GIC — General Insurance Corporation, Reinsurance, GIC Subsidiaries (NIC, OIC, UIIC)
    • Private Insurance Companies — HDFC Life, ICICI Lombard, Bajaj Allianz, Max Life
    • Insurance Products — LIC New Endowment, LIC Jeevan Tarang, LIC New Jeevan Shanti
    • Health Insurance Products — Star Health, Care Health, Manipal Cigna, Niva Bupa
    • Crop Insurance — PMFBY (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana), WBCIS, Restructured Weather
    • Motor Insurance — Comprehensive, Third-Party, Own Damage, No Claim Bonus
    • Insurance Premium Calculation — Risk Premium, Loading, Discounts, Bonus
    • Insurance Regulatory Framework — IRDA Act 1999, Insurance Act 1938
    • Insurance Penetration — Density, Premium per Capita, Global Comparison
  3. 3

    Finance & Banking Awareness

    ~2 marks

    RBI, SEBI, IRDA, PFRDA

    • RBI — Functions, Monetary Policy, Repo, CRR, SLR, Open Market Operations
    • Banking — Types, Products, Priority Sector, NPA, Recovery, IBC, SARFAESI
    • Capital Market — SEBI, Stock Exchanges (BSE, NSE), Mutual Funds, IPO, FPO
    • Pension — PFRDA, NPS, APY, EPF, PPF, Atal Pension Yojana, Senior Citizens
    • Tax — Income Tax, GST, Direct vs Indirect, TDS, TCS, Advance Tax, Returns
    • Insurance — IRDA, LIC, GIC, Health Insurance, Term Insurance, ULIP
    • Financial Markets — Money Market, Capital Market, G-Secs, Bonds, Derivatives
    • Inflation — CPI, WPI, Repo Rate, Monetary Policy, Demand-Pull, Cost-Push
    • International Finance — IMF, World Bank, ADB, AIIB, NDB, SWIFT, USD Index
    • Indian Economy — GDP, Five Year Plans, NITI Aayog, GST, Budget, Schemes
  4. 4

    Insurance Current Affairs, Reforms, and Recent Developments

    ~2 marks
    • IRDA Recent Guidelines — Insurance Amendment Bill, FDI, Composite Brokers
    • LIC IPO 2022 — Largest Indian IPO, Government Divestment, Valuation
    • Bancassurance — Bank Tied Agents, Insurance Marketing, SBI Life, HDFC Life
    • Insurance Penetration — Targets, Achievements, Comparison with Asian Countries
    • PMJJBY, PMSBY, APY — Government Insurance Schemes, Enrollment, Claims
    • Health Insurance — Ayushman Bharat (PMJAY), PMJAY 2.0, Hospital Network
    • Crop Insurance — PMFBY Performance, States, Premium, Claims, Issues
    • Insurtech — Digital Insurance, AI/ML in Insurance, Online Insurance, E-Insurance
    • Reinsurance — GIC Re, Foreign Reinsurers, Reinsurance Regulations
    • Insurance Recent News — IRDA Regulations, New Products, Customer Service

Frequently asked questions

What topics are in the NICL AO Professional Knowledge / Domain Awareness syllabus?

Professional Knowledge / Domain Awareness for NICL AO has 4 topics: Insurance Principles, Types, and Documents, Insurance Companies, Products, LIC, GIC, and IRDA, Finance & Banking Awareness and Insurance Current Affairs, Reforms, and Recent Developments, with 40 sub-topics in all.

How many questions come from Professional Knowledge / Domain Awareness in NICL AO?

About 50 questions (50 marks) in NICL-AO Domain Test. Always check the latest notification, as numbers can change.

Which Professional Knowledge / Domain Awareness topics matter most for NICL AO?

By weightage in the syllabus data: Insurance Principles, Types, and Documents (~3 marks), Insurance Companies, Products, LIC, GIC, and IRDA (~3 marks), Finance & Banking Awareness (~2 marks).

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