IRDAI Surveyor Miscellaneous (S-07)

The examination is conducted by the Insurance Institute of India, and IRDAI publishes lists of eligible trainees before each session. Notices for the December 2026 session appeared on 05-10-2026, with a second list on 09-10-2026, a third on 15-10-2026 and a further notice on 23-10-2026. Check your name on the latest list before planning.

It focuses on the regulatory and legal framework around surveying rather than core engineering. Expect the insurance statute, the IRDAI Insurance Surveyors and Loss Assessors Regulations, 2015, licensing conditions, conduct expectations, claim documentation and scenario questions on how a surveyor should act when instructions, timelines or findings are disputed.

Start with the primary regulation on the IRDAI website. IRDAI states that the Authority framed the IRDAI Insurance Surveyors and Loss Assessors Regulations, 2015 under sections 42D, 64UM and 114A of the Insurance Act, 1938 and section 26 of the IRDAI Act, 1999. Read those provisions directly, then work outward to the Institute syllabus.

Most failures come from shallow regulation knowledge rather than hard mathematics. Candidates memorise headings but cannot apply a provision to a fact pattern, confuse the surveyor's role with that of the insurer's claim decision, or overlook conduct and documentation duties. Practise scenario questions where two answers look plausible and only one matches the regulation exactly.

The available IRDAI material does not set out a retake policy, so no number of attempts or waiting period can be quoted reliably. Treat each session notice as authoritative: eligibility lists are published afresh for every examination session, and your position on the list is what matters. Confirm the current position with the Institute before applying again.

IRDAI does not publish a duration or passing score in the material available here, so plan around the Institute's own timetable rather than a guessed figure. A realistic approach is several weeks of reading the regulation and statute followed by timed practice. Confirm exact timing and marks with the Insurance Institute of India for your session.

Read the Insurance Act provisions on surveyors first, then the 2015 Regulations in full, then the registration requirements published by IRDAI under its How To section. Only after that move to claim practice, documentation and conduct scenarios. Ending with full-length timed sets exposes gaps faster than re-reading notes you already know.

IRDAI publishes lists of Individual Surveyors, Corporate Surveyors and Director Partner Surveyors on its website. These lists are the reference point for verifying a licence, and they are also useful study material: reading real entries shows how licensing categories differ and what particulars a registered surveyor must maintain.

No. The examination is one step. IRDAI separately publishes requirements for registering as a surveyor, and registration is a distinct process. Candidates should read those requirements early, because eligibility, documentation and category of licence affect what you can do once registered, not just whether you can sit the paper.