General Insurance Corporation of India was formed under the Government of India. The corporation is reinsurance company of India which has a very vast experience in the field of re-insurance business. The registered office and headquarter of the corporation is located at mumbai. The corporation was incroporated in the year 1972 as a private company. The corporation was established under the Companies Act, 1956. The exclusive priviledge of the corporation were removed after the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 came into act.

Job Profile:

Young and energetic Indian Citizens are invited to apply for the post of Specialist Officer in the cadre of Assistant Managers Scale-I in General Insurance Corporation of India. Candidates will be recruited in its offices spreaded in India and abroad. Candidates will be liable to be posted anywhere in India as well as abroad. The vacancies are available in the discipline of Insurance, Marine Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Research & Development, Marketing, Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering, Information Technology etc.

Eligibility:

The minimum age limit set for the post is 21 years as on 30 Sepetmebr 2011.
The maximum age limit set for the post is 30 years as on 30 Sepetmebr 2011.

However, candidates belonging to reserved categories may get relaxation in the upper age limit. SC/ST/ECO/SSRCO candidates will get relaxation of 5 years in the upper age limit, OBC candidates will get relaxation of 3 years while PH candidates will get relaxation of atleast 10 years in the upper age limit.

Educational Qualification:

Canddiates are required to possess the minimum educational qualification required for the post of Specialist Officer in the cadre of Assistant Managers. Candidates can get full information on the minimum educational qualification required for the speialist position, over the official website of General Insurance Corporation of India.

No. of posts: Total 50 posts are available.

Vacancies for General candidates: Only 26 posts are available.
Vacancies for SC candidates: Only 6 posts are available.
Vacancies for ST candidates: Only 4 posts are available.
Vacancies for OBC candidates: Only 14 posts are available.

Pay Scale: Candidates will get the basic pay of Rs. 17240 per month and other admissible allowances like DA, HRA, CCA etc. It means, the total emoluments will be about Rs. 29000 per month with some other additional benefits.

Application Fee:

An application fee of Rs. 500 is need to be submitted by the interested candidates, who belongs to General and OBC categories. However, no fee is to be paid by SC/ST/PH/Employee of GIC. The application fee must be submitted by the means of a Demand Draft drawn from any nationalised bank only. The demand draft must be drawn in favour of General Insurance Corporation of India payable at Mumbai only.

How to apply: Candidates must apply online only at the website of General Insurance Corporation of India. Candidates will be allowed to apply online from 15 October 2011 to 5 November 2011 only. Candidates should then take a printout of the system generated application form and send it alongwith other supportive documents to the following address. The enclosures should be sent in an envelope superscribed as “APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT MANAGER (SPECIALIST) IN GIC Re”.

The Advertiser-GIC Re,
Post Bag No. 99, G P O Kolkata,
Kolkata - 700001.

Contact Details:

General Insurance Corporation of India,
Government of India.

Last date to apply: 14 November 2011

For more information visit http://www.gicofindia.com