2020-01-01
The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) of Egypt issued Circular No. (1) for 2020 to extend registration and renewal deadlines for insurance and reinsurance brokers and trainees due to pandemic-related activity suspensions. The circular mandates that all training courses for these professionals be conducted remotely via the Authority's Financial Services Institute. It grants trainees whose training exceeded one year after March 15, 2020, until June 22, 2020, to complete registration, while registered brokers receive an additional month until June 22, 2020, to finalize renewal procedures.
FINANCIAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY
Issued on 2020/5/18
in the Register of Insurance or Reinsurance Brokers
In the context of continuing the state's efforts to contain the spread of the (Corona) virus, and in accordance with Prime Minister's Decision No. (606) for the Year 2020, which stipulated in its first article that "In order for the state to take some precautionary measures to confront the (Corona) virus, and to safeguard the health of citizens, all activities requiring the presence of any large gatherings of citizens or ...................... are temporarily suspended."
Therefore, the management of the General Authority for Financial Supervision has decided to hold the training courses organized through the Authority's Financial Services Institute for trainees and insurance or reinsurance brokers remotely, in addition to granting an additional deadline as follows:
Granting trainees in insurance brokerage activities whose training period exceeded one year after March 15, 2020, a deadline until June 22, 2020, to complete registration procedures with the Authority's registers.
Granting registered insurance or reinsurance brokers in the Authority's registers an additional one-month deadline ending on June 22, 2020, to complete renewal procedures.
May God protect the country and its people,
Deputy Chairman of the Authority
Advisor / Rida Abdel Moeity
The General Authority for Financial Supervision
Office of the Chairman of the Authority
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