LIC AAO 2025 vacancy at a glance
Para 1 of LIC’s notification dated 16 August 2025 lists 350 AAO (Generalist) vacancies — 341 for the current year and 9 backlog. LIC calls the numbers provisional: they can change with its actual requirement, and no candidate gets a right to appointment from the number or split of vacancies advertised.
Category-wise vacancies
Category-wise AAO (Generalist) vacancies for 2025, from para 1 of the notification:
| Category | Current year | Backlog | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unreserved (UR) | 142 | – | 142 |
| OBC | 88 | 3 | 91 |
| SC | 51 | 0 | 51 |
| EWS | 38 | – | 38 |
| ST | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| Total | 341 | 9 | 350 |
Persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) get a 4% horizontal reservation within these categories: LD 4, VI 4, HI 6 (3 current + 3 backlog) and ID/MD 6 (3 current + 3 backlog). Reservation follows the Government guidelines in force when the result is finalised.
Post-wise vacancies in the 2025 drive
LIC notified AAO (Generalist) on its own. A companion notification of the same date covered 410 AAO (Specialist) and 81 Assistant Engineer posts, and candidates could apply for only one post across the two.
| Post | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAO (Generalist) | 51 | 28 | 91 | 38 | 142 | 350 |
| AAO (Insurance Specialist) | 45 | 22 | 77 | 34 | 132 | 310 |
| AAO (Chartered Accountant) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| AAO (Actuarial) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| AAO (Legal) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| AAO (Company Secretary) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Assistant Engineer (Civil) | 8 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 50 |
| Assistant Engineer (Electrical) | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 31 |
| Total | 121 | 63 | 212 | 90 | 355 | 841 |
Source: para 1 of the AAO (Generalist) and AAO (Specialist)/AE notifications, both dated 16.08.2025. Specialist and AE posts need specific professional qualifications and have a different exam, including a Professional Knowledge paper and a ¼-mark penalty in their prelims. JobSafal’s LIC AAO pages cover the Generalist post.
See the pay scale & job profileVacancy trend
AAO (Generalist) vacancies in LIC’s last two notifications:
2023: AAO (Generalist) 31st batch — 300 posts (277 current year + 23 backlog). 2025: 32nd batch — 350 posts (341 current year + 9 backlog). LIC has not published a figure for the next batch.
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