DFS Nixes Requirement To Have Exams Monitored
The New York State Department of Financial Services will no longer require that an insurance producer have a monitor present during an exam following a continuing education course. The department announced the change in a November 2 circular letter.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DFS started issuing a series of circular letters in March that extended producer license expiration dates and made other temporary changes. Among those changes was a moratorium on the requirement to have a monitor present during a CE exam. A circular issued in August extended the changes to November 5. The new circular stated in part:DFS hereby eliminates the requirement that a monitor…