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NY Cybersecurity Filing Requirements, 2022

Now that the calendar has turned the page and left 2021 in the rearview mirror, the window is open for business entities regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services to submit the annual certification of compliance with the cybersecurity regulation. The requirements have not changed (other than a later deadline) since the regulation first took effect in 2017, but here's a reminder of what does and does not have to be done:Business entities (agencies, brokerages, insurers, banks, credit unions, etc.) must visit the DFS cybersecurity portal and submit the certification on or before April 15, 2022. DFS pushed that deadline back 45…

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3, 2, 1 with Sue Keegan: CE Requirements Update; Pre-licensing; Big I NY’s TikTok

​By Sue Keegan, AIC, MBA, Learning & Development Manager​3 ThingsHappy New Year!Our first Pre-Licensing class of the year kicks off tomorrow.  You can still grab a seat.  2 Ideas1 QuestionForget the resolution questions, I want to know if you became as enamored with TikTok as I did in 2021.  From TikTok made me buy it to BookTok, I am all in.  Did you know that Big I NY has a TikTok – find us @bigin​ewyork.   Let me know your favorite TikTokkers via email at ​skeegan@biginy.org or post in our Community.Source

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DFS: Licensees Whose Licensees Renew Before 4/1/22 Not Required to Show Compliance with New CE Subject Requirements

​​The ​​DFS has responded to Big I NY's request for clarification about the implementation of new continuing education requirements. On November 12, 2021, the Sixth Amendment to 11 NYCRR 20 (Insurance Regulations 9, 18, and 29) took effect. This amendment mandates that of the 15 continuing education required to be completed every two years by certain insurance producers and public adjusters (collectively, “licensees") at least one credit of Insurance Law instruction, one credit ethics and professionalism instruction, one credit of diversity, inclusion, and elimination of bias instruction, and, for those licensed to sell one or more lines of property/casualty insurance, credit of flood insurance instruction, must be…

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