Toronto, ON (Mar. 27, 2020) \u2013 As an \u2018essential workplace\u2019, FSRA continues to carry out its regulatory duties while activating our business continuity plan. To protect the health and safety of its employees and the public, FSRA is working remotely wherever practicable. We are continuing to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic closely and have taken steps to prioritize our core functions during this period of disruption.<\/p>\n
Certain financial services such as credit unions, insurance and pension services are considered \u2018essential workplaces\u2019. Please visit Ontario\u2019s list of essential workplaces<\/a> to determine whether your activities constitute an essential workplace and may remain open during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Even if yours is an essential workplace, please take all appropriate measures to protect the health and safety of your employees, customers and the public.<\/p>\n The following is a summary of important updates that we are providing to our sectors:<\/p>\n Licence Renewals:<\/strong> Deadline for completing renewal applications will be extended from March 31, 2020 to May 31, 2020, provided renewal applications have been initiated by March 31, 2020. Please note that your current licence will expire on March 31, 2020. If you require an extension to complete your licence renewal, immediate action is required. Details on how to renew your licence are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our Contact Centre and staff are now working remotely. We recommend you use email to contact us and we will get back to you within two business days.<\/p>\n We commit to keeping you informed and we will continue to provide you with updates via email and on our website. To view all of FSRA\u2019s COVID-19 updates, including Guidance, please visit www.FSRAO.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n FSRA is an independent regulatory agency created to improve consumer and pension plan beneficiary protections in Ontario.<\/p>\n FSRA was established to replace the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) and the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario (DICO). The agency is flexible, self-funded and designed to respond rapidly to an evolving commercial and consumer environment. In this capacity, FSRA will:<\/p>\n Learn more about FSRA and our approach to achieving safety, fairness and choice in non-securities financial services at www.fsrao.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n SOURCE: Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA)<\/em><\/p>\n Tags: coronavirus<\/a>, Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA)<\/a>, Ontario<\/a>, regulation<\/a> Toronto, ON (Mar. 27, 2020) \u2013 As an \u2018essential workplace\u2019, FSRA continues to carry out its regulatory duties while activating our business continuity plan. To protect the health and safety of its employees and the...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17867"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Industry Assessments<\/h3>\n
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